An audience with the pope reverberates at Upstate
Pope Francis during his recent visit to the United States. Jake Braithwaite, 26, and Brendan Coffey, 30, are chaplain interns at Upstate University Hospital, Braithwaite in neurology and Coffey in...
View ArticleConcussion experts assess head injury assessment tools
Kenneth Slack, a student athlete on the Le Moyne College soccer team, is part of a control group for a study at Upstate Medical University of the tools that assess brain function in concussion cases....
View ArticleUpstate’s music man: His ‘prescriptions’ target stress
Mitchell Karmel, MD, in an operating room in the radiology suite with a sampling of the thousands of albums he owns. (PHOTO BY ROBERT MESCAVAGE) BY AMBER SMITH Patients answer many questions on the...
View ArticleCollection of Upstate news and information in Physicians Practice magazine
Here are some of the news items about Upstate that are included in the January issue of Physicians Practice magazine. Click the magazine at left to view the digital issue. Several construction projects...
View ArticleNew Upstate displays honor students, faculty, patients and providers
First-year medical student Tyler Pluchino recognizes his classmate, John Frandino, in one of the new student display panels in Weiskotten Hall. Three areas at Upstate Medical University have new...
View ArticleBaby King needs a bone marrow donor. Can you help?
King Nazir Leon, 2, needs a bone marrow transplant. Potential donors can register today at Upstate’s Setnor Hall and Cancer Center. Photo by Mike Greenlar/Syracuse Media Group King Nazir Leon, age 2,...
View ArticleBlack History ceremony features new president, honors Black National Anthem
President Danielle Laraque-Arena, MD, FAAP, pictured with Upstate students, gives the keynote address at today’s ceremony. Photo by Susan Keeter. Upstate’s Black History Month opening ceremony is being...
View ArticleDedication to top care earns praise
Upstate University Hospital received the 2015 Outstanding Achievement Award by the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons. Upstate was one of a select group of only 20 U.S. health...
View ArticleSpecialized surgeons treat cancers, plus other diseases of liver,...
Upstate hepatobiliary surgeons Dilip Kittur, MD (left), and Ajay Jain, MD, care for patients with diseases of the pancreas, liver or gallbladder. (PHOTO BY SUSAN KAHN) Surgeons with a hepatobiliary...
View ArticleUp Close: Upstate Cancer Center Pharmacy
Pharmacy technicians Joanne McCollum and Jeremy Gleason at work in the Upstate Cancer Center. (PHOTO BY ROBERT MESCAVAGE) While nurses help patients settle in for their infusion appointments at the...
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