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April 2007 News Archive

Monday, April 30, 2007

Clergy learn how to deliver spiritual care in hospital setting under new program

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — SUNY Upstate Medical University has now broadened its existing graduate educational offerings to include clergy, seminarians and qualified laypersons to provide experience that will lead to a greater understanding of how to deliver spiritual... read more

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Robert Levine, M.D., receives award for service to young physicians and scientists

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Robert A. Levine, M.D., professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology at SUNY Upstate Medical University, has received the 2007 Mentors Research Scholar Award from The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Foundation... read more

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Researchers collaborate on major new federal study of how VCFS manifests in body

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — SUNY Upstate Medical University researchers Robert J. Shprintzen, Ph.D., and Wendy Kates, Ph.D., are participating in a four-year, $2 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded study of how Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome (VCFS) manifests... read more

Monday, April 23, 2007

SUNY Upstate sponsors Autism Awareness Walk April 29

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Second Annual “One Piece at a Time” Autism Awareness Walk sponsored by the Central New York Chapter of Autism Society of America and SUNY Upstate Medical University will be held Sunday, April 29, at the Schine Underground on the Syracuse... read more

Monday, April 23, 2007

Medical respirator inventor to give public lecture May 1 at SUNY Upstate

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Forrest M. Bird, a member of the U.S. Inventors Hall of Fame for his developments in fluid dynamics and the patented BABYbird, will discuss the importance of innovation at a free, public lecture sponsored by SUNY Upstate Medical University... read more

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

SUNY Upstate extends sympathy to Virginia Tech University Community

The following statement was issued by SUNY Upstate Medical University President David R. Smith, M.D: “On behalf of the SUNY Upstate Medical University community, I want to extend our deepest sympathies to the victims, their families and to the entire... read more

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Christine E. Fuller, MD, named associate professor of pathology

SYRACUSE, N.Y.— Christine E. Fuller, M.D., has been appointed associate professor and director of neuropathology for the Department of Pathology at SUNY Upstate Medical University. Fuller also will serve as associate director of the Anatomic Pathology... read more

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Conference to address child, adolescent psychiatry April 26

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Nationally recognized experts in the field of pediatric psychiatry will gather in Syracuse to address a broad range of clinical topics relevant to child development at the 6th Annual Current Diagnostic and Treatment Challenges in Child... read more

Monday, April 9, 2007

SUNY Upstate physician honored for work at free Syracuse health clinic

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Lynn-Beth Satterly, M.D., clinical assistant professor of family medicine at SUNY Upstate Medical University, has been selected to receive the 2007 St. Clare Achievement in Service award by the Franciscan Collaborative Ministries for... read more

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Key stroke researcher and benefactor to receive honorary degrees May 20

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Philip A. Wolf, M.D., who is nationally recognized for his research studies into stroke and cardiovascular diseases, and Richard W. Doust, a businessman, philanthropist and war hero, will receive honorary degrees from the State University... read more

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

NIH study to examine merits of spouse, partner involvement in diabetes care

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A study under way at SUNY Upstate Medical University will examine whether patients with diabetes are better able to manage their chronic illness when their spouses or partners are actively involved in diabetes counseling and education... read more

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Sister McNulty joins spiritual care staff at SUNY Upstate

SYRACUSE, N.Y.—Sister Anne McNulty has been appointed to the chaplaincy team in the Center for Spiritual Care at SUNY Upstate Medical University. In that position, she will provide spiritual care and support to University Hospital patients and their... read more

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