Patient Care Erie County Woman Running Again After Heart, Lung Failure By Leslie White Oct. 30, 2017 Jennifer Bardrof was the picture of health: a young mother of two, schoolteacher and avid runner. Yet when she experienced flu-like symptoms, no one expected it would lead to heart and lung failure ...
Patient Care UR Medicine Uses ‘Bionic Eye’ to Restore Some Vision to Blind Syracuse Woman By Leslie White Oct. 23, 2017 A 71-year-old woman blinded by an inherited disease recently thrilled University of Rochester doctors by reaching out and grabbing her ophthalmologist’s hand after receiving a “bionic eye.” The ...
Patient Care Diverse Team Makes Special Delivery in Strong Memorial’s Heart Center By Leslie White Sep. 18, 2017 Strong Memorial Hospital’s Cardiac Catheterization Lab is an unusual place for the birth of a child, but for Jessica Driffill, it was the right place.
Community Wilmot Cancer Institute to rally community around survivorship, cancer research at fifth annual Wilmot Warrior Walk By Ruth Harper-Rhode Sep. 5, 2017 UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute will host its fifth annual Wilmot Warrior Walk on Sunday, Sept. 10, at the Highland Park Bowl in Rochester. The fundraiser features a certified 5K, certified 10K ...
Research Patient Plays Saxophone While Surgeons Remove Brain Tumor By Mark Michaud Aug. 25, 2017 Music is not only a major part of Dan Fabbio’s life, as a music teacher it is his livelihood. So when doctors discovered a tumor located in the part of his brain responsible for music function, he ...
