Patient Care URMC Takes Ownership of Former Lakeside Property By Karin Gaffney Christensen Aug. 15, 2013 The University of Rochester Medical Center officially closed on Lakeside Health System’s property in Brockport, taking ownership of the former Lakeside Memorial Hospital facility and ushering in a ...
Patient Care Gift of Life Lets Wheatfield Man Gain Strength to Help Raise 2 Young Children By Leslie White Aug. 14, 2013 Tim Synor considers himself a lucky man. He is recovering from a heart transplant at the University of Rochester Medical Center and recently returned home to his wife, toddler son and infant daughter ...
Education Partnership Aims to Educate Young Parents about Bathroom Safety By Rebecca Youmell Aug. 14, 2013 The Rochester chapter of the Injury Free Coalition for Kids (IFCK) recently partnered with Monroe County’s Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP), through the Monroe County Health Department, to host an ...
Patient Care University of Rochester Medical Center and Interlakes Oncology and Hematology Announce Intent to Pursue Collaboration By URMC Communications Aug. 14, 2013 The University of Rochester Medical Center and Interlakes Oncology and Hematology have entered into formal discussions to further collaborations between the two organizations. An expanded ...
Education The Art of Play By URMC Communications Aug. 12, 2013 The Bridge Art Gallery, located within the University of Rochester Medical Center, celebrates summertime with a colorful new exhibit. The light-hearted works explore many different ways people of all ...
Patient Care New ‘Virtual Care Center’ Choreographs Post-Discharge Care By URMC Communications Aug. 11, 2013 As hospitals around the country work hard at winnowing down readmission rates, a new grant from the Greater Rochester Health Foundation will give URMC’s Strong Memorial Hospital the chance to try a ...
Research New Neurology Appointments to Focus on Expanding Access at Home and Abroad By Mark Michaud Aug. 1, 2013 Gretchen Birbeck, M.D., M.P.H., and E. Ray Dorsey, M.D., M.B.A., have joined the University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Neurology effective August 1. Birbeck, an epilepsy specialist, ...
Education New Book is ‘Just What the Dog-tor Ordered’ By URMC Communications Jul. 30, 2013 The warm and fuzzy canine volunteers from Strong PETS (Pets Engaged in Therapeutic Socialization) will be on hand to launch the sale of a charming new book co-authored by PETS program supervisor Ann ...
Research Holloway Appointed New Chair of Neurology By Mark Michaud Jul. 24, 2013 Robert G. Holloway, Jr., M.D., M.P.H. has been tapped as the next chair of the University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Neurology. Holloway had been serving as interim chair of the ...
Patient Care Retired Ithaca Teacher Raises Awareness of Organ Donation By Leslie White Jul. 23, 2013 Retired Ithaca schoolteacher Fred Knewstub is still working to educate people; this time about the importance of organ donation. It’s an issue close to his heart, or more accurately, involves his ...