ECMCC Announces 9th Annual Summer Youth Intern Program

Hospital program continues to stand as the only such program in the region

The Erie County Medical Center Corporation’s (ECMCC) 9th Annual Summer Youth Intern Program today held an orientation for 125 high school students who will participate in a four-week comprehensive self-development program for area high school students administered by the ECMC Foundation. Fifty percent of the participating students come from Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown’s Summer Youth Employment and Internship Program.

ECMCC Awarded Opioid Treatment Accreditation From Joint Commission

Erie County Medical Center Corporation (ECMCC) has earned the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval^® for Opioid Treatment Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold Seal of Approval^® is a symbol of quality that reflects an organization’s commitment to providing safe and effective care.

Opioid Epidemic Lecture presented by Dr. Azadfard

As part of an ECMC Lecture Series on the current opioid epidemic open to all clinicians and staff, Reza Azadfard, MD, presented June 14^th on opioid prevention and treatment.  Dr. Azadfard is Medical Director of Substance Abuse at ECMC and Clinical Assistant Professor at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences for the University at Buffalo.

ECMC Dental Residents Conduct Dental Exams and Oral Hygiene Screening at Buffalo Bills Mini-Camp

Third year for ECMC Dental Residents participating in Bills Mini-Camp

ECMC’s Dental Residents yesterday conducted daylong dental exams and oral hygiene screening for Buffalo Bills players at the team’s training facility in Orchard Park. Each player had a dental exam and many had intraoral impressions taken to fabricate mouth guards. This marks the third consecutive year that ECMC has participated in this effort under the direction of Dr. Greg Hudecki, the Bills’ team dentist. ECMC had six dental residents and two supervising dentists participate in the activity.

ECMC Physical Therapy Dept. At School 84 Earns Clinical Education Award

The Physical Therapy Department at Public School #84 Health Care Center for Children at ECMC was recently awarded the "Outstanding Center for Physical Therapy 2015 Clinical Education Award” by the New York / New Jersey Physical Therapy Clinical Education Consortium.

Federal agency lifts probation of ECMC living donor program

The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) board of directors voted Tuesday to restore full member privileges for both ECMC as well as the Nebraska Organ Recovery System, the organ procurement organization serving that state.

8th Annual “ECMC Farmers’ Market at Grider” presented by M&T Bank looking for new Farmers/Growers to Vend

Free opportunities are available for vendors to offer produce, meats, eggs, cheese, plants, flowers and locally produced food products each Friday from June 3rd to September 30th, 2016 from 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM.

ECMC Receives Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award

American Heart Association Award recognizes ECMC’s commitment to quality stroke care

ECMC has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines^®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment and success in ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.

ECMC Leads Autism Training for Law Enforcement and First Responders

A parent rushes off with a kicking and screaming young child and observers believe the scene is child abduction. An individual displaying unusual behavior in a residential neighborhood is observed looking into homes and police are notified that a burglar is threatening homes. A teenager keeps moving products around on shelves in a department store and security determines that the person is in the act of shoplifting. While all of those situations may be true, it may also be as true that the persons engaged in the specific cited activities have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and the people that they first encounter, usually law enforcement or another first responder do not know that they are encountering a person with autism.

Reinvestment Fund and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Name Buffalo One of 50 Invest Health Cities

Buffalo to join innovative, national program to improve health in low-income neighborhoods

The City of Buffalo has been selected by Reinvestment Fund and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to take part in the new Invest Health initiative. Invest Health is aimed at transforming how leaders from mid-size American cities work together to help low-income communities thrive, with specific attention to community features that drive health such as access to safe and affordable housing, places to play and exercise, and quality jobs.