Winter Missions Breakfast
Please set aside the date and sign up now for our Winter Missions Breakfast coming up on Saturday, January 19th, from 9-11 am at the Rochester Academy of Medicine, 1441 East Avenue. We’re going to have a smorgasbord of local speakers (including 2 URMC residents and one faculty member) who’ll be talking about missions experiences and opportunities from Honduras to Iraq, by way of Uganda and Tenwek Hospital in Kenya, so don’t miss this one!Please mark your calendars and RSVP using our Response page. Be sure to note change of...
read moreMerry Christmas!
Merry Christmasfrom the Morehouses!As time goes by we are more and more grateful for our family and friends, our health, the Life we have in Christ, and our spiritual family at Joy Community Church. We’d love to hear from you and spend more time together! In the meantime, click here to read our annual letter to friends and family and check out some of our candid pictures.
read moreNesses in Roca Blanca
We’ve just received a holiday newsletter from Dave and Mary Kay Ness about their mission work in Mexico:We are quickly moving toward early January 2008 when we plan to return to the mission base Roca Blanca in Oaxaca, Mexico. Many of you have been faithful supporters and prayer partners in this mission activity over the past 5 years. Earlier this year we went for 2 months and this year we actually intend to go for 3 and a half months… Please do let us know if you will stand with us in your prayers day by day. Click here to read...
read moreURMC’s Vega and Fugate
Med students want to help minority communitiesJoshua Vega, 23, sees a medical career as one way to break down cultural barriers that affect the Hispanic community. Thomas Fugate, 22, has always been concerned about the high incidence of hypertension and heart disease in the African-American community. As a doctor, he thinks, he’ll be able to help solve the problem. Vega, a St. John Fisher College graduate from Rochester, and Fugate, who’s from Fairport and graduated from Xavier University in New Orleans, are first-year medical...
read moreDean Guzick’s Newsletters
Dr. David Guzick, who has been Dean of the U of R School of Medicine and Dentistry for the past several years, writes a very informative bimonthly newsletter that goes out to the faculty. His most recent one is a fascinating essay about the life and career of Dr. Arthur Kornberg who died earlier this year and for whom the Kornberg Medical Research Building is named. For those of you who may be interested, Dr. Guzick’s newsletters are archived here.
read moreWaseem Ghazoly 1962-2007
In MemoriumWaseem N. Ghazoly, MDAugust 4, 1962 (Cairo, Egypt) – October 25, 2007 Survived by his loving wife Sonia Ghazoly; children Mariah and Damian Ghazoly; sisters Nagua (Edward) Ibrahim and Nashua (Nashaat) ; father-in-law and mother-in-law Selim and Samia Serry; sister-in-law Sylvia Serry; brother-in-law Steve Serry; many friends and colleagues.Visitation was held on October 28 from 2 pm until 6 pm. A celebration of Waseem’s life was held at 11 am on October 29 at Greece Assembly of God Church, 750 Long Pond Road. Interment...
read morePolly Lowry 1930-2007
In Memorium Mary Elizabeth “Polly” Lowry October 18, 2007 at the age of 77. Predeceased by her sister, Sarah Zimmermann and brother, Will Robison. Mrs. Lowry is survived by her loving husband of 57 years, Harold; children, Hal Jr. (Carol), Susan (Bill) Morehouse, Tom (JoAnn); grandchildren, Malcolm, Melissa, Dillon, Delaney, Sarah, Nathan (Kari), Johanna, Joel, Meghan and Julia; great-granddaughter, Zoya; brother, Charles D. (Betty) Robison; many nieces, nephews and friends. Polly was an excellent tennis player and at the age of...
read moreMedical Career Fair
In Buffalo on Saturday, Oct. 20 at 6:00 pm Following a free dinner there will be a formal presentation where over 20 physicians will have the opportunity to answer the question: “Why did you decide to go into your specialty?” Throughout the evening, ample time will be provided for students to speak with the physicians and ask them about their specialty. Medical specialties represented: Psychiatry, Infectious Disease, Ophthalmology, Ob/Gyn, Otolaryngology, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Urology, Nephrology, Geriatrics, Cardiology,...
read moreDavid Whyte Lecture
The Ben Sischy, M.D. Visiting Scholar in Humane Medicine Lecture, presents: David Whyte – Life on the Frontier: Courageous Conversations in the New Healthcare. Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 – Time 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Lecture: Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Avenue, Rochester, New York Reception: 7:00 pm. Please call the Highland Foundation at 585-275-0806 to RSVP. Click here to read the full Invitation.
read moreHOME Ministry Abroad
Our friend Aubrey Beauchamp, USA Coordinator of Hospital Christian Fellowship, has recently written a report on the ministry of Health Outreach to the Middle East (HOME) for the ASSIST News Service. She concludes:”As a nurse and HCF Coordinator, I feel privileged to know some of the dedicated members of this outstanding and unique ministry. I am also honored to see the interaction between Hospital Christian Fellowship members and those of the HOME ministries. It confirms the Scripture in Ephesians 2:21-22: “In Him the whole...
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