Miracles Celebrated at Golisano Children’s Hospital
Golisano Children’s Hospital announced its Miracle Kids and Miracle Makers this week with a lunchtime celebration at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center. The festive event honored some of our hospital’s most ardent supporters: B. Thomas Golisano, our hospital’s namesake and recipient of the award for Outstanding Commitment by an Individual for generously pledging to contribute [...]
Golisano Children’s Hospital Moves into New Phase of Planning
Every week of planning brings us one week closer to breaking ground and building our new home for specialized pediatric care for the region’s children and families. This week, Golisano Children’s Hospital at the University of Rochester Medical Center and Ballinger architects are deep into developing the ideal theme for the interior of the new [...]
Pediatric Surgery Division Helps Make Miracles Happen
Miracles happen every day at Golisano Children’s Hospital at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Our Pediatric Surgery Division performs more than 21,300 surgeries and procedures annually, ranging from minimally invasive surgery to repairing serious congenital malformations for children like Owen Harford. Owen, who was one of our 2010 Miracle Kids, is a perfect example of the experienced surgical [...]
Pediatrician-in-Chief Shows off Plan for New Golisano Children’s Hospital
Golisano Children’s Hospital at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) is excited to share updated plans for the new Golisano Children’s Hospital, set to break ground in late summer or early fall. In the featured video above, Dr. Nina Schor, pediatrician-in-chief at Golisano Children’s Hospital and Chair of Pediatrics at URMC, explains how the building [...]
Attend Medical School for an Evening: Pediatric Specialists Share Expertise with Hospital Supporters
Have you ever wanted an inside look at what it’d be like to be one of Golisano Children’s Hospital‘s pediatric specialists? On April 18, Golisano Children’s Hospital’s leading experts on neonatology, cancer, autism, eating disorders, surgery and orthopaedics, and congenital heart disease gave hospital supporters the scoop on what they do every day to save and [...]
Light it Up Blue to Celebrate Autism Awareness Month
As part of Golisano Children’s Hospital’s capital campaign, we’re focused on enhancing programs and services in seven key areas, including our autism program. Thanks to our experienced clinicians and dedicated researchers, Golisano Children’s Hospital is proud to have one of the best autism programs in the country. On World Autism Awareness Day, Monday, April 2, Golisano Children’s Hospital invites you [...]
Hospital Design Puts Children and Families First
At first glance, it is apparent that the new Golisano Children’s Hospital is designed around the common theme of supporting our patients – and their families. The most exciting features of the new building are the many spaces planned for gathering, playing, resting and finding respite. The new $180-million tower, located on Crittenden Boulevard and attached to [...]
Stroll for Strong Kids Springs into Action
Golisano Children’s Hospital received a lot of fantastic submissions from the Stroll for Strong Kids Theme Contest. Of all the great ideas that our Facebook fans suggested, one theme really rose to the top. “How about a superhero theme?” asked Patti Milburn. “Our children, the doctors, nurses and support staff who play a part in the [...]
Why Play in the Hospital?
In honor of Child Life Awareness Month, Golisano Children’s Hospital’s Child Life program coordinator, Wendy Lane, has written a guest editorial on the benefits of child-directed play for hospitalized children. When we think of children, many of us imagine little ones running around with unbridled energy. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. At Golisano [...]
Golisano Children’s Hospital Pledges to “Spread the Word to End the Word”
Far too often, in the classroom or on the streets, we hear people using the word “R” word, “retard” in an insensitive or bullying way. Many people don’t understand the weight that one word can carry for people with developmental disabilities. “Even if you’re not intending to hurt someone, the fact that you are (hurting [...]
