University of Rochester Medical Center

URMC is one of the largest facilities for medical treatment and research in Upstate New York and includes a regional Perinatal Center, Trauma Center, Burn Center, Cancer Center, an Epilepsy Center, Psychiatric/Behavioral Health Emergency and treatment departments, Liver Transplant Center and Cardiac Transplant Center and also includes a major AIDS Treatment Center and an NIH-designated AIDS Vaccine Evaluation Unit. A large portion of the university's biomedical research is conducted in the Arthur Kornberg Medical Research Building and the Aab Institute of Biomedical Sciences.

In January 2008, the University of Rochester announced a $500 million strategic plan geared toward expansion in research and patient services.{{Cite web|last=Pieterse|first=Janice B.|date=2008-01-16|title=URMC plans $500 million expansion|url=https://rbj.net/2008/01/16/urmc-plans-500-million-expansion/|access-date=2021-03-29|website=Rochester Business Journal|language=en-US}} The plan anticipated adding 1,800 new jobs to the university, building a 123-bed addition to the hospital, a building for clinical and translational sciences, and a new ambulatory surgery center.{{Cite web|last=Astor|first=Will|date=2008-01-15|title=Unity lands state OK for new complex|url=https://rbj.net/2008/01/15/unity-lands-state-ok-for-new-complex/|access-date=2021-03-29|website=Rochester Business Journal|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Democrat and Chronicle from Rochester, New York on June 30, 2008 · Page 2|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/137424834/|access-date=2021-03-29|website=Newspapers.com|language=en}}

{{Main|Strong Memorial Hospital}}

Strong Memorial Hospital is the main teaching hospital and patient care facility at the University of Rochester and is housed within the main complex of the URMC. It is a Level I trauma center serving the Rochester area. SMH offers care in 40 different specialties and is ranked as one of "America's Best Hospitals" by U.S. News & World Report, and has won the Consumer Choice Award for the best hospital in the area for 12 consecutive years. Strong has signature programs in cardiac care, cancer care, neurology, orthopedics and pediatrics.

{{Main|Golisano Children's Hospital (Rochester, NY)}}

Golisano Children's Hospital (GCH) formerly Children's Hospital at Strong, is a nationally ranked, freestanding acute care children's hospital in Rochester, New York. It is affiliated with the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. The hospital has 190 pediatric beds. The hospital provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21. The hospital also treats adults that require pediatric care. The hospital shares the rooftop helipad for the attached Strong Memorial Hospital and is an ACS verified level I pediatric trauma center, one of the only ones in the region. The hospital features a regional pediatric intensive-care unit and an American Academy of Pediatrics verified level IV neonatal intensive care unit.

The School of Nursing is an accredited nursing education program located in the Helen Wood Hall building of URMC. In 2018, the school's Pediatric Nurse Practitioner program was ranked the 12th best in the U.S., with the School of Nursing landing 37th for the nursing master's program and the Family Nurse Practitioner program ranked 17th by U.S. News.{{Cite web|title=Two UR Nursing NP Programs Ranked in Top 20 by U.S. News|url=https://son.rochester.edu/newsroom/2018/usnews-rankings.html|access-date=2021-03-17|website=son.rochester.edu|language=en}}

Several programs and centers have been founded at URMC. In 2006, a cancer stem cell research program was established at the Wilmot Cancer Center, one of only three such programs in the United States, the others being at Harvard University and Stanford University.[http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/pr/news/story.cfm?id=1233 URMC Press Release:] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622123926/http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/pr/news/story.cfm?id=1233 |date=2009-06-22 }} Wilmot Launches Cancer Stem Cell Research Program In 2006, a new Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute was announced.{{Cite web|title=4 Oct 2006, Page 10 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at Newspapers.com|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/96581492/|access-date=2021-03-29|website=Newspapers.com|language=en}} The program was awarded a $40 million NIH grant.{{Cite web|title=4 Oct 2006, Page 1 - Democrat and Chronicle at Newspapers.com|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/136721709/|access-date=2021-03-29|website=Newspapers.com|language=en}}

In 2013, URMC acquired Lakeside Hospital in Brockport and renamed it URMC Strong West.{{Cite web|title=University of Rochester Medical Center Acquires Closed Lakeside Health|url=https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-transactions-and-valuation/university-of-rochester-medical-center-acquires-closed-lakeside-health.html|access-date=2021-03-29|website=www.beckershospitalreview.com}} When it reopened, it had an urgent care center and planned to add an emergency department.{{Cite web|title=New Strong West at Brockport hopes to add emergency department|url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/money/business/2013/06/18/urmc-to-buy-lakeside-properties-restore-outpatient-services-/2433809/|access-date=2021-03-29|website=Democrat and Chronicle|language=en-US}} Since 2016, URMC has created a network of Urgent Care centers branded as UR Medicine Urgent Care in the Rochester, NY area.{{Cite web|last=Singer|first=Patti|title=Finding health care in a hurry getting as convenient as going out for coffee|url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2018/01/18/rochester-ny-urgent-care-rochester-regional-ur-medicine/1007437001/|access-date=2021-03-29|website=Democrat and Chronicle|language=en-US}}

In 2024, Tom Golisano announced that he had made a $50 million donation, the largest single gift in University History, to build the Golisano Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Institute, and expand care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the Rochester region.{{Cite web |last=Wheeler |first=David |date=2024-06-13 |title=Golisano will give $50 million for new institute for people with disabilities |url=https://www.whec.com/top-news/major-announcement-expected-thursday-at-golisano-childrens-hospital/ |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=WHEC.com |language=en-US}}

• George Packer Berry (Prof. 1932–1949), later dean of Harvard Medical School{{cite web|url=https://www.aai.org/About/History/Past-Presidents-and-Officers/GeorgePBerry|title=George P. Berry, M.D. |publisher=American Association of Immunologists}}{{Cite news|last=Altman|first=Lawrence K.|date=1986-10-09|title=GEORGE P. BERRY, 87, IS DEAD; BACTERIOLOGIST AND EDUCATOR|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/09/obituaries/george-p-berry-87-is-dead-bacteriologist-and-educator.html|access-date=2021-03-29|issn=0362-4331}}
• Henrik Dam (Prof. 1942–1945), Nobel laureate (1943, physiology or medicine){{Cite web|last=Lahman|first=Sean|title=Eight UR alums, 5 faculty members have won Nobel Prize|url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2017/10/09/university-rochester-nobel-prize-alumni-faculty/745622001/|access-date=2021-03-29|website=Democrat and Chronicle|language=en-US}}
• George L. Engel, psychiatrist and creator of biopsychosocial model{{Cite web|title=27 Nov 1999, Page 11 - Democrat and Chronicle at Newspapers.com|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/136465617/|access-date=2021-03-29|website=Newspapers.com|language=en}}
• Paul Fiset, microbiologist and developer of the Q fever vaccine{{cite news|title=Dr. Paul Fiset, 78, Microbiologist And Developer of Q Fever Vaccine|first=Wolfgang|last=Saxon|date=March 8, 2001|newspaper=New York Times|page=C-17|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/08/us/dr-paul-fiset-78-microbiologist-and-developer-of-q-fever-vaccine.html}}
• Lisa Kitko, nurse scientist and academic administrator{{Cite web |title=Lisa Kitko, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN {{!}} Faculty & Staff Directory {{!}} University of Rochester School of Nursing |url=https://son.rochester.edu/directory/lkitko/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=son.rochester.edu |language=en}}
• Kenneth Ouriel, vascular surgeon and researcher{{Cite web|title=16 Apr 1987, 41 - The San Francisco Examiner at Newspapers.com|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/461533859/|access-date=2021-03-29|website=Newspapers.com|language=en}}
• George Hoyt Whipple (Prof. 1914–1976), Nobel laureate (1934, physiology or medicine)

• Eastman Institute for Oral Health

{{Reflist}}

• [https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/ URMC Homepage]
• [https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/smd.aspx School of Medicine and Dentistry]
• [http://www.son.rochester.edu/ School of Nursing]
• [https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/dentistry.aspx Eastman Institute for Oral Health]
• [https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/urgent-care/ UR Medicine Urgent Care]

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