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IHANY Welcomes Six Provider Members to Board of Directors
The Innovative Healthcare Alliance of New York (IHANY) is pleased to announce the appointments of six provider members to its Board of Directors. […]
Month: February 2021
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WTEN: Women’s Health — Heart Disease
Jessica Saunders, M.D., a cardiologist with Albany Associates in Cardiology, appeared on WTEN/News10 to discuss heart disease awareness. Dr. Saunders discussed how symptoms of heart disease and heart attack may present differently in women than in men. […]
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Times Union: Pop-Up Vaccination Sites Come to Troy, Albany Housing Developments This Week
The Times Union published an article on pop-up vaccination clinics held in Albany and Troy during the week of February 1. St. Peter’s Health Partners worked in partnership with the New York State Governor’s Office and the Troy Housing Authority to establish and run one of the sites, located at the Kennedy Towers building in Troy. From the article: Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Wednesday the pop-up sites are expected to reach over 25,000 New Yorkers this week. They are being organized at churches, community centers, public housing complexes and cultural centers in an effort to get the vaccine into poor and minority communities that have been hit hardest by COVID-19. “COVID brought the ugly truth of inequity and inequality in this country to a tipping point,” Cuomo said. “COVID has killed Black and Latino New Yorkers at a higher rate and that is why these community-based sites are one of New York’s vaccine priorities.” St. Peter’s Health Partners began vaccinating residents of Kennedy Towers on Wednesday and was expected to continue that effort Thursday. Mohawk […]
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Schenectady Gazette: Antibody Therapy Draws Appreciation, Eases COVID Symptoms at Albany Clinic
The Schenectady Gazette published an article on SPHP’s monoclonal antibody infusion clinic. Melissa Fiorini, M.D., an emergency medicine and critical care physician who oversees the clinic, spoke to the newspaper about the work involved in running the clinic, which has helped more than 450 patients so far in the Capital Region. […]
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WNYT: Health Beat – Heart Disease Prevention
Nish Patel, M.D., a cardiologist with Albany Associates in Cardiology, discussed structural heart disease and available treatments on WNYT’s Health Beat. February is American Heart Month. […]
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SPHP Partners with Troy Housing Authority for Pop-Up COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic
St. Peter’s Health Partners administered more than 150 Covid-19 vaccinations during a pop-up clinic held February 3 and 4 at Kennedy Towers, a senior housing development in Troy. The clinic was one of 35 community-based pop-up vaccination sites held across New York state, arranged in coordination with Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s office. […]
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Times Union: St. Peter’s Antibody Infusion Center Seeing Progress Fighting Early-Stage COVID-19
The Times Union published an article on the expansion of SPHP’s monoclonal antibody clinic. Located on the Samaritan Hospital – Albany Memorial Campus, the clinic has infused more than 450 COVID-positive patients since it opened on Dec. 3, 2020. […]
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WTEN: St. Peter’s Health First in Capital Region to Offer Monoclonal Antibody Therapy for COVID Patients
WTEN/News10 aired a story on the expansion of St. Peter’s Health Partners’ (SPHP) monoclonal antibody therapy program. […]
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WRGB: Local Hospital Using Monoclonal Antibodies to Treat Immunosuppressed COVID Patients
WRGB/CBS6 News interviewed Melissa Fiorini, M.D., director of SPHP’s monoclonal antibody infusion clinic, located on the Samaritan Hospital – Albany Memorial Campus. Dr. Fiorini discussed the clinic’s operations and the treatment’s impact on COVID-positive patients who have received the therapy. […]
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WNYT: Albany Hospital Devoting Entire Unit to Outpatient COVID Treatment
Melissa Fiorini, M.D., emergency medicine and critical care physician at St. Peter’s Health Partners (SPHP), was interviewed by WNYT about SPHP’s monoclonal antibody infusion clinic. Dr. Fiorini oversees the clinic, which is located on the Albany Memorial Campus. […]