Patient Care Clinical trials: The root of progress, the future of excellent cancer care By Lydia Fernandez Aug. 26, 2015 Cancer is a complex set of diseases, and clinical trials play a major role in helping scientists methodically gather the evidence to introduce new treatments. A major strength of the Wilmot Cancer ...
Patient Care More than medicine: Palliative care helps patients undergoing cancer treatment By Lydia Fernandez Aug. 26, 2015 Sometimes confused with hospice, palliative care focuses on alleviating the pain and symptoms — such as nausea and shortness of breath — that can come with a serious illness like cancer and its ...
Patient Care More than medicine: Palliative care helps patients undergoing cancer treatment By URMC Communications Aug. 26, 2015 Sometimes confused with hospice, palliative care focuses on alleviating the pain and symptoms — such as nausea and shortness of breath — that can come with a serious illness like cancer and its ...
Community Fairport festival changes its name but keeps the fun By Rebecca Youmell Aug. 24, 2015 What has been known as The Fairport Music and Food Festival – a summer favorite that benefits patients and families at UR Medicine’s Golisano Children’s Hospital – is going back to its roots of music ...
EIOH Names Dr. Kolokythas as New Oral and Maxillofacial Chair By URMC Communications Aug. 17, 2015 Antonia Kolokythas, D.D.S., M.Sc., has been appointed chair of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Eastman Institute for Oral Health, part of UR Medicine.
Pacifier Pros and Cons By URMC Communications Aug. 14, 2015 Dr. Emile Rossouw, Chair, EIOH Orthodontics weighs in on the pacifier issue. How old a child should be when using a pacifier recently became international conversation when photos of soccer star ...
Research Wilmot Cancer Institute welcomes two physicians By Ruth Harper-Rhode Jul. 31, 2015 Richard F. Dunne, M.D., and Patrick M. Reagan, M.D., have joined UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute faculty full time after completing fellowships at Wilmot in recent years. As members of the ...
Community UR Medicine Launching Services at Eastside YMCA By Karin Gaffney Christensen Jul. 29, 2015 A unique collaboration between UR Medicine and the YMCA of Greater Rochester, several years in the making, is set to become reality as the first health care services provided by UR Medicine open Aug. ...
Patient Care UR’s Medical Faculty Group Hires Senior Financial Director By Germaine Reinhardt Jul. 26, 2015 In a nod to the growing complexities of health care finances, the University of Rochester Medical Faculty Group (URMFG) has tapped international financial expert Daniel Cavallo, M.B.A., C.P.A., as ...
Patient Care URMC Earns $2.5 Million HRSA Grant to Improve Geriatric Care By Lori Barrette Jul. 19, 2015 Efforts to improve health care for older adults in Rochester and the Finger Lakes region will be bolstered by a $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health ...
