Patient Care Thomas Pearson Elected to Hopkins Society of Scholars By Leslie Orr May. 20, 2009 Thomas A. Pearson, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., the Albert D. Kaiser Professor, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, and senior associate dean for clinical research at the University of Rochester ...
Research ICDs Extend the Lives of Heart Attack Survivors by a Year: Study By URMC Communications May. 13, 2009 A landmark follow-up study found that heart attack survivors who receive implanted cardioverter defribillators (ICDs) live longer the longer they have them, according to the results of a ...
Research Study in Nature Medicine Establishes Major New Treatment Target in Diseased Arteries By URMC Communications May. 10, 2009 Removing a single protein prevents early damage in blood vessels from triggering a later-stage, frequently lethal complication of atherosclerosis, according to research just published in the journal ...
June 13 Event Benefits Harbor House of Rochester By Karin Christensen May. 6, 2009 The community will come together with patients and staff members from the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Program in Heart Failure and Transplantation for the fourth annual “And the Beat ...
URMC Cardiac ICU Earns Third Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence By Karin Christensen Apr. 27, 2009 For the third consecutive year. a prestigious honor sponsored by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses once again was awarded to the cardiac-vascular intensive care unit, CVICU/7-1600.
Friends of Strong Memorial Hospital Seeks Teen Volunteers By Karin Christensen Apr. 13, 2009 High school students who would like to volunteer this summer from July 6 to Sept. 5 may begin scheduling interviews May 1.
Fundraiser to benefit heart transplant patient from Syracuse By Karin Christensen Mar. 11, 2009 An April 4 fundraiser will assist a Liverpool resident who has been hospitalized at the University of Rochester Medical Center since last spring as he waits for a new heart.
Hands To Hair Salon in Greece Holds Open House, Raises Awareness About Organ Donation By Karin Christensen Feb. 4, 2009 Hands To Hair owner Sandra Kyte holds an open house reception each year to invite the community into her Greece salon, and at the same time allow guests to learn about a worthy cause. This year Kyte ...
New Imaging Technology at Strong Provides 3D Views of the Heart By Karin Christensen Feb. 2, 2009 Cardiac and radiology specialists at the University of Rochester Medical Center are using leading-edge technology to see the heart and its vessels more clearly than ever before, instead of performing ...
Research Pfizer Joins URMC Drug Safety Initiative By Mark Michaud Jan. 11, 2009 Pfizer Inc. has agreed to provide the University of Rochester Medical Center with a unique set of electrocardiographic data that will help researchers develop new methods to ensure the safety of ...
