Patient Care Strong Memorial, Golisano Children’s Hospital Recognized for Organ-Failure Care Program By Barbara Ficarra Sep. 14, 2015 UR Medicine’s Strong Memorial Hospital and Golisano Children’s Hospital have earned the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization’s Center of Excellence award for the high quality of life-saving ...
Education Clifton Springs Grateful Patient Funds Cardiac Surgery Professorship at UR By Leslie White Aug. 6, 2015 The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry has received a $1.5 million commitment from Clifton Springs resident Marjorie B. Morris to establish an endowed professorship to advance ...
Patient Care 4th Annual Walk/Run to Benefit Colon Cancer Education, Research By Lori Barrette Apr. 17, 2015 UR Medicine’s Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology will sponsor the 4th annual Strollin’ for the Colon 5K Walk/Run beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 2, at the Village Park, Main St., ...
Patient Care Tears Shed as Heart Transplant Recipient Meets Young Donor's Family By Leslie White Apr. 16, 2015 Nervous excitement was building as Claude Brown prepared to meet the family of his heart donor. The Lockport-area man received the gift of life in 2010 at UR Medicine’s Strong Memorial Hospital after ...
Patient Care UR Medicine Heart Team Uses 3D Printing to Save Woman’s Life By Leslie White Mar. 31, 2015 A constellation of technological advances helped UR Medicine-led heart specialists save the life of an aging Brighton woman. They used a three-dimensional (3D) print of her heart along with a ...
Patient Care Ganatra Family Supports Future of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery By URochester Medicine Communications Feb. 26, 2015 A $1.5 million commitment from the Ganatra family will create the Tansukh, Sarla and Rajesh Ganatra Professorship in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. The commitment is part of the family’s long-time ...
Patient Care Romance Blooms for 2 Seniors on Rochester Heart Transplant Unit By Leslie White Feb. 2, 2015 Danny Pszczolkowski went to a Rochester, N.Y., hospital to receive a heart transplant. He knew it was going to be a challenge and it would change his life. What he didn’t expect was to fall in love.
Patient Care URMC Board Recognizes Outstanding Staff Achievements By URochester Medicine Communications Jan. 28, 2015 Nine individuals and four teams were honored by the University of Rochester Medical Center Board on Jan. 20 for their steadfast personal and professional dedication to delivering a patient care ...
Patient Care UR Medicine Offers Screenings, Health Talk for American Heart Month By Leslie White Jan. 27, 2015 UR Medicine cardiologists will encourage adults to “Love Your Heart” during American Heart Month and get free heart health checks on Tuesday, Feb. 10. The team is also offering a health talk Monday, ...
Patient Care Local Health Groups Launch Campaign to Increase Organ Donors By Leslie White Jan. 20, 2015 The Ad Council of Rochester and the Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network, along with local health groups, today launched a new campaign to decrease the number of individuals who die or whose health ...