Patient Care Living Donor’s Generosity Offers Second Chance to Florida Man with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer By Ruth Harper-Rhode May. 28, 2024 When Tim McDonald, of Tampa Bay, Florida, found out he had stage 4 colorectal cancer that had spread to his liver, self-advocacy became his focus. That led him to the University of Rochester Medical ...
Patient Care UR Medicine Leads Nation in Transforming Care for Aging Adults By Leslie White May. 9, 2024 Â鶹ÊÓƵ is first in the nation to earn the elite Age-Friendly Health System Committed to Care Excellence status for its Center for Perioperative Medicine (CPM.) It is ...
Patient Care Breast Cancer Screening: Finally, 40 is the New 50, Experts Say By Leslie Orr May. 2, 2024 A new decision officially allows individuals at age 40 to begin routine screening for breast cancer.
Research Cancer is a Disease of Aging, but Studies of Older Adults Sorely Lacking By Leslie Orr Apr. 18, 2024 A national review by a Wilmot member calls for research focused on reducing biases that impact older people with cancer.
Patient Care Why Vasectomies Surge During March Madness By Sydney Burrows Mar. 18, 2024 March Madness isn't just a great time of year for basketball; it's also a prime season for vasectomies.
People Meet David Linehan, Our New CEO and Dean By Emily Boynton Feb. 1, 2024 A surgical oncologist and an accomplished surgeon-scientist, Linehan takes the reins as CEO of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ and dean of the School of Medicine and Dentistry beginning ...
Patient Care UR Medicine Performs Record Number of Heart Transplants in 2023 By Leslie White Jan. 19, 2024 Strong Memorial Hospital provided a record 40 life-saving heart transplants last year. Those second chances, made possible by organ donors, are priceless for our patients and their families.
Patient Care Coping with Cancer: Webster Football Coach Practices What He Preaches By Leslie Orr Sep. 20, 2023 Scott Deuschle tapped strength he learned from sports, and community support, to tackle head and neck cancer.
Patient Care Miracle Kids 2023: Jenay Benard By Scott Hesel Jun. 6, 2023 Last Thanksgiving, a straightforward sinus infection turned into a life-threatening brain abscess for 12-year-old Jenay Benard. Thanks to the emergency surgery and physical rehabilitation teams at ...
Patient Care Miracle Kids 2023: Amina Mbodji By Kelly Webster May. 22, 2023 At only eight days old, Amina Mbdoji stopped eating and was having trouble breathing. A trip to the hospital revealed that most of her organs weren’t working, including her liver, kidney, and lungs, ...