News Archive for 2016

Upstate signs pledge to offer prescriber information on opioids to medical students
March 31, 2016
Medical dean said Upstate supports further efforts to broaden education on this issue.

It's a Match! Upstate medical students find where they will spend their residencies
March 21, 2016
From Vermont to Utah, medical students get matched with medical institutions to begin their specialty training.

Match Day attire
March 18, 2016
Students write the name of the hospital or health system where they will do their residency on their special Match Day T-shirts as part of Upstate Medical University's Match Day celebration. Fourth-year medical students across the country found out today where they will do their residencies.

Upstate introduces online parenting classes for expectant parents
March 18, 2016
The new online education program for expectant parents is a self-paced, interactive education program that can be completed from home on a computer or mobile device.

Upstate scientist's work at center of biotech startup
March 18, 2016
Research by Upstate Medical University's Stewart Loh, PhD, into protein p53--known as the "guardian of the human genome"--and its role in suppressing tumor formation is at the center of a biomedical startup with Rutgers University.

Upstate University Hospital's Adult SWAT team marks 10th anniversary
March 18, 2016
SWAT nurses are not only involved in delivering critical care, but also in assisting hospital staff with advanced training and education, bedside teaching, and developing simulations, in an effort to prevent emergency situations.

Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital celebrates Patient Safety Week
March 16, 2016
Children's hospital joins national group in offering things parents can do to make a child's hospitalization safer.

Café Kubal tapped for Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital coffee concession
March 10, 2016
Syracuse-based coffee roaster Café Kubal will open its fifth Syracuse location in Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital this spring.

Upstate awarded $70.6M grant to build ambulatory care center
March 10, 2016
The ambulatory care center will house primary care, behavioral health and specialty services, and a variety of other patient care services designed to support a patient's transition from acute medical care facilities back into the community.

Mrs. New York 2016 pays a visit
March 7, 2016
Mrs. New York 2016 Alison Trenk speaks with Michele Bergquist, a librarian in the Family Resource Center at Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital, during a tour of Upstate March 4. Trenk visited many areas of the hospital, including physical therapy and rehabilitation program. Trenk volunteers for the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation and also supports the...