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Rome Memorial Hospital names Ruddy new clinical director for Wound Care Center
ROME, N.Y. — Melissa Ruddy has been named clinical director of Rome Memorial Hospital’s Regional Center for Wound Care. She will manage the day-to-day operations

St. Joseph’s Health adds 20 permanent beds
SYRACUSE — St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center has added 20 beds to help fill the patient need generated by its expanding regional partnerships. The New

CHMC CEO discusses Upstate University Hospital telemedicine partnership
OGDENSBURG — Nate Howell remembers when Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center (CHMC) in Ogdensburg (St. Lawrence County) first became involved in the Fort Drum Regional Health Planning

Motion Intelligence rolls out two assessment tests
SYRACUSE — For 10 days a year during the rutting season, bighorn sheep continually butt heads to see which ram will dominate in mating. The repeated blows don’t appear to cause any cognitive damage. The same can’t be said for human rams. Last November, St. Louis Rams quarterback Case Keenum suffered a concussion during an

Bassett and Oneida Healthcare to pursue partnership pact
ONEIDA — Oneida Healthcare and Cooperstown–based Bassett Healthcare Network are pursuing a partnership agreement to coordinate health-care services and seek cost reductions. The pact will

St. Joseph’s renames Northside training center to honor Sarah & Richard Pietrafes
SYRACUSE — Anthony Pietrafesa said his parents were “great with their minds and good with their hands.” The late Richard Pietrafesa was trained as a tailor, according to the younger Pietrafesa. “There’s nearly a hundred different operations that go into making a man’s suit and he knew them all,” he said. Anthony Pietrafesa went on
HCP List: Radiological Diagnostic-Imaging Facilities
Click here to view the HCP List: Radiological Diagnostic-Imaging Facilities About the list Information was provided by representatives of listed organizations and their websites. Other groups may have been eligible but did not respond to our requests for information. Organizations had to complete the survey by the deadline to be included on the list. While The

Syracuse University selects New York City firm to design school’s National Veterans Resource Complex
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University has picked New York City–based SHoP Architects to “conceptualize” and design the new National Veterans Resource Complex (NVRC). The selection

People news: Powers to join Slocum-Dickson Medical Group
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — Slocum-Dickson Medical Group PLLC announced that Christopher P. Powers, D.P.M., will be joining its Podiatry Department on Aug. 1. As a

MVP Health Care appoints new chief medical officer
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — MVP Health Care has named Dr. Elizabeth Malko as its new chief medical officer. She will succeed Dr. Allen Hinkle on July
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