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Family’s Generosity Turns Tragedy Into 'Something Good'

• Aug. 18, 2024

Michelle Miller and her brother, Jordan, found the strength to demonstrate compassion and generosity when a tragic accident took their sister’s life. Amid shock and grief, they chose to donate her ...

Patient Care

Panic Attacks vs. Heart Attacks: Understanding the Differences

• Aug. 14, 2024

Can a panic attack feel like a heart attack? Oftentimes, yes. Panic attacks are alarming because the symptoms can mirror a life-threatening heart attack. That’s why it’s important to understand the ...

Community

Fans Can Score CPR Skills During Buffalo Bills Training Camp

• Jul. 22, 2024

Football fans can join the growing ranks of lifesavers by using the region’s mobile hands-only CPR training station during Buffalo Bills Training Camp July 24 through August 8.

Community

Red Wings Feature Hands-Only CPR Training Kiosk at Innovative Field through June 16

• May. 28, 2024

The Rochester Red Wings are thrilled to announce a collaboration with UR Medicine and the American Heart Association (AHA) to introduce the HeartSaver Hub Mobile Kiosk at Innovative Field. This ...

Patient Care

UR Medicine Leads Nation in Transforming Care for Aging Adults

• May. 9, 2024

University of Rochester Medical Center is first in the nation to earn the elite Age-Friendly Health System Committed to Care Excellence status for its Center for Perioperative Medicine (CPM.) It is ...

Community

Be Wise About Your Eyes: 4 Tips for Eclipse Vision Safety

• Mar. 7, 2024

Its hard to forget our mother's words: Never look directly at the sun because it’ll hurt your eyes. Ophthalmologist Rajeev Ramchandran, MD, says “Your mother was right. It can damage your vision.”

Patient Care

UR Medicine Performs Record Number of Heart Transplants in 2023

• Jan. 19, 2024

Strong Memorial Hospital provided a record 40 life-saving heart transplants last year. Those second chances, made possible by organ donors, are priceless for our patients and their families.

Community

Buffalo Bills Damar Hamlin’s Milestone Shines Spotlight on CPR

• Jan. 2, 2024

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) helped save Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin and inspired countless people to learn. UR Medicine and the American Heart Association are expanding CPR readiness in ...

Patient Care

UR Medicine Launches Mobile Mammography Van: Will Help Save Lives

• Nov. 16, 2023

UR Medicine is expanding access to potentially life-saving breast cancer screening with introduction of a Mobile Mammography Van. Equipped with state-of-the-art, 3D breast imaging technology, it ...

Community

CPR Training Kits Expand Access to Life-Saving Skill

• Nov. 3, 2023

Learning CPR is now easier than ever. A new program adds Hands-Only CPR Training Kits to the Monroe County Library System, which means people can gain this life-saving skill in the comfort of their ...

Patient Care

Palliative, Hospice Care Can Help Ease Difficult Times

• Aug. 16, 2023

When facing serious illness, understanding the distinctions between palliative and hospice care can help you make informed choices that prioritize comfort, dignity and overall well-being.

Community

New Mobile CPR Training Station Comes to Rochester, Finger Lakes

• 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, ...

Patient Care

Dual-Organ Transplant at Strong Memorial Hospital Saves Young Woman

• Apr. 9, 2023

A Chili mother is grateful after life-saving, dual-organ transplant surgeries following a massive effort at UR Medicine Strong Memorial Hospital. More than 250 clinical and support staff – enough to ...

Patient Care

Celebrating How UR Medicine Changes Lives Here, Around the World

• Feb. 10, 2023

A multimedia campaign, highlighting the impact of UR Medicine clinicians, scientists, and educators, aims to build community pride and illustrate the mission of UR Medicine to support employee ...

Patient Care

Goodwill Vision Enterprises, UR Medicine Team Up to Expand Eye Care

• Feb. 1, 2023

Goodwill of the Finger Lakes and UR Medicine Flaum Eye Institute – two leaders in vision care for the Finger Lakes region – are collaborating to improve access to best-in-class vision care in the ...

Community

Virtual Urgent Care Provides New Option to Get Care Now

• Dec. 6, 2022

Virtual Urgent Care offers real-time video connections with UR Medicine providers to get telemedicine care for common medical conditions and minor illnesses, like colds, coughs, headaches, ...

Community

New Decision-Making Resource Aims To Help Community Get Care Now

• Nov. 11, 2022

UR Medicine has launched Get Care Now, an online resource to help our community make informed choices to get the right care in the right setting within the UR Medicine health system.

People

Lainie Friedman Ross Named Inaugural Chair of Health Humanities and Bioethics

• Sep. 22, 2022

A pediatrician and internationally renowned bioethicist at The University of Chicago, Ross was tapped as the inaugural chair of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Department ...

Patient Care

Caring Buffalo nurse receives new heart, second chance

• Jul. 11, 2022

For nearly two decades, Buffalo nurse Denise Abbey devoted herself to caring for people with behavioral health challenges. An unexpected health crisis left her fighting for her life. Teamwork between ...

Patient Care

URMC Among Busiest Centers for Advanced Heart Failure Care in U.S.

• Apr. 6, 2022

URMC ranks in the top 3 centers for advanced heart failure in the US, including implantable pumps.

Patient Care

Tonawanda School Custodian Receives Best Gift Ever – A New Heart

• Feb. 1, 2022

“I can feel my new heart beating,” Louis Vacanti says as he places his hand on his chest. “I’m so grateful for everything I’ve received.”

Patient Care

URMC Recognized as RQI Lighthouse for Commitment to Improving Cardiac Arrest Survival

• Oct. 12, 2021

Strong Memorial Hospital is one of just 15 hospitals in the nation designated as an RQI Lighthouse Organization for its cardiopulmonary resuscitation mastery.

Patient Care

Unconventional Union For Officers Provides Hope For New Beats

• Feb. 12, 2021

Buffalo Police Detective Jim Kaska and Police Capt. Melinda Jones exchanged vows in an intensive care unit at Strong Memorial Hospital, where Kaska is awaiting a new heart, and a second chance at ...

Community

Holiday Cheer For Our Ho-Ho-Hospital Workers

• Dec. 11, 2020

Santa and Mrs. Claus spread holiday cheer to hard-working healthcare staff.

Research

RIT, URMC Receive NIH Funding to Study AI-Enabled Toilet Seat Technology for Heart Failure

• Oct. 6, 2020

Toilet seats with high tech sensors might be the non-invasive technology of the future that could help reduce hospital return rates of individuals with heart disease.

Patient Care

3-Year-Old Asks Santa: ‘Can You Bring My Mommy a New Heart?’

• Dec. 20, 2019

At a holiday festival in Utica, N.Y., little Sophie McLaughlin climbed onto Santa’s lap and asked for just one thing: a new heart for her mother. The bearded man was puzzled. He didn’t understand the ...

Research

Physicians Create Guide for Identifying, Treating Vaping Lung Illness

• Nov. 8, 2019

As lung injuries from vaping continue to rise across the United States, Rochester physicians and New York health leaders developed a new tool to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of e-cigarette, ...

Patient Care

DiLoreto to Chair University of Rochester Medical Center Department of opthalmology, Lead Flaum Eye Institute

• Nov. 5, 2019

David A. DiLoreto, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., was named chair of the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Department of opthalmology and director of the Flaum Eye Institute, pending approval by the Office ...

Patient Care

New Heart surgery Technique Performed 1st in US at Strong Gets FDA OK

• Jul. 30, 2019

Pioneering efforts by UR Medicine cardiac surgery teams led to FDA approval of a new technique for implanting a life-saving heart pump. The procedure, performed first in the nation at Strong Memorial ...

Research

Harvey Selected to Lead University of Rochester Medical Center Imaging Sciences

• Jul. 11, 2019

Jennifer Harvey, M.D., F.A.C.R., of the University of Virginia, has been selected to serve as chair of Imaging Sciences, pending approval of the Provost. She succeeds David L. Waldman, M.D., Ph.D., ...

Patient Care

Syracuse-area Woman with Heart Failure Reaches Rare Milestone

• Mar. 20, 2019

A Central New York woman is 1 of just 100 people in the nation alive today thanks to a decade of support from a heart pump. And those 10 years were tremendously valuable to Rahel Elmer-Reger, who ...

Patient Care

Strong Memorial Ranked Among Top Centers for Heart Pumps, Survival

• Feb. 20, 2019

Frank Rosinski’s heart stopped three times and doctors were able to revive him. Doctors immediately transferred the Greece man to Strong Memorial Hospital for heart failure care by Upstate New York’s ...

Patient Care

UR Medicine Offers Free Heart Health Screenings, Talks

• Jan. 23, 2019

UR Medicine is holding a series of talks about ways to improve your heart health and health screenings throughout the month of February, which is American Heart Month.

Patient Care

UR Medicine A Leader in Stroke Prevention with Less Invasive Technique

• Jan. 22, 2019

UR Medicine is helping prevent life-threatening strokes with a minimally invasive technique to open blocked carotid arteries.

Patient Care

Grand Island Man Has Plenty of Reasons to be Grateful

• Nov. 20, 2018

A year ago, Neil Wolfe’s heart was three times the size that it should be. He had no idea it was one of the reasons he needed to buy new shirts, twice. That didn’t bother him as much as a lingering ...

Patient Care

UR Medicine Heart & Vascular Opens at Eastside Family YMCA

• Oct. 30, 2018

UR Medicine has opened a new cardiology practice in the Eastside Family YMCA, expanding access to wellness programs and clinical services within YMCA of Greater Rochester. The new site brings the ...

Patient Care

Strong Memorial Cardiology Team Helps Expand Use of Next-Gen Heart Pumps

• Oct. 24, 2018

UR Medicine Heart and Vascular is celebrating its valuable contributions to securing approval of the latest high-tech pump for the growing population of people facing heart failure. Last week, the ...

Patient Care

UR Medicine Flaum Eye Institute Welcomes Family Eyecare Associates

• Oct. 18, 2018

Webster optometry practice Family Eyecare Associates has joined the Flaum Eye Institute, continuing growth of the Ophthalmology department. Therese Farugia, O.D, will continue to provide patients ...

Patient Care

Lupus Education Program Set for Oct. 27 at URMC

• Oct. 12, 2018

Lupus-related skin changes, complementary therapies and the latest research advances are the focus of a half-day education program for patients and caregivers. The event will be held 8:30 a.m. to ...

Patient Care

Taubman To Serve Another Five-Year Term as Dean of School of Medicine and Dentistry

• Oct. 9, 2018

University of Rochester President Richard Feldman has announced the appointment of Mark B. Taubman, M.D., to a new term as dean of the School of Medicine and Dentistry, effective July 1, 2019. ...

Patient Care

Harbor House Home-Away-From-Home Benefit is Sept. 29

• Sep. 18, 2018

Rochester’s home-away-from-home for seriously ill patients will get a boost from the community during the “And the Beat Goes On…” benefit dinner for Harbor House of Rochester.

Patient Care

Jamestown Post-Journal Sportswriter Scores a New Heart

• Jun. 15, 2018

Jamestown sportswriter Cody Crandall felt like he hit a grand slam when UR Medicine transplant cardiologists shared news that a matching heart was available for him. The 24-year-old former baseball ...

Patient Care

‘Bionic Eye’ Helps Wyoming County Man See His Bride Again

• Jun. 11, 2018

“Oh my goodness – do you see that?” It was the wave of a hand, but William Heidt was in tears. For the first time in more than 15 years, the Wyoming County man saw something, thanks to a “bionic eye” ...

Community

Bike to Work Week is Coming: Here's Everything You Need to Know

• May. 11, 2018

Ever thought about incorporating a bike into your daily commute? May is Bike Month. We talked to some of our very own seasoned commuter cyclists, and learned there’s a lot more to pedaling than meets ...

Patient Care

Gift of Life Provides Strength, Hope to Auburn Woman, Family

• May. 11, 2018

As Mother’s Day nears, Roberta Watkins says only a hug from her 9-year-old compares with the extraordinary gift she received two weeks ago at UR Medicine’s Strong Memorial Hospital. A generous donor ...

Community

URMC Surgeons, Troopers Offer Prescription Drug Take Back May 19

• May. 8, 2018

The Rochester community is invited to safely dispose prescription medications from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 19, at the University of Rochester Medical Center. The Prescription Drug Take Back, ...

Patient Care

UR Medicine Introduces Digital PET/CT Technology at Outpatient Imaging Center

• Apr. 2, 2018

UR Medicine has begun using Upstate New York’s first digital PET/CT system which offers higher quality images faster and more safely and comfortably than ever before. The images allow physicians to ...

Patient Care

New LVAD Heart Pump Surgery is Minimally Invasive and Led by UR Medicine

• Mar. 13, 2018

UR Medicine cardiac surgeons recently introduced a minimally invasive approach to implanting the newest heart pump available for people with congestive heart failure. This is believed to be the first ...

Education

UR Medicine Marks Heart Month with Talks, Screenings in February

• Jan. 31, 2018

UR Medicine is observing American Heart Month by holding a series of community talks about ways to improve your heart health and health screenings throughout the month of February. “It’s important to ...

Education

UR Medicine Boosts Women’s Heart Health with New, Larger Team

• Jan. 28, 2018

UR Medicine is tackling the growing, life-threatening problem of heart disease in women with Upstate New York’s largest team of female cardiovascular experts dedicated to the unique health challenges ...

Patient Care

Jamestown Man Raises Awareness of Organ Donation, Awaits New Heart

• Dec. 26, 2017

Jamestown sportswriter Cody Crandall hopes sharing a personal story can change a life, rather than one he writes. The 24-year-old former baseball standout at Jamestown High School has a failing heart ...

Patient Care

UR Medicine Helps Genesee County Family Embrace Heart of Holidays

• Dec. 21, 2017

Carrie Thornley Fisher was in heart failure near the end of her second pregnancy. After giving birth to a healthy boy, the 32-year-old spent nearly two months on life-saving mechanical support until ...

Patient Care

Entrepreneurs Fund Cardiac Surgery Professorship at University of Rochester

• Nov. 30, 2017

The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry has received a $2 million gift from Jude S. Sauer, M.D. and his family to establish a distinguished professorship to be held by the chief ...

Patient Care

Genesee Vascular Lab Joins UR Medicine Heart & Vascular

• Nov. 9, 2017

UR Medicine has acquired Genesee Vascular Lab expanding its Heart and Vascular expertise, care and locations. Vascular surgeon Thomas Penn, M.D., who formed the practice in 1977, will continue to ...

Patient Care

Erie County Woman Running Again After Heart, Lung Failure

• Oct. 30, 2017

Jennifer Bardrof was the picture of health: a young mother of two, schoolteacher and avid runner. Yet when she experienced flu-like symptoms, no one expected it would lead to heart and lung failure ...

Patient Care

UR Medicine Uses ‘Bionic Eye’ to Restore Some Vision to Blind Syracuse Woman

• Oct. 23, 2017

A 71-year-old woman blinded by an inherited disease recently thrilled University of Rochester doctors by reaching out and grabbing her ophthalmologist’s hand after receiving a “bionic eye.” The ...

Patient Care

UR Medicine Experts Host Lupus Education Program Oct. 28

• Oct. 12, 2017

People living with lupus and their caregivers can learn more about challenges of managing the disease, latest therapies and research advances during UR Medicine’s Lupus Education Day from 8:30 a.m. ...

Patient Care

URMC Collecting Personal Items to Help Hurricane-Ravaged Puerto Rico Residents

• Sep. 26, 2017

University of Rochester Medical Center is joining a community effort to collect personal items for residents of Puerto Rico who are struggling to recover from the damaging winds and rain of Hurricane ...

Patient Care

Diverse Team Makes Special Delivery in Strong Memorial’s Heart Center

• Sep. 18, 2017

Strong Memorial Hospital’s Cardiac Catheterization Lab is an unusual place for the birth of a child, but for Jessica Driffill, it was the right place.

Community

Benefit for Harbor House Home-Away-From-Home is Sept. 23

• Sep. 14, 2017

The 11th annual “And the Beat Goes On…” benefit dinner for Rochester’s Harbor House will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23, at the Locust Hill Country Club. Harbor House is a home-away-from-home ...

Patient Care

Sept. 7 Junior Builders’ Golf Tournament Benefits Mary Parkes Asthma Center

• Sep. 1, 2017

The Rochester Junior Builders’ Exchange hosts its 22nd annual charity golf tournament to benefit UR Medicine’s Mary Parkes Center for Asthma, Allergy and Pulmonary Care on Thursday, Sept. 7, at ...

Patient Care

UR Medicine Provides 3 Heart Transplants in 5 Days

• Aug. 9, 2017

UR Medicine’s Advanced Heart Failure team recently performed three heart transplant surgeries in a span of just five days at Strong Memorial Hospital, providing the Gift of Life for three men from ...

Patient Care

Oswego County Father Receives New Heart, Goes Home to See Daughter Graduate

• Jun. 21, 2017

When Central Square father Donald Tuffley and his family attend his daughter’s commencement ceremony on Friday, June 23, it will be a dream come true. It’s an important moment he feared he would ...

Patient Care

UR Medicine Cardiac Rehabilitation Relocates, Expands

• Jun. 19, 2017

UR Medicine Heart and Vascular’s Cardiac Rehabilitation program is relocating and joining two busy Cardiology and Vascular surgery programs at 140 Canal View Office Park.

Research

Parkes Family’s Mission of Advancing Asthma Care Continues with UR Professorship

• Jun. 8, 2017

The family of the late Mary M. Parkes, for whom the UR Medicine asthma center is named, is continuing its mission of advancing care and research with creation of the Walter & Carmina Mary Parkes ...

Patient Care

UR Medicine Opens New Outpatient Imaging Center

• Jun. 5, 2017

UR Medicine is transforming the experience for people undergoing diagnostic imaging testing and introduces the Finger Lakes region’s first outpatient interventional radiology clinic with the opening ...

Patient Care

UR Medicine’s Flaum Eye Institute First in Region to Offer Procedure for Near Vision Loss

• May. 24, 2017

Flaum Eye Institute’s Scott MacRae, M.D., an international leader in LASIK vision correction, is the first in the Finger Lakes region to provide the Raindrop Near Vision Inlay, which treats ...

Patient Care

Singers from “The Voice” to Lead Harbor House Rocks April 21

• Apr. 5, 2017

Nick Hagelin and Bryan Bautista, who competed on “The Voice,” and local musicians will come together Friday, April 21, to support Harbor House, a home-away-from-home for families of patients ...

Patient Care

UR Medicine Vein Care Teams Secure IAC Accreditation

• Feb. 23, 2017

UR Medicine Vein Center is the region’s first Vascular Surgery-led team to earn Intersocietal Accreditation Commission accreditation for comprehensive vein care.

Patient Care

Vascular Surgery, Vein Center Relocate to Larger Offices

• Jan. 31, 2017

UR Medicine’s Vascular Surgery and Vein Center teams are opening new, larger and more convenient offices at 140 Canal View Blvd., off Brighton-Henrietta Townline Road., on Wednesday, Feb. 1.

Patient Care

Mohawk Valley Man 'On the Ropes,' Gets New Heart

• Jan. 13, 2017

Herkimer County resident Jim Pugliese has seen young boxers take incredible blows and rally for a win in the ring. You could say he’s experienced the same situation. The 64-year-old Mohawk Valley man ...

Patient Care

New Heart is Ultimate Gift for Volunteer Firefighter

• Dec. 20, 2016

Barbara Fudge has spent her life helping others and asking nothing in return. For nearly 20 years she has served as a volunteer firefighter and emergency medical technician in her small Chemung ...

Patient Care

UR Medicine Heart Team Offers World’s Smallest Pacemaker

• Dec. 18, 2016

UR Medicine cardiologists are first in region to offer the world’s smallest pacemaker for people with irregular or slow heart rhythms.

Patient Care

UR Medicine Introduces New Device to Monitor Heart Failure Symptoms, Reduce Hospitalization

• Nov. 21, 2016

Cardiologists at UR Medicine’s Strong Memorial Hospital have introduced a new implantable miniaturized, wireless monitoring sensor to manage heart failure and reduce the number of times people with ...

Patient Care

UR Medicine Heart Transplant Team Celebrates 200 Hearts, 200 Second Chances

• Nov. 3, 2016

UR Medicine Heart and Vascular celebrated 200 second chances with an Oct. 22 reunion of heart transplant recipients, generous families of organ donors and staff from Strong Memorial Hospital and ...

Patient Care

UR Medicine Flaum Eye Institute Welcomes Visionary Eye Associates

• Nov. 2, 2016

UR Medicine has acquired Visionary Eye Associates to join Flaum Eye Institute, a national leader in vision care and research.

Patient Care

UR Medicine Experts Host Lupus Education Program Oct. 15

• Sep. 29, 2016

People living with lupus and caregivers can learn more about latest therapies and research during UR Medicine’s Lupus Education Day from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at the University of ...

Patient Care

UR Medicine Cardiac Surgeons Perform 200th Heart Transplant

• Sep. 20, 2016

Cardiac surgeons at UR Medicine’s Strong Memorial Hospital recently performed a 200th heart transplant surgery, providing a 48-year-old father a second chance on life. Reaching this milestone is a ...

Patient Care

Organ Donation Highlights Benefit for Harbor House Sept. 10

• Aug. 11, 2016

The 10th annual “And the Beat Goes On…,” benefit dinner for Rochester’s Harbor House will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, at the Doubletree by Hilton in Henrietta. Harbor House is a ...

Community

Sept. 8 Junior Builders’ Golf Tournament Benefits Mary Parkes Asthma Center

• Aug. 8, 2016

The Rochester Junior Builders’ Exchange hosts its 21st annual golf tournament to benefit UR Medicine’s Mary Parkes Center for Asthma, Allergy and Pulmonary Care on Thursday, Sept. 8, at Victor Hills ...

Patient Care

UR Medicine Earns National Accreditation for Pulmonary Hypertension Care

• Jul. 20, 2016

UR Medicine received accreditation as a Comprehensive Care Center from the Pulmonary Hypertension Association in recognition of excellence in diagnosis, research and clinical care for this complex ...

Research

Drug Helps Reduce Involuntary Movements for People with Huntington Disease

• Jul. 5, 2016

People with Huntington disease (HD) experienced fewer involuntary movements, also known as chorea, while taking deutetrabenazine (SD-809) compared to placebo, according to a paper published today in ...

Patient Care

UR Medicine Cardiologists First in Region to Use Device to Reduce Stroke Risk

• Jun. 7, 2016

UR Medicine’s Strong Memorial Hospital is first in the Rochester area to offer people a new minimally invasive therapy for atrial fibrillation, a common heart rhythm disorder, to prevent strokes.

Patient Care

UR Medicine Gets Top Honors for Cardiac, Stroke Programs

• May. 23, 2016

The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association has once again honored UR Medicine’s Strong Memorial Hospital with its highest awards for heart failure, stroke and resuscitation care. ...

Patient Care

UR Medicine Cardiologist to lead American Society for Hypertension

• May. 18, 2016

UR Medicine cardiologist John D. Bisognano, M.D., Ph.D., has been elected president of the American Society of Hypertension, an organization of physicians and scientists dedicated to advancing ...

Patient Care

Finger Lakes Man Enjoys Fatherhood After Specialized Heart Therapy

• Apr. 26, 2016

Mike Burke and his wife, Becky, are raising a toddler with a sense of relief and optimism that didn’t exist just two years ago. Faced with life-threatening heart disease, UR Medicine Heart and ...

Patient Care

UR Medicine Heart and Vascular Performs 200th High-Tech Heart Valve Replacement

• Apr. 18, 2016

UR Medicine Heart and Vascular recently performed its 200th transcatheter aortic valve replacement, a life-saving procedure for seriously ill, aging adults with faulty heart valves. The high-tech ...

People

Nuclear Medicine Physicist, UR Alum David A. Weber, Ph.D., Dies

• Apr. 11, 2016

Nuclear medicine physicist David A. Weber, Ph.D., who worked at University of Rochester Medical Center from 1970 to 1987, died at his Pittsford home March 31. He was 77.

People

ABVI Honors Flaum Eye Institute Leader for Dedication to Community

• Mar. 28, 2016

UR Medicine Flaum Eye Institute Director Steven Feldon, M.D., M.B.A., will be honored by the Association for Blind and Visually Impaired during its 2016 Visionary Gala: Sea Great Things Saturday, ...

Patient Care

Talented Students Raise Funds to Help City Pupils Who Need Eyeglasses

• Feb. 12, 2016

UR Medicine’s Flaum Eye Institute received a $20,000 donation to support its program to provide free vision care for needy schoolchildren. Kids Reaching Hearts Through Performing Arts, an ...

Patient Care

Webster Schools Rally Around P.E. Teacher for American Heart Month

• Feb. 9, 2016

Webster schools physical education teacher Dan Graf routinely encourages students to participate in the American Heart Association’s jump-rope and basketball fundraisers because it helps people who ...

Patient Care

Buffalo Men Receive Cherished Gifts for Christmas – New Hearts

• 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 ...

Research

UR Medicine Tapped for Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation’s Care Center Network

• Dec. 7, 2015

UR Medicine was selected to be a part of the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Care Center Network to expand care and research into pulmonary fibrosis, also called lung scarring. UR Medicine Pulmonary ...

Community

URMC’s Anolik Honored for Supporting People with Disabilities

• Nov. 13, 2015

Commitment to supporting people with disabilities has earned Adam Anolik, associate vice president of University of Rochester Medical Center, the Outstanding Community Partner Award from Starbridge. ...

Patient Care

Jones Memorial Hospital, Noyes Health Join UR Medicine

• Nov. 9, 2015

After nearly a year of planning, Jones Memorial Hospital in Wellsville and Noyes Health in Dansville will officially join UR Medicine. The affiliations have been approved by each organization’s ...

Patient Care

UR Medicine Experts Host Lupus Education Program Oct. 31

• Oct. 15, 2015

People living with lupus and caregivers can learn more about latest therapies and research during UR Medicine’s ninth annual Lupus Education Day from noon to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at Helen ...

Patient Care

Young Artists Host Gala to Support Programs for Children with Vision Loss

• Sep. 25, 2015

A group of young performing artists is holding a gala Oct. 10 to support UR Medicine Flaum Eye Institute’s programs to help children with vision loss in Rochester and across the world.

Patient Care

Rochester Cardiopulmonary Group Joins UR Medicine

• Sep. 9, 2015

The Rochester Cardiopulmonary Group, which has served the Rochester region for four decades, has joined UR Medicine, creating the region’s largest and most experienced heart team.

Research

Combination Treatment for Fatal Lung Disease Shows Promise

• Aug. 31, 2015

A treatment regimen that combines two FDA-approved drugs significantly reduced hospitalizations in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a type of high blood pressure that affects the ...

Patient Care

UR Medicine Building New Site for Outpatient Imaging, Autism Care

• 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 ...