CANANDAIGUA – On Saturday, April 18, UR Medicine’s Thompson Health is hosting a Dogs & Storks seminar, created for expectant families with dogs as they prepare for life with a baby in the home.
The seminar will be held from 1 to 3:30 p.m. in the Thompson Conference Center on the ground floor of Thompson Hospital, 350 Parrish St. in Canandaigua.
Attendees will learn tips for introductions when coming home from the hospital; positive, practical and fun solutions to...

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, April 9, 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 available to patients....

CANANDAIGUA -- UR Medicine’s Thompson Health is included in the 2015 edition of the 150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare list published by Becker’s Hospital Review.
This makes Thompson the only upstate New York organization on the list, and one of only three in New York State. The list – released March 16 – features both healthcare providers and other types of healthcare-specific companies, including Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, the Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins...

CANANDAIGUA – UR Medicine’s Thompson Health Cardiac Rehabilitation Department and the New York Wine & Culinary Center (NYWCC) are teaming up to offer a two-part series called “New Approaches for Healthful Eating.”
Led by Clinical Dietitian Darcy Prunoske, RD, CDN, of Thompson, and Chef Jeffory McLean – joined by NYWCC staff – the series will be held at the NYWCC, 800 S. Main St. in Canandaigua.
The series kicks off on Thursday, April 9, with “Get the Most Out of...

CANANDAIGUA – Geneva resident Kurt Koczent, executive vice president of UR Medicine’s Thompson Health and chief operating officer of its F.F. Thompson Hospital, recently became a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), the nation’s leading professional society for healthcare leaders.
To obtain Fellow status, candidates must fulfill multiple requirements, including passing a comprehensive examination, meeting academic and experiential criteria, earning...

CANANDAIGUA – UR Medicine’s Thompson Health is now offering a Lymphedema Support Group, and the group will hold its first quarterly meeting on Tuesday, March 17, from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Constellation Center for Health and Healing at Thompson Hospital, 350 Parrish St. in Canandaigua.

Facilitated by Occupational Therapist and lymphedema specialist Angela Kiklowicz of Thompson’s Rehabilitation Services Department, this new group welcomes all looking for support in dealing...

CANANDAIGUA – Jennifer Hunnicutt of Bloomfield was recently named director of nursing for the M.M. Ewing Continuing Care Center at UR Medicine’s Thompson Health and the center’s medical adult day program, The Brighter Day.
Hunnicutt holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing, both from Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Ariz. She first joined M.M. Ewing in 2010 as a nursing supervisor, and from 2011 through late 2014 served as nurse manager of a 42-bed long-term care unit...

CANANDAIGUA – The Diagnostic Imaging Department at UR Medicine’s Thompson Hospital, 350 Parrish St., will hold free varicose vein consultations on Tuesday, March 10, from 4 to 7 p.m.
These consultations, with vein specialist Dr. David E. Lee, will be held by appointment only, with a limited number of appointments available. To schedule a screening, call the Diagnostic Imaging Department at Thompson at (585) 396-6701.
Through advanced technology, Lee and Thompson’s...

CANANDAIGUA – UR Medicine’s Thompson Health will host “Change Your Body, Change Your Lifestyle” on Wednesday, March 4, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Constellation Center for Health and Healing at Thompson Hospital, 350 Parrish St.
This nutrition and fitness seminar is designed specifically for pre- and post-bariatric surgery patients, with a review of exercise and special fitness needs, as well as menu planning techniques consistent with the Highland Bariatric Center Lifestyle Plan....

CANANDAIGUA – Following a decreased incidence of confirmed influenza and influenza-like illness over the past week in surrounding communities, UR Medicine’s Thompson Health is lifting the visitor restrictions imposed in December.

Effective today, Feb. 12, children under the age of 14 are again allowed to visit patients in Thompson Hospital and residents of the adjacent M.M. Ewing Continuing Care Center. However, if any visitor – of any age – has signs of illness, they...