URMC Celebrates a Decade of Community Health Improvement with Satcher Awards
Two University of Rochester Medical Center faculty members were recognized today for their contributions to community health in the Greater Rochester region at the 10th annual Dr. David Satcher Community Health Improvement Awards. (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases - April 18, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: University of Rochester Medical Center Source Type: news

Norton Chosen to Lead SON Research Mission
Sally Norton, a nationally recognized expert in palliative care research, has been named the new associate dean for research at the University of Rochester School of Nursing. (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases - April 15, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: University of Rochester Medical Center Source Type: news

Highland Hospital Receives $1 Million Donation from the LeFrois Family
Highland Hospital is receiving a $1 million donation from the LeFrois family for its private bed modernization project. The generous donation was announced Saturday at the 13th Annual Highland Hospital Gala at the Joseph A. Floreano Riverside Convention Center. (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases - April 12, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: University of Rochester Medical Center Source Type: news

UR Researcher Earns $1 Million Grant to Lead Statewide LGBT Cultural Competency Training
The New York State Department of Health ’s AIDS Institute has awarded Brooke Levandowski, PhD, MPA of the UR Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology a five-year, $1 million grant for LGBT-Health, a program to provide cultural competency training to organizations across the state that provide health care and human services to th e LGBT community. (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases - April 11, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: University of Rochester Medical Center Source Type: news

Study Examines Threshold of Home Health Care Services to Avoid Re-Hospitalization
An average of one to two home health physical therapy sessions per week can help lower the risk of re-hospitalization by up to 82 percent in older adults during a 60-day period, according to research findings published in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases - April 9, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: University of Rochester Medical Center Source Type: news

Rochester River Run 5K Raises Much-Needed Funds for Transplant Patients at Strong
The Rochester River Run/Walk 5K —scheduled for Sunday, April 7 at Genesee Valley Park—is raising funds in support of patients who are awaiting or recovering from organ transplant surgery at Strong Memorial Hospital. (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases - April 6, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: University of Rochester Medical Center Source Type: news

URMC to Lead $7M Study on Early Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorder
The University of Rochester will be the coordinating site for a $7 million Department of Defense-funded study of early intervention for autism spectrum disorder, to evaluate which approaches can best help affected children and their families. (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases - April 4, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: University of Rochester Medical Center Source Type: news

Highland Hospital ’s 13th Annual Gala is April 6
Highland Hospital ’s 2019 Gala will be held Saturday, April 6 at 6 p.m. at the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center. Funds raised through the gala will support Highland’s private bed modernization project. (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases - April 1, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: University of Rochester Medical Center Source Type: news

Listening to Family Stories Helps Cancer Researchers Identify Gaps in Care
Families of cancer patients described three distinct experiences — “We Pretty Much Knew,” “Beating the Odds,” and “Left to Die” — in the final weeks of their loved one’s life. Wilmot Cancer Institute researchers gathered these valuable perspectives, identified the problems, and plan to use the data for improving care at this difficult and emotio nally charged time. (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases - March 28, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: University of Rochester Medical Center Source Type: news

New Study Reshapes Understanding of How the Brain Recovers from Injury
Each year, approximately 265,000 Americans have a stroke that causes visual impairment. New research, which appears in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, sheds light on how the damage in the brain caused by a stroke can lead to permanent vision impairment. The findings could provide researchers with a blueprint to better identify which areas of vision are recoverable, facilitating the development of more effective interventions to encourage vision recovery. (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases - March 20, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: University of Rochester Medical Center Source Type: news

URMC Recognized by American College of Surgeons National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer
URMC is only the sixth institution in the country and the only one in New York and the Northeast to receive this accreditation so far. (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases - March 20, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: University of Rochester Medical Center Source Type: news

Leaders of 1199SEIU, URMC Urge Restoration of Cuts to Teaching Hospitals
Leaders of the 1199SEIU Healthcare Workers East, which represents nearly 1,500 employees at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), will join the medical center ’s CEO in urging state leaders to restore a proposed budget cut that would cost URMC $4.1 million next year. (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases - March 20, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: University of Rochester Medical Center Source Type: news

Match Day Ceremony Informs UR Medical Students Where They Will Head for Residency Training
Nearly 100 soon-to-be physicians from the UR School of Medicine and Dentistry got the results Friday of the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), which matches the preference of students with the preferences of residency programs. The annual Match Day ceremony is the culmination of four years of medical school and reveals where students will be going to begin their careers in medicine. (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases - March 16, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: University of Rochester Medical Center Source Type: news

UR Medical Students Preparing to Meet their Match
Fourth-year medical students here and around the country will find out Friday where they will spend the next several years in training for their first jobs as physicians. At noon on March 15, during an emotion-filled Match Day event coordinated by the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), approximately 100 students from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry will simultaneously open sealed envelopes to learn where they ’re headed for their residencies. (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases - March 14, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: University of Rochester Medical Center Source Type: news

Highland Hospital Offers Implantable Device as Cutting Edge Treatment for Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Highland Hospital is now the first hospital in the Rochester region to offer an implantable device called a hypoglossal nerve stimulator (Inspire ®) as a treatment for patients who suffer from moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea. (Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases)
Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Press Releases - March 13, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: University of Rochester Medical Center Source Type: news