ence and earned CHIME HealthCare’s Most Wired Recognition for the 11th consecutive Year.
Syracuse VA Medical Center Address
Upstate University Hospital Address
750 East Adams St. Syracuse, NY 13210
General Information 877-464-5540
800 Irving Ave. Syracuse, NY 13210
Website
315-425-4400
President, Upstate Medical University
www.syracuse.va.gov
President, Upstate University Hospital
Frank Pearson
Medical Director or equivalent
S. Asif Ali, M.D., chief of staff
Number of Employees
2,038
Licensed Physicians
365
Number of Beds
157
Inpatient Visits in 2019
31,633
Outpatient Visits in 2019
342,312
Visits to Emergency Department in 2019
16,967
Number of Surgeries in 2019
General Information Website
Medical Center Director
Medical Director or equivalent Number of Employees Licensed Physicians Number of Beds Inpatient Visits in 2019 Outpatient Visits in 2019
Visits to Emergency Department in 2019
www.upstate.edu/hospital Mantosh Dewan, M.D Robert Corona, DO Amy Tucker, MD 10, 971 1,089 752
35,923
858,063 105,687 22,118
Number of Surgeries in 2019 2927
n In November 2020, two researchers from Clinical Research Psychologist at the VA Center for Integrated Healthcare, stationed at the Syracuse VA Medical Center, were awarded VA Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Investigator-Initiated Research (IIR/Merit) Grants.
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n Physician Mantosh Dewan, who served as interim president of Upstate Medical University since November 2018, was named president of the university in November 2020. Under Dewan’s leadership, Upstate has been commended by the SUNY Board of Trustees for its work on a COVID pooled surveillance testing program that has assisted most SUNY campuses in meeting regular testing for students, faculty and staff on campus. n The New York State Department of Health approved the Upstate Medical’s saliva diagnostic test to quickly identify positive COVID-19 cases on SUNY campuses. The new technology by SUNY Upstate has been used in conjunction with its pooled surveillance testing of 10-25 students at one time. This cost-effective and rapid screening can analyze more than 15,000 samples per day at SUNY Upstate’s Neuroscience Research Building, in collaboration with Quadrant Biosciences-a company supported by the state with key tax incentives.
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n Upstate introduces new treatment for prostate cancer. After successfully participating in a clinical trial more than five years, Upstate University Hospital is now using a newly FDA-approved product to protect the healthy organs of patients undergoing high-dose radiation therapy for prostate cancer. SpaceOAR Hydrogel is injected into the body as a liquid, which then solidifies into a soft, water-based gel that moves the prostate away from the internal wall of the rectum. The added space between the two organs helps prevent radiation from affecting the rectum, which can cause long-term irritative symptoms. The gel is inserted once before a course of radiation begins and dissolves naturally into the body over a six-month period. n Upstate opens eight-bed inpatient psychiatric unit for adolescents. Upstate University Hospital opened its first inpatient unit dedicated to adolescents requiring acute psychiatric care. The eight-bed unit is staffed with child and adolescent psychiatrists, nurses, mental health therapists and more, and will focus on the treatment of children 12 to 17 years of age. The average length of stay is expected to last five to seven days. n Upstate contributes $2.5 billion to local and state economy. SUNY Upstate Medical University contributed $2.5 billion to the state and local economy and supported, directly and indirectly, more than 18,321 jobs across New York in fiscal year 2018, according to a 2020 study and report by a national consultant. The substantial economic impact figure — which has grown 50% in a decade — includes capital improvements, Upstate expenditures and salaries to employees who spend their income on housing and services in Central New York. Additional dollars are generated by students, patients and visitors to Upstate, according to consultant Tripp Umbach. n Upstate recognized for excellence in surgical quality. Upstate University Hospital has been recognized by the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) as one of 88 ACS NSQIP participating hospitals that have achieved meritorious outcomes for surgical patient care in 2018. As a participant in ACS NSQIP, Upstate tracks outcomes of inpatient and outpatient surgical procedures and collects data that assesses patient safety, which can be used to direct improvement in