News Archives of August 2000

University Hospital is one of the first sites across the country currently performing a new surgical procedure designed to dramatically reduce the pain and serious medical repercussions of the most common type of bone fractures-vertebral compression fractures, or VCFs. The surgery, called Kyphoplasty, is a minimally invasive procedure that takes less than an hour to perform [...]

Peter Cronkight, M.D., will join University Health Care Manlius as a primary care physician, beginning Sept. 1. Cronkight joins Vincent Frechette, M.D., and Karen Heitzman, M.D., as primary care physicians at University Health Care Manlius. Cronkight who serves as clinical associate professor at SUNY Upstate Medical University, earned his medical degree from Wayne State University Medical School [...]