Bob Riter Accepts Award for the Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes
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2015 Annual Report
This Report to the Community gives us an opportunity to reflect on the accomplishments of 2015 and to thank the people who made it all happen. A number of important projects reached completion in 2015 through the hard work of our employees, physicians, volunteers, and board members.
Cayuga Medical Center Physician and Nurse Honored with the Distinguished Louis W. Munchmeyer, MD, Annual Award for Excellence
March 17, 2016 — Ithaca, New York – Cayuga Medical Center would like to congratulate Marguerite Sterling, RN and Charles Garbo, MD for receiving the Louis Munchmeyer Award for Excellence at the Cayuga Medical Center Medical Staff Annual Meeting, which was held this month.
Shining a Light – On Elizabeth Personius
It was November 2014 and Elizabeth Personius, 58, had just received the shock of her life: a diagnosis of lung cancer. On the verge of surgery and the journey of care that would treat her illness, Elizabeth and her husband, Ed, attended “Shine a Light on Lung Cancer,” a new education and support program offered at the Cayuga Cancer Center. Now a year later, with a clean MRI of her lungs and no sign of cancer, Elizabeth was the guest speaker at the annual shine-a-light event. This is her story.
Born to Run!
Lithesome and blue-eyed with a ponytail that swings wildly as she runs, Lizzy Jewiss is a driven young athlete. In seventh grade she decided to take up running to stay in shape for soccer. (more…)
When Every Minute Counts: Surviving a Heart Attack
Our lives are filled with many decisions every day, some more crucial and long-lasting than others. The decision to seek immediate medical attention if you or someone you are with might be having a heart attack can actually save a life. (more…)
A Healthy Collaboration
The Cayuga Wellness Center was the product of a collaboration between Cayuga Medical Center and a pair of local developers, Tim and Terry Ciaschi. Hospital administrators were already exploring ways to improve the overall health and well-being of community residents when the Ciaschis approached Cayuga Medical Center with their concept of creating a medically based fitness center. (more…)
Striking the Right Chord
Franklin Henry Jr. is not the type of person who likes to ask for help. Yet when his world was reduced to the space between his bed and his chair—and even that small distance made him struggle to catch his breath— he realized he could no longer handle his health problems on his own. (more…)
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