News Archives of January 2010

Initially, Upstate will offer four programs on JCC's Watertown campus: Family Health Nurse Practitioner, Family Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Respiratory Therapy and Medical Technology.

Dads and daughters will spend an evening of dancing and magic to raise funds for services at Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital. The annual event will be held this year at the New York State Fairgrounds.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — SUNY Upstate Medical University announces the following appointments, honors and awards: • John A. Hoepner, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Ophthalmology, received the Distinguished Service Award from the Onondaga County Medical Society at the Society’s annual dinner, held Nov. 2 at the DoubleTree Hotel in East Syracuse. [...]

Money raised across campus will be directed to three agencies involved in relief efforts—American Red Cross, Doctors without Borders, and Partners in Health.

The calendar features more than 100 nursing professionals and highlights numerous accomplishments, innovations and honors led by nurses from all specialities.

The exhibition features laboratory cast specimens of important fossil discoveries and various dinosaurs. It is on display through March 31 for the benefit of patients, family members and their visitors during their hospital stay.

Gary Johnson, M.D., will lead one of the area's busiest emergency rooms, with more than 56,000 patient visits annually. A member of the Upstate Medical University faculty since 1990, Johnson is an award-winning faculty member and physician.

Filtered water is flowing through a growing number of drinking fountains on the Upstate Medical University campus as the campus seeks to reduce the use of bottled water to meet new state requirement

The LIFENET System allows hospital to get detailed heart information from ambulance that will help reduce treatment time for patients experiencing dangerous form of hear attack. Technology aids physicians and nurses in better preparing for patient's arrival at emergency room.

Michael Iannuzzi, M.D., MBA., chair of the Department of Medicine, has been named the Edward C. Reifenstein Professor of Medicine. The Reifenstein Professorship celebrates Iannuzzi's qualities of leadership, medical education, investigation and clinical care.