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‘What’s Your Emergency? – Seasonal changes bring increase in difficulty breathing calls

Rebecca Cerio — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:41:23 +0000

Upstate’s Director of Emergency Medical Services and Disaster Medicine Derek Cooney, MD explains why difficulty breathing calls increase as the seasons change, when to seek medical help, and what to expect from the paramedics en route to the hospital and when you reach the hospital.

Upstate offers new procedure for treating severe, persistent asthma

Rebecca Cerio — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:45:46 +0000

Upstate pulmonologist Robert Lenox shares a new treatment option available for individuals suffering from severe, persistent asthma. It’s called bronchial thermoplasty, and doctors say it can greatly improve the life of asthma sufferers, by lessening their dependence on harsh drugs and keeping them out of the emergency room for breathing troubles. Upstate University Hospital is the only hospital in New York state outside of New York City to offer this procedure.

Read the story: Upstate offers new procedure for treating severe, persistent asthma

For more information, call 315-464-3835 (Upstate University Hospital’s downtown campus) or 315-492-5804 (Upstate’s Community campus).

Upstate’s Lung Cancer Screening Program embraces new ACS lung cancer screening recommendations

Rebecca Cerio — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 14:56:20 +0000

Dr. Leslie Kohman is joined by Dr. Ernest Scalzetti and Linda Veit to discuss Upstate’s Lung Cancer Screening Program, which has been designated as an ‘Experienced Screening Center of Excellence’ by the Lung Cancer Alliance. They will address new guidelines from the American Cancer Society recommending that those who are high risk for lung cancer (people ages 55 to 74 who have smoked a pack of cigarettes a day for 30 years or the equivalent, such as two packs a day for 15 years) get an annual low dose chest CT to screen for lung cancer.

For more information, or to schedule an appointment, call Upstate Connect at 315-464-8668, or toll-free at 800-464-8668.

New lung cancer screening program at Upstate

Rebecca Cerio — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 12:40:43 +0000

Thoracic surgeon Leslie Kohman, medical director of the Upstate Cancer Center and the Lung Cancer Screening Program at Upstate, and Linda Veit, screening program coordinator and special projects manager of the new Cancer Center, reveal a promising new lung cancer screening using a low dose CT scan.

They also describe the beautiful new Upstate Cancer Center currently under construction, and some exciting new programs that will be offered in the future, including patient navigation, integrative therapies, and survivorship and palliative care outpatient programs.

For more information, call Upstate Connect at 464-8668.

5/27/12 Upstate expands its pulmonary services

Rebecca Cerio — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:05:13 +0000

Pulmonary critical care specialist Robert Lenox talks about the range of pulmonary services available at Upstate, and the expansion of those services to the Upstate Community General campus.

Read more about the Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at Upstate Medical University, or call 315-492-5804 for more information.

12/24/11 Lung Cancer 101

Rebecca Cerio — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:00:55 +0000

Oncologist Ajeet Gajra talks about lung cancer, the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment options.

Read more about the new Upstate Cancer Center, proposed opening in the Fall of 2013.

10/23/11 What You Need to Know About Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Rebecca Cerio — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:40:34 +0000

Joseph Sorbello, Upstate professor and chair of the dept of respiratory therapy education, tells us what we need to know about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.