News Archives of January 2006

SYRACUSE, N.Y.- SUNY Upstate Medical University has appointed Phillip S. Schaengold, J.D., as chief executive officer of University Hospital and senior associate dean for hospital affairs in the College of Medicine. The appointment, effective immediately, was announced today, Jan. 24, by Steven J. Scheinman, M.D., executive vice president and dean of the College of [...]

SYRACUSE, N.Y.-University Hospital is now offering the Plicator procedure, a new treatment option for individuals who are dependent on medications or who would otherwise need surgery to control symptoms of heartburn and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). The procedure, performed on an outpatient basis at University Hospital, has been shown to reduce or completely eliminate [...]

SYRACUSE, N.Y.-SUNY Upstate Medical University is collaborating with SUNY Empire State College’s FORUM Management Education Program to offer a new bachelor’s degree program for clinical research associates (CRA) through the FORUM Management Education Program. The degree program begins Feb. 27; orientation will be held Feb. 17. Clinical research associates are specialized research professionals who work [...]

Exhibition opens at SUNY Upstate Jan. 11; ceremony to honor Numann is Jan. 23 SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Patricia J. Numann, M.D., Distinguished Professor of Surgery at SUNY Upstate Medical University who is recognized nationally as a role model for women physicians, has been nominated by the Central New York community to be featured in a traveling [...]