Patient Care URMC-Affiliated Nursing Home’s Administrator Wins State Recognition By Lori Barrette Jun. 20, 2011 Marvell Adams, administrator for The Living Center at The Highlands at Pittsford, will receive the 2011 Thomas Clarke Memorial Award from the New York Association of Homes and Services for the Aging ...
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 Community Telemedicine Program Expands to Entire Family By URMC Communications Jun. 18, 2011 For 10 years, children have benefited from a community-wide telemedicine program that gives them quick and effective health care, and now adults can too, thanks to the support of leaders at Grace ...
Education URMC Environmental Services Honored by ARC of Monroe County By Karin Gaffney Christensen Jun. 15, 2011 The Department of Environmental Services was honored with the Business Partnership of the Year Award for its contributions to the lives of people with developmental disabilities.
Research Changing Genetic ‘Red Light’ to Green Holds Promise for Treating Disease By Emily Boynton Jun. 15, 2011 In a new study published today in the journal Nature, scientists discovered an entirely new way to change the genetic code. The findings, though early, are significant because they may ultimately ...
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 ...
Research Mouth Microbes Are All the Talk in Rochester This Week By URMC Communications Jun. 12, 2011 Scientists from around the nation will come to the University of Rochester Medical Center this week to trade data and swap the latest insights about the activities of hundreds of species of microbes ...
Patient Care URMC Geriatrician Appointed to Medicare Payment Advisory Commission By Lori Barrette Jun. 8, 2011 Geriatrician William J. Hall, M.D., has been named to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) by Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States and head of the U.S. Government ...
Research Local Couple Make $1.5 Million Gift to Support Wilmot Cancer Center Research By URMC Communications Jun. 6, 2011 As they listened one winter night in 2008 to friends such as Judy Linehan describe the devastation cancer had brought to her family, and Michael Donnelly share his incredible story of surviving ...
Research Chemo-Induced Nausea Remains Big Problem, URMC Study Says By Leslie Orr Jun. 5, 2011 A large, phase III study of four commonly used drug regimens to treat chemotherapy-induced nausea concluded that while two regimens were better at managing patients’ queasiness, none were totally ...
