Coming up
on
January 29th's Show
- Alicia Taylor, RN and Elizabeth Urban, RN: Strong Women, Strong Hearts event on Feb. 4th
- Bruce Searles, BS, CCP: Training cardiovascular perfusionists
- Dr. Richard O'Neill's Check-Up From The Neck-Up
2/5/12 Upstate unveils its new ‘Find a Doc’ feature on website
Dr. John McCabe, Upstate University Hospital CEO, and Lynn Shepard Scott, a hospital administrator, discuss the new ‘Find a Doc’ feature now available on Upstate’s website.
To try it out, go to University Hospital’s home page at www.upstate.edu/hospital and click on ‘find a doctor’ on the left side of the page.
2/5/12 Public Health Today – Breastfeeding
Donna Bacchi, pediatrician and chair of Upstate’s Public Health and Preventive Medicine Dept, talks about breastfeeding – the benefits, challenges and helpful tips – in light of the fact that the prevalence of breastfeeding in our country and this community is very low.
2/5/12 Dr. Richard O’Neill’s Check-Up From The Neck-Up
Dr. Richard O’Neill’s Check-Up From The Neck-Up: Heartbreak hotel.
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1/29/12 Strong Women, Strong Hearts
Cardiovascular nurses Alicia Taylor and Elizabeth Urban talk about a new health event in Syracuse called Strong Women, Strong Hearts. The day will feature special presentations by Upstate Cardiologist Luna Bhatta and Upstate’s Heart Failure Coordinator Lorri Langdon, among others. The event will also provide free health screenings, nutritional information with heart-healthy tastings, exercise information and classes, and stress-management presentations that will incorporate therapeutic massage, yoga, and meditation classes, as well as Reiki therapy.
Read more about:
The Upstate Heart and Vascular Center at Upstate University Hospital
Strong Women, Strong Hearts, a free day of education, entertainment and indulgence.
1/29/12 Training cardiovascular perfusionists
Bruce Searles, director of the Cardiovascular Perfusion program in Upstate’s College of Health Professions, will speak about the job of a perfusionist (they operate the heart-lung machine in the operating room) and how his program goes about training them, what sorts of background they have coming into the program and how long the training lasts and whats involved.
Learn more about the Cardiovascular Perfusion Program at Upstate’s College of Health Professions.
1/29/12 Current trends in physical therapy
Dale Avers, DPT, PhD, director of Upstate’s post-professional doctoral program for physical therapists, discusses the current trends in physical therapy education. All physical therapy training programs have converted to doctoral programs, and as more physical therapists increase their education, more patients address their PTs as doctor.
Learn more about the two physical therapy doctoral programs offered at Upstate’s College of Health Professions:
PROFESSIONAL (DPT) for those entering the field.
POST PROFESSIONAL (T-DPT) for licensed PTs.
1/29/12 Dr. Richard O’Neill’s Check-Up From The Neck-Up
Dr. Richard O’Neill Check-Up From The Neck-Up: Know-it-all, or, making a difference, systematically. Read more about Systems-Centered Training.
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1/22/12 Environmental toxicants and children’s health
Brooks Gump, associate professor in Syracuse University’s Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition, speaks about what toxins from our environment are doing to our children’s health.
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