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APRIL 2023 • ISSUE 206
ORGAN DONATION
WHY ARE WE SO FAR BEHIND? Despite ranking as one of the highest states for donor need, only 49% of New Yorkers eligible to donate have enrolled in the Donate Life Registry. Plus: How to become a donor today P. 12
Kidney was the most common organ transplanted in the U.S. in 2021: 24,670. Total number of people waiting for a kidney in the US: 90,483. Story on p. 12
SPINE & BRAIN Neurosurgeon Nicholas Qandah, medical director of Rome Memorial Hospital’s neurospine program, specializes in spine and brain care. He discusses the program and recent recognition it received from Excellus BlueCross Blue Shield.
Ready for the Mudfest Race? Organizers of the Daniel Barden Mudfest consider it the “dirty little brother” of Utica Boilermaker’s race. The event is named after Daniel Barden, one of the first graders killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in 2012. It takes place May 6.