Ingrid M. Allard, M.D., has been appointed associate dean for community outreach and medical education and associate professor in medical education and pediatrics at Albany Medical College. 

The "Weekend of Miracles" radio/telethon to benefit the Children’s Hospital at Albany Medical Center raised a record-breaking total of $2.48 million. 

A financial executive from Loudonville, R. Wayne Diesel, has been elected Chairman of the Albany Medical Center Board of Directors. His two-year term begins July 1.