Patient Care Syracuse Woman Raises Awareness of Joining Organ Donor Registry By Leslie White Dec. 5, 2011 Carol Kankoski misses the hustle and bustle of holiday shopping, the music and the decorations. Tethered to monitors and machines during this season of giving, the Syracuse-area woman awaits the ...
Patient Care URMC Heart Failure Program Earns Prestigious Certification By Leslie White Nov. 28, 2011 The Program in Heart Failure and Transplantation at the University of Rochester Medical Center has received prestigious advanced certification in heart failure from the Joint Commission, the nation’s ...
Patient Care Pennsylvania Man Thankful for Artificial Heart Pump By Leslie White Nov. 21, 2011 When the Bell family gathers Thursday to give thanks, they will add the doctors and nurses at the University of Rochester Medical Center to the list of blessings received this year. For the first ...
Patient Care Greece Father of Two Awaits Heart Transplant at URMC By Leslie White Oct. 31, 2011 Ralph “Rusty” Lawrence looks out a window at Strong Memorial Hospital and thinks about running through autumn leaves with his young sons without having to catch his breath after a few short minutes. ...
Patient Care URMC’s Single-Incision Surgery Repertoire Expands to Treat Colorectal Conditions By URMC Communications Oct. 26, 2011 A minimally invasive “bellybutton” surgery technique already used to remove smaller organs like the gallbladder and appendix has now been adapted to allow URMC surgeons to excise much larger organs – ...
Patient Care Man Gets 2nd Chance on Life, Fatherhood with New Heart, New Baby By Leslie White Sep. 29, 2011 Daryl and Lori Williams are counting their blessings, which by any measure are plentiful. He received a life-saving heart transplant at the University of Rochester Medical Center and three weeks ...
Patient Care Artificial Heart Device Gives Philosophy Professor Valuable Time By Leslie White Aug. 5, 2011 St. Bonaventure University philosophy professor Roderick Hughes III, Ph.D., can’t wait to get back into the classroom after an almost perfect 41-year attendance record. The long-time educator missed ...
Patient Care URMC Surgeon is Nation’s First to Implant Pacemaker-like Device for Bowel Incontinence By URMC Communications Jun. 30, 2011 University of Rochester Medical Center surgeon recently became the first in the nation to implant a pacemaker-like device that could help millions of Americans with fecal incontinence regain bowel ...
Patient Care URMC Heart Failure Expert 1st to Earn Prestigious Certification By Leslie White Jun. 20, 2011 University of Rochester Medical Center cardiologist Leway Chen, M.D., M.P.H., is the area’s first physician to earn certification in advanced heart failure and transplantation from the American Board ...
Patient Care URMC Recognized for Outstanding Heart Failure, Stroke Programs By Leslie White Jun. 14, 2011 The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association has once again honored Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of Rochester Medical Center for meeting its highest standards for heart ...
