1. Albany Medical Center Grow Your Own Program For Kids
2. Albany Medical Center Grow Your Own Program For Pc

At Albany Med, we know that nurses are the backbone of our hospital. Nurses are the ones who meet our patients where they’re at and comfort them at their lowest moments. Without the support of our incredible nursing team, we would never be able to provide the outstanding care we do.

Serving northeastern New York and western New England 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.Albany Medical Center, northeastern New York’s only academic health sciences center, is one of the largest private employers in the Capital Region. It incorporates the 734-bed Albany Medical Center Hospital, which offers the widest range of medical and surgical services in the region, and the Albany Medical College, which trains the next generation of doctors, scientists and other healthcare professionals, and also includes a biomedical research enterprise and the region’s largest physicians practice with more than 450 doctors. Albany Medical Center works with dozens of community partners to improve the region’s health and quality of life. For more information, please visit our website atMission: As an academic health sciences center, Albany Medical Center has a mission of providing excellence in medical education, biomedical research, and patient care. Staff of Albany Med’s Breast Center gathered with our partner, Libby's Legacy Breast Cancer Foundation, to officially open the nation’s second “Pink Ribbon Garden Project” at a ribbon-cutting ceremony this morning. The Pink Ribbon Garden Project was founded by Libby's Legacy Breast Cancer Foundation, in partnership with singer/songwriter and breast cancer survivor Melissa Etheridge to bring healthy foods to breast cancer patients. Breast cancer survivors will oversee the garden and harvest produce for their families and the families of patients currently undergoing treatment.

Albany Med is a proud sponsor of the garden. Albany Med salutes Nurse Clinician Vina Kessler, who was honored this week with a DAISY Award for outstanding patient care.

Albany Med Physician Assistant Katrina Abdalla passed Vina in the Albany Med hallway and recognized her as the nurse who cared for her infant son in February 2016 following surgery to improve hearing loss. The care Vina gave her child has stayed with her. In her nomination, Katrina wrote: “I always felt that, because of his inability to hear, he just wanted to be touched and held. When I went to see him, Vina was loving on him and snuggling him as if he were her own child.

She left such a positive impression. Nurses are what makes medicine.” Thank you, Vina, for all you do to care for our patients! Albany Med Trauma Education and Injury PreventionToday is National Gun Violence Awareness Day and Albany Med urges parents to safely store firearms to protect the health and well-being of their children and others in our community.Project Child Safe is a national initiative that promotes the safe storage of firearms and provides education to help prevent accidents and keep firearms out of the wrong hands.Take a minute to visit their website to learn how to keep your children as safe as possible from firearm accidents. Thanks to Mark and Ann Burek, of Castleton, for making a $55,000 commitment while establishing the Hope Soars Parkinson's Research Fund at Albany Med.

Albany Medical Center Grow Your Own Program For Kids

Every April for the past six years, Burek has organized his Hope Soars 5K walk/run in Albany's Washington Square Park and the Corning Preserve to benefit the Parkinson’s Research Fund. Burek (right) has been cared for by Eric Molho, MD, director of the Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center at Albany Med, the only center of its kind in the region. Here's what a grateful person recently said about her Albany Med experience and her interaction with our cardiac nurses and staff: 'The Cath Lab nurses and staff were fantastic and the staff on the Cardiothoracic Unit went above and beyond to care for their patients.

Albany Medical Center Grow Your Own Program For Pc

From the aides who got ice packs to the nurses, and everyone in between, you are the BEST. We cannot thank everyone enough!' Albany Med is proud of all of our nurses and staff and know that their dedication to our patients is exceptional! Walking to beat heart disease. Last weekend “Team Albany Med” proudly participated in the American Heart Association’s Heart Walk, and under the leadership of Dr. Suzie Mookherjee, raised more than $25,000 to help the Heart Association make a positive impact on the lives of those affected by heart disease.

A special thanks to Dr. Mookherjee and Karen Carpenter Palumbo of Vanderheyden, this year’s walk co-chairs, for helping the Heart Association continue its mission of increasing cardiovascular health awareness.

As the region’s “Life is Why” sponsor, Albany Med and the American Heart Association continue to collaborate during 2019 to improve heart health in the Capital Region. American Heart Association - New York State. Experts Urge Safety This SummerIt is never too early to have your skin checked for skin cancer - especially if you spend a lot of time in the sun. Sign up for a FREE screening this Saturday, June 1 at 99 Delaware Avenue in Delmar by calling 1-518-262-0760.

Health insurance is not necessary to have this screening done. Take advantage of this opportunity!Thousands of people across the Northeast are expected to hit the peaks and lakes this summer — and local experts are urging hikers and swimmers to stay. Albany Med Outpatient Physical TherapyWe are excited to announce that Dr. Isabelle Matejovsky, PT, DPT, NCS has joined the staff at Albany Med OPPT. Isabelle trained at NYU Langone Health Rusk Rehabilitation and has her board certification in Neurologic PT with a specialization in vestibular therapy.

She is accepting patients of all diagnoses but is particularly interested in helping patients with dizziness, vertigo, balance, and vestibular deficits return to an active life. Isabelle joins a team of 15 clinicians who are dedicated to serving their patients, and improving their quality of life. Albany Med today announced that James Barba, who has served as president and chief executive officer of Albany Medical Center since 1995 and changed the face of health care in the Capital Region over the past 40 years, will be retiring on March 31, 2020.

He will serve through March 31, 2020 to provide an orderly transition of leadership.The next CEO of Albany Med is expected to be announced this summer. Under his leadership and through his vision, Albany Med recovered from the brink of bankruptcy to become the region’s leading health care provider, a vast organization delivering a scope of medical treatments available typically only in major metropolitan areas. Read more here. Bernie Phillips - Cardiac PatientIn the early morning hours of Jan.

3, 2009, Bernie Phillips, then 48, of Schenectady, went into sudden cardiac arrest. His wife immediately started CPR and called 9-1-1. After several agonizing minutes, first responders finally restored a pulse. At Albany Med, emergency medicine doctors successfully used therapeutic cooling to lower his body temperature to minimize any potential brain damage.

Today, Bernie remains grateful for the life-saving care he received at Albany Med, continues to see his cardiologist at Albany Med regularly and remains active by working out and cycling. Learn more about the expert heart care Albany Med offers:In the early morning hours of Jan. 3, 2009, Bernie Phillips, then 48, of Schenectady, went into sudden cardiac arrest. His wife immediately started CPR and c. Albany Med FitnessA BIG congratulations to all graduating students today! We have watched so many of you grow over the years and words cannot describe how proud we are of everyone. It has been a pleasure getting to know and train those who chose to use the Fitness Center.

This small space was more than gym to many. It was a safe haven to blow off some steam, have an unbiased ear to talk to, or a place to gather with friends after long hours of studying.We want to wish everyone luck on their future endeavors, and no matter what, we will always be here for you.Earl, Sarah, & Jill. First responders and staff from The Massry Family Children’s Emergency Center at Albany Med, the region’s only pediatric emergency department, were reunited with pediatric trauma patient Lucas Scherl, 16, of Gansevoort, during a dinner recognizing area EMS providers at the Hilton Garden Inn in Albany. Scherl, injured while mountain biking at Moreau Lake State Park, was the first pediatric trauma case when the pediatric emergency department opened July 31, 2018.

Pictured, from left: Emo Castle, RN, nurse manager, Massry Family Children’s Emergency Center; Michael Adams, paramedic, Moreau EMS; Sarah Baire, NYS Park Police; Nick Quinn, chief, South Glens Falls Fire Company; Ken Scherl; Laura Scherl and Lucas. Albany Med’s Division of Pediatric Endocrinology hosted a presentation May 21 for young adults with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and their parents. It focused on adjusting to life after high school. It featured Kate Hall, a nationally ranked track and field athlete who shared her journey living with T1D.

Tom Hoffman Jr., CEO of Hoffman’s Car Wash and Jiffy Lube, spoke on his experiences living with T1D and offered advice to young adults with the disease entering the workforce. Also, Craig Kimmelblatt, a UAlbany psychologist, covered tips on college mental health services. Finally, a panel of young adults with T1D discussed adjusting to life after high school. Pictured, from left, Maureen Sharkey, certified child life specialist; Hoffman; Kimmelblatt; Hall; and Nancy Jones, RN, BSN, CDE, pediatric endocrinology nurse.