Improving Patient Care
Physicians Pavilion: $15M cure, worth every penny
Albany Medical Center makes convenience a priority as it embarks on a $15 million expansion initiative that will house its outpatient services.
(Times Union)
Albany Med Rx: Pick up pace of hiring as services, admissions grow
Growth in admissions results in Albany Med adding 117 positions by year-end.
(Business Review, Times Union)
Hidden Malady; Epilepsy is far more common in elderly than most of us think
Dr. Anthony Ritaccio, epilepsy expert, discusses epilepsy and its growing prevalence in the elderly population.
(Daily Gazette)
Albany Med doctor performs robotic gastric bypass surgery
An Albany Medical Center surgeon [Dr. T. Paul Singh] has successfully performed northeastern New York’s first gastric bypass surgery using the da Vinci robot.
(Daily Gazette, Glens Falls Post Star, Visions magazine)
Albany Med program is looking for trouble
Albany Med’s department of cardiology raises awareness about the signs of congestive heart failure by offering free screenings.
(Daily Gazette)
It’s a matter of understanding, living with Tourette syndrome
Dr. Donald Higgins, a neurology expert, and his 9-year-old patient, Jacob Doepel, discuss living with Tourette syndrome.
(Daily Gazette)
At 80, Dr. Martha Lepow not ready to stop working
Albany Med and the City of Albany celebrate the life and work of Dr. Martha Lepow
(Times Union, The Record, FOX23, WGY)
Preventing childhood obesity from becoming adult obesity
Albany Medical Center and the YMCA team up to help educate overweight kids on the importance of healthy diet and exercise.
(Daily Gazette)
Karate Kids
The Brave Belts Program at the Children’s Hospital helps to empower pediatric patients with cancer and blood disorders.
(Daily Gazette)
Albany Medical Center unveils new Physicians Pavilion
Albany Medical Center unveils the new Physicians Pavilion, a 45,000 square-foot, $15 million addition to improve access for its outpatient services.
(Times Union, Business Review, Daily Gazette, The Record, The Saratogian, Capital News 9, FOX 23, WNYT , WRGB, WTEN)
Four bundles of joy make debut
The Giles quadruplets—the fifth set of quadruplets born at Albany Medical Center—are introduced to the Capital Region.
(Times Union, Daily Gazette, The Record, Capital News 9, FOX23, WNYT, WRGB, WTEN)
Cancer survivors gather at Albany Med
Nearly 200 cancer survivors and their families attended the Cancer Survivors’ Day celebration at Albany Medical Center.
(The Record, Saratogian, WTEN)
TB or not TB: Here’s what you need to know
Dr. Ellis Tobin, associate professor of infectious disease, provides answers to questions on the topic of tuberculosis.
(Times Union)
Hotel opens door at Albany Medical Center
The new Hilton Garden Inn at Albany Med provides patients, family members and friends from 24-counties within New York and western New England a convenient and attractive respite while they are in Albany.
(Times Union, Business Review, Daily Gazette, The Record)
Medication cocktails; from death sentence to life sentence
In a two-part series, Dr. Douglas Fish, head of the division of HIV medicine, discusses the various types of medications and potential side effects that result for patients with HIV.
(Daily Gazette)
Albany Med opens new division of pediatric neurology
Dr. Vincent Gibbons joins the department of neurology to lead Albany Medical Center’s new division of pediatric neurology.
(Times Union, Business Review,)
Albany Medical Center embarks on $14M expansion project
Albany Medical Center is set to begin an 18-month expansion project to its F-building, which will add two new floors and 43,000 square feet of space to help accommodate future growth.
(Business Review)
Exhausting all options
After years of tests, Dr. Darius Adams, a pediatric geneticist, diagnosed a Bolton Landing woman with the rare conditioned mitochondrial myopathy.
(The Post Star)
Allergy often at root of swelling in esophagus
Dr. Cary Qualia, a pediatric gastroenterologist, discusses a commonly misdiagnosed condition in children known as eosinophilic esophagitis.
(Daily Gazette)
Epilepsy seizures can take subtle or convulsive forms
Dr. Michael Gruenthal, chair of the department of neurology and renowned epilepsy expert, discusses the symptoms of epilepsy and the different types of seizures that can occur.
(Daily Gazette)
Albany Med’s Popp to lead international neurosurgeons group
Dr. A. John Popp, head of neurosurgery and co-director of the Neurosciences Institute, is named president-elect of the World Academy of Neurological Surgeons.
(Business Review, The Record)
In a heartbeat
When a young girl is struck by a horse at a regional competition and suffers from an extremely rare heart condition known as commotio cordis, emergency medicine physician Dr. John Burton is there to save her life.
(Times Union)
Stroke warnings often ignored
Dr. Gary Bernardini, director of the stroke and neurocritical care program, explains the educational efforts needed to help the public identify the signs of stroke following a study that found the majority of the elderly population is slow to seek medical attention at the onset of symptoms.
(Times Union)
Program makes surgery a little easier for kids
Albany Med’s Parent to OR Program eases the anxiety felt by parents and children before a child undergoes surgery.
(Daily Gazette, WNYT)
Recalling an old practice: house calls
Dr. Kevin Costello discusses the house calls he makes with Albany Med’s Early
Facilitated Hospital Discharge Program; a new initiative that serves to create a smoother transition for patients between hospital discharge and the first visit to their primary care physician.
(Daily Gazette, WNYT, WTEN)
Full circle: cancer survivor works for the hospital that saved her
Employee and cancer survivor, Stefanie Allen, shares her experience as a 13-year-old cancer patient in the Center for Childhood Cancers and Blood Disorders and her memories of participating in the annual Melodies of Christmas concert series that she now helps to organize.
(Times Union, Daily Gazette)
