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Masonic Medical Research Lab names Kontaridis new director of research
UTICA, N.Y. — The Masonic Medical Research Laboratory (MMRL) announced it has appointed Maria Kontaridis, Ph.D. to be its new director of research. She will
The Indigo Tree gift shop to hold grand opening in New Hartford on Wednesday
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — The gift shop The Indigo Tree will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 5 p.m. with the Greater

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Upstate Medical University College of Nursing will use a federal grant to increase the number of family psychiatric mental health nurse
ConMed CFO Pomilio to retire, firm’s Q3 profit dips
UTICA, N.Y. — ConMed Corp. CFO Luke Pomilio plans to retire after more than two decades with the Utica–based surgical-device maker. The company announced Pomilio’s

Brown steps down as president of Bassett Medical Center, will remain Bassett Network CEO
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Dr. Vance Brown on Friday announced he is stepping down as president of Bassett Medical Center (BMC), but will remain CEO of
Rome Memorial Hospital names West new director of Emergency Department
ROME, N.Y. — Rome Memorial Hospital announced it has appointed Kelly West, R.N., director of its Emergency Department. West has served as nurse manager of
NOCHSI expands its dental services with new Fulton practice
FULTON — Northern Oswego County Health Services, Inc. (NOCHSI) has expanded its dental services by opening a new dental practice in Fulton. NOCHSI in June opened its newly constructed and equipped dental practice adjacent to its Fulton Health Center at 510 S. 4th St., Suite 600 in Fulton — in the former A.L. Lee Memorial
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FULTON — Northern Oswego County Health Services, Inc. (NOCHSI) has expanded its dental services by opening a new dental practice in Fulton.
NOCHSI in June opened its newly constructed and equipped dental practice adjacent to its Fulton Health Center at 510 S. 4th St., Suite 600 in Fulton — in the former A.L. Lee Memorial Hospital building now owned by Oswego Health.
The dental practice provides a range of primary and preventive dental services, NOCHSI said in a news release. The practice is staffed Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., by dentists Melissa Noel and Anna Gofman, both of whom are continuing to schedule patient hours at NOCHSI’s Pulaski Health Center. They are joined in Fulton by recently hired dental hygienist Patricia Bendura.
NOCHSI says it continues to provide a full range of primary and preventive dental services at its Pulaski Health Center at 61 Delano St. in Pulaski. Services there are currently being provided by dentist Kwi Lee and dental hygienists Brittany Gehrke, Jessica J. Overton, Marissa Taber, and Dorese Vecchio. In addition, NOCHSI has hired dentist Sarah Dunn to serve patients in Pulaski. Dunn brings more than 10 years of dentistry practice experience.
NOCHSI says the U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration provided oral health services expansion grant money that made the Fulton dental program expansion possible.
NOCHSI operates health centers in Fulton, Mexico, Oswego, Parish, Phoenix, and Pulaski. It also operates six school-based health centers located in the APW, Mexico, Pulaski, and Sandy Creek school districts.
Carthage Area Hospital opens new hospital-based surgical clinic
CARTHAGE — Carthage Area Hospital on Oct. 23 opened a new surgical clinic at its main hospital campus at 1001 West St. in Carthage. The clinic provides patients with expanded access to care and more than doubles the number of general surgeons on staff, the hospital said in a news release. The hospital’s previous surgical
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CARTHAGE — Carthage Area Hospital on Oct. 23 opened a new surgical clinic at its main hospital campus at 1001 West St. in Carthage.
The clinic provides patients with expanded access to care and more than doubles the number of general surgeons on staff, the hospital said in a news release.
The hospital’s previous surgical clinic at 3 Bridge St. in the Carthage Professional Building has relocated from clinical space it had occupied since early 2008. The change brings the general surgery team to the hospital, under the same roof as its ambulatory surgical unit, laboratory, and medical imaging facilities.
The New York State Department of Health approved a certificate of need for the new surgical clinic in early October after a department official inspected the recently renovated clinical space in the hospital, the release stated.
Carthage Area Hospital has brought on two new general surgeons, who in recent weeks began seeing patients at the Bridge Street location. They join the general surgery team through a partnership Carthage Area Hospital has forged with Bozeman, Montana–based Synergy Surgicalists. The additional staff allows the hospital to provide patients with 24-hour access to general surgery for emergency procedures. It is also expected to lead to shorter wait times for patients who are seeking care for routine outpatient surgeries.
“Months in development, this investment puts our patients first while improving their access to quality surgical care in the local area,” Rich Duvall, Carthage Area Hospital CEO said in the release. “Patients can expect a greater availability of highly qualified surgeons and improved service without the burden of unnecessary travel to a facility out of the region.”
Joining the Carthage Surgical Clinic are board-certified general surgeons Dr. Virginia McDougall and Dr. Jared Tomlinson. Dr. Marcia Chung, a general surgeon who has operated at Carthage Area Hospital since January 2014, remains on staff and will join Synergy’s Carthage–based team in November.
Some common surgeries the new team will perform include: cutaneous malignancies, lesions and infections; soft tissue mass, infections and wounds; breast biopsy (mass, infection) and mastectomy; thyroid and parathyroid mass and surgical management; gallbladder diseases; small and large intestinal malignancies; laparoscopic procedures; and varicose veins.
New York egg production flat, number of chickens dips in September
New York farms produced 138.4 million eggs in September, virtually unchanged from 138.5 million eggs in the year-ago period, the USDA recently reported. The total number of layers in the Empire State decreased by almost 3 percent in September to 5.43 million from 5.59 million a year prior. New York egg production per 100 layers
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New York farms produced 138.4 million eggs in September, virtually unchanged from 138.5 million eggs in the year-ago period, the USDA recently reported.
The total number of layers in the Empire State decreased by almost 3 percent in September to 5.43 million from 5.59 million a year prior.
New York egg production per 100 layers totaled 2,548 eggs in September, up nearly 3 percent from 2,476 eggs in September 2016.
In neighboring Pennsylvania, egg production fell less than 1 percent to 662 million eggs in September, from 667 million eggs a year earlier, the USDA reported.
Nationally, U.S. farms produced nearly 8.5 billion eggs in September, down 0.2 percent from a year prior, the USDA said.

Raymond Corporation hosts students on Manufacturing Day
High schoolers get exposure to advanced technologies, digital supply chain GREENE — To celebrate National Manufacturing Day, The Raymond Corporation says it hosted more than 250 students at its headquarters in Greene on Oct. 5. Students in grades 10 to 12, from 20 school districts in the Southern Tier, experienced the future of manufacturing with
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High schoolers get exposure to advanced technologies, digital supply chain
GREENE — To celebrate National Manufacturing Day, The Raymond Corporation says it hosted more than 250 students at its headquarters in Greene on Oct. 5. Students in grades 10 to 12, from 20 school districts in the Southern Tier, experienced the future of manufacturing with exposure to the Industry 4.0 concepts Raymond has implemented.
“Manufacturing today is so much more than a manual labor position. It goes beyond physical labor to another side of manufacturing that is based in the digital supply chain,” Rick Harrington, senior VP of operations at Raymond, said in a news release. “With the insurgence of Industry 4.0, manufacturing employees are working in a more digital and data-driven environment that includes advanced technologies that will not only change the way something is manufactured but also create a more connected organization.”
Raymond’s Manufacturing Day event featured a manufacturing-floor tour, which gave students a firsthand look at how Industry 4.0 is evolving manufacturing and engineering. Students also participated in interactive workshops that detailed 3-D printing, Bluetooth robots, and virtual reality.
One station showcased the Toyota Production System (TPS), educating students on how to take these principles that Raymond utilizes on the manufacturing floor and apply them to their daily lives, the company said.
Students heard from Harrington, and other Raymond employees, who shared insights into their careers at Raymond and the career paths that led them to the company. From managing a welding robot to working with lithium-ion batteries, roles ranged from engineering to manufacturing — and beyond.
Founded 95 years ago, Raymond says it is a global provider of end-to-end warehouse solutions, fleet management, forklift training, and support to increase efficiency and lower costs throughout material-handling operations.
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