CNY Business Journal awards Upstate's workplace wellness efforts

Attending the Workplace Wellness Awards event were wellness coordinator Suzanne Brisk; Smoking Cessation Program director Cynthia Cary; Bruce Simmons, MD, director of employee/student health; Renae Rokicki, project and strategic planning administrator; and hospital administrator Joyce Mackessy.
Upstate's wellness efforts, called "Pathways to Wellness," have been in place for a year. The goal has been to increase awareness of healthy and positive lifestyle choices by providing resources that promote a culture of health and wellness for employees and students on the Upstate campus.