Werner Ulrich, a retired steamfitter and Army auto mechanic, was exposed to asbestos for the majority of his career and later developed asbestosis. Asbestosis is caused by exposure to asbestos and stiffens the tissue of the lungs, making it difficult to breath. He also smoked for years, finally quitting in 2011. Unbeknownst to him, the…
Oncology nurse Christine Mac Entee, RN, has been named Mather Hospital’s first Daisy Award winner. The DAISY Award was established by the family of J. Patrick Barnes who died of complications of an auto-immune disease at age 33. During Pat’s hospitalization, his family was awestruck by the care and compassion his nurses provided to him…
Mather Hospital now offers a high-precision, robotic-assisted partial knee replacement procedure as an alternative to total knee replacement for patients with early to mid-stage osteoarthritis that is generally limited to one portion of the knee. Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease that results in wearing and eventual loss of cartilage. The partial knee procedure removes…
Breast Cancer survivors and activists Saranne Rothberg, founder of The ComedyCures Foundation, and Geri Barish, who created the Long Island-based 1 in 9 Breast Cancer Action Coalition, will be the featured speakers for Mather Hospital’s 2012 Breast Cancer Victory Day on Saturday, Sept. 29 at noon. The annual gathering is a day of triumph and…
Kerry O’Sullivan, RN, TNCC, ENPC has taken her commitment to caring for others beyond her work at Mather Hospital. An Emergency Department nurse at Mather for eight years, O’Sullivan has volunteered on several missions with Blanca’s House, which provides advanced medical care to children and families in regions where there is little or no access…
Children need their sleep to be at their best, but sometimes they have difficulty falling or staying asleep. The result can be daytime drowsiness, behavior problems, weight gain and other health problems. Mather’s Sleep Disorders Center is now diagnosing pediatric sleep disorders in children as young as two years old. The expansion in services follows…
Port Jefferson is going pink this October to help raise community awareness about breast cancer and breast health. Government buildings, schools, businesses and other institutions will be lit up in pink lights as part of Mather’s Paint Port Pink community outreach.(Paint Point Pink replaces Victory Day.) Paint Port Pink is presented by Astoria Bank with…
Women with ovarian and other gynecologic cancers may not recognize the symptoms until the cancer advances, according to B. Hannah Ortiz, MD, a gynecologic oncologist and Director of Mather’s Department of Gynecology. "Many patients can wait almost a year of not feeling quite right before they are diagnosed with ovarian cancer," said Ortiz. Board certified…
Specialists in Caring Summary: Volunteer group has raised more than $5.7 million for Hospital to fund building projects and new equipment Mather Hospital’s Auxiliary marked its 65th anniversary on May 5, 2014 with a proclamation from Brookhaven Town Supervisor Edward P. Romaine, who declared it "Mather Hospital Auxiliary Day" in the town. Since its founding,…
Laurie Mullens didn’t so much care that on July 20, 2016 she was about to have the world’s first total knee replacement using the Navio™ robotic-assisted surgical system. She just wanted the pain to stop. Mullens, 63, of Farmingdale, who had enduring "excruciating pain" for 10 years in both her knees due to arthritis, had…