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Joins Crouse Medical Practice Emily Weston, RN, FNP-S, has joined the pulmonology team at Crouse Medical Practice’s downtown location. She earned an master’s in nursing/family nurse rractitioner from SUNY Polytechnic Institute; a bachelor’s in nursing from SUNY Upstate Medical University; and her associate’s degree from Crouse Hospital’s Pomeroy College of Nursing.
Wassel tabbed for director of social services position
The Centers at St. Camillus has named Mary Wassel as its new director of social services. Wassel has been active in the health care field for more than 25 years with a focus on long term care services. She received her Bachelor of Arts with a concentration in gerontology from SUNY Cortland and was integral to the first upstate New York student symposium on aging in coordination with SUNY Stony Brook. Wassel received her master’s degree in social work with a concentration certificate in gerontology from Syracuse University and has worked in a variety of aging services, from adult day care, home care and assisted living to Hospice, skilled nursing and rehabilitation services in both proprietary and not-forprofit settings. She has served on a number of boards of directors for long term care providers and was a selected panelist for SUNY Cortland alumni to speak on careers in health care. Wassel is a 2014-15 graduate the LeadingAge NY Leadership Academy, where she served as a coach for four years. Wassel’s passion is to provide long term care education and serve the community with a fresh, innovative outlook, as well being part of a supportive interdisciplinary team.
Joins St. Joe’s Women’s Health team
St. Joseph’s Physicians welcomes Melissa Bunce, physician assistant to St. Joseph’s Health Women’s Health Services in Auburn. A board-certified physician assistant, Bunce brings more than 17 years of clinical experience to St. Joseph’s Health Women’s Health Services. Before joining St. Joseph’s Health, Bunce served as a physician November 2020
assistant in primary care, internal medicine and HIV medicine at clinics in Arizona and Texas. Prior to that, Bunce worked in Syracuse as a physician’s assistant in gynecology, performing patient exams such as pap smears, breast exams, assessments as well as developing suitable treatment plans such as hormone therapy. Bunce is certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants and holds basic life support certification from the American Heart Association. Bunce is also an HIV specialist certified by the American Academy of HIV Medicine. Bunce earned her master’s degree in physician assistant studies from Le Moyne College and her bachelor’s degree in biology from the State University New York Geneseo.
New doctor joins OB-GYN practice
St. Joseph’s Health has welcomed Dr. Monideepa Baruah to its Health Primary Care Center OB-GYN in Syracuse. In her new role, Baruah joins a team of diverse and highly qualified specialists to provide comprehensive women’s care to the community. Dr. Baruah is a board-certified physician with more than a decade’s experience in women’s healthcare. Before joining St. Joseph’s Health, Dr. Baruah served as an OBGYN for Slocum Dickson Medical Group in New Hartford. While there, she focused on testing, diagnosing, treating, and monitoring diseases and issues related to women's health and providing medical counsel and support to women during pregnancy and childbirth. Dr. Baruah earned her bachelor of medicine degree from Gauhati Medical College and Hospital in Guwahati in India and completed her medical training with a four-year residency with Baystate Health Medical Center in Springfield, Mass. Dr. Baruah is a certified physician by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) and a fellow of American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (FACOG). She assumed her new role in July.
Two promoted at Oswego Health
Oswego Health has announced the recent promotion of Theresa Fitzgibbons to director of clinical quality and patient safety. Theresa has been a licensed registered nurse since 1998 and began her career at Oswego Health in 2007 as a per diem RN in the intensive care unit. In 2008 she Philanthropy Edition
