Wall of Fame - SUNY Upstate Medical University

Global ServiceUpstate’s Dana Savici MD, associate professor of medicine, with visiting physician Xianghong Yang MD, associate chief physicianat the Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital in China.Upstate’s Judy Kilpatrick RN, NP, clinical nurse specialist of surgery intensive care (center) with Yulan Shi, nurse manager of oncological surgery (left),and Meijuan Lan, nurse manager of intensive care (right), both of the Second Affiliated Hospital of the Zhejiang University School of Medicine inHangzhou, China.The Upstate/China ConnectionFor 15 years, Upstate has enjoyed a growingcollaboration with medical counterparts inChina. More than 80 doctors and nursemanagers from the Zhejiang province in Chinahave spent three monthsin training at Upstate;and each spring Upstatemedical students study in hospitals there.