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

March 2005 News Archive

Tuesday, March 29, 2005

Number of children receiving mental health services triples under new joint Onondaga County, SUNY Upstate program

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -The Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at SUNY Upstate Medical University and the Onondaga County Department of Social Services (DSS) are caring for more children in need outpatient mental health services through a joint initiative... read more

Monday, March 21, 2005

Center for Children's Surgery named for grateful patient

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. - University Hospital's Center for Children's Surgery has been renamed in honor of a grateful patient, Olivia Louise Pietrafesa. Robert and Daphne Pietrafesa of Cazenovia provided the naming gift for the surgery center as an expression... read more

Friday, March 18, 2005

Joslin Diabetes Center to offer free diabetes screening in honor of Diabetes Alert Day March 22

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SYRACUSE, N.Y.- In recognition of Diabetes Alert Day, the Joslin Diabetes Center of SUNY Upstate Medical University will offer free diabetes screening Tuesday, March 22, from 8 to 3 p.m. at its University Health Care Center office, located at 90 Presidential... read more

Thursday, March 17, 2005

SUNY Upstate Medical University students get matched with residencies on national Match Day

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — At noon today (March 17), 156 fourth-year students from SUNY Upstate Medical University’s College of Medicine joined graduating medical students from across the country in learning where they will spend their first year of training (or... read more

Monday, March 14, 2005

SUNY Upstate introduces new bachelor's degree program to meet growing demand for research lab technologists

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - SUNY Upstate Medical University will introduce a new bachelor's degree program in medical biotechnology this fall. The degree program is aimed at providing the skills and training for what experts say is a growing need for medical biotechnologists.... read more

Friday, March 11, 2005

University Hospital celebrates Child Life Week beginning March 13

SYRACUSE, N.Y.- University Hospital will celebrate March as National Child Life Month with a week of events, including a Kids Fair sponsored by RadioDisney, beginning March 13 to honor and acknowledge the work of the hospital's seven certified child life... read more

Wednesday, March 2, 2005

University Hospital introduces pill-sized capsule endoscopy procedure to Central New York

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - University Hospital is the only hospital in central and northern New York to offer the FDA-approved PillCam ESO endoscopy. PillCam ESO is a safe, accurate and sedation-free alternative to traditional endoscopy used to detect esophageal... read more

Tuesday, March 1, 2005

Expansion of On-Campus Parking Created in Old Garage and New Public Garage

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The new public Upstate Medical University Parking Garage East, featuring 1,200 spaces on five levels, with entrances on Sarah Loguen and Elizabeth Blackwell streets, will open to the public on March 7 for daily parking. Daily parking in the new public... read more

Tuesday, March 1, 2005

John B. Fortune, M.D., named director of Trauma Services and Critical Care at University Hospital

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SYRACUSE, N.Y.- John B. Fortune, M.D., has been appointed as professor of surgery at SUNY Upstate Medical University and director of Trauma Services and Critical Care at University Hospital. His responsibilities include general surgery, trauma, critical... read more

Tuesday, March 1, 2005

Imtiaz A. Munshi, M.D., named medical director of the bariatric surgery program at SUNY Upstate

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Imtiaz A. Munshi, M.D., has been named associate professor and medical director of the bariatric surgery program at SUNY Upstate Medical University. Munshi specializes in bariatric surgery and trauma. His clinical and research interests... read more

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