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Inpatient Social Work

Social Workers are assigned to all nursing units in the hospital. If you would like to reach the Social Worker assigned to your unit, please use contact numbers below.

Associate Director: Peg Bierley, LMSW (585) 275-4736

Chief Social Worker: Sarah Clase, LMSW (585) 275-5723

Senior Social Worker: Caitlin Leskovics, LMSW (585) 275-7332

Senior Social Worker: Melissa Christodaro, LMSW (585) 275-5716

Unit Social Worker   Phone Number
G-1600 Coverage LMSW (585) 275-0905
2-1800 Mary Kay Denton LMSW (585) 275-2135
G-9200 Behavioral Medical/Surgical   LMSW (585) 275-2851
1-9200 Behavioral Medical/Surgical

Kate Strine

Brooklyn Ruggieri

LMSW

LMSW

(585) 276-3707

(585) 276-3708

3-1800 Burn Coverage LMSW (585) 275-2851
3-2800 Trauma Coverage LMSW (585) 275-2851
4-1200 Palliative Care Ziv Noam LMSW (585) 273-3895
4-1600 Cardiac Coverage LMSW (585) 275-2851
4-2800 Cardiac Intensive Care

Caroline Cuyler

LMSW (585) 273-2456
4-3400 Cardiac Transplant Caroline Cuyler LMSW (585) 273-2456
4-3600 Medical/Cardiac Katie Pummell LMSW (585) 275-0617
5-1200 Acute Physical Rehabilitation

Amy Repard
Livia Slabodkin

LMSW
LMSW

(585) 275-6346
(585) 276-6803

5-1400 Burn Trauma Stepdown Shayna Czinn LMSW (585) 276-4922
5-1600 Neurology Julie Bourne LMSW (585) 275-7994
5-3400 Orthopedics

Chris Kokkoris

Bianca Richards

LMSW

LMSW

(585) 275-7623

(585) 275-7330

5-3600 Neurosurgery Liz Cochrane MSW (585) 275-2851
6-1400 Medicine Jordan Forshay LMSW (585) 276-5734
6-1600 Medicine David Gafford LMSW (585) 275-3248
6-3400 Medicine Annie Yannotti

MSW

(585) 275-0501
6-3600 Medicine Meg Guerrier LMSW (585) 273-5301
7-1200 Thoracic/Ear, Nose & Throat/Plastic Surgery Stephanie Snook LMSW (585) 275-7698
7-1400 Medicine Jessica Ptucha LMSW (585) 276-4933
7-1600 Medicine Intensive Care Unit Mary Salter LMSW (585) 275-1564
7-3400 Kidney & Liver Transplant Surgery Rebecca Broman LMSW (585) 275-7052
7-3600 Medicine Emma Pietrzykowski LMSW (585) 273-5329
8-1200 Neuromedicine Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Mary Salter LMSW (585) 275-1564
8-1400 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Coverage LMSW (585) 275-2851
8-1600 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Caitlin Statt LMSW (585) 274-4680
8-3400 Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) Caitlin Statt LMSW (585) 274-4680
8-3600 Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) Coverage LMSW (585) 275-2851
WCC5 Surgical Oncology Cody Barros MSW (585 273-2888
WCC6 Bone Marrow Transplant Hannah Cholach LMSW (585) 275-0304
WCC7 Hematology/Oncology

Kirsten Shea

LMSW (585) 275-2853
Inpatient Float

Amy Cousino

Liz Kula

MSW

MSW

(585) 275-1759

 

Guardianship Coordinator Sarah Clase LMSW (585) 275-5723

Outpatient Clinics

Ambulatory Care

Unit Social Worker   Phone
Strong Internal Medicine

Renee DeVore

Bill Strassner

LMSW

LMSW

(585) 276-5634

(585) 275-4511

Ambulatory Surgery

Kate Strine

Bianca Richards - Orthopedics

LMSW

LMSW

(585) 276-3707

(585) 275-7330

Finger Lakes Occupational Health Kristen Chalmers LCSW (585) 244-4771
Neurology

Alex Clarke

Melissa Guerin

LCSW​

LMSW

(585) 276-6845

(585) 276-6845

Flaum Eye Institute/Center for Perioperative Medicine Coverage MSW (585) 275-2851
       

Transplant Programs - Outpatient

Unit Social Worker   Phone
Heart Transplant Jenna Losapio LMSW (585) 276-4179
Kidney Transplant Christina Coury LMSW (585) 275-8306
Liver Transplant Melissa O'Brien LMSW (585) 275-9826
Transplant Donor Megan Marrese LMSW (585) 276-4179

Infectious Disease Clinic

Unit Social Worker   Phone
Ambulatory Center Floor 3

Julie Miller

Callie Cacchione

LMSW

LMSW

(585) 275-0616

(585) 275-1323

Memory Care Program

The Rochester Memory Care Program provides diagnosis, treatment and care of neurological conditions that affect the elderly and the aging nervous system.

Social Worker   Phone
Susan Ruhlin LMSW (585) 341-7501
Margaret Hance LMSW (585) 341-7501
Megan Ayles LMSW (585) 341-7501

Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Social Worker   Phone
Patricia Canne MSW VP: (585) 286-4019

Nursing Home Placement Office

Social Worker   Phone
Mary Fitzgerald BSW (585) 275-0564
Mary Cicero BSW (585) 275-4433
Wanda Garren MSW (585) 276-5746

Transitional Housing/Health Home Care Management

Social Worker   Phone
Stephanie Taylor

LMSW

Sr. SW

(585) 275-2851

Forms for Patients

Placement Forms – Please print and complete the forms below to assist with skilled nursing facility or rehabilitation placement.

Placement Patient Information Form

Community Referral Form