Patient Care ‘Parkinson’s Café’ Offers Education, Support By Lori Barrette Oct. 6, 2013 People with Parkinson’s disease and their family members are invited to monthly gatherings of the Parkinson’s Café at The Highlands at Pittsford’s Hahnemann Club. Sessions meet one Thursday each ...
Patient Care Pediatric Patients Decorate Steel Beam at Children's Hospital Celebration By Rebecca Youmell Oct. 1, 2013 Pediatric patients visited the construction site of the new Golisano Children’s Hospital yesterday afternoon to celebrate that the final structure beams will be placed in the next week. Inpatients ...
Patient Care Quill Cited as Top Leader in Hospice and Palliative Medicine By Lori Barrette Sep. 30, 2013 Timothy E. Quill, M.D., an internationally recognized pioneer in palliative care and end-of-life decision making, was named one of the 30 most influential leaders in hospice and palliative medicine, ...
Research Health Sciences Libraries Vital to Patient Care By URMC Communications Sep. 24, 2013 Following the recent publication of a study she co-authored, Julia F. Sollenberger, M.L.S., associate vice president and director of URMC Medical Center Libraries and Technologies, now has a ...
Research Lighting Up Can Bring You Down in Colorectal Surgery By Emily Boynton Sep. 23, 2013 A new study shows that smoking boosts the risk of complications – infection, pneumonia and blood clots, to name a few – after some of the most common colorectal procedures, like surgery for colon ...
Patient Care Strong Memorial Hospital Named Center of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecology By Lori Barrette Sep. 18, 2013 Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of Rochester Medical Center has earned recognition from the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL) and the Surgical Review Corporation ...
Research Stoner joins URMC as Chief of Vascular Surgery By Leslie White Sep. 17, 2013 Michael C. Stoner, M.D., R.V.T., F.A.C.S., who specializes in complex open and endovascular surgery and is a nationally recognized expert in comparative effectiveness research, was selected chief of ...
Patient Care URMC Plans Construction of New Building to Expand Imaging, Autism Care By Leslie White Sep. 4, 2013 The University of Rochester Medical Center has submitted an application to the New York State Department of Health to construct a $28.4 million, three-story building along Brighton’s East River Road ...
Community Mariel Hemingway Appearing at URMC to Discuss Suicide By URMC Communications Sep. 4, 2013 Actress Mariel Hemingway, granddaughter of writer Ernest Hemingway, says she has been “running from crazy” her whole life. Mental illness and suicide have been pervasive in her family, and she has ...
Patient Care Teen Shifts from Learning Braille to Driving a Car By Leslie White Aug. 26, 2013 Dan Krenzer began learning Braille in third grade because eye disease degraded his vision. Legally blind, he could only see shapes and colors.
