News Archives of 1999
SUNY Health Science Center Honors Wal-Mart for Philanthropic Support
September 8, 1999
The Wal-Mart Foundation has received the 1999 SUNY Health Science Center President's Award for Excellence in Philanthropic Service for its steadfast support of children's health needs.
The Ethics of Organ Donations to be Focus of Health Science Center's Faith and Values Forum Sept. 15
September 8, 1999
Frank S. Szmalc, M.D., a transplant surgeon and chief of organ recovery services for the SUNY Health Science Center, will present "Organ Donations: The Ethics and the Needs" at the Faith and Values Forum Wednesday, Sept. 15 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the Ninth Floor Auditorium of Weiskotten Hall, 744 Irving Avenue.
Joslin Center Experts Offer Tips for Managing Diabetes During the School Year at Free Seminar Sept. 28
September 7, 1999
The Joslin Center for Diabetes at University Hospital of the State University of New York Health Science Center will present a free public diabetes education seminar Tuesday, Sept. 28 from 6 to 7 p.m. To register, contact University Hospital's Health Connections at 464-8668. The seminar will take place in the conference room at Joslin Center for Diabetes, located in the University Health Care Center, 90 Presidential Plaza.
Lions Clubs of District 20-YI to Present University Vision Care and Research Centers with Check to Further Research and Clinical Care of Blinding Conditions
August 25, 1999
To further its mission to eliminate preventable blindness, the Lions Clubs of District 20-YI have pledged $250,000 over a three-year period to the Vision 2000 campaign for the Health Science Center's University Vision Care & Research Centers.
Health Science Center professor L. Thomas Wolff, M.D., Named Distinguished Teaching Professor by the State University of New York
August 23, 1999
L. Thomas Wolff, M.D., professor of family medicine at the State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse, has been named a Distinguished Teaching Professor by the State University Board of Trustees.
154 Incoming Medical Students to Receive 'White Coats' in Ceremony Aug. 25 at SUNY Health Science Center
August 21, 1999
One hundred and fifty-four new students in the College of Medicine at the State University of New York Health Science Center will receive their first physician's lab coat during a special event, called the White Coat ceremony, Wednesday, Aug. 25 at 4:30 p.m. in the ninth floor auditorium of Weiskotten Hall, 766 Irving Avenue, Syracuse.
Life-saving Skills of Paramedics and Emergency Medical Technicians to be Tested in National Competition Oct. 3
August 13, 1999
Paramedics and emergency medical technicians will race against the clock as they attempt to extricate victims from a car crash, resuscitate a patient in cardiac arrest and navigate an ambulance through an obstacle course during the first-ever national emergency medical services (EMS) competition to be held Sunday, Oct. 3 at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y. The winning EMS team will receive a $10,000 cash prize.
Robert Pietrafesa II Appointed by Governor to Chair Health Science Center Council
August 4, 1999
Robert E. Pietrafesa II of Cazenovia has been appointed chair of the Health Science Center Council. The appointment was made by Gov. George Pataki. He succeeds John B. Johnson, who served as chair since 1961.
University Hospital joins forces with America's Doctor.com
August 4, 1999
University Hospital has become the first hospital in New York state to sign on with America's Doctor.com, a consumer-based healthcare website on the Internet and on America OnLine.
Health Science Center's Gregory L. Eastwood, M.D., Elected President of the Associated Medical Schools of New York
July 16, 1999
Gregory L. Eastwood, M.D., president of the State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse (HSC), has been elected president of the Associated Medical Schools of New York (AMS). Dr. Eastwood will serve as president until June 2001. He was elected at the organization's June 17 meeting at State University of New York at Stony Brook. Dr. Eastwood, who served as vice president of the AMS, succeeds Herb Pardes, M.D., dean of College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. Established in 1967, AMS is a consortium of the 14 medical schools, public and private in New York state. The central mission of AMS is to work toward the continual strengthening of medical education, medical care and research in New York. The deans of member institutions comprise the AMS Board of Trustees. "This is an especially critical time for medical schools," said Dr. Eastwood. "We must continue to press hard for more research dollars for medical schools in New York, for increased enrollment of students from underrepresented populations, and to strengthen the fiscal viability of academic medical centers." A gastroenterologist by training, Dr. Eastwood has held faculty appointments in medical education for more than three decades. Prior to being named president of the Health Science Center in 1993 and dean of its College of Medicine in 1995, he served as dean of the School of Medicine of the Medical College of Georgia. He also has held faculty positions at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Harvard Medical School, Jefferson Medical College, Boston University School of Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.