Research Single Brain Region is Key to Assessing the Impact of Repetitive Head Hits, Concussions By Emily Boynton Aug. 7, 2019 Researchers found that no matter where the head gets hit the force is translated into a single region of the brain known as the midbrain. Imaging this part of the brain may help to diagnose injury ...
Patient Care New Heart surgery Technique Performed 1st in US at Strong Gets FDA OK By Leslie White Jul. 30, 2019 Pioneering efforts by UR Medicine cardiac surgery teams led to FDA approval of a new technique for implanting a life-saving heart pump. The procedure, performed first in the nation at Strong Memorial ...
Patient Care Lynne Massaro Inducted as AANP Fellow By Patrick Broadwater Jul. 18, 2019 Lynne Massaro, who helped launch the first nurse practitioner residency program in New York state, has been accepted as a fellow in the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
Patient Care Living Well, with Cancer By Lydia Fernandez Jul. 17, 2019 Melissa Sciortino was tired of being tired. She was eight months pregnant in 2014 when she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. When her cancer spread, she knew she had to do something, and that led ...
Research New Grants will Accelerate Clinical Trials in Rare Neurological Disorders By Mark Michaud Jun. 26, 2019 Two new grants from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) will pave the way for new treatments for neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses and Charcot Marie Tooth diseases, two ...
Research Prostate Cancer Researchers Find Molecular “Switch” to Prolong Survival By Leslie Orr Jun. 12, 2019 Wilmot Cancer Institute scientists believe they have figured out why a commonly used drug to treat late-stage prostate cancer stops working after four or five months and appears to have a dual ...
Patient Care First CNIO and New CMIO to Lead Integration of Technology and Clinical Care By Andrea Westerlund Jun. 5, 2019 Rosemary Ventura, DNP, RN-BC, has been named UR Medicine’s first Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO), effective June 17, and URMC’s Gregg Nicandri, M.D., associate professor of Orthopaedics, ...
Patient Care Wilmot Scientist Meets Urgent Need in Bladder Cancer with New Tool By Leslie Orr May. 29, 2019 A Wilmot Cancer Institute scientist developed a new way to study how bladder cancer spreads and to investigate potential new treatments. The tool, which is described in a top medical journal, ...
Research New Multi-Institutional Partnership to Focus on Stroke Rehabilitation By Samantha Jean May. 20, 2019 The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), Burke Neurological Institute, and Wadsworth Center of the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) have been awarded a $5 million grant from the ...
This Department's First Nurse Manager Brings Perfect Skill Set By URochester Medicine Communications May. 16, 2019 While dentists, hygienists and dental assistants comprise a typical dental office, sometimes nurses are part of the provider team. In fact, five registered nurses, four dental assistants and three ...
