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Why some cancer programs open themselves up to assessment
The American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer awarded a three-year accreditation to the Upstate Cancer Center this year. Patients and their loved ones may not realize why health care...
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Up Close: A quick look at bone marrow transplant
Upstate has performed more than 800 bone marrow transplants since 1992. Upstate’s Bone Marrow Transplant Program treats patients whose bone marrow has been damaged or destroyed by chemotherapy,...
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Mixing East and West: Integrative medicine helps treat rheumatologic, stress...
A pediatric rheumatologist is bringing integrative medical therapies to the Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital. Caitlin Sgarlat Deluca, DO, leads the newly created division of pediatric rheumatology...
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A ‘knife’ that fixes tumors without cutting
Kathleen Vincitore poses with her otolaryngologist, Charles Woods, MD, in the Gamma Knife Center at Upstate. (PHOTO BY ROBERT MESCAVAGE) When Kathleen Vincitore, 69, of Liverpool learned she had a...
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The return of the house call: urgent care to the patient’s home
Emergency physicians and nurse practitioners from Upstate University Hospital now offer a new service that is centuries old: house calls. Upstate at Home began in September, providing urgent medical...
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Smoke-free policy cleared the air, set standards, improved health
Upstate University Hospital was the first health care facility in New York state to kick the smoking habit by banning cigarettes in 2005. The campus was also the first within the State University of...
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Meet Upstate’s newest stroke experts
(From left) Hesham Masoud, MBBCh, Amar Swarnkar, MD, and Grahame Gould, MD, are colleagues at Upstate. (PHOTO BY ROBERT MESCAVAGE) Physicians armed with skill and knowledge can be the difference...
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New drug for cystic fibrosis patients may reduce organ damage
Upstate patients with cystic fibrosis were part of the national clinical trial that led to approval of one of the first drugs designed to treat the underlying cause of the disease, an inherited...
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Grateful patient gives back in honor of her ‘new life’ after transplant
Michelle Mastropolo recovers from her kidney transplant in August 2014 with the support of her spouse, Carol Ann Davies. When she was 22, Michelle Mastropolo learned she had polycystic kidney disease,...
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Celiac disease can mimic a brain tumor
When an adolescent girl suffering from headaches and blurred vision seeks medical care, doctors may not immediately think of celiac disease as a cause — but the immune disorder should be a...
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How to safely keep — and dispose of — medications in your home
Pediatric pharmacists Kelly Steidl, Jeni Burgess and Meg Anderson. (PHOTO BY DEBBIE REXINE) Storing medications securely Children, the elderly and anyone who takes more than three medications are at...
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Yes, your child is at risk of being bullied — more than you may realize
Up to 30 percent of sixth- to 10th-graders bully or are bullied. By Ann S. Botash, MD In my experience as a pediatrician specialist for the evaluation of children who are suspected of being abused,...
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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...
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Concussion 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....
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Upstate’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...
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Collection 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...
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New 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...
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Baby 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,...
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Black 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...
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Dedication 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...
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