NEW YORK CITY HEALTH &
Fay Rim, MD, FAAPMR,
Appointed Senior Assistant Vice
President for Palliative Care
M.M. CONTINUING CARE CENTER
NYC Health & Hospitals announced that Fay
Rim, MD, FAAPMR, was appointed senior
assistant vice president for palliative care.
Dr. Rim will be responsible for designing
and implementing strategies to support
Fay Rim, MD,
a population-based approach to meeting
FAAPMR
palliative care needs throughout the NYC
Health & Hospitals health care system, including primary care,
specialty care, inpatient care, emergency department, and post-
acute care, as well as care delivered in the community. 7/25/17
M.M. Ewing Center Names Nursing
Director Michele Cone, of Geneseo, was named
director of nursing for M.M. Ewing Continuing
Care Center at UR Medicine’s Thompson Health
in Canandaigua, as well as its medical adult day
program, The Brighter Day. 10/11/17
Michele Cone
ST. ANN’S COMMUNITY
HOSPITALS CORPORATION
Dr. Brian Heppard
Joins St. Ann’s Medical
Team St. Ann’s Community,
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ELIZABETH SETON
Brian Heppard, MD
Rochester’s leading senior
housing and health services
provider, is proud to announce
the addition of Brian Heppard,
MD to its medical team.
6/26/17
St. Ann’s Community
Appoints New Assistant
Administrator St. Ann’s
Community is proud to
welcome Bill Robinson as the
new St. Ann’s Home assistant
administrator. 7/19/17
Bill Robinson
PEDIATRIC CENTER
Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center Celebrates Grand
Opening of 32-Bed Expansion The Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center,
one of the nation’s leading providers of health and quality-of-life services for
medically complex children, announced the official grand opening of its $24
million, 32-bed technology-dependent expansion in Yonkers, N.Y. 9/8/17
ARCHCARE AT FERNCLIFF
MONROE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
Monroe Community
Hospital Foundation
Raises $30,000 at
Wine Tasting Event
On September 15 th , the
Monroe Community Hospital
(MCH) Foundation held their
14 th Annual Wine, Beer and
Food Tasting event, which
brought in over $30,000 in
contributions to support
important quality-of-life
initiatives for the residents of
MCH. 9/19/17
NURSING HOME
Woman With Huntington’s Disease Invited to
see Pope in Rome Bridgette Nathan, a 24-year-old with
Huntington’s disease who resides at ArchCare at Ferncliff ’s Center
for Neurodegenerative Care in Rhinebeck, was invited to travel
to Rome for a special audience with Pope Francis on May 18 as
part of HDdennomore (pronounced ‘Hidden No More’), a global
initiative of Huntington’s disease (HD) patient advocates held at
the Vatican to raise awareness about the disease and the need for
compassionate, quality care. 8/15/2017
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