December 15, 2011 - The holiday season is a time for sharing and caring, as well as a time when family and friends get together to exchange gifts and laughter. But what about the people in our community who are less fortunate?
December 7, 2011 - Dang Tuan Pham, MD, a Catholic Health surgeon at Sisters of Charity Hospital, is the first physician in Western New York to successfully perform a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass procedure using the advanced minimally invasive robotic technology of the da Vinci® Surgical System.
November 30, 2011 - Mercy Hospital of Buffalo, a member of Catholic Health, continues to forge into the future of healthcare by becoming the first in the region to introduce a “hybrid” operating room (OR) featuring the Siemens Artis zee® biplane imaging system.
November 21, 2011 - During its annual Tribute to Angels event, held on November 18, the Kenmore Mercy Hospital Foundation recognized several individuals whose dedication to the hospital and the community has been extraordinary.
November 22, 2011 - The true spirit of the Thanksgiving holiday was alive and well at Kenmore Mercy Hospital, a member of Catholic Health, as associates and staff gathered in the lobby on Tuesday, November 22 to bless and distribute Thanksgiving food baskets that were prepared to help needy families throughout the local community.
November 17, 2011 - Over 175 people gathered for the 3rd Annual Mercy Hospital Foundation Autumnal to help raise funds for the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
November 14, 2011 - Kenmore Mercy officials announced today details regarding a $14 million Emergency Department to be built on the south end of the hospital near Westchester Boulevard. Construction is expected to begin in spring 2012 and be completed by fall 2013.
October 31, 2011 - Members of Kenmore Mercy Hospital's Medical Rehabilitation Unit team hosted a Halloween party for patients today, complete with costumes and games.
October 31, 2011 - Have you resolved to make a difference in your community and help others? Consider giving back to the community by volunteering at Kenmore Mercy Hospital.
October 20, 2011 - When Gertrude Baker and Eleanor Mason were born in the early 1900s, the life expectancy for women was about 50 years old. On October 20, the two centenarians exceeded that by double! Baker celebrated her 105th birthday and Mason her 101st!
October 20, 2011 - Sisters of Charity Hospital, Buffalo’s first hospital established in 1848, is celebrating 163 years of service in Western New York this month by announcing the opening of its newly renovated and expanded Emergency Department.
October 10, 2011 - Kenmore Mercy Hospital, a member of Catholic Health, commemorated 60 years of service to the Ken-Ton community on Friday, October 7, 2011 at 2 p.m.
October 6, 2011 - Last month, Ali Ghomi, MD, a gynecologic surgeon at Sisters of Charity Hospital, performed the area’s first tubal reversal surgery (tubal reanastomosis) using the da Vinci Robotic Surgical System.
October 3, 2011 - Mercy Hospital of Buffalo and the Sisters of Mercy recently dedicated and blessed the hospital’s new main lobby and Heritage Corridor, which connects the new emergency center with the expanded main lobby.
October 3, 2011 - Kenmore Mercy Hospital is helping to make a difference in the life of 19-year-old Vietnamese young man who was bullied for years because of a facial deformity.
September 30, 2011 - Mercy Hospital of Buffalo, a New York State Designated Stroke Center, will hold a Stroke Awareness Health Fair on Saturday, October 15, 2011.
September 27, 2011 - Former U.S. Congressman and Erie Community College President Jack Quinn and his wife, Mary Beth, are serving as the chairmen of the 2011 Autumnal which will be held on Friday, November 11 at the historic Roycroft Inn in East Aurora.
September 14, 2011 - Catholic Health Living Independently For Elders (LIFE) is sponsoring a free Community Health Education Program for health professionals, family members, and caregivers of loved ones with Alzheimer’s or other dementia related conditions.
September 4, 2011 - Sisters of Charity Hospital and the Vascular & Endovascular Center of WNY are sponsoring a free “Vascular Screening” on Saturday, October 1.
September 1, 2011 - Mercy Hospital of Buffalo will hold a 9 -11 Remembrance Mass on Friday, September 9, 2011 and fly the flag at half mast on September 11, 2011.
August 26, 2011 - Download this thirty minute program to hear from Dr. Ronald Bauer and Candice Gerrity, the featured guests on the Spotlight on Health radio program that aired on August 1 on 96.1 JOY-FM.
August 19, 2011 - The Heart Center at Mercy Hospital of Buffalo has been awarded a three-star national quality rating by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), the highest award under the STS quality rating system.
August 15, 2011 - If you can predict an approaching thunderstorm by the throbbing in your head, Sisters Hospital has a new diagnostic and treatment option that can help relieve your sinus pain.
August 16, 2011 - The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has awarded Kenmore Mercy Hospital, a member of Catholic Health, Disease-Specific Care Certification for Total Knee and Total Hip Replacement services.
August 12, 2011 - Each year, Kenmore Mercy Hospital chooses one individual to receive the Doctor of Distinction Award. For 2011, that individual is Thomas J. Brewer, DO, MS, an intensivist in the Intensive Care Unit since 2008.
August 8, 2011 - On August 18, local representatives from Rite Aid Pharmacies will present the Western New York Osteoporosis Resource Center (WNYORC) with a $9,760 grant.
July 27, 2011 - Mercy Hospital of Buffalo has been awarded the 2011 Pinnacle Award for Quality and Patient Safety by the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS).
July 26, 2011 - Parents of babies in the Sisters of Charity Hospital NICU are sleeping a little easier thanks to a generous donation from Metro Mattress.
July 21, 2011 - Mercy Hospital of Buffalo has been ranked among the top 15% of hospitals in the country for maternity care and gynecological surgery, according to a report released Tuesday by HealthGrades.
July 19, 2011 - To celebrate its diamond anniversary, the hospital is inviting the community to share its fondest memories or well wishes for posting on our web page.
July 19, 2011 - Remember the feeling of seeing your child off for their first day of school? That fear of the unknown can be similar when planning for skilled care for your parents.
July 15, 2011 - The Mercy Comprehensive Care Center has been awarded a $38,600 grant from the Fidelis Care Community Grant Fund to purchase new x-ray equipment.
July 13, 2011 - Sisters of Charity Hospital, is the first Western New York hospital to use a newly approved medication therapy to treat Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP), a serious eye condition that affects premature infants.
July 6, 2011 - Catholic Health Primary Care Services and Kenmore Mercy Hospital are pleased to welcome Brenda L. Perez, MD, to the Williamsville Primary Care Center.
July 5, 2011 - To help keep area families healthy and detect vascular disease among older adults, Catholic Health is sponsoring a free Vascular Health Screening and Community Health & Wellness Day on Saturday, August 6.
July 5, 2011 - An open house and blessing will be held on Friday July 15 to welcome Catholic Health’s medical adult day care services to its Sisters of Charity Hospital, Main Street campus.
June 30, 2011 - Sisters of Charity Hospital has been ranked #2 in New York State and among the top five percent in the nation for bariatric surgery for the third year in a row.
June 29, 2011 - Staff and volunteers at Kenmore Mercy Hospital paused for a moment of silence to pay tribute to veterans and those who currently serve in the armed forces during a special flag ceremony.
June 27, 2011 - Staff and volunteers at Kenmore Mercy Hospital will pause for a moment of silence on Wednesday, June 29 as they pay tribute to veterans and those who currently serve in the armed forces during a special flag ceremony.
June 20, 2011 - Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS) with the da Vinci Robotic Surgical System is a minimally invasive treatment option for persons with throat cancer.
June 10, 2011 - Catholic Health and Mercy Hospital officials, staff and physicians gathered today for a blessing and dedication of its new, state-of-the-art MRI and CT Imaging Suite.
June 10, 2011 - On July 25, 2011, Sisters Hospital foundation will hold its 30th golf tournament to benefit the surgical programs of Sisters of Charity Hospital.
June 8, 2011 - The residents of Father Baker Manor, a nursing home in Orchard Park, have a favorite visitor – a small tan and white dog named Rescue who hails from West Virginia.
June 8, 2011 - Every day a nurse touches the lives of patients and their families. However, nurses Pat Vitthuhn and Laura Nowak, are leaving a little bit of themselves through hand-sewn quilts.
May 30, 2011 - After suffering his own limb loss and overcoming it, Kenmore resident Kevin Degnan is taking steps to help other amputees in the community.
May 25, 2011 - Mercy Hospital of Buffalo, part of Catholic Health, is proud to announce it has received a “Healthy Hospital” Award from Ascent, a division of Stryker Corporation.
May 24, 2011 - Kenmore Mercy Hospital will hold a special Candlelight Remembrance Service on Wednesday, June 8 from 7 – 8 p.m. to remember recently deceased patients and staff.
May 23, 2011 - More than 650,000 women undergo tubal ligation in the United States annually, permanently ending their ability to have children. But what happens if circumstances change?
May 13, 2011 - A crane hoisted a 10,000 pound magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system into the newly completed Imaging Suite at Mercy Hospital of Buffalo on April 26.
May 5, 2011 - In recognition of National Hospital Week, May 8 – 14, Kenmore Mercy Hospital, part of Catholic Health, is hosting a health fair on Tuesday, May 10, 2011.
April 11, 2011 - Rev. Nancy Lindberg, a member of the Spiritual Care team at Kenmore Mercy Hospital, part of Catholic Health, has attained the distinction of board certified chaplain from the Association of Professional Chaplains.
April 8, 2011 - After months of training, amputee Kevin Degnan is excited to finally reach his goal to finish a 5K on Sunday, April 10 during the Shoes for Shelter Race at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
March 31, 2011 - Catholic Health’s Heart Center at Mercy Hospital leads the region in safe outcomes for interventional cardiology procedures, according to a recently released report by the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH).
March 31, 2011 - Kenmore Mercy Hospital physicians David N. Johnson, MD, and James G. Corasanti, MD, PhD, recently received D’Youville College’s Achievement in Health Care Award.
March 23, 2011 - To help detect vascular disease and alert the public to its potential health risks, Catholic Health is sponsoring a free “Vascular Health Screening” on Saturday, April 2 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
March 23, 2011 - Dang Tuan Pham, MD, a Catholic Health surgeon at Sisters of Charity Hospital, is the first physician in Western New York to successfully place a lap band in a patient using Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS).
March 23, 2011 - Business First of Buffalo has announced that Catholic Health is the first place winner in its Best Places To Work competition in the 1,000 + employee category.
March 3, 2011 - Mercy Hospital will once again be proudly represented in downtown Buffalo’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 20, 2011 with this year’s float theme, “Born at Mercy; Celebrating Life in Buffalo.”
March 2, 2011 - With Daylight Savings Time returning next weekend (March 12), the prospect of “losing” one hour’s sleep may compound an already existing sleep problem for many people.
February 25, 2011 - There is a lot brewing at Catholic Health, Mercy Hospital of Buffalo these days. Topping the list is the grand opening of the Tim Hortons café located in the hospital’s new main lobby.
February 18, 2011 - Catholic Health Home Care is sponsoring a free program for health professionals, family members, and caregivers of loved ones with Alzheimer’s or other dementia-related conditions.
February 16, 2011 - Catholic Health Primary Care Services is pleased to welcome Yelandra May-Daniels, MD, MBA, and Brenda Perez, MD, MBA, to the medical staff of Chestnut Ridge Family Practice.
February 10, 2011 - The Special Care Nursery at Sisters of Charity Hospital has received a $10,000 grant from The Children’s Guild Foundation and a $9,730 grant from another local children’s charity wishing to remain anonymous.
February 10, 2011 - Catholic Health Primary Care Services and Kenmore Mercy Hospital are pleased to welcome Sanford R. Pleskow to the Williamsville Primary Care Center.
February 4, 2011 - Physicians from several area hospitals will trade in their stethoscopes for aprons as they team up for the 17th annual “Doctor Andy’s Day for Kids” on Sunday, February 27.
January 27, 2011 - In recognition of National Heart Month, do something good for your heart by attending the Catholic Health Heart Fair on Saturday, February 19, 2011.
January 27, 2011 - The Catholic Independent Practice Association (CIPA), the area’s largest network of independent practicing physicians, announced today that it will operate under the new name Catholic Medical Partners.
January 24, 2011 - Sisters of Charity Hospital, St. Joseph Campus is taking an important step in the fight against heart and lung disease by becoming a tobacco free campus.
January 13, 2011 - Specialists at Sisters of Charity Hospital, a member of Catholic Health, will host a free Men’s Health Seminar for men and women Thursday, February 17, 2011.
January 12, 2011 - Sisters of Charity Hospital and the Cancer Services Program of Erie County are teaming up to offer a free “Breast Cancer Screening” for women without health insurance on Saturday, February 12, 2011.
January 5, 2011 - As Linda Page cut up her husband’s “colorful” T-shirts, she cried her eyes out. Today, they hang in the form of a quilt in Kenmore Mercy Hospital’s pulmonary rehabilitation gym, where Phil Page spent much of his recent years as a patient before passing away from a pulmonary embolism in the summer of 2010.
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