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 Organ Donation Highlights Benefit for Harbor House Sept. 10 By Leslie White Aug. 11, 2016 The 10th annual “And the Beat Goes On…,” benefit dinner for Rochester’s Harbor House will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, at the Doubletree by Hilton in Henrietta. Harbor House is a ...
Patient Care Two Large Gifts Support Second Phase of Children’s Hospital Construction By URMC Communications Jun. 9, 2016 Golisano Children’s Hospital has received its two largest gifts in support of Phase II construction on the new hospital building, which will help bring the hospital to the forefront of pediatric ...
Patient Care Boy Pushed to the Brink of Death Twice is a ‘Miracle Times Two’ By URMC Communications May. 19, 2016 Born at 34 weeks, Ryan’s parents, Melanie and Andy, were told their son would have a better chance of survival in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Ryan developed necrotizing enterocolitis ...
Patient Care Boy Inspires Others by Overcoming Stroke, Sickle Cell Anemia By URMC Communications May. 16, 2016 From the day he was born, Gary Burks has been coping with the pain and complications that come with sickle cell disease.
Patient Care Preemie’s Spirit Captures the Hearts of Others By URMC Communications May. 13, 2016 Kinley was born with her heart was on the wrong side of her body. She was missing her pulmonary artery, and only had one lung. And the largest issue of all was that she was suffering from esophageal ...
Patient Care UR Medicine Heart and Vascular Performs 200th High-Tech Heart Valve Replacement By Leslie White Apr. 18, 2016 UR Medicine Heart and Vascular recently performed its 200th transcatheter aortic valve replacement, a life-saving procedure for seriously ill, aging adults with faulty heart valves. The high-tech ...
Education 5th Annual Walk/Run to Benefit Colon Cancer Education, Research By Lori Barrette Mar. 24, 2016 UR Medicine’s Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology will sponsor the 5th annual Strollin’ for the Colon 5K Walk/Run beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 7, at the Village Park, Main St., ...
