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New generation of sinus surgery relies on balloon catheter
Sinusitis patients have a safer, quicker method of obtaining relief, through a procedure that uses a balloon catheter. Patients suffering from chronic, persistent sinusitis due to anatomical problems...
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A brush with death, now a career in health care
Brandon Crandall RN and Robert Kellman MD. Upstate student Brandon Crandall RN has a lot going on. He works part-time in the neurology unit of Upstate University Hospital, and he is midway through the...
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Marathon runners help researchers, patients and students
Through runs and other events, the Salt City Road Warriors have raised $55,000 for Upstate Medical University. Their 2013 goal is to nearly double that amount. The Salt City Road Warriors are a team of...
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Round Up of recent Upstate news and events
Upstate University Hospital offers the region’s only Level 1 trauma center and provides certification and continuing medical education programs to more than 700 EMS professionals annually. Upstate...
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“Happy to share,” writes Dr. Albert Falcone
Alfred Falcone DDS, MD cared for the first baby born at Community Hospital on January 1, 1963. “I am full of stories and happy to share,” wrote Alfred Falcone DDS, MD in response to a request for...
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This issue of Upstate Health is brought to you by the number 5
KidzBop performed for patients and families at the Kinney Performance Center at Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital. Photo by Kathleen Paice Froio. Lots of important “fives” around Upstate these days,...
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Outreach to Ethiopia: Upstate otolaryngologists help restore hearing after...
Using a flexible scope, Rick Kelley, MD, examines a patient’s nasopharynx and voice box with Muluken Bekelle, MD, the first ear, nose and throat doctor Kelley trained in Ethiopia, equipping him with...
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Surgery replaces silence with sound
Mason Drake at the moment he heard sound, thanks to cochlear implants. Photo by Kathleen Paice Froio. A rare developmental disorder left Mason Drake deaf since birth. He heard nothing in his first six...
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Surgical services featured in July Physicians Practice
Dilip Kittur, MD, and Ajay Jain, MD, are hepatobiliary surgeons at Upstate. The July issue of Physicians Practice magazine gives a glimpse of the services available at Upstate. It’s written for...
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Here’s the summer Upstate Health magazine
Summer for many Central New Yorkers means getting outdoors, whether at amusement parks, on lakes or beaches, or in back yards. The summer issue of Upstate Health magazine features two nurses who kayak...
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Endoscopic surgery leaves salivary gland intact, no scars
People in need of salivary gland surgery have more options, thanks to a new ear, nose and throat surgeon on staff at Upstate. Mark Marzouk, MD Mark Marzouk, MD, the chief of the division of head and...
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Can older people ride roller coasters?
Question: Roller coasters and other wild rides provided so much enjoyment in my youth, but as I’ve gotten older, riding these rides leaves me feeling ill, with nausea, dizziness and/or headaches that...
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A ‘knife’ that fixes tumors without cutting
Kathleen Vincitore poses with her otolaryngologist, Charles Woods, MD, in the Gamma Knife Center at Upstate. (PHOTO BY ROBERT MESCAVAGE) When Kathleen Vincitore, 69, of Liverpool learned she had a...
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Why does the cold weather make my nose run?
Haidy Marzouck, MD, an otolaryngologist at Upstate who specializes in sino-nasal allergies, said the answer to why a person’s nose runs in cold weather has two components. Haidy Marzouk, MD “It’s part...
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11 additions to Upstate’s Community Campus
Upstate’s Community Campus is located on Broad Road. Services have expanded, and new technology and equipment has been added to Upstate’s Community Campus in the four years since Upstate University...
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Patients with broken jaws may also have concussions
Concussions caused by sports injuries and active-duty military combat have garnered lots of publicity lately. Specialists at Upstate are now calling attention to a concussion that can result from a...
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Read about Upstate expertise in Physicians Practice magazine
The February edition of Physicians Practice magazine showcases Upstate experts from gerontology, urology, otolaryngology, nursing and pharmacy, as well as a story about Danielle Laraque-Arena,...
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