Patient Care HRSA Grant Supports Expanding Family Medicine Residency Program to Include Rural Health Initiatives By Wendy Boyce Aug. 16, 2023 A three-year $750K HRSA grant to the University of Rochester Medical Center will support the training of Family Medicine residents in a rural setting and help increase access to Family Medicine and ...
Education No One Left Behind: U.S. Air Force Rolls Out Suicide-Prevention Technique to Every Base in the World By Sandra Parker Aug. 14, 2023 A University of Rochester Medical Center program is taking a different approach to address rising suicide rates in the military, harnessing the power of groups and social networks to prevent thoughts ...
Patient Care Hydration 101: Drinking 8 Glasses of Water and Other Myths Debunked By Sydney Burrows Aug. 8, 2023 Getting to the bottom of what hydration tips are fact and what’s fiction.
Patient Care Benjamin F. Ricciardi, M.D., FAAOS, Named Highland Hospital Chief of Orthopaedics By Wendy Boyce Aug. 7, 2023 Highland Hospital announces the appointment of Benjamin F. Ricciardi, M.D., FAAOS, Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, as Highland’s Chief of Orthopaedics. Dr. Ricciardi, an ...
Patient Care The Current and Future Role of Single-Port Robotic Surgery By Mark Michaud Aug. 4, 2023 The da Vinci single port robotic surgical system, which made its clinical debut in 2018, represents a significant technological advance in robotic surgery.
Patient Care Matthew Bresler, M.D., M.B.A., Named Highland Hospital Chief of Anesthesiology By Wendy Boyce Aug. 2, 2023 Highland Hospital announces the appointment of Matthew Bresler, M.D., M.B.A., as Chief of Anesthesiology.
Education Meet the Next Generation of Cancer Researchers By Susanne Pallo Jul. 30, 2023 Education is a hallmark of an academic cancer center, and Wilmot Cancer Institute is building a pipeline of research trainees with fresh energy and a special interest in cancer.
Patient Care Breast Cancer Survivor Says She Found Stability in the “Village” at Wilmot By Ruth Harper-Rhode Jul. 28, 2023 Cheryl Rivers is used to being a rock to the people around her. She’s a hardworking mom who raised two children on her own. But after a stage 2 breast cancer diagnosis, she had trouble finding ...
Community New Mobile CPR Training Station Comes to Rochester, Finger Lakes By Leslie White Jul. 24, 2023 The odds of surviving sudden cardiac arrest can double when someone quickly receives cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR.) UR Medicine leaders, in collaboration with the American Heart Association, ...
People Postdoctoral Spotlight: Allison Murphy, PhD By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Jul. 24, 2023 Allison Murphy, PhD (’23), a postdoctoral associate in the lab of Farran Briggs, PhD, received a doctoral degree in Neuroscience from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Her ...
