Oswego Health

NICHOLAS RUNEARE, M.D. has been promoted by Oswego Health to be the new hospitalist medical director at Oswego Hospital. In this role, Dr. Runeare will be responsible for the oversight of all delivery and coordination of care to hospitalist medicine patients, including overseeing the quality of care and serving as the principal clinical liaison with the members of the delivery system. Hospitalists coordinate consultations, order tests, and procedures, and provide patients with care throughout their hospital stay. Runeare, a Fulton native, returned to his hometown roots in 2021 as a hospitalist at Oswego Hospital. He earned his medical degree in 2017 from SUNY Upstate Medical University. There, he completed his residency in internal medicine in 2020 and his chief residency in quality and safety at the Syracuse VA Medical Center in 2021. Before joining Oswego Health, Dr. Runeare previously worked as an internal-medicine nocturnist for the Upstate University Hospital downtown and Community campuses and the Syracuse VA Medical Center. 

ROBERT BEAUMONT, a board-certified family nurse practitioner, has joined Oswego Health, providing comprehensive cardiac care at the Center for Cardiology. Beaumont is now part of the 103 physicians and advanced practice providers employed by Oswego Health and the 270 providers on the medical staff representing multiple specialty services across the community. Beaumont earned his master’s degree in nursing in 2015 from SUNY Upstate Medical University and his bachelor’s degree in nursing in 2011 from Keuka College. Beaumont has more than 20 years of experience, including all aspects of emergency care. He served as a family nurse practitioner for Auburn Community Medical Services in an urgent-care setting, CNY Spine and Pain Medicine in Liverpool, and NY Spine and Wellness Center in North Syracuse.