Category Archives: pathology

How patients can improve blood draws

Posted on September 29, 2017 by

Nurses and phlebotomists — the people who draw blood and start intravenous lines — perform multiple “venipunctures” each day, inserting needles through skin and into veins to draw blood, or start intravenous lines. Patients typically feel a slight sting when … Continue reading →

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Brains against brain tumors

Posted on July 12, 2017 by

Experts from several scientific fields join forces to accelerate fight against brain cancer BY JIM HOWE To better meet the challenges of treating brain cancer, Upstate’s Precision Neuro-Oncology Program pools the expertise of the best minds in a variety of … Continue reading →

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Grant money fuels cancer research

Posted on July 3, 2017 by

Mira Krendel, PhD, associate professor of cell and developmental biology, and Juntao Luo, PhD, assistant professor of pharmacology, each received $360,000 grants from New York state to further their research into breast cancer treatments. Krendel is exploring how a particular … Continue reading →

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Up close: Offering a better biopsy

Posted on June 21, 2017 by

Upstate offers a 3-D guided breast biopsy option for patients whose mammograms reveal something suspicious that requires additional investigation. Using this system, radiologists can easily locate and target regions of interest for what is known as an upright core breast … Continue reading →

Posted in cancer, medical imaging/radiology, pathology, technology, women's health/gynecology

Settling in: Newcomers to CNY found jobs, a home – and a doctor

Posted on June 19, 2017 by

BY AMBER SMITH When she moved to Syracuse two summers ago, Andrea Scheibel, 32, had a rare form of anemia that required blood transfusions, sometimes as often as every week. She got sick in 2014 when her body stopped making … Continue reading →

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A more colorful life: Pathology specialist enjoys painting, drawing

Posted on April 17, 2017 by

BY JIM HOWE After a day working with an electron microscope in Upstate’s pathology department, Joyce Yue Qi might pick up an artist’s paintbrush or a pastel crayon and create a picture. Qi has won awards for her work each … Continue reading →

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Follow the leader: Be flexible, adaptable, imaginative, focused, decisive and emotionally intelligent

Posted on April 10, 2017 by

Robert Corona, DO, MBA, was recently asked about the qualities of good leadership by the Syracuse Media Group in “CNY Conversations.” “Flexibility and adaptability are key,” he told the news organization. “So is humility. “When good things happen, take less … Continue reading →

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Installing a port and a feeding tube at the same time makes sense for some patients – and it’s safe, study shows

Posted on November 29, 2016 by

BY AMBER SMITH Most patients with head and neck cancer require the installation of a port, and many will also need a feeding tube. “For the patient’s convenience, placing both devices at the same time would be ideal,” says Katsuhiro … Continue reading →

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Once fatal, now curable: Story of infective endocarditis ‘a miracle of medical progress’

Posted on September 26, 2016 by

Upstate cardiologist Harold Smulyan, MD, and infectious disease expert Donald Blair, MD, tell the tale of infective endocarditis in the August 2015 issue of the American Journal of the Medical Sciences. They call the nearly complete conquest of the disease … Continue reading →

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How a man from Upstate New York, and a feral cat, helped scientists identify a new poxvirus

Posted on June 27, 2016 by

By AMBER SMITH Every doctor has that patient he or she can’t forget. Jerrold Abraham, MD, and Donald Blair, MD, took care of a man with a mysterious infection 15 years ago, but only recently was their diagnostic quandary solved, … Continue reading →

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