Patient Care Book Provides Roadmap for Recovery from Brain and Spinal Cord Injury By Mark Michaud Jul. 14, 2021 Former URMC CEO Bradford C. Berk reflects on his own spinal cord injury that left him a quadriplegic and details his experience – as a doctor and a patient – to create a user’s manual for those ...
Research Collaborators from URMC, RIT Design a Point of Care, ABO Blood Typing Device By Bethany Bushen Jun. 23, 2021 For patients who need to receive blood urgently, it’s common to be transfused with Type O-negative blood (the universal donor type). But receiving blood that’s an exact match is even better. ...
Patient Care Megan Reynolds: Change Agent By Ivy Burruto Feb. 8, 2021 From an early age, Megan Reynolds ’19N has had a passion for helping people. Her path eventually led her to Mexico to provide health care at a refugee camp.
Patient Care Intubation Box Provides Extra Protection for Caregivers Fighting the Pandemic By Bob Marcotte May. 1, 2020 Timothy O’Connor and Amy Niertit (Emergency Medicine) demonstrates use of an intubation box created by engineers at the University of Rochester as a safeguard for treating COVID-19 patients. ...
Patient Care Emergency Medicine Team Returns from NYC COVID-19 Front Lines By URochester Medicine Communications Apr. 17, 2020 An Emergency Medicine team from UR Medicine’s Strong Memorial Hospital has returned from the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City.The last of the 14 SMH Emergency Medicine staff ...
Nationally Renowned Doctor to Speak at 2019 Sischy Lecture By Wendy Boyce Oct. 3, 2019 David Rakel, M.D., will deliver the 2019 Sischy Lecture on Monday, October 28 at 6 p.m. at the Bloch Alumni and Advancement Center, 300 East River Road, Rochester, New York. His talk, “The Human ...
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 2018 URMC Board Excellence Awards Honor Inspiring Individuals, Teams By Karin Gaffney Christensen Jan. 23, 2019 Thirteen individuals and four teams were honored by the University of Rochester Medical Center Board for excellence in their roles and the superior care given to their patients and colleagues each ...
Patient Care Mark Gestring Named URMC Division Chief of Acute Care Surgery By Karin Gaffney Christensen Dec. 9, 2018 The professor of Surgery, Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics joined the faculty in 2001.
Patient Care Harbor House Home-Away-From-Home Benefit is Sept. 29 By Leslie White Sep. 18, 2018 Rochester’s home-away-from-home for seriously ill patients will get a boost from the community during the “And the Beat Goes On…” benefit dinner for Harbor House of Rochester.
