MDNews - Central New York

ACH WELCOMES ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON, BRIAN D. TALLERICO, DO Dr. Tallerico joined the Auburn Orthopaedic Specialists team in July and has hit the ground running. He is board-certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Orthopedic Surgery and has extensive experience in all aspects of the specialty, including both nonoperative and surgical care. His training background includes a Bachelor of Arts from Washington & Jefferson College, a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Midwestern University- Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, and residency training in orthopedic surgery at Ohio University. Additionally, Dr. Tallerico completed a fellowship in knee reconstruction and arthroplasty with the Goble Medical Clinic. Dr. Tallerico came to Auburn from western Wyoming by way of Illinois, where he started and developed an orthopedic prac - tice in 2006, served as chief of surgery for over a decade and then spent time with Quincy Medical Group in Illinois for the last year. Prior to his practice out west, Dr. Tallerico served as an active-duty U.S. Navy surgeon in Bremerton, Washington, from 2002 to 2006. CROUSE HEALTH MARKS COMPLETION OF FINAL PHASE OF POMEROY EMERGENCY SERVICES DEPARTMENT PROJECT Crouse Health has completed the final phase of its $38 million emergency ser vices renovation and expansion project. The hospital marked the milestone with a formal ribbon cutting ceremony and tours of the newly completed por tion of the proj - ect. The two-phase project was par tially opened in July 2017, when the 21,000 square-foot main Emergency Room (ER) was completed. The final phase will include the relocation of PromptCare from the CNY Medical Center to the main ER. The walk-in ser vice in the main ER will now be called CrousExpress. This phase of the project also includes an additional 7,000 square feet of space and 16 new patient rooms, up to seven of which will be dedicated for CrousExpress walk-in patients. With more than 82,000 patient visits in 2017, Crouse's emergency service is the busiest in the area. "Crouse is a community asset, and the completion of this major strategic initiative is a tangible expression of our mission to provide the best in patient care for Central New Yorkers," says President and CEO Kimberly Boynton, adding that the ER is the front door to the hospital. "The opening of the last phase of this project, coupled with a rapid evaluation process that quickly directs patients to the appropriate level of treatment, will allow us to treat patients sooner and more efficiently," says David Mason, MD, Medical Director of Pomeroy Emergency Services. As the region's newest, most up-to-date ER, Crouse provides nationally recognized care to match the advanced technology and efficient, coordinated and multidisciplinary process provided by over 150 staff members in the ER, as well the clinical units through - out the hospital. This includes recognition from the American Heart/ S troke Associations for exceeding quality standards for stroke care, cardiac door-to-balloon time and heart failure care. The naming gift for the overall project is from The William G. Pomeroy Foundation. Other significant support comes from Syracuse residents Darlene and Eric Coons, and in memory of relatives from the Makowski, Parkerson and Wadowiec families. Donations from both the Pomeroy Foundation and the Coons' were made as part of the Crouse Health Foundation's CrouseCares Campaign, the largest comprehensive campaign in Crouse Health history. To date, donors have committed nearly $15 million in annual and capital donations since the campaign launched in 2015, largely to the Pomeroy Emergency Services project. n Medical Briefs 2 2

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