| Battle of the Badges Blood Drive Exceeds Goal |
| Rome Memorial Hospital partnered with the City of Rome Fire Department for the first American Red Cross Battle of the Badges blood drive competition on Friday, Sept. 21 at the hospital. Hospital employees, community members and city employees rolled up their sleeves and donated blood supporting either “Team RFD” or “Team RPD.” As a result, 43 pints of blood were collected, exceeding the goal set to help the Red Cross meet patient and hospital demand for blood. |
| Rome Surgical Specialists and Rome Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine relocate offices |
Rome Medical Practice’s Rome Surgical Specialists and Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine practices are both relocating to 1614 N. James St., Rome. The new office is conveniently located adjacent to Rome Memorial Hospital.
General Surgeon Pedro Del Pino, MD, FACS, of Rome Surgical Specialists; Pulmonologist Mohammed Seedat, MD, FACP, FCCP, FAASM, and Family Nurse Practitioner Katherine M. Freeman, RN, MS, FNP-C, of Rome Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, will all begin seeing patients in the new offices Thursday, October 18. |
| Pain free following surgery, patient expresses his appreciation for Neurosurgeon Nicholas Qandah, DO |
The addition of neurosurgical services at Rome Memorial Hospital means patients like Rosario Sorce, of Marcy, have a new option for scheduling surgical procedures which may reduce their wait time and relieve their pain sooner.
Board certified neurosurgeon Nicholas Qandah, DO, medical director of Neurosciences at Rome Memorial Hospital, sees patients in the Rome office of his practice, Central New York Brain & Spine Neurosurgery, and performs surgery and administers pain treatments at the hospital. |
| Sisters make informed choices about their health based upon results of hereditary cancer risk screening |
| Like many sisters, Tarry Marchesane and Chris Mautner share a lot with each other, like sisterly advice, their beautiful smiles, and happy family memories. Unfortunately, one thing these sisters also share is a genetic mutation that puts them at much greater risk for developing breast and ovarian cancer. |
| Hereditary cancer risk screening saves lives |
| Since Rome Memorial Hospital’s Women’s Imaging Center began offering hereditary cancer risk screening as part of its personalized breast care program this year, more than 2600 women have now had the opportunity to learn their predicted personal risk of developing breast cancer within the next five years and over the course of their lifetime. Advances in clinical risk screening and genetics provide us with tools to predict who may develop cancer so we can be proactive and save lives. |
| Lithotripsy treatment for kidney stones available at RMH |
| Rome Medical Practice urologists began offering patients an alternative to invasive surgery for the removal of kidney stones at Rome Memorial Hospital starting Sept. 12. AMP Urologists Dr. Wael Muakkassa, Dr. Bashar Omarbasha and Dr. Brent Carlyle will perform lithotripsy for the treatment of stones in the kidney and ureter in Rome Memorial Hospital’s newly renovated procedure room. |