Rory Houghtalen M.D. developed his passion for behavioral health in his early days, growing up on a desolate dirt road in the Finger Lakes with a state forest at one end and a garbage dump at the other. Though the ...
Read More »In many roles, he strives to improve geriatric care
“When someone’s been living for 90 years, and I hear her talking about the three different husbands that she had and the different things they’d done, it’s an incredible experience,” said renowned geriatrician Robert McCann M.D., Highland Hospital’s chief of ...
Read More »A career in listening to others’ concerns
Carole Farley-Toombs R.N. took a couple of years off after high school to move to New York City in the early 1970s. After two years there, she moved to a small town in Vermont where she found a job in ...
Read More »A sense of mission in a stressful environment
Michael Kamali M.D. relishes the challenge of running Strong Memorial Hospital’s busy emergency department. “In all of medicine, I hope that everyone finds a noble type of aspect to what they do,” said the chairman of the Department of Emergency ...
Read More »Director determined to provide best care
In her nearly four decades with Finger Lakes Health, Sharon Galasso R.N. has established a special rapport and bond with the nurses and residents she is charged with overseeing. “I just developed a love of long-term care and the residents,” ...
Read More »Using skills to heal out in the community
After many years as a family doctor, Colleen Fogarty M.D. still looks forward to coming to work. “Community health has really been the place where I most want to use my clinical skills,” the family physician said. Though employed by ...
Read More »At Highland, specialist keeps patients’ minds sharp
Being hospitalized is not easy for anyone, but for elderly patients it can be life-altering. Peggy Petrone dedicates her life to preventing that.
Read More »An entrepreneurial approach to the grueling work of ICU
There is not a lot of glory in the work Joshua Smith R.N. does every day. As clinical leader of the intensive care unit at Unity Hospital/Rochester Regional Health, Smith said he and the other professionals on his team work ...
Read More »Doctor intent on keeping seniors independent
Stephen Ryan M.D. has dedicated much of his adult life to keeping the elderly in their own homes and out of nursing homes. As medical director for ElderONE, an affiliate of Rochester Regional Health, Ryan oversees the medical and quality ...
Read More »‘Laughter, music, hugs’ at Marian’s House
When Mary Fazio R.N. was 14 years old, she was hospitalized for six weeks. While there she became intrigued with the hospital setting. So, after her release, she volunteered as a candy striper at a local hospital. She enjoyed the ...
Read More »At Unity hospital, ‘Terry teaches us compassion’
Don’t ask Dorette “Terry” Clein how old she is because she won’t tell you. It’s not because she’s embarrassed about her age; rather, she’s a firm believer that age is just a number. It’s how you spend your years and ...
Read More »Helping Hillside balance evolution of care, quality
Becoming a nurse was a natural decision for Ann Brennan Cott R.N. Cott, who is one of four nurses in her family, has always enjoyed working with people and helping them through challenging times. “It is extremely rewarding work,” she ...
Read More »Haines keeps emergency room humming
George Haines is kindhearted, intelligent, humble and grateful for everything. The only problem with “Mr. George,” as he’s affectionately known to many around him, is that there is only one of him. Thirty-four years ago, Haines got snowed in at ...
Read More »Runyon’s goal: settings that feel like home
In a world where bigger is often thought to be better, Charles Runyon strives for a model in which small is best. As the president and CEO of St. John’s Health Care Corp. on Highland Avenue in Rochester, he believes ...
Read More »Rebuilt children’s hospital bears volunteer’s imprint
If you run a non-profit organization and you want it to make a positive difference in this world, you want Mark Siewert on board. When Siewert’s son, Mark Daniel Siewert, spent time in the pediatric intensive care unit at Golisano ...
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