CANANDAIGUA – UR Medicine’s Highland Hospital, the region’s leading provider of bariatric (weight-loss) surgery, will hold a bariatric surgery informational seminar at 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 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 available to...
CANANDAIGUA -- Thompson Health was honored June 12 during the 2014 Wealth of Health Awards held at the Hyatt Regency in Rochester.
Presented by the Rochester Business Journal and Excellus BlueCross Blue Shield, these awards are in recognition of exceptional efforts on the part of employers with regard to workplace wellness. Having previously won this award in both 2009 and 2011, Thompson was among four organizations recognized this year in the new Laureate category,...
CLIFTON SPRINGS – A longtime Clifton Springs physician is integrating his medical practice into the network of primary care practices run by Thompson Health, an affiliate of UR Medicine.
Dr. Zbigniew Lukawski is a native of Poland who completed his internal medicine residency at Wyckoff Heights Hospital in Brooklyn and his anesthesiology residency at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia. He is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and has...
CANANDAIGUA – Thompson Health is honoring all those touched by cancer at its seventh annual Colors of Hope and Courage, on Thursday, June 26, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Inn on the Lake, 770 S. Main St. in Canandaigua.
Colors of Hope and Courage encompasses all forms of cancer, not only celebrating survivors but acknowledging the journeys of their loved ones as well. All who have been touched by cancer – men and women, young and old – are welcomed to this event each...
CANANDAIGUA – Richard H. Hawks Jr. was named chairman of Thompson Health’s Board of Directors at the health system’s recent Annual Meeting.
Hawks, of Canandaigua, is a senior vice president and trust administration officer at Canandaigua National Bank & Trust. He has been active at Thompson Health since 1978, serving on various boards and co-chairing the Advancing Excellence Capital Campaign from 2002 to 2004. Hawks is also a former board chairman for the...
CANANDAIGUA – The Cardiac Rehabilitation Department at Thompson Health will hold its 18th Annual Rose Walk on Saturday, June 14, from 8 to 11 a.m. at Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion Historic State Park, 151 Charlotte St., Canandaigua. Proceeds benefit The Fralick Cardiac Rehabilitation and Fitness Center, which helps patients regain and maintain their physical health after a cardiac event.
For a minimum donation of $10, participants are invited to walk a 1- or 2-mile...
PENN YAN – Central New York Classic Cruisers will hold “Cruisin’ for a Cause” Classic Car Cruise-In on Saturday, June 21, at Torrey Ridge Winery, 2770 State Route 14 in Penn Yan.
Held in memory of Marty Pierson, who owned Marty’s Chop Shop in the Ontario County hamlet of Hall, the event will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. In addition to cars and motorcycles on display, it will feature music, a “barbecue bonanza” from a CNYCCC grillmaster, door prizes, and 50/50 raffles from...
CANANDAIGUA – Thompson Hospital recently received the Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold-Plus Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association for the treatment of stroke patients.
Get With The Guidelines-Stroke helps hospital teams provide the most up-to-date, research-based guidelines with the goal of speeding recovery and reducing death and disability for stroke...
CANANDAIGUA – In partnership with Foodlink, Thompson Health is hosting a Mobile Food Pantry on Tuesday, May 27, from 4 to 6 p.m.
Similar to a market on wheels, the pantry will offer perishable foods, free of charge, to those in need. These items will include breads, fresh fruit, fresh...
CANANDAIGUA – As he recruits chaplain’s volunteers to provide spiritual care within Thompson Health, Manager of Spiritual Care Mark Henson will host an informational meeting on Wednesday, May 21, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the chapel just off the main lobby of Thompson Hospital at 350 Parrish St. in Canandaigua.
At Thompson, spirituality is defined in the broadest and most universal terms possible: that which gives meaning or purpose and belonging or connection to each...