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Welcome to the Rome Health News Center. The News Center was created by the Public Relations Department to provide the community with easy access to current news releases about Rome Health as well as archived news.

PR Staff
Public Relations staff members are available to assist the news media in answering questions about the hospital, locating an expert spokesperson, or obtaining more information about a news release or event.

Cassie Winter
Vice President Communications/Marketing
Email: [email protected]

  • Rome Twigs hold Annual Spring Dinner

    Rome Twigs hold Annual Spring Dinner

    Posted at: 4/18/2024 12:00 PM

    Evergreen and Rosewood Twigs hosted the Annual Spring Dinner of the Rome Twigs on April 17, 2024 at The Franklin Hotel. 11 Twig branches were represented at the event celebrating the Twig volunteer mission to the Rome community.

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  • Rome Health’s Wound Center recognized as a Center of Distinction

    Rome Health’s Wound Center recognized as a Center of Distinction

    Posted at: 4/1/2024 11:00 AM

    Rome Health’s Wound Care Center has been recognized as a Healogics Center of Distinction and has been awarded the Robert A. Warriner III Clinical Excellence Award for 2023. These awards demonstrate the wound center’s continued and consistent commitment to excellence, and a focus on creating an exceptional patient experience.

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  • Senator Chuck Schumer along with public officials and representatives from Rome Health gather to show support of stopping ransomware threat against Healthcare facilities

    Senator Chuck Schumer Visits Rome Health

    Posted at: 3/4/2024 1:00 PM

    WITH NATIONWIDE HEALTHCARE CYBERATTACK DELAYING PAYMENT FOR UPSTATE NY HOSPITALS & PHARMACIES, SCHUMER LAUNCHES TWO-PRONGED PUSH IN ROME TO GET ALL HANDS ON DECK TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO IMPACTED HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS - LIKE ROME HEALTH - TO ENSURE PATIENTS ACROSS THE MOHAWK VALLEY AND CNY CONTINUE TO RECEIVE TOP-NOTCH CARE

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  • picture of gastroenterology specialists Aamer Mirza MD and Melissa Kobito FNP

    New GI practice at Medical Center

    Posted at: 2/5/2024 12:00 PM

    Rome Health will be establishing a gastroenterology practice at the Medical Center on the main campus of the hospital in early spring. The hospital has recruited two board certified gastroenterologists Aamer Mirza, M.D., and W. Asher Wolf, M.D. and an experienced G.I. nurse practitioner Melissa Kobito, FNP, to Rome.  Dr. Mirza and Kobito are expected to begin seeing patients in late March/early April.  Dr. Wolf is expected to join them in the summer.

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  • Breast Specialist James Cesare, MD and Tracy Jayne, RPA-C join Rome Health

    Posted at: 1/31/2024 8:00 AM

    James Cesare, MD, is relocating his breast care practice to the Rome Health Medical Center on the hospital’s main campus, effective Monday, Feb. 5.  Dr. Cesare specializes in breast health and breast cancer management. Joining Dr. Cesare will be his team, including Tracy Jayne, RPA-C, Amelia Loucks, LPN, and Lisa Bunch, MA.

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