Patient Care Quality of Hospital Stay Impacts Hip Fracture Patients’ Odds of Survival By Barbara Ficarra Jan. 23, 2016 How does hospital length of stay affect a patient’s odds of surviving a hip fracture? Investigators from the University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Orthopaedics explore the topic in a ...
Patient Care Buffalo Men Receive Cherished Gifts for Christmas – New Hearts By Leslie White Dec. 24, 2015 Two Buffalo-area men had the same priceless gift atop their holiday wish lists this year: time. Time to give back to their spouses, who have helped them through a challenging diagnosis; time to watch ...
Education Golisano Children's Hospital Gala to Launch Fundraising for Phase II of Hospital By Rebecca Youmell Oct. 19, 2015 The Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center will be transformed into a scene from an old Hollywood movie for the 28th annual Golisano Children’s Hospital Gala Saturday, Oct. 24. ...
Patient Care Organ Donor Enrollment Day to Raise Awareness, Register Donors By Karin Gaffney Christensen Oct. 1, 2015 Finger Lakes Donor Recovery Network’s Organ Donor Enrollment Day to be held at College Town, Mt. Hope Avenue.
Getting set for Phase II By URMC Communications Oct. 1, 2015 The doors opened on an all-new Golisano Children’s Hospital in July, but the story of the hospital’s evolution isn’t over. In fact, an exciting new chapter is just about to begin.
Patient Care Strong Memorial, Golisano Children’s Hospital Recognized for Organ-Failure Care Program By Barbara Ficarra Sep. 14, 2015 UR Medicine’s Strong Memorial Hospital and Golisano Children’s Hospital have earned the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization’s Center of Excellence award for the high quality of life-saving ...
Education Clifton Springs Grateful Patient Funds Cardiac Surgery Professorship at UR By Leslie White Aug. 6, 2015 The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry has received a $1.5 million commitment from Clifton Springs resident Marjorie B. Morris to establish an endowed professorship to advance ...
Patient Care 4th Annual Walk/Run to Benefit Colon Cancer Education, Research By Lori Barrette Apr. 17, 2015 UR Medicine’s Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology will sponsor the 4th annual Strollin’ for the Colon 5K Walk/Run beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 2, at the Village Park, Main St., ...
Patient Care Tears Shed as Heart Transplant Recipient Meets Young Donor's Family By Leslie White Apr. 16, 2015 Nervous excitement was building as Claude Brown prepared to meet the family of his heart donor. The Lockport-area man received the gift of life in 2010 at UR Medicine’s Strong Memorial Hospital after ...
Patient Care UR Medicine Heart Team Uses 3D Printing to Save Woman’s Life By Leslie White Mar. 31, 2015 A constellation of technological advances helped UR Medicine-led heart specialists save the life of an aging Brighton woman. They used a three-dimensional (3D) print of her heart along with a ...
