Rome Memorial Hospital to open new women’s health practice in March

ROME, N.Y. — Rome Memorial Hospital announced today that it will open a new women’s health practice in March to provide obstetrical and gynecological services.

The hospital hired Dr. Diana Wallace as physician for the new practice. Wallace comes to Rome from St. Luke’s-Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh, where she specialized in obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), according to a news release from Rome Memorial.

The hospital does not have an exact address or phone number for the practice yet, Cassie Evans Winter, vice president of communications and marketing, says in a follow-up call.

The women’s health practice will be affiliated with Rome Memorial Hospital. In addition to Wallace, the practice’s staff will include an office manager, nurse, and an employee to handle billing, Winter says.

“We are very pleased that Dr. Diana Wallace has made the decision to relocate to Rome to provide care to women for every stage of life,” Basil J. Ariglio, president and CEO of Rome Memorial, said in the release. “Patients will find her warm, personable, genuine and very down to earth. Her caring, outgoing personality complements her commitment to providing quality medical care.”       

Wallace earned her bachelor’s degree in cardiopulmonary science and a master’s degree in applied anatomy and physiology at Boston University. She taught for 10 years before pursuing her medical degree at Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara in Jalisco, Mexico. Wallace completed clinical training at Sound Shore Medical Center in New Rochelle, and her residency at St. Luke’s Hospital & Health Network in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Rome Memorial Hospital needed another women’s health physician after its OB/GYN Dr. Paul Temple passed away on Jan. 18, Winter says.