PORT JEFFERSON, NY – Robert Giacobbe, DO, has been named Program Director for Mather Hospital’s Internal Medicine (IM) Residency Program. He joined the IM program in 2014 as a clinical supervisor and was appointed Associate Program Director in 2015. Born and raised in central New Jersey, Dr. Giacobbe came to Long Island in 1986 to…
PORT JEFFERSON, NY – Vincent Cascone has been named Director of Engineering at Mather Hospital. Cascone was previously Assistant Director of Engineering at Long Island Jewish Medical Center since 2019. He had joined the Engineering team there in 2007and over the years held several management positions. Earlier, he was a New York City firefighter and…
PORT JEFFERSON, NY – Daniel Perrault, MD, has been named director of the Department of Pathology at Mather Hospital. Dr. Perrault was previously a staff pathologist and residency teaching staff member in the Department of Pathology and Area Laboratory Services at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, TX. Prior to that he was…
PORT JEFFERSON, NY – Joseph Ng, MD, has been promoted to Associate Medical Director at Mather Hospital. In his new role Dr. Ng will assist Senior VP/CMO Joan Faro, MD, in managing medical staff issues and will be directly involved in the quality management activities of the medical staff. Dr. Ng joined Mather Hospital as…
PORT JEFFERSON, NY – Marie O’Brien, DNP, ANP-C, Coordinator and Nurse Practitioner for Mather Hospital’s Integrative Pain Management Program, co-authored the cover story for the recent issue of American Nurse magazine on “Optimizing Post Operative Pain Management in Patients with Chronic Pain”. The article made evidence-based recommendations for both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatment options for…
PORT JEFFERSON, NY – Mather Hospital had an economic impact on the local economy of $712 million with 4,000 jobs created during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) economic impact report. The figures, which draw on 2020 data, looked at the economic impact…
PORT JEFFERSON, NY – Cardiac care at Mather Hospital took another step forward this week with the opening of our Electrophysiology (EP) Lab to assess and repair the heart’s electrical system and diagnose abnormal heartbeats (arrhythmia). “The Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab is an exciting addition at Mather Hospital that expands our ability to provide comprehensive…
PORT JEFFERSON, NY – February is Go Red for Women/American Heart Month, and Mather Hospital’s free weekly HealthyU webinar series will present two heart healthy programs among our February offerings. All HealthyU programs are presented Tuesdays from 12-1pm. Register at www.matherhospital.org/healthyu for: Feb. 1 – Heart care that can save your life – Cardiologist…
PORT JEFFERSON, NY – Halyna Chykyda, MD has been named Director of Hospital Medicine at Mather Hospital. Dr. Chykyda has been an active member of the Medical Staff at Mather since 2018. She is a graduate of the Ternopol State Medical Academy (Ukraine) and began her medical career as an obstetrician/gynecologist in the Ukraine…
PORT JEFFERSON, NY – Richard Daly, NP has been named director of Advanced Clinical Providers (ACPs) at Mather Hospital where he oversees ACPs for the Hospitalist, Palliative Care and the Surgical PA Service along with the supervisory help of Barbara Sloma, PA, under the leadership of Dr. Mohamad Abouzeid. Mr. Daly has been at…