Upstate Medical university Public Affairs
November 22, 2009
News from Upstate

October 2009 News Archive

Friday, October 30, 2009



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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Upstate named to research network to create database on healthcare reimbursement

SYRACUSE, N.Y.— Upstate Medical University is one of four upstate New York academic institutions named as part of a research network that will create and develop a new healthcare database for consumer reimbursement and a new Web site where consumers can... read more

Friday, October 23, 2009

Governor names Fayetteville resident to Upstate Medical University Council

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Fayetteville resident Gwyn Mannion, a quality engineer with SRCTec, has been appointed by the governor’s office to serve on the Upstate Medical University Council. Mannion’s term on the council runs through June 30, 2014. The Upstate... read more

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Upstate’s Bariatric Surgery Center earns top accreditation for quality of care

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Central New York Bariatric Surgery Center at Upstate Medical University has earned accreditation as a Level 1A by the American College of Surgeons’ Bariatric Surgery Center Network. Upstate’s center received the highest accreditation... read more

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Upstate shines spotlight on spiritual care mission for Pastoral Care Week

At University Hospital, pastoral caregivers serve through the hospital’s Center for Spiritual Care, a division of the Department of Volunteer Initiatives. Pastoral caregivers, or spiritual caregivers as they are known at University Hospital, are trained... read more

Monday, October 19, 2009

Upstate taps bariatric, trauma surgeon with research expertise as surgery chief

SYRACUSE, N.Y.— Robert Cooney, M.D., the Charlene J. Smith Professor of Surgery and Cellular & Molecular Physiology, and chief of the Division of Surgery at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, has been named professor and chair of the Department... read more

Friday, October 16, 2009

Upstate study to test new device to treat moderate lumbar spinal stenosis

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — SUNY Upstate Medical University researchers are participating in an FDA‑approved, multi‑site clinical trial to test the safety and effectiveness of an implantable device to treat moderate lumbar spinal stenosis. The FDA will... read more

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

University Gastroenterology receives three‑year accreditation from key panel

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — University Gastroenterology at the Philip G. Holtzapple Endoscopy Center at University Hospital has achieved three‑year accreditation—the highest level of accreditation—from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care... read more

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Twenty‑six named as Student Ambassadors

SYRACUSE, N.Y.— Twenty‑six students at SUNY Upstate Medical University have been selected as student ambassadors of the university. The students, selected from the university’s four colleges—Graduate Studies, Health Professions, Medicine and... read more

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