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Category: Emergency Medicine - Trauma

Coping with prostate cancer's emotional toll; therapy for the pelvic floor; getting a hernia repaired; Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022
February 18, 2022
Interviews with psychologist Dorianne Eaves, PsyD, physical therapists Jillian...

Hernia repair process takes patient from diagnosis through rehabilitation
January 20, 2022
Interview with surgeon Moustafa Hassan, MD, and nurse coordinator Maggie Wight...

Movie crews get medical care from team started by Upstate-trained paramedic
December 20, 2021
Interview with Heather Drake-Bianchi, a paramedic who trained at Upstate and...

What's behind the mental health crisis facing kids, teens; how fertility relates to COVID virus, vaccines: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021
December 17, 2021
Interviews with chief of pediatrics Gregory Conners, MD, and child psychologist...

Poison Center's medical director explains agency's work, his research
December 10, 2021
Interview with Vincent Calleo, MD, medical director of the Upstate New York...

Seniors who fall -- it's a common problem -- can face a challenging recovery
November 17, 2021
Interview with Upstate geriatrician Andrea Berg, MD

Safe sleep for babies: 2 pediatricians explain how
September 24, 2021
Interview with pediatricians Alicia Pekarsky, MD, left, and Erin Hanley, MD

Dealing with burnout; prehospital transfusions; expanded pharmacy services; lung cancer screening: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, July 11, 2021
July 9, 2021
Interviews with family practitioner Kaushal Nanavati, MD; emergency physician...

Prehospital blood transfusions can save lives in trauma cases
June 18, 2021
Interview with Upstate emergency physician Jordan Holliday, MD

What causes acute respiratory distress syndrome, how it's treated and how it's different in patients with COVID-19
May 17, 2021
Interview with Upstate pulmonary physiologist Gary Nieman

How many stroke risk factors do you have?
May 12, 2021
Interview with Upstate stroke specialist Hesham Masoud, MD

Stroke: How to spot when it happens and how it is treated
May 12, 2021
Interview with Upstate stroke specialist Hesham Masoud, MD

Prostate cancer explained; the pandemic and overdose deaths: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020
December 17, 2020
Interviews with urologist Joseph Jacob, MD, and emergency physician Ross...

Drug overdose deaths rise during the pandemic
December 7, 2020
Interview with Ross Sullivan, MD, director of medical toxicology at Upstate

Preventing the overmedication of seniors; consulting an emergency physician remotely; using a robotic tool in brain surgery: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020
November 6, 2020
Interviews with geriatrician Sharon Brangman, MD, emergency physician William...

Telehealth means you can see an emergency-room doctor without leaving home
November 4, 2020
Interview with Upstate emergency physician Bill Paolo, MD

Physical therapy for COVID patients; polio and post-polio syndrome; advances in trauma care: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020
October 16, 2020

How trauma care has been impacted by COVID-19
October 14, 2020
Interview with Bill Marx, DO, chief of trauma and critical care at Upstate