It wasn’t until her mid-30s that Pam Sini of East Setauket learned she had serious kidney problems. As a young child, doctors had misdiagnosed her condition as polio, and she underwent treatment common at the time for polio that involved having her limbs wrapped to prevent paralysis. When Pam Sini, wife of Mather Board Member…
Susan Morin, RN, MS, PMHCNS-BC, NPP, psychiatric nurse practitioner and Director of Mather’s Adolescent Partial Hospitalization and Eating Disorder Programs, was named a NY-NJ regional winner in Nurse.com’s prestigious Nursing Excellence GEM (Giving Excellence Meaning) Awards. The GEM Awards program honors superior nurses across the country who make a measurable difference and raise the bar…
Experts in Healing Summary: Mather is one of only six Long Island hospitals to receive top score from The Leapfrog Group Mather Hospital has received The Leapfrog Group’s top "A" Hospital Safety Score for the fifth consecutive ratings period. Mather is one of only 251 hospitals in the nation to have achieved an "A" grade…
Mather Hospital has established a Chiropractic Collaboration to provide coordinated patient care, education and outreach to patients who access both medical and chiropractic care. The Collaboration Program has more than 70 members from the Hamptons to Commack and is the first of its kind on Long Island. According to the American Chiropractic Association, approximately 20…
Every journey begins with one step, whether it’s climbing a mountain or preventing heart disease and stroke. Cardiovascular disease, including heart disease and stroke, costs the United States $312.6 billion each year. This total includes the cost of health care services, medications, and lost productivity. These conditions also are leading causes of disability, preventing Americans…
Through their work in the emergency and intensive care units at Mather Hospital, a group of nurses have seen too often the scourge of drug abuse and they are committed to educating the community to prevent further tragedies. Most recently, the group of volunteer nurses took part in a presentation at Newfield High School. Their…
John T. Mather Memorial Hospital was again rated among the best hospitals in New York State in U.S. News & World Report’s 25th annual Best Hospitals rankings. The annual rankings recognize hospitals that excel in treating the most challenging patients. Mather was ranked 20th out of nearly 250 hospitals in New York State – up…
One moment Wendy Young was at a spin class at her Miller Place gym, working up a sweat to the driving beat of the music. The next thing she remembered she was in an ambulance on her way to Mather Hospital. "I passed out," said the 50-year-old mother of two from Middle Island. "They said…
Sam Narouz sees everything more clearly these days. The faces of his two children are clearer. He even jokes with his wife that he can see all the dust in their house now. After years of wearing progressively stronger glasses and his eyesight deteriorating to the point where he was legally blind, Narouz, 57, of…
Patients with cancerous and non-cancerous tumors anywhere in the body, including the prostate, lung, brain, spine, liver, pancreas and kidney, have a non-invasive treatment option that offers submillimeter accuracy. Called Precision CyberKnife of New York, the new program is a joint effort of Mather Hospital and North Shore Hematology Oncology Associates (NSHOA). "It is not…