Patient Care Man Gets 2nd Chance on Life, Fatherhood with New Heart, New Baby By Leslie White Sep. 29, 2011 Daryl and Lori Williams are counting their blessings, which by any measure are plentiful. He received a life-saving heart transplant at the University of Rochester Medical Center and three weeks ...
Patient Care Artificial Heart Device Gives Philosophy Professor Valuable Time By Leslie White Aug. 5, 2011 St. Bonaventure University philosophy professor Roderick Hughes III, Ph.D., can’t wait to get back into the classroom after an almost perfect 41-year attendance record. The long-time educator missed ...
Patient Care URMC Surgeon is Nation’s First to Implant Pacemaker-like Device for Bowel Incontinence By URochester Medicine Communications Jun. 30, 2011 University of Rochester Medical Center surgeon recently became the first in the nation to implant a pacemaker-like device that could help millions of Americans with fecal incontinence regain bowel ...
Patient Care URMC Heart Failure Expert 1st to Earn Prestigious Certification By Leslie White Jun. 20, 2011 University of Rochester Medical Center cardiologist Leway Chen, M.D., M.P.H., is the area’s first physician to earn certification in advanced heart failure and transplantation from the American Board ...
Patient Care URMC Recognized for Outstanding Heart Failure, Stroke Programs By Leslie White Jun. 14, 2011 The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association has once again honored Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of Rochester Medical Center for meeting its highest standards for heart ...
Research Heart Vest in URMC Study Saves Amerk Hall-of-Famer’s Life By Leslie White Jun. 2, 2011 Retired hockey player Gaetano Orlando is alive today because he joined a clinical study using a special vest to monitor heart function after being diagnosed with congestive heart failure, following ...
Patient Care URMC Heart Expert Elected President of American College of Cardiology Chapter By Leslie White May. 26, 2011 University of Rochester Medical Center cardiologist Leway Chen, M.D., M.P.H., was recently elected to the Board of Governors for the American College of Cardiology. During his three-year term, Chen ...
Research For Some, Laparoscopic Technique Not Always Better By URochester Medicine Communications Dec. 6, 2010 If skin is the body’s fortress against germ invaders, shouldn’t minimally invasive surgeries carry less risk for serious infection than procedures that slice the body wide open? New research ...
Patient Care Gillespie Tapped to Lead URMC Vascular Surgery Division By Leslie White Nov. 8, 2010 Renowned surgeon David L. Gillespie, M.D., F.AC.S., R.V.T., D.M.C.C., has been appointed chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery at the University of Rochester Medical Center. He has been with the ...
Education Treat Yourself to Golisano Children’s Hospital’s Masquerade Gala By URochester Medicine Communications Oct. 25, 2010 Golisano Children’s Hospital’s 23rd annual Gala will be veiled in mystery on the eve of Halloween, at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30.
