<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2025/11-04/08-downstate-va-partnership.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories/><pubDate>11/04/2025 02:30:00 PM</pubDate><title>Downstate – VA Partnership – Better Surgical Care for Older Adults</title><sub-title/><description>Downstate continues to strengthen its partnership with the VA New York Harbor Health Care System through research that informs better care for aging patients. A recent study led by Downstate and VA investigators, published in JAMA Surgery on October 15, examines how preoperative social support influences recovery and readmission risk among adults aged 75 and older.</description><author>Office of the President</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="/faculty/surgery/_images/sharath.png" alt="photo of Sherene Sharath, PhD, MPH"/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2025/11-04/08-downstate-va-partnership.xml</loc><categories/></item>