WNYT: ‘Walk a Mile in Her Shoes’

Racquel Mochrie, FNP, has joined St. Peter’s Vascular Associates. A board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner, Mochrie practices in Vascular Surgery. […]

CBS6 stopped by the excellent “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” community march against rape and sexual violence. The event, hosted by the Sexual Assault & Crime Victims Assistance Program for Rensselaer County at Samaritan Hospital, took place on April 25 in Troy. Here is what Lindsey Crusan, director of the program, said: “Rape and sexual assault they are the most under reported crimes, really less than 15% of people chose to report the crime to the police, so we know that there is a lot more happening then is even being reported officially to the police and law enforcement,” says Lindsey Crusan, director of the program. “We have a 24 hour crisis hotline so we’re available to people whenever they need us to answer questions give them counseling, be of assistance. But then we also have short and long term counseling and therapy support groups we provide medical and legal advocacy and accompaniment and then a big part of what we do is we try to prevent these crimes from happening in the first place,” she adds. Click […]

The Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) has granted a three-year term of accreditation in echocardiography to Albany Associates in Cardiology (AAC), a practice of St. Peter’s Health Partners Medical Associates. The reaccreditation by the IAC is the fifth for AAC and was awarded in the area of adult transthoracic to AAC’s offices in Clifton Park, Glens Falls, and Troy. The St. Peter’s Cardiac Imaging Center Ultrasound, operated by AAC, was also reaccredited in the areas of adult transthoracic as well as adult stress. “Echocardiography is a key tool in diagnosing heart disease, which is the leading cause of death in the United States,” said Kellie Valenti, president of St. Peter’s Health Partners Medical Associates. “By regularly renewing this accreditation, our patients can take comfort in knowing that our team of physicians and sonographers are committed to providing state-of-the-art testing to accurately diagnose their heart condition, which is an important step in developing their plan of care.” In addition to detecting heart disease, echocardiography is used to assess different areas of the heart to determine structural defects […]