Award winning care when you need it most
Four Mather Hospital nursing units honored for achieving top patient satisfaction scores in 2020.
Feeling dizzy? Treating vertigo and other balance related issues
Have you ever experienced a sensation of dizziness where you felt like you were off balance, lightheaded, unsteady or faint? This type of occurrence could potentially be classified as vertigo. Learn more about the causes and treatments for vertigo and other balance related conditions.
5 healthy heart habits from a cardiologist
A cardiologist shares the top five ways he keeps his heart beating strong, plus ways you can adopt the same habits.
Four Mather Hospital nursing units honored for patient satisfaction
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…
Insulin resistance
By Daphne Baldwin Kornrich, MS, RDN, CSOWM, CDN Insulin resistance is getting a lot of attention lately. Medical professionals, the daily news, television, magazines, and social media outlets are all shining new light on this serious, silent health condition, with many promoting yet again another magical diet that will correct this condition.
Decision Women present Fortunato Breast Health Center with grant for breast cancer treatment handbooks
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…
5 healthy heart habits from a cardiologist
A cardiologist shares the top five ways he keeps his heart beating strong, plus ways you can adopt the same habits.
Mather Hospital physician teachers honored by Northwell Health
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 –…
Mather Hospital’s Graduate Medical Residency program grows with new fellowship and a new class of residents
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…
Exercise is a two-way conversation with your body
By Barbara Broggelwirth, RDN, CDN True story: I was working out with an online fitness app when the trainer said “you are capable of more than you think. If you are shaking or feel pain, that is just your brain’s way of telling you that it is sensing pain. You can work past it,” and…