July 6, 2016 Ted Lucki has been named to the JTM Foundation Board, which seeks and secures philanthropic support for John T. Mather Memorial Hospital, announced James Danowski, Foundation Board Chairman. Along with brother-in-law Leo Sternlicht, Lucki owns and operates Riverhead Toyota, Ford, Lincoln, Mercury. He served 12 years as mayor of Belle Terre, stepping…
June 30, 2016 Medical residents specializing in psychiatry and diagnostic radiology will join the growing Graduate Medical Education program at John T. Mather Memorial Hospital as of July 1. The Psychiatry Residency Program is a four-year program that will have five residents per year for a total of 20 residents. Noam Fast, MD, is the…
June 27, 2016 Donald Lippencott, MSFS, of East Setauket was named John T. Mather Memorial Hospital’s 2016 Community Honoree. Derick George, MD, and the late William Konczynin, MD, will receive the 2016 Theodore Roosevelt Awards for service to the hospital and to the community. The awards will be presented at Mather’s One Enchanted Evening gala…
May 31, 2016 John T. Mather Memorial Hospital received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award with Target: StrokeSM Honor Roll Elite. The award recognizes the Hospital’s commitment to providing the most appropriate stroke treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.…
May 16, 2016 John T. Mather Memorial Hospital, along with Arif Ahmad, MD, have been designated a Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery™ (COERS™) by the Surgical Review Corporation (SRC), the first in New York State. The designation means that Mather and Dr. Ahmad are now part of an elite network of surgeons and hospitals…
April 29, 2016 Hundreds of runners and walkers will raise funds for the Fortunato Breast Health Center during the annual Families Walk & Run for Hope at John T. Mather Memorial Hospital. The popular “Pink Your Pooch” dog costume contest, family friendly events and music by School of Rock return for the event on Saturday,…
April 26, 2016 John T. Mather Memorial Hospital has been recognized for its patient safety record with The Leapfrog Group’s top "A" Hospital Safety Score for the ninth consecutive ratings period – the only New York State hospital to achieve that distinction and one of only 98 hospitals out of 2,500 hospitals ranked nationwide. "For…
April 12, 2016 Ann Lee has been named Materials Management Director at John T. Mather Memorial Hospital. In her new role, she will oversee Materials Management, the Storeroom, Mailroom and Bio-Medical Engineering. She will negotiate Group Purchasing Organization contracts and participate in negotiating contracts that reduce Hospital expenditures. She will meet with department supervisors to…
April 8, 2016 A nine-week series of classes designed to help those with diabetes manage their illness will be offered at Mather Endocrinology, a division of Harbor View Medical Services. The classes will meet Thursday afternoons from 5-6 pm, April 28-June 23. Topics to be covered include: • What is Diabetes? • Physical Activity &…
March 7, 2016 Mohammad A. Bilal, MD, Director of Vascular and Interventional Radiology at John T. Mather Memorial Hospital, has been named to the Hospital’s Board of Directors. Bilal has been Director of Vascular and Interventional Radiology since 2011 and has been on Mather’s medical staff since 2004. He is the senior Interventional Radiologist within…