Susie Poppick
Susie Poppick
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Hospital chief ends rocky tenure
This weekend, Yale-New Haven Hospital President and Chief Executive Officer Joseph Zaccagnino will hand over his position to current Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Marna Borgstrom, the first woman to assume the top post in the...
Cancer center delay sparks blame game
The most expensive development project in New Haven's history is about to miss its first deadline. Yale-New Haven Hospital, which planned to break ground for a new $430 million cancer center before the end of September, obtained approval from the state...
Y-NH plan is questioned
New parking areas included in Yale-New Haven Hospital's proposed $430 million cancer center plan will encroach upon the Hill and Dwight neighborhoods, city residents complained during a meeting last night at the New Haven Public Library. The meeting...
Invention treats bone fractures
A School of Medicine professor has helped create two inventions that may allow doctors to prevent and treat painful bone fractures more efficiently. In an agreement announced Monday, the University has given New Jersey-based biopharmaceutical company...
Public Health to offer joint degree
Undergraduates interested in public health will now be able to get a master's degree in five years, through a new joint program. The Yale School of Public Health will begin taking applications this spring for its Select Program in Public Health, a...
City plans for cancer center traffic
Projected congestion in the area of Yale-New Haven Hospital's proposed cancer center has led a city agency to present the Board of Aldermen with suggestions to consider managing traffic. The report, submitted this month by Department of Traffic and...
Yale docs help in Miss.
Team of eight doctors provides treatment in spite of red tape
When an old man with emphysema asked cardiologist and Yale professor Brian Swirsky for batteries, the doctor hesitated. Swirsky was afraid the man wanted to power a radio to hear the news -- a low priority in Gulfport, Miss., where Hurricane Katrina...
Former Yale doctor sues YUHS
Fessel claims age and disability discrimination, seeks his old job and wages
A former chief of internal medicine at Yale University Health Services is suing the center and its top officials for age and disability discrimination. Dr. Jon Fessel '59 MED '63 of Fairfield claims his former employer and healthcare provider failed...
Cancer center moves one step forward
The Connecticut Office of Health Care Access approved Yale New-Haven Hospital's plan to build a $430 million cancer center Wednesday, but a series of hurdles remain as city approval will likely drag out into late fall. In its final settlement, the OHCA...
Yale looks to form ties with Chinese medical schools
Chinese President Hu Jintao may not have come to Yale Thursday, but University officials plan to make their own high-profile appearance in China later this month. Yale President Richard Levin and other officials will meet with leaders of universities...