PORT JEFFERSON, NY – Mather Hospital has been designated an age-friendly health system at the highest level of “Committed to Care Excellence” by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). Age-Friendly Health Systems aim to follow a set of evidence-based practices, cause no harm and align with what matters to the older adult and their family…
PORT JEFFERSON, NY – Maritza Groth, MD, medical director of Critical Care and Respiratory Care at Mather Hospital and associate professor of medicine at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, was named a 2021 Distinguished CHEST Educator for the fifth year in a row. Presented by the American College of Chest…
PORT JEFFERSON, NY – Mather Hospital AVP of Behavioral Health Denise Driscoll teamed up with the Comsewogue Public Library for a study on improving stigmatic perceptions by library personnel of individuals with mental illness and substance abuse issues. They were one of five New York State teams chosen by the New York Library Association’s Change…
PORT JEFFERSON, NY – Mather Hospital today announced the opening of its Cardiac Catheterization Lab following final approval by the New York State Department of Health. The Cath Lab, as it is commonly known, will allow Mather to enhance the region’s cardiac services by performing minimally invasive tests and procedures to diagnose and treat cardiovascular…
PORT JEFFERSON, NY – Michael Krause has been named Mather Hospital’s director of engineering. Mr. Krause was formerly project manager of Design and Construction at Northwell Health Corporate Facilities Services in New Hyde Park. Prior to that he worked as Engineering manager, project coordinator and carpenter at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde…
PORT JEFFERSON, NY – Mubdiul Ali, MD, has been named director of Mather Hospital’s Sleep Disorders Center. Dr. Ali most recently completed a fellowship in Sleep Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT. Prior to that he completed a fellowship in pulmonary and primary care medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University School…
PORT JEFFERSON, NY – Mather Hospital’s 2 East, 2 East Bariatric, 2 South and Transitional Care Unit inpatient nursing units received awards from Northwell Health for achieving top patient satisfaction scores in 2020. The North Star 90 Awards are presented to individual nursing units, facilities and physician practices within Northwell Health performing in the 90th…
PORT JEFFERSON, NY ― Decision Women in Commerce and Professions – Long Island presented the Fortunato Breast Health Center with an $1,800 grant to purchase Breast Cancer Treatment Handbooks, which are given to every woman diagnosed with breast cancer at the Center. “The founding and current members of Decision are pleased that for over 40…
PORT JEFFERSON, NY – Three Mather physicians and graduate medical education faculty members were chosen as recipients of the 2020-2021 Northwell Health Teacher of the Year award. They are: Yassar Abdelbaki, MD – Hospital Medicine, honored by our Internal Medicine program Michael Destefano, MD – Psychiatry, honored by our Psychiatry program Zachary Kuschner, MD –…
PORT JEFFERSON, NY – Mather Hospital’s Graduate Medical Education program (GME) has received approval for a new gastroenterology fellowship to begin July 2021. The new program will eventually have a total of six fellows, two in each of the program’s three years. The first two fellows will start on July 1, 2021. “We are excited…
