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BY THOMAS CROCKER A SSOCIATED MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS (AMP) OF NY, PLLC, CONTINUES A TR ADITION OF DELIVERING HIGH-QUALIT Y MANAGEMENT OF GENITOURINARY MALIGNANCIES BY PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE, ADVANCED PROSTATE CANCER CARE TO THE MOHAWK VALLE Y FROM ITS SOON-TO-BE E XPANDED OFFICE IN NE W HARTFORD. IN 2011, AMP expanded its service foot- print eastward from its home office in Syracuse by merging with two urology practices that served Central New York for decades. That merger formed AMP's New Hartford division. A year later, AMP added radiation oncology services to its New Hartford office, and the practice has continued to grow its services in order to provide cutting edge technology and capa- bilities in Central New York ever since. This spring, AMP is putting the fin- ishing touches on a 4,500-square-foot expansion of its office at 2 Ellinwood Drive in New Hartford that will enhance the care experience for patients. AMP expects to welcome patients to the new space in early summer. "Our ex pa nded of f ice w i l l include state-of-the-art surgica l suites for per- forming minimally invasive procedures for benig n prostate conditions," says Daniel Welchons, MD, board-certified urologist and partner at AMP. " We want to create the best possible experience for patients with this expansion by shorten- ing wa it times a nd prov iding a more comfortable atmosphere. A larger office will a lso a llow us to see more patients." That is good news for individuals with prostate cancer as A MP continues to build on the high-level, comprehensive services it offers for the diagnosis and treatment of the most common non-skin malignancy in men. A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH FROM START TO FINISH A defining feature of prostate cancer care at AMP is multidisciplinary collaboration among its partners. The care process t y pica lly beg ins with a consultation with a boa rd-cer tif ied urologist who can provide or facilitate prostate cancer screening, monitoring and diagnosis, as well as secondary testing to determine patients' candidacy for a biopsy. "We offer MRI-fusion biopsies to iden- tify and target lesions," says Jonathan Block , M D, M B A , a boa rd- cer t i f ied urologist and partner at AMP who has ca red for Mohawk Va lley patients for nearly two decades. " We are one of the few practices in the state that offers this without having to refer to another center. A MP is doing cutting-edge work with prophylactics to prevent post-biopsy infections using antibiotic culture-based protocols. That's becoming more com- mon across the countr y, a nd we were one of the first practices to implement that because of our ability to monitor the qua lity of our care." Daniel Welchons, MD and Neil Mariados, MD, Director of Research for the Mohawk Valley Leading-Edge Prostate Cancer Care 1 4❱❱❱❱❱ S P E C I A L F E A T U R E