CANANDAIGUA – Dr. Matthew E. Osborne of Pittsford is the new Emergency Department medical director for UR Medicine Thompson Hospital.
Osborne, an attending physician in the emergency department since 2009, served as a lieutenant and flight surgeon with the medical corps of the U.S. Navy, and later as a lieutenant commander with the medical corps of the U.S. Navy Reserve. He received his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine and did an internship at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., before completing his three-year emergency medicine residency at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. He is a diplomate with the American Board of Emergency Medicine. Prior to joining Thompson, he worked for two years in the Emergency Center at Unity Hospital in Rochester.
“We have been fortunate to have Dr. Osborne as a part of our Emergency Department team for more than eight years now and are excited to now have him at the helm,” said Thompson Health President/CEO Michael F. Stapleton Jr., FACHE. “With his exceptional clinical skills, patient focus and proven leadership abilities, we are confident he will ensure excellence in emergency care for our patients and their families.”
The Emergency Department at Thompson – a New York State-designated Stroke Center – is a 24-bed unit and in 2017 had 28,175 visits.