Patient Care New Heart is Ultimate Gift for Volunteer Firefighter By Leslie White Dec. 20, 2016 Barbara Fudge has spent her life helping others and asking nothing in return. For nearly 20 years she has served as a volunteer firefighter and emergency medical technician in her small Chemung ...
Patient Care Neurosurgery Honored for Excellence in Care By Mark Michaud Dec. 18, 2016 UR Medicine’s Strong Memorial Hospital has been recognized by Becker's Hospital Review in its 2016 list of 100 Hospital and Health Systems with Great Neurosurgery and Spine Programs. This is the ...
Patient Care UR Medicine Introduces New Device to Monitor Heart Failure Symptoms, Reduce Hospitalization By Leslie White Nov. 21, 2016 Cardiologists at UR Medicine’s Strong Memorial Hospital have introduced a new implantable miniaturized, wireless monitoring sensor to manage heart failure and reduce the number of times people with ...
Patient Care UR Medicine Heart Transplant Team Celebrates 200 Hearts, 200 Second Chances By Leslie White Nov. 3, 2016 UR Medicine Heart and Vascular celebrated 200 second chances with an Oct. 22 reunion of heart transplant recipients, generous families of organ donors and staff from Strong Memorial Hospital and ...
Patient Care UR Medicine Cardiac Surgeons Perform 200th Heart Transplant By Leslie White Sep. 20, 2016 Cardiac surgeons at UR Medicine’s Strong Memorial Hospital recently performed a 200th heart transplant surgery, providing a 48-year-old father a second chance on life. Reaching this milestone is a ...
Patient Care New Solid Organ Transplant Chief Joins UR Medicine’s Department of Surgery By Karin Gaffney Christensen Sep. 12, 2016 The University of Rochester Medical Center has appointed Roberto Hernandez-Alejandro as chief of UR Medicine’s Division of Solid Organ Transplantation in the Department of Surgery.
Patient Care Thomas L. Barnett Appointed Chief Information Officer at URMC By URMC Communications Aug. 30, 2016 Barnett possesses proven experience in building and leading information systems in complex health care and research settings, as well as higher education, industry and IT consulting arenas—all ...
Education URMC Tapped for National Initiative to Improve Residency Training By Christine Roth Jul. 26, 2016 The University of Rochester Medical Center is one of only eight physician-training grounds in the U.S. selected to lead a four-year, nationwide effort to improve residency training for doctors. More ...
Patient Care Sharing Our 'Thanks' with Strong's Newest Crop of Summer Youth Volunteers By Matt Ulakovic Jul. 12, 2016 Nearly 300 area high school students interested in getting a taste of working in health care recently joined the ranks of the Friends of Strong volunteer program.
Patient Care UR Medicine Cardiologists First in Region to Use Device to Reduce Stroke Risk By Leslie White Jun. 7, 2016 UR Medicine’s Strong Memorial Hospital is first in the Rochester area to offer people a new minimally invasive therapy for atrial fibrillation, a common heart rhythm disorder, to prevent strokes.
