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St. Joseph’s Health Hospital Awarded for Demonstrated Excellence in Heart Valve Repair for Seventh Consecutive Year

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St. Joseph’s Health Hospital Awarded for Demonstrated Excellence in Heart Valve Repair for Seventh Consecutive Year Recognition as a Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center from the Mitral Foundation underscores commitment to best practices and exceptional outcomes in degenerative mitral valve surgery SYRACUSE, N.Y.— (May 7, 2026) Mitral valve repair is one of the most complex … Read more

St. Joseph’s Health Named to Newsweek’s America’s Best Maternity Hospitals 2026 List

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St. Joseph’s Health Named to Newsweek’s America’s Best Maternity Hospitals 2026 Lis SYRACUSE, N.Y.— (April 24, 2026) St. Joseph’s Health Hospital is proud to announce its recognition on Newsweek’s list of America’s Best Maternity Hospitals 2026, a prestigious distinction that highlights hospitals delivering high‑quality maternity care nationwide. Only 460 hospitals nationwide earned a place on … Read more

OBGYN at Auburn Community Hospital Expanding for Comprehensive Women’s Healthcare

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Auburn Community Hospital Midwives Team. L-R: Ronica Bennett, MS, CM, Jennifer MacBlane, MS, MHA, CNM, WHNP, Devon Amedio, MS, CNM, Mary Victorious, MS, CNM, Katie Smith, CNM, FNP-C Today, the obstetrics and gynecology practice at Auburn Community Hospital is growing and thriving while it meets the wide-ranging needs of women in Cayuga County. However, there … Read more

St. Joseph’s Physicians Launches New Menopause Clinic to Address Growing Need for Specialized Midlife Women’s Care

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St. Joseph’s Physicians Launches New Menopause Clinic to Address Growing Need for Specialized Midlife Women’s Care SYRACUSE, N.Y.— (April 23, 2026) As national attention continues to grow around menopause and midlife women’s health, St. Joseph’s Health has launched the St. Joseph’s Physicians Menopause Clinic, expanding access to comprehensive, specialized care for women in the Syracuse … Read more

Physician Authors in Central New York

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By Kathryn Ruscitto, Advisor I am an avid reader, belong to two book clubs, and receive a steady stream of great recommendations from my health news feed. Recently, I had the opportunity to read two excellent books by local physician authors: Dr. Mary Jumbelic, retired Chief Medical Examiner of Onondaga County, and Dr. Sarah Matt, … Read more

Your Practice, Their Investment: New York Confronts Private Equity in Healthcare

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By: Natalia R. Beltre and Gregory T. Measer To safeguard patient care from corporate interference in clinical decisionmaking, New York maintains one of the strictest corporate practice of medicine (“CPOM”) prohibitions in the United States. Under New York law, medical services may be provided only by licensed medical professionals, by professional entities that are owned and controlled … Read more

Excellus BlueCross BlueShield Invests in Community Health Equity Across Upstate New York

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Excellus BlueCross BlueShield Invests in Community Health Equity Across Upstate New York Excellus BlueCross BlueShield has announced the recipients of its 2026 Health Equity Innovation Awards, an annual funding opportunity that supports nonprofit organizations working to eliminate health disparities and improve health outcomes across upstate New York. The awards recognize organizations that are driving meaningful … Read more

St. Joseph’s Health CVI Celebrates 1,000th WATCHMAN™ Procedure,

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St. Joseph’s Health CVI Celebrates 1,000th WATCHMAN™ Procedure, Strengthening Its Role as CNY’s Premier Heart Hospital SYRACUSE, N.Y.— (March 10, 2026) St. Joseph’s Health has reached a major milestone, proudly completing its 1,000th WATCHMAN™ procedure, reinforcing its reputation as the heart hospital of the region and a leader in advanced cardiac care. The procedure was … Read more

Upstate Cardiovascular Program Expanding for Comprehensive, Innovative, Patient-Centered Care

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As both the region’s largest employer and Central New York’s only academic  medical center, Upstate Medical University is  an important hub of healthcare delivery through its clinical system of two hospital campuses and nearly 70 specialty clinics. Patient centered medical innovation is accelerating in its hospital’s cardiovascular program—which has long established clinical and research activities—to … Read more

Techno Stress in Our Environments

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BY KATHRYN RUSCITTO,ADVISOR Clinicians hear it every day, stressed patients, and stressed staff. The pressures of changing systems, social media chatter, and a world that seems to be restructuring at every level. Change is not new. We have lived through transitions in the agricultural era, the industrial era, and age of information and now the … Read more