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🩸Join us in making a lifesaving difference for the people in our region! Donate at an upcoming blood drive hosted by the...
02/15/2026

🩸Join us in making a lifesaving difference for the people in our region! Donate at an upcoming blood drive hosted by the Adirondack Blood Center:

💉 Monday, February 16: Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Auditoriums A & B | 75 Beekman Street, Plattsburgh | 10 am-2 pm
💉 Wednesday, February 18: BHSN | 2155 Route 22B, Morrisonville | 2-5 pm
💉 Thursday, February 19: Cumberland 12 Cinemas | 18 North Bowl Lane, Plattsburgh | 4-8 pm
💉 Friday, February 20: Dodge Memorial Library | 144 Lake Street, Rouses Point | 11 am-2 pm
💉 Tuesday, February 24: Jane's Fight, Rainbow Banquet Hall | 47 Woods Falls Road, Altona | 4-7 pm
💉 Wednesday, February 25: New York State Police Barracks | 9 Dunning Way, Plattsburgh | 7-10 am
💉 Friday, February 27: Plattsburgh VA Clinic | 5180 North Catherine Street | 1-4 pm

Our Blood Donor Center at 85 Plaza Boulevard in Plattsburgh is also open Monday through Friday from 8 am-4 pm.

The blood we collect - at the Blood Donor Center and at blood drives throughout the region - provides more than 95% of the blood used at CVPH and is used to supply other hospitals in Elizabethtown, Ticonderoga, Malone and Saranac Lake.

🌄 Unsupported, But Not Alone 🌄“At some point, you have to decide to believe you can do the hard thing.” Meet Tori Consta...
02/14/2026

🌄 Unsupported, But Not Alone 🌄
“At some point, you have to decide to believe you can do the hard thing.” Meet Tori Constantine, medical-surgical nurse at UVM Medical Center.
~~~
I first thru-hiked the Long Trail in 2020. The original plan was the Appalachian Trail. I’d quit my job and lined everything up — but then COVID hit, and the AT’s infrastructure shut down. Hostels, shuttles, resupply points — all off the table. So, I pivoted.

I was living in New Hampshire and working at Planned Parenthood in White River Junction. The LT was right in my backyard. I figured I’d give it a shot, even though I’d never camped more than a night. It was the hardest thing I’d ever done, but I finished. At Puffer Shelter, I met someone chasing a Fastest Known Time record (FKT). That blew my mind. I didn’t even know people did that.

A year later, I hiked the Appalachian Trail. Then the Pacific Crest Trail. I started trail running, did a few ultra marathons and eventually went to nursing school. Time got tighter, so I found ways to keep trail in my life: shorter hikes, longer runs. That’s when the idea came back: Could I really do an FKT? Unsupported?

An unsupported FKT means no outside help. No pacers, no rides, no food drops. You carry everything yourself, filter your own water and hike every mile solo.

I trained for six months and returned to the trail that started it all. I didn’t feel ready, but I knew I never would. On day three, I ran out of water for 15 miles and nearly quit. On day five, I hiked through the night, sleep-deprived and limping. But I kept going.

When I reached the southern terminus, I collapsed. I’d broken the women’s unsupported record by 16 hours.

Unsupported doesn’t mean alone. I had the voices of my trail family in my head, cheering me on. They believed I could do it — long before I did.

And really, you don’t have to believe it every second. But at some point, you have to decide to believe you can do the hard thing. That was the difference for me.
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The Mosaic Project is a collection of short stories about the people of University of Vermont Health. These are your coworkers, caregivers, neighbors, family members, friends – each with unique life experiences that are part of the vibrant mosaic of who we are.

02/13/2026

Carrie Brashear collapsed at her home in Peru, NY, with no idea her life was in danger. A bedside ultrasound at CVPH revealed an aortic dissection, a rare, deadly tear in the aorta.

What happened next was a relay sprint including emergency teams at CVPH, a UVM Health flight crew, and cardiothoracic surgeon Elizabeth Pocock, MD, at UVM Medical Center. In less than an hour, Brashear was stabilized, flown across the lake, and taken into an eight‑hour surgery that saved her life.

“It was all hands on deck,” Dr. Pocock says.

Carrie is now back home, grateful and healing.

Read the full story is linked in our comments.

🍳 Can cooking bring couples closer? ❤️Melissa Kelly, a registered dietitian with University of Vermont Medical Center Nu...
02/13/2026

🍳 Can cooking bring couples closer? ❤️

Melissa Kelly, a registered dietitian with University of Vermont Medical Center Nutrition Services, believes it can.

“Food isn’t just fuel. Food is a celebration. It’s an art,” she says. “It brings people together.”

From using easy to access frozen and canned food to focusing on connection, Kelly offers practical advice for transforming meal preparation into a shared experience. By treating cooking as a form of date night, couples can make every day feel like Valentine’s Day.

🥕🥘 Need some inspiration? Find the full article link in the comments and get inspired to cook (and connect) together.

Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) were created for people with diabetes — but now people without diabetes are using the...
02/11/2026

Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) were created for people with diabetes — but now people without diabetes are using them, too.

Athletes, hikers and others are using CGMs to try to understand how food, stress, sleep and activity affect their energy and recovery in real time.

Read more about the rise of CGMs beyond diabetes, what the data can (and can’t) tell you and who may benefit most in the comments.

Heroes aren’t always in uniforms. Sometimes, they’re in eighth grade. 💙Just before the holidays, 14‑year‑old Ryan Long f...
02/10/2026

Heroes aren’t always in uniforms. Sometimes, they’re in eighth grade. 💙

Just before the holidays, 14‑year‑old Ryan Long faced something no kid ever expects: his grandmother suddenly went unresponsive. But the teenager didn’t freeze. He grabbed his phone, called for help, and connected with our Emergency Department.

On the other end of that FaceTime call were two ED nurses - Linda Dumbuya, RN, and Kaylee Miller, RN - working in triage that day. They instantly jumped into action, coaching Long through CPR step‑by‑step until first responders arrived.

Because of their guidance and Long’s courage, a life was saved.
Last week at Beekmantown Central School, the community came together to honor this incredible moment. Long received the Eagle of Excellence Award. Dumbuya, Miller and Carly Haag, our Chief Nursing Officer, proudly presented him with our Health Care Hero recognition.

But the day didn’t end there. To make sure every student feels prepared for a situation like this, our team spent the day teaching CPR to the whole eighth grade class.

Thank you to our nurses for acting quickly and giving Long the confidence he needed to care for his grandmother. And we're grateful to our team for empowering the next generation of lifesavers.

We're now accepting proposals for the fifth annual Health Equity Summit! Do you have an idea, experience or project tha...
02/10/2026

We're now accepting proposals for the fifth annual Health Equity Summit! Do you have an idea, experience or project that can inspire change and move us closer to health equity for all? This is an invitation to share your work and your vision for change.

👉 SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL BY APRIL 10
🔗Link in the comments.

We especially encourage proposals that highlight effective strategies, lessons learned, cross-sector partnerships and system-level approaches that improve community well-being and expand equitable access to opportunity.

📅 SAVE THE DATE
Health Equity Summit 2026
September 24-25
UVM Davis Center | Burlington, VT + Virtual

Presented by:
– University of Vermont Health
– The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont
– UVM College of Nursing and Health Sciences

🎧NEW EPISODE: Finding Stability and a Path Forward | When anxiety and uncertainty reached a breaking point, Gabby Makatu...
02/08/2026

🎧NEW EPISODE: Finding Stability and a Path Forward | When anxiety and uncertainty reached a breaking point, Gabby Makatura found support at Burlington’s Mental Health Urgent Care Center - and a stable path forward.

Hear her story and learn how this community partnership is expanding access to mental health care across our region.

🎧 Listen now (link in comments)

If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis, call 802-488-7777 in Vermont or call, text or chat 988 in New York.

Opened in October of 2024, the Center is a partnership between Howard Center, Pathways Vermont, Community Health Centers, UVM Medical Center and the Vermont Department of Mental Health

When Matt Kollar first came to the North Country as a high school exchange student from Slovakia, he never imagined he’d...
02/07/2026

When Matt Kollar first came to the North Country as a high school exchange student from Slovakia, he never imagined he’d still be here decades later – raising a family and serving as CFO at Alice Hyde and CVPH.

He expected great schools. But it was the beauty of the region that really won him over. After making friends with local skiers, he spent plenty of time at Whiteface — and the mountains did the rest. (Fun fact: our region has roughly the same amount of lift-accessible skiable vertical as Breckenridge, Colorado. ❄️)

He returned for college at SUNY Plattsburgh, planning to study business before moving on. But a strong international program, a competitive scholarship and — most importantly — meeting his future wife (a local) changed everything.

Today, Matt says the outdoors help keep him grounded. His family is outside year-round: skiing and skating in winter, biking, hiking, kitesurfing and wingfoiling on Lake Champlain whenever the wind cooperates. His advice for newcomers? There’s no such thing as bad weather — only bad gear.

If he had to convince someone to move here, Matt keeps it simple: this area offers incredible value. World-class outdoor recreation, great schools, well-paying jobs and a cost of living that’s hard to beat — plus Montreal is just a short drive away.

And the biggest reason the North Country feels like home? The people.

“I met and made friends quickly,” Matt says. “Starting a family just made it official.”

❤️ Today at CVPH, we’re rocking our RED proudly! ❤️Our team came together for National Wear Red Day to help shine a ligh...
02/06/2026

❤️ Today at CVPH, we’re rocking our RED proudly! ❤️

Our team came together for National Wear Red Day to help shine a light on heart disease, the leading cause of death for women and men in the U.S. Wearing red is a simple way to spark conversations, show support, and remind each other that taking care of our hearts really matters.

Heart health isn’t just a topic for doctors’ offices - it’s something we can all talk about and take steps toward every day. Small changes can make a big difference:

💪 Stay active
🥗 Choose heart‑healthy foods
🩺 Know your numbers
❤️ Check in on the people you love

We’re grateful to our team members for joining in and helping spread this important message. Their smiles (and bright red outfits!) say it all — we’re in this together.

📸 Check out our team proudly showing their support below!

Let’s keep the conversation going. What’s one heart‑healthy habit you’re working on this year? (keep it clean, please)

💔 “I had no idea those were warning signs.” When Michelle LaBounty suddenly lost her mom, who died at just 45-years-old,...
02/05/2026

💔 “I had no idea those were warning signs.”

When Michelle LaBounty suddenly lost her mom, who died at just 45-years-old, it was shocking. Looking back, the signs were there – but they didn’t look like the “typical” heart attack symptoms we usually hear about. And that’s exactly the problem for so many women.

❤️ The Sneaky Signs Women Overlook

Hanna Slim, MD, a cardiologist at CVPH, says women often experience symptoms that seem mild or easy to dismiss, including:
• Shortness of breath doing simple tasks
• Indigestion
• Feeling unusually tired
• Lightheadedness
• Trouble sleeping

“These symptoms often creep in gradually,” Dr. Slim says. “And because women juggle so much – work, family, caregiving – they tend to chalk it up to stress, anxiety, menopause or just getting older.”

But here’s what every woman should know👇
Those small changes can show up weeks or even months before a heart attack.

🌟 Want to know the early red flag Dr. Slim hears most often?
We’re sharing that – and Michelle’s powerful story – in the link in the comments.

Your heart is too important to ignore. ❤️

02/04/2026

❌ Addiction ≠ moral failing. ✅ Addiction = medical condition.

Changing the conversation starts here.

Peer support coach Mallory Richardson and Dr. Peter Jackson share how compassion, stigma reduction and personalized support are creating recovery pathways that truly work.

Listen to Mallory and Dr. Jackson via the link in our comments.

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