Tarakad Ramachandran, MD, has been appointed Stroke Director for Crouse Hospital and the Crouse Neuroscience Institute. Working closely with Crouse’s neurosciences team, Dr. Ramachandran will provide leadership to help build on the hospital’s stroke program, with the aim of achieving Comprehensive Stroke Center certification. Highly regarded nationally and internationally as a clinician and educator, Dr.…
Congratulations to the Miron Cardiac Care Center team on achieving their 100th Watchman left atrial appendage closure implant since 2017. The Watchman implant offers an alternative for patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib) who take warfarin on a long-term basis to help prevent blood clots and possible stroke. The implant acts as a safety net by…
Crouse Health has received the Mission: Lifeline Gold Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association (AHA) for the treatment of patients who suffer severe heart attacks. Each year in the United States, approximately 250,000 people have a STEMI, or ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (heart attack) caused by…
State Attorney General Letitia James brought her statewide Heal New York tour to Syracuse Tuesday, delivering nearly $37 million to the region to combat the opioid epidemic. The nearly $1.5 billion being distributed statewide comes from different settlements negotiated by her office following the March 2019 lawsuit against manufacturers and distributors of the painkillers. James…
