SHORTSVILLE – UR Medicine Thompson Health’s Shortsville Family Practice is hosting an open house and inviting the community to meet Dr. Bobby Khan, an osteopathic, board-certified family physician who joined the practice in September.
Scheduled for 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 30, the open house will also allow community members to meet other members of the Shortsville Family Practice team, including nurse practitioners Alice DeMallie and Katherine Exter, as well as a...
CANANDAIGUA – Kim Tenreiro will give a special performance of his acclaimed one-man enactment of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 2, at Finger Lakes Gallery & Frame in downtown Canandaigua.
A pre-performance reception, at 5 p.m., will feature “Dickensian delights” from Fezziwig’s party.
Pre-sale tickets are $20 per person or $35 per couple. They available at Finger Lakes Gallery & Frame,...
CANANDAIGUA – The Thompson Health Guild will hold its annual “Tree of Lights” tree-lighting ceremony at 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 5, by the front entrance of UR Medicine’s Thompson Hospital, 350 Parrish St.
All are invited to attend this free holiday event. Refreshments will be served immediately following the tree-lighting ceremony, with music performed indoors by Canandaigua’s fifth-grade chorus. Santa will be on hand as well.
Thompson’s Tree of...
CANANDAIGUA - The 25th annual Holiday Bazaar hosted by UR Medicine’s Thompson Health will be held on
Thursday, Dec. 1, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the M. M. Ewing Continuing Care Center, 350 Parrish St., Canandaigua.
This year’s event will feature arts and crafts vendors with an assortment of handcrafted holiday gifts and decorations, the
Thompson Health Guild Bake Sale, photos with Santa and a drawing for prizes. Prizes...
VICTOR – The Sports Medicine program within Rehabilitation Services at UR Medicine’s Thompson Health invites middle and high school athletes, coaches and parents to learn about preventing shoulder and knee injuries during a free event Saturday, Nov. 12, at Gorbel, Inc., located at 600 Fishers Run in the Victor hamlet of Fishers.
Discussing prevention through strength/endurance training, plyometrics and flexibility will be Athletic Trainer Jeremy Herniman of Thompson and...
CANANDAIGUA – UR Medicine’s Highland Hospital, the region’s leading provider of bariatric (weight-loss) surgery, will hold a bariatric surgery informational seminar at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 10, at UR Medicine’s Thompson Hospital, 350 Parrish St. in Canandaigua.
William E. O’Malley, M.D., Director of UR Medicine’s Bariatric Surgery Center at Highland Hospital, will host the seminar, providing an overview of the different types of weight-loss surgery...
CANANDAIGUA – In partnership with Foodlink, UR Medicine’s Thompson Health is once again hosting
a Mobile Food Pantry on Friday, Nov. 4, from 4 to 6 p.m.
The pantry will offer perishable foods, free of charge, to those in need. These items will include breads, fresh
fruit, fresh vegetables and dairy products.
Staff and volunteers from both Foodlink and Thompson will unload and distribute the food in the cafeteria of Thompson’s...
FARMINGTON – After several in September and early October, UR Medicine’s Thompson Health has scheduled an additional flu shot clinic for Tuesday, Nov. 1, from 3 to 7 p.m. at HealthWorks in the Thompson Medical Center at 1160 Corporate Drive in Farmington.
Administered to those 9 and older at this clinic, the 2016-17 vaccine provides protection against two type B flu viruses and two type A, including H3N2 and H1N1.
The self-pay cost is $28 (cash, check,...
CANANDAIGUA – The annual Gala hosted by UR Medicine’s Thompson Health recently raised more than $125,000 to benefit upcoming renovations at Thompson Hospital in Canandaigua.
Held Sept. 9 at the Inn on the Lake in Canandaigua, the sold-out event had more than 300 people in attendance, with Southern barbecue fare as well as music by The Skycoasters.
The money raised will go toward a new, 12-bed observation unit scheduled to open at Thompson...
CANANDAIGUA – Ferris Hills at West Lake will host Finger Lakes Visiting Nurse Service’s 17th annual Caring for the Caregiver Conference on Thursday, Oct. 27, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with registration beginning at 8:30 a.m.
This conference is designed to give both family and professional caregivers a break from daily routines, with information and suggestions about providing care and support.
With a theme of “Empowered Aging,” the conference...