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IN 1887, A group of women founded the Syracuse Women's Hospital and Training School for Nurses. When the hospital opened, it was the first and only hospital in Central New York to admit women and children. After many name changes and expansions, what is now known as Crouse Health provides perinatal care for 15 coun- ties and receives the majority of all high-risk obstetric and neonatal intensive care cases for 18 hospitals within its catchment area. "If one of our patients' babies needs to go to the NICU, they won't be separated since we provide those services here," says Cathy Berry, MD, OB/GYN at Cathy Berr y, MD & A ssociates a nd Crouse Health. "We also provide 24/7 anesthesia and robust lactation services." Though the perinata l ca re of fered at Crou se Hea lt h's K ien z le Fa m i ly Maternit y Center may seem like the foundation of Crouse, due to its reputa- tion, is just one part of a wide range of services the organization offers to Central New York women. " We are so proud of our rich history and the contributions of fema le inno- vators who sta r ted our orga nization over 130 years ago," says Kathleen Miller Murphy, BSN, RNC, CCE, Director of Women's Health Integration at Crouse Health. " We continue to blaze trails in many areas of women's health as well as in general health care, and we are leading the charge for innovation and the next generation of women's healthcare needs." THE HEART OF CROUSE HEALTH Women's services at Crouse Health serve as the backbone of the organization and play a vital role in patients' continuum of care. For example, though the Diane and Bob Miron Cardiac Care Center offers cardiac services to the entire community, it also does so from a women's health per- spective. Providers are able to recognize warning signs of heart disease that are unique to women and suggest treatment methods that are tailored to their physi- ologic needs. " W het her it 's c a rd iolog y, pelv ic, colorectal or bariatric health, keeping women's health in perspective is vitally important and a strategic initiative for us," says Seth Kronenberg, MD, Chief Crouse Health Celebrates 130 Years of Excellence in Women's Care BY JOSH GARCIA AF TER MORE THAN A CENTURY OF INNOVATION AND GROW TH, CROUSE HE AlTH REMAINS DEDICATED TO ITS WOMEN'S SERVICES PROGR AM — A PIll AR OF THE COMMUNIT Y AND A SOURCE OF QUAlIT Y CARE. 0 6❱❱❱❱❱ C O V E R F E A T U R E