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SPRING 2007 text

• Intercepting Autism
  Autism spectrum disorders now affect one in 150 children, making these perplexing conditions a priority at University Hospital.
• Collateral Damage
  SUNY Upstate experts make a compelling case for paying serious attention to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
• From Bench to Barstool
  By chronicling alcohol’s impact on brain development, Michael Miller PhD helps to intercept the legacy of alcohol abuse.
• Making Sure Health Care Cares
  SUNY Upstate’s new president is a pediatrician by training, a change agent by necessity.
• Pay It Forward
  A tribute to the late Gregory Keating PhD.

ARCHIVE Issues & Highlights

• What Lies Within?
  With new insights and revolutionary imaging, University Hospital's brain experts tackle brain trauma and disease, while guarding the brain's critical functions.
• Striking Back
  Prestigious Stroke Center status awarded by the New York State Department of Health confirms that University Hospital treats stroke with the urgency of trauma.
• Brain Trust
  It takes teams of SUNY Upstate scientists—and decades of research— to stake out and investigate certain territories in the brain.
• The Concussion Crusade
  University Hospital psychologist Brian Rieger PhD continues to gain ground on concussion, with coordinated clinical services and an ambitious awareness campaign.
• Change of Course
  An immediate demand for ALS care helped steer Neurology Chair Jeremy Shefner MD/PhD from research lab to clinic. It also inspired him to create an ALS clinical trials research consortium of 60 centers in the Northeast.

• A Better Way
  Fueled by a dramatic increase in NIH funding, psychiatry research at SUNY Upstate is in serious growth mode.
• To Scan or Not to Scan?
  In a multisite study of 27,000 children with minor head trauma, the Pediatric Emergency Department at University Hospital helps clarify the need for a CT scan.
• Older But Wiser
  Sharon Brangman MD, chief of geriatrics, asks the U.S. Senate to help keep older Americans professionally active – for their own good, and ours.
• Wind Beneath Our Wings
  The extraordinary generosity of four donors will lift Upstate’s pediatric and educational facilities to new heights.

SUMMER 2005 text
(Community Impact Report—Economic Impact:
How SUNY Upstate stimulates the CNY Economy)

• The Bottom Line
  While high-quality healthcare, education and biomedical research are SUNY Upstate’s chief priorities, it also contributes mightily to CNY’s economic vitality.
  
• Leading By Example
  SUNY Upstate often leads the charge in tackling the region’s greatest challenges – health-related and otherwise.
  
  

• Her Journey in Her Words
  Retracing the steps of surgical pioneer, Patricia J. Numann MD.
  
• The Research Factor
  Biomedical research helps make the academic difference.
  
• Meeting Headlines Head On
  Tackling high-profile health care issues.
  
• Renaissance Spirit
  Students who excel in both arts and sciences.
  
• Clinically Speaking
  
  
  

• Calling Attention to Concussion
  It’s defined as a mild brain injury, but concussion can derail lives and cause long-term damage. University Hospital’s Concussion Management Program, directed by psychologist Brian Rieger PhD, pays serious attention to this low-profile problem.
• “Preseasoned” Dean of Medicine
  Steven Scheinman MD brings a fresh outlook to his new roles as dean and executive vice president. But after 20 years on campus, the former professor of medicine and chief of nephrology also brings a fine reputation and a seasoned sense of the SUNY Upstate culture.
• “Doctor” da Vinci Joins Surgical Team
  An anatomically curious but high-functioning surgical robot is now operating at University Hospital. Also known as the da Vinci Surgical System®, the robot works hand in hand with the surgeon, integrating and refining the benefits of minimally invasive and open surgery.
  
• New Heights of Spiritual Care
  The arrival of SUNY Upstate’s first full-time spiritual care manager, the Rev. Terry Culbertson, heralds increased emphasis on the spiritual dimensions of healing and the launch of exciting educational initiatives.
  

• Not Taking Nursing for Granted
  A noble profession by nature, nursing continues to grow in stature, as hospitals link positive patient outcomes – and bottom lines – to a high caliber of nursing care. In this issue, we examine the art, the science and the business of nursing in a teaching hospital, plus University Hospital’s pursuit of Magnet status from the American Nursing Association.
  
• Proteomics: the New Genetics
  With the human genome mapped, SUNY Upstate scientists are focusing on the even-more-elusive challenge of identifying proteins, which give cells their marching orders and are key targets or disrupting disease.
• Bumper Crop
  In their first year of providing free health care for CNY migrant workers, SUNY Upstate medical students and faculty expected to visit three farms but found a far greater demand for their portable clinics, inspired by Bruce Gould MD ’79.
  
• A Room of Their Own
  When the CNY Children’s Hospital at University Hospital opens in 2007, all rooms will be private and family-friendly – one of many reasons CNY has embraced the concept of a children’s hospital.