Haitian-born student shares similarities with Upstate president
Kethia Eliezer is in her third year of medical school at Upstate Medical University. Photo by Debbie Rexine. Third-year medical student Kethia Eliezer introduced Upstate’s new president, Danielle...
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 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 ArticleWhich medical apps are on your phone?
Nearly all family physicians carry powerful computers in their pockets, loaded with reference information and connected to vastly more on the Web, says Joshua Steinberg, MD, an assistant professor of...
View Article11 additions to Upstate’s Community Campus
Upstate’s Community Campus is located on Broad Road. Services have expanded, and new technology and equipment has been added to Upstate’s Community Campus in the four years since Upstate University...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleCeliac 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...
View ArticleStudents, fall sunshine greet incoming president in courtyard
Photo by Leah Caldwell. Incoming President Danielle Laraque-Arena, MD, had a chance to meet informally with Upstate students in the courtyard of Weiskotten Hall today during her visit to campus. The...
View ArticleMixing 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...
View ArticleFuture doctors pal around with pediatric patients
Upstate students Gabriella Izzo and Joe DeMari flank Connor Licamele at Paige’s Butterfly Run. Izzo and DeMari are among the 17 first- and second-year medical and public health students chosen this...
View Article10-year-old girl raises money to bring comfort to other pediatric cancer...
Alexa Bolton, 10, shows one of the fluffy character towels she distributes to pediatric cancer patients at Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital through a fund she established. (PHOTO BY KATHLEEN PAICE...
View ArticleO’Hara’s Teal There’s a Cure: Ovarian cancer walk/run honors Upstate nurse
The O’Hara family at the run/walk to raise money for ovarian cancer research. The annual run/walk that raises awareness for ovarian cancer changed its name to the Maureen T. O’Hara Teal There’s a Cure...
View ArticleSurgery, chemo battle preschooler’s kidney tumor
Ariana LaVaute (PHOTO COURTESY OF THE LAVAUTE FAMILY). Three-year-old Ariana LaVaute attended the Skaneateles Labor Day parade on Sept. 1, 2014, and then helped her father trim shrubs in their yard. A...
View ArticleTOPS receives excellence in philanthropic service award
Upstate Medical University presented 16 awards at its fall convocation Sept. 16. The President’s Award for Excellence in Philanthropic Service, Corporate, was given to TOPS Friendly Markets. Below is...
View Article‘Diabetes: Across the Lifespan’ forum set for Nov. 4
The 15th annual CNY Diabetes Forum is scheduled for 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4. It’s a free event, with limited seating. Reserve your spot today by calling 315-464-8668 or 1-800-464-8668. The forum...
View ArticleBoeheims receive Upstate’s Distinguished Service award
James A. and Juli G. Boeheim Upstate Medical University presented 16 awards at its fall convocation Sept. 16. The President’s Award for Distinguished Service was given to James A. and Juli G. Boeheim....
View ArticleMaking music helps kids with autism connect with others
Zachary Cottell, 4, responds to a musical prompt, or rhythm seed, by drumming with purple plastic tubes (boom whackers) at an interactive concert for people affected by autism. The concert was part of...
View ArticleRonald Saletsky, PhD, receives President’s Award
Upstate Medical University presented 16 awards at its fall convocation Sept. 16. The President’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service was given to Ronald Saletsky, PhD. Below is his biography, as it...
View ArticleCellphone-assisted diagnosis saved a newborn, guided a career
Rahul Dudhani, MD, remembers when he was new to Syracuse and had a chance – but influential – encounter in June 2012 at Café Kubal. Rahul Dudhani, MD He was a few weeks away from starting his surgical...
View ArticleProtecting preemies and patients on ventilators
Critically ill patients who require ventilators are at risk for developing acute respiratory distress syndrome, a condition with a mortality rate higher than that of breast cancer in the United States....
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