NEW YORK — Dr. Jennie G. Ono, a pediatrician who focuses on inpatient care, newborn medicine and pediatric asthma, has been appointed chief of pediatrics at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens. Dr. Ono also serves as an associate professor of clinical pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine. In her new role, Dr. Ono will continue to grow the pediatric primary […]
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NYU Langone Unveils New Care Center in Garden City
NEW YORK — NYU Langone Health this month opened its largest ambulatory care center on Long Island, converting the former Bloomingdale’s and Sears building in Garden City into a state-of-the-art, 260,000-square foot facility that houses 32 clinical specialties. More than 800 staff and doctors expect to care for 400,000 patients each year out of the four-story building at 1111 […]
North Shore University Hospital Completes $560 Million Surgical Tower
MANHASSET — Seventy years after North Shore University Hospital (NSUH) first opened its doors, the Level I trauma center and quaternary care teaching hospital has completed the Petrocelli Surgical Pavilion, a decades-long project that will transform health care in the region. The $560 million, 288,000-square-foot tower will complement nationally recognized cardiac, neurosurgery and transplant programs. […]
Clinique to Form Dermatology Center With Mount Sinai
NEW YORK — Skin care company Clinique and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai announced a philanthropic partnership to establish the Mount Sinai-Clinique Healthy Skin Dermatology Center with a $5 million donation. The Center will develop research in dermatology, exploring the biological underpinnings of how skin ages, skin allergies and inflammatory or eczematous skin […]
South Shore Hospital Opens Women and Children’s Center
South Shore University Hospital (SSUH) in Bay Shore has completed a $71 million, 45,560-square-foot, two-story Women and Children’s Center. The hospital-within-a-hospital includes a new labor and delivery suite, private post-partum suites, an all-private neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), a post-anesthesia recovery unit (PACU), two new operating rooms, and obstetrical-triage beds. “This new facility not only represents […]
Catholic Health Opens Outpatient Center in Riverhead
Catholic Health has officially opened the Catholic Health Ambulatory Care at Riverhead, a new facility bringing outpatient and ambulatory care services to the east end of Long Island. Located at 800 Old Country Road in Riverhead, the multispecialty practice occupies 15,600 square feet throughout two floors. The facility features primary care and specialty services where […]
Northwell Hires New Director of Inflammatory Bowel Center
Northwell Health announced the appointment of renowned colorectal surgeon Feza Remzi, MD, as vice president of its Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease. About 3.1 million Americans suffer from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a condition associated with chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. Dr. Remzi, who will have an office in New Hyde Park and perform surgeries at hospitals […]
Michelle Bloom Named Director of Oncology at NYU Langone
A renowned expert in cardio-oncology and heart failure, Michelle Bloom, MD, has joined NYU Langone Health as system director of the Cardio-Oncology Program, which provides specialized care to protect patients’ heart health throughout cancer treatment and survivorship. Dr. Bloom is a professor in the Department of Medicine and a member of the Division of Cardiology at NYU Grossman Long […]
Northwell Health Opens $52 Million Health Center in Rego Park
Northwell Health has opened a suite of medical practices meant to cover a host of conditions and deliver complex, coordinated health care in the heart of Queens, a $52 million, 70,000-square-foot facility easily reachable by car, subway or bus line and anchored by the largest outpatient cancer center in the borough. [Photo: Northwell Health leadership […]
Icahn School of Medicine Receives $5 Million Grant for Cancer Research
NEW YORK — The Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy and the Icahn Genomics Institute (IGI) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have been awarded a $5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health to establish a state-of-the-art center dedicated to the discovery and development of […]
NYU Langone Receives $9.8 Million Donation for Pediatric Medicine
NEW YORK — The Department of Pediatrics at NYU Langone Health has received $9.8 million from NYU Langone trustee Trudy Elbaum Gottesman and Robert W. Gottesman, founding donors of Sala Institute for Child and Family Centered Care, which has profoundly influenced excellence in clinical care across Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone since 2013. The first two Sala Elbaum Scholars are Carol Duh-Leong, MD, and Kirsty […]
NYU Langone Says It Leads Region in Transplants
NEW YORK — NYU Langone Health’s Transplant Institute teams performed 600 organ transplants last year, exceeding any single transplant center in the Northeast. Additionally, data released by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients in January 2023 showed that survival exceeded national benchmarks. Transplant patients on the waiting list received hearts and lungs at a faster rate than […]
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Cuts 337 Jobs
Layoffs aren’t just hitting tech companies, even hospitals in NY are cutting back. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), one of the nation’s top cancer hospitals, has laid off 337 workers according to a WARN notice filed with the NY State Department of Labor. According to WPIX, MSKCC cited financial problems for the cutbacks and […]
Einstein Medical College Receives $3.5 Million Grant
BRONX – Albert Einstein College of Medicine researchers have been awarded a five-year, $3.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the effects of COVID-19 on the brains of adults who had mild or asymptomatic infection. Using neuroimaging, cognitive, and immunological tests, the investigators will examine if SARS-CoV-2 infection induces lasting […]
NYU Langone Opens Women’s Health Center in Midtown Manhattan
NYU Langone Health has begun the phased opening of NYU Langone Ambulatory Care Center East 53rd Street, at 159 East 53rd Street in midtown Manhattan, offering comprehensive gynecologic, obstetric, and wellness care. “This new, state-of-the-art facility gives us opportunity to dramatically expand our scope of services within gynecology and obstetrics and enhance care for patients […]