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Health-Care Career Moves – November 2017
CHILDREN’S HOME OF JEFFERSON COUNTYMICHELLE L. MONNAT, the Children’s Home of Jefferson County’s (CHJC) director of systems administration, has been elected to serve on the

CEO TALK: UnitedHealthcare NY CEO discusses integration of former POMCO Group as UMR
SYRACUSE — Following its acquisition this past spring by UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH) POMCO Group is now operating under the UMR brand. POMCO Group

20th Anniversary 40 under Forty awards event draws crowd of 470
ONONDAGA, N.Y. — More than 470 people attended the 20th edition of the popular 40 under Forty awards event Thursday evening at the SRC Arena
CenterState CEO announces 16 semifinalists in Genius NY second round
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Genius NY, a business-accelerator program at CenterState CEO’s Syracuse Technology Garden, on Thursday announced 16 semifinalists in the competition’s second round. Genius
Cornell to use $15M state grant for CHESS facility upgrades, creating 100 new jobs
ITHACA, N.Y. — The Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, or CHESS, has plans for more than $80 million in upgrades and improvements at the scientific
Shineman Foundation awards $329K in grants to 15 area nonprofits
OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Richard S. Shineman Foundation has awarded grants totaling $329,000 to 15 nonprofit organizations. The funded projects “reach a wide range of
Binghamton University to introduce master of public health (MPH) degree program in fall of 2018
VESTAL, N.Y. — Binghamton University announced it will offer a master of public health (MPH) graduate-degree program, beginning in the fall of 2018. Yvonne Johnston, founding director of the new MPH program, says the MPH is an “interprofessional and interdisciplinary” type of degree that will be “attractive” for nutritionists, dentists, doctors, nurses, and social workers,

Excellus names Chan-House medical director in Utica region
UTICA, N.Y. — Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, Central New York’s largest health insurer, announced it has named Dr. Mew Kwan Chan-House as one of the company’s
MMRL selects Harvard scientist to grow its cardiac research center
UTICA — The Masonic Medical Research Laboratory (MMRL) announced it has appointed Maria Kontaridis, Ph.D. to be its new director of research. She will become just the fourth director of research, and the first woman to serve in that role, in the 60-year history of the organization, MMRL said. Kontaridis comes to MMRL from Harvard
New AMA research finds 1 in 5 physicians ready to reduce clinical work
The burden and bureaucracy of modern medicine take a toll on U.S. physicians and appear to be major factors influencing physicians’ plans to reduce clinical work hours or leave the profession, according to new research by experts at the American Medical Association (AMA), Mayo Clinic, and Stanford University. The research study calls for a “comprehensive
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