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Upstate MD graduate performs high profile double arm transplant

Rebecca Cerio — Wed, 29 May 2013 15:08:28 +0000

2003 Upstate College of Medicine graduate Patrick Basile, MD, describes a remarkable 13-hour double arm transplant he performed, as part of a large team, on an infantryman who lost all four limbs in Iraq. Dr. Basile is the assistant chief of plastic surgery and director of microsurgery at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Read more about Dr. Basile at What’s Up At Upstate blog, read the story: Staten Island soldier and double-arm transplant recipient Brendan Marrocco prepares to leave hospital

Medical residents learn to be more effective communicators

Rebecca Cerio — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:52:14 +0000

Stephen Knohl, MD, vice chair for education and program director for Upstate’s Department of Medicine, developed a program called ‘Learning to T.A.L.K.’ (Treat All Like Kin) to teach medical residents to be more effective communicators. He is joined by Upstate chief medical residents Christine Granato, MD, and Luke Yuhico, MD, who will share their experiences using this innovative program.

Celebrating National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week

Rebecca Cerio — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:18:18 +0000

National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week is an annual celebration of laboratory professionals and pathologists who play a vital role in every aspect of health care. Susan Graham, MS, associate dean of Upstate’s College of Health Professions, and chair of the Clinical Laboratory Science Program, and Charlene Hubbell, BS, Stem Cell Laboratory supervisor in Clinical Pathology, will describe the work done by technologists and technicians to determine the presence, extent, or absence of disease and provide data needed to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment.

‘Learning to T.A.L.K.’ program teaches medical residents to be more effective communicators

Rebecca Cerio — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:44:28 +0000

Stephen Knohl, MD, vice chair for education and program director for Upstate’s Department of Medicine, describes the ‘Learning to T.A.L.K.’ (Treat All Like Kin) program that he developed to teach medical residents to be more effective communicators.

5/6/12 Reflecting on 41 years of teaching anatomy

Rebecca Cerio — Fri, 04 May 2012 13:25:29 +0000

Beloved anatomy professor N. Barry Berg is retiring after 41 years of teaching at Upstate. He talks about how he chose this path, the ways in which teaching has changed, and what students have taught him over the years.

2/26/12 Saving lives and surviving setbacks

Rebecca Cerio — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:01:26 +0000

Dr. Shermiane Daniel, author of “So You Wanna Be A Doctor?? The Untold Stories of Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Residents,” will share personal stories about saving lives and surviving setbacks. Dr. Daniel will be in Syracuse to deliver the keynote address at Upstate Medical University’s Elizabeth Blackwell Day.

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1/29/12 Training cardiovascular perfusionists

Rebecca Cerio — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:00:56 +0000

Bruce Searles, director of the Cardiovascular Perfusion program in Upstate’s College of Health Professions, will speak about the job of a perfusionist (they operate the heart-lung machine in the operating room) and how his program goes about training them, what sorts of background they have coming into the program and how long the training lasts and whats involved.

Learn more about the Cardiovascular Perfusion Program at Upstate’s College of Health Professions.

10/16/11 Beloved Pediatrician Looks Back on 70 Years Practicing Medicine

Rebecca Cerio — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:36:38 +0000

Beloved pediatrician Fred Roberts, who recently retired, looks back on 70 years of practicing medicine. He is also the author of two books of short stories about his patients, “Lullabies and Nightmares,” and “Children Courageous.”