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.
Patient Care UR Medicine Building New Site for Outpatient Imaging, Autism Care By Leslie White Aug. 17, 2015 UR Medicine leaders will today break ground on a new building that will house a state-of-the-art outpatient Imaging Center, as well as the region’s first stand-alone clinic to integrate care of ...
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 ...
Hyundai brings "Hope on Wheels" to patients with cancer By URMC Communications Aug. 13, 2015 On Monday, Aug. 10, Hyundai Hope on Wheels awarded UR Medicine's Golisano Children's Hospital with a $50,000 Hyundai Hope on Wheels Impact award to Pediatrician-in-Chief Dr. Nina Schor and pediatric ...
Patient Care Perilous Play: How Safe are Trampolines? By Lori Barrette Aug. 11, 2015 Trampolines may be popular and fun but, before you jump to conclusions and put one in your backyard, be sure you understand their risks. UR Medicine pediatric orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Christopher Cook ...
Patient Care Wilmot Cancer Institute Opens Smoking Cessation Program for Patients By Ruth Harper-Rhode Aug. 7, 2015 As many as 33 percent of cancer survivors alive today in the U.S. are smokers. Many of them continue to smoke during and after cancer treatment, which not only puts them at risk for additional health ...
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 Staying Healthy After Cancer By Lori Barrette Aug. 4, 2015 You did it—you’ve come through treatment and now are cancer-free! What can you do now to support your good health? UR Medicine oncology nurse Alicia Coffin offers this advice.
Research Chemotherapy May be Associated with Rare, Early Deaths in Testicular Cancer By URMC Communications Aug. 4, 2015 A small number of testicular cancer patients—about 11 in 6,909—died of cardiovascular disease in their first year after diagnosis and treatment with chemotherapy, a statistic that’s noteworthy ...
Research Wilmot Cancer Institute Joins OmniSeq Genomic Network By Leslie Orr Aug. 3, 2015 UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute is joining the OmniSeq Genomic Network, an organization of institutions being formed to help define the future of advanced genomic diagnostics for cancer. ...
