Patient Care Organ transplant programs continue despite pandemic By URMC Communications May. 21, 2020 Greece resident Frank Rosinski received a heart transplant this spring, giving him what he calls a new lease on life. (University of Rochester photo)Though most elective surgeries were suspended ...
Patient Care 3-Year-Old Asks Santa: ‘Can You Bring My Mommy a New Heart?’ By Leslie White Dec. 20, 2019 At a holiday festival in Utica, N.Y., little Sophie McLaughlin climbed onto Santa’s lap and asked for just one thing: a new heart for her mother. The bearded man was puzzled. He didn’t understand the ...
Patient Care UR Medicine First in Northeast to Perform Robotic-Assisted Transplants for Kidney Recipients By Karin Christensen Sep. 11, 2019 The first recipient to receive a living donor organ robotically using the da Vinci Robotic surgery System® at UR Medicine’s Strong Memorial Hospital underwent surgery in May. A second case was ...
Community Rochester River Run 5K Raises Much-Needed Funds for Transplant Patients at Strong By Matt Ulakovic Apr. 5, 2019 The Rochester River Run/Walk 5K—scheduled for Sunday, April 7 at Genesee Valley Park—is raising funds in support of patients who are awaiting or recovering from organ transplant surgery at Strong ...
Patient Care Syracuse-area Woman with Heart Failure Reaches Rare Milestone By Leslie White Mar. 20, 2019 A Central New York woman is 1 of just 100 people in the nation alive today thanks to a decade of support from a heart pump. And those 10 years were tremendously valuable to Rahel Elmer-Reger, who ...
Patient Care Rochester, Syracuse Health Systems Form Venture to Focus on Population Health By Chip Partner Jan. 24, 2019 Extending prior strategic partnerships, and following more than 18 months of development work, leaders of St. Joseph’s Health in Syracuse, N.Y., and the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) ...
Patient Care 2018 URMC Board Excellence Awards Honor Inspiring Individuals, Teams By Karin 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 FLDRN Sees Organ Donation Impact Reach All-Time High in 2018 By Karin Christensen Jan. 21, 2019 Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network coordinated more organ donations and life-saving transplants in 2018 than any other year in the organization’s 32-year history.
Patient Care Grand Island Man Has Plenty of Reasons to be Grateful By Leslie White Nov. 20, 2018 A year ago, Neil Wolfe’s heart was three times the size that it should be. He had no idea it was one of the reasons he needed to buy new shirts, twice. That didn’t bother him as much as a lingering ...
Patient Care An Officer and an Organ Donor By Karin Christensen Nov. 13, 2018 Lieutenant Dan Schermerhorn Jr. works the day shift. Peace Officer Paul Wlosinski works nights. The two University of Rochester Department of Public Safety colleagues are forever connected by an act ...
