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James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at the University of Rochester Medical Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

About Us

Our Facilities

Inpatient Facilities

While most patients receive chemotherapy and radiation therapy as outpatients, some cancer patients require a hospital stay. Our inpatient facilities include:

 

Golisano Children’s Hospital at Strong

The Golisano Children's Hospital is located within the Strong Memorial Hospital. It's the region's only comprehensive pediatric facility. Between 50 and 60 children newly diagnosed with cancer are cared for each year.

  • Childrens’ Unit 4-3600 - In addition to general care for children, this unit specializes in care for:
    • Infants through adolescents who have surgery
    • Infants through children of about age 10 who need inpatient chemotherapy, radiation treatment or management of cancer treatment side effects
  • Adolescents’ Unit 4-1400 - This unit cares for adolescents and young adults with a broad range of conditions, including cancer.

  • Intermediate Care Unit 4-1600 - This unit cares for infants through adolescents who require close observation.

  • Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

 

Strong Memorial Hospital

Strong Memorial Hospital offers full inpatient services for oncology patients. Several units are staffed by oncology nurses, trained to care for patients who have had surgery, are undergoing chemotherapy or simply require an inpatient stay. Some of the units include a Family Resource Room with a reference library of cancer-related and inspirational publications and a computer with Internet access for on-line health research.

  • Surgical Oncology, Urology and Inpatient Hospice, Unit 6-1400

  • Hematology / Oncology, Unit 6-3400

  • Blood and Marrow Transplant, Unit 8-1200

    Inpatient\Outpatient (IPOP) area for Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant, Unit 8-1200 optimizes continuity of care by allowing both inpatients and outpatients to be treated on the same unit, by the same team. More information Blood and Marrow Transplant

Highland Hospital

Highland Hospital's oncology services include traditional cancer treatments such as surgery, chemotherapy and raditation therapy. Highland Hospital has an inpatient oncology unit (West 7), as well as an outpatient setting that includes Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology, and Surgical Oncology departments. Highland provides a strong sense of continuity of care as patients move between the outpatient and inpatient oncology settings—with resulting quality oncology care.