Page 11 - Celebrating 10 Years of Impact | George Eastman Circle | University of Rochester

Highlighted pledge totals include all gifts since the inception of the program.

STRONG MEMORIAL

HOSPITAL

• Annual funds helped renovate operating rooms,
create private inpatient rooms, and provide the latest
technology for our patients. This helped Strong gain
national attention from many organizations, including
being recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a
national leader in patient safety, patient engagement, and
clinical connectedness to improve patient care.

• Support for our Advanced Heart Failure Program
helped us become one of the nation’s leading centers for
research on and development of ventricular assist devices
(VADs), and one of the world’s leading research centers
$465,000 on implantable defibrillators and cardiac
Pledged resynchronization therapy. Strong Memorial Hospital is
the only comprehensive heart failure and transplant
center in upstate New York, allowing patients and
families to be closer to home while waiting for heart
donations. Since the program’s inception in 2001, we
have performed over 200 heart transplants and
implanted over 400 VADs.

WILMOT CANCER

INSTITUTE

• George Eastman Circle funds helped double clinical
trial enrollment bringing new treatments, like
immunotherapy, to the region’s cancer patients. They
also allowed us to offer more cancer screening services
throughout upstate New York.

• Funds for new faculty recruitments in key areas such as
surgical oncology and medical oncology helped us
expand our talented team of clinician-scientists.
• Pilot projects propelled our research from gaining a
better understating of how cancer cells form to helping
$5.3 Million survivors lead a better quality of life.
Pledged
• Annual funds also provided much-needed resources for
patients and families with financial need.