News Archives of 2005
University Hospital earns top honor for medication safety practices
June 14, 2005
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - When it comes to medication safety, University Hospital is tops, according to a national survey group. The University Health Consortium (UHC) ranked University Hospital as the best performer in its Medication Safety Benchmarking project. Out of 32 top medical centers surveyed across the country, University Hospital was found to have developed the most rigorous and stringent medication safety policies and programs. University Hospital received the recognition in March from UHC.
SUNY Upstate's Leslie J. Kohman, M.D., named SUNY Distinguished Professor
June 13, 2005
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Thoracic surgeon Leslie J. Kohman, M.D., of SUNY Upstate Medical University has been named Distinguished Service Professor, SUNY's highest academic honor.
RE/MAX father and son to bicycle 1,700 miles in support of CNY Children's Miracle Network
June 13, 2005
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Cycling 1,700 miles in the summer heat from Syracuse to Dallas is not something every RE/MAX agent longs to do, but for Karl Sterling of RE/MAX Masters in Fayetteville and his son Nick, this adventure has been in the works for many years. On June 28, after Nick's graduation from Westhill High School, the duo will start their 14-day trek through six states to Texas.
Researchers at SUNY Upstate participate in federal study assessing drug-induced liver injury
June 8, 2005
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Read any prescription or non-prescription label and more than likely it will include a warning that the drug may induce liver damage. How much damage and why it happens in some people is something SUNY Upstate Medical University researchers and other hope to document in a new federal study.
Sciarro named chief operating officer of University Hospital
May 31, 2005
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Jason R. Sciarro has been named chief operating officer of University Hospital. The appointment, effective June 1, was announced by Philip S. Schaengold, J.D., interim executive director of University Hospital.
SUNY Upstate will open Autism Spectrum Disorders clinic in August
May 31, 2005
Increase in number of children with autism diagnosis puts demands on community for new services, officials say. Funding by Friend in Deed and Children's Miracle Network make clinic a reality.
SUNY Upstate physician dispatched to Africa to sing AIDS education, prevention songs
May 31, 2005
E. Jackson Allison Jr., MD, associate dean and professor of emergency medicine at SUNY Upstate and chief of staff at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center will be dispatched by the U.S. state department June 1 for a month-long visit to the African nation of Malawi, but not to provide medical care. Allison is being sent to Malawi to combat a serious health epidemic, AIDS, through song.
Validation therapy expert to speak at SUNY Upstate Alzheimer's conference June 9
May 24, 2005
SYRACUSE, N.Y.- Naomi S. Feil, an internationally recognized expert on Alzheimer's Disease, will deliver the keynote address at SUNY Upstate Medical University's Alzheimer's 2005 conference June 9. The conference runs from 7:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. at Justin's Grill and Conference Center, 6400 Yorktown Circle, East Syracuse.
Time Warner joins WIXT to air Children's Miracle Network broadcast June 4, 5
May 24, 2005
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -The CNY Children's Miracle Network (CMN) has added Time Warner Cable as a media partner in presenting the Children's Miracle Network national broadcast. Time Warner will carry the CMN national broadcast on Channel 76 Saturday, June 4, from 6 to 10 p.m. and Sunday, June 5, from 8 a.m. to noon. Channel 76's coverage of the national broadcast will feature the 464-KIDS telephone number for local call-in pledges. WIXT News Channel 9 will carry a special CMN program Friday, June 3, from 8 to 10 p.m. and segments of the national broadcast.
Medical devices, amenities for hospitalized children receive CNY Children's Miracle Network funding
May 24, 2005
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Pediatric cardiac apnea monitors, support for a clinic for children with autism and research into two life-threatening pediatric disorders are among the proposals that have been approved for funding by the allocations committee for the 2004 Children's Miracle Network (CMN) campaign. Since 1985, when the CMN was first presented in Central New York, nearly $12 million has been raised for children at University and Crouse hospitals as a result of CMN activities.