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VALHALLA, N.Y. (July 21, 2020) – Westchester Medical Center has been certified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center, a designation that represents the most advanced stroke treatment available in a given geographic area*. With this certification, Westchester Medical Center, the flagship of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), is now the only hospital in New York’s Hudson Valley region recognized by the New York State Department of Health as a Comprehensive Stroke Center. The Centers for...
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VALHALLA, NY - (August 18, 2020) ― Four member hospitals of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) – Westchester Medical Center, in Valhalla, NY; Good Samaritan Hospital, in Suffern, NY; MidHudson Regional Hospital, in Poughkeepsie, NY; and HealthAlliance Hospital, in Kingston, NY – have earned the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get with the Guidelines ® – Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes each hospital for its commitment to, an...
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Coronavirus (COVID-19): Maintaining a Safe and Effective Care Environment A safe and effective care environment is our highest priority, and Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) hospitals and medical practices have undertaken necessary steps to protect our patients and workforce as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation evolves. Visitation New visitation restrictions will be in effect. Information on patient visitation at the Behavioral Health Center is provided upon admissio...
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A safe and effective care environment is our highest priority, and Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) hospitals and medical practices have undertaken necessary steps to protect our patients and workforce. Visitation Information on patient visitation at the Behavioral Health Center is provided upon admission. Our Plan for Care All WMCHealth hospitals and medical practices have long-standing and the most up-to-date protocols in place to respond to infectious diseases. Thes...
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**THE COURSE IS FULL. REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.** Course Directors: Justin Santarelli, MD Ramandeep Sahni, MD Attending Physician, Westchester Medical Center Stroke Director, Westchester Medical Center Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology, Neurology and Radiology, New York Medical College New York Medical College Please CLICK HERE for brochure (pdf). Neurovascular disease is the number one cause of permanent adult disability in the United States. New treatmen...
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Summer is a time for outdoor activities and fun in the sun, but the combination of extreme temperatures and high humidity can be very dangerous. When forecasted temperatures rise into the 90s, the Westchester Medical Center Health Network ( WMCHealth ) urges Hudson Valley residents to take extra precautions to stay safe. “A day or two of extreme temperatures and humidity is typically not a cause for concern for most healthy people who limit their exposure to the heat and are caref...
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VALHALLA, N.Y. (July 18, 2019) – Summer is a time for outdoor activities and fun in the sun, but the combination of extreme temperatures – like those expected this week – and high humidity can be very dangerous. With forecasted temperatures in the 90s this week and nearing triple digits over the weekend, the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is urging Hudson Valley residents to take extra precautions to stay safe. “A day or two of extreme temperatures and humidity is typically not a ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Anna Dolianitis (914) 493-3147 Anna.dolianitis@wmchealth.org VALHALLA, N.Y. (July 21, 2016) – Summer is a time for outdoor activities and fun in the sun, but the combination of extreme temperatures – like those expected this week – and high humidity can be very dangerous. With forecasted temperatures in the 90s this week, Westchester Medical Center, the flagship of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), is urging residents to take extra precautio...
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CONTACT: David Billig (914) 493 8028 HOT WEATHER WARNING Westchester Medical Center offers health and safety tips as forecasters call for potentially dangerous hot and humid conditions this week The warm weather usually means lots of summer fun and outdoor activities. Unfortunately, the combination of high heat and high humidity often become very dangerous. Temperatures for the next few days of ...
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Andy LaGuardia Senior Director, Network Strategic Communications Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) Contact for WMCHealth Network, Westchester Medical Center, Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, Behavioral Health Center, Good Samaritan Hospital, St. Anthony Community Hospital, Bon Secours Community Hospital Phone: 914.493.6532 Andrew.LaGuardia@WMCHealth.org Lynn Nichols Director, Marketing and Communications, Northern Region MidHudson Regional Hospital; HealthAlliance of the Hudso...
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KINGSTON, N.Y. (May 27, 2021) —WMCHealth Physicians, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), welcomes Lakshmi A. Gollapudi, MD, to the physician group’s practice in Kingston. Dr. Gollapudi has specialties in gastroenterology and hepatology. As a gastroenterologist, she focuses in preventing, diagnosing and treating digestive system disorders. These disorders include conditions involving the esophagus, stomach, small intestine and colon, and her services include...
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VALHALLA, N.Y., (April 25, 2024) – Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) will partner with local law enforcement to host National Drug Take Back Day collection sites throughout Westchester, Orange, and Rockland counties, Saturday April 27. Community members can bring tablets, capsules, patches, and other solid forms of prescription, over the counter and veterinary medications to the collection sites for proper disposal, free and anonymously. At some locations, WMCHealth representatives a...
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WMCHealth is a 1,700-bed healthcare system with nine hospitals in New York's Hudson Valley region. WMCHealth has 13,000 workforce members and nearly 3,000 attending physicians. Approximately 600 of our providers are employed in one of our two medical groups – Advanced Physician Services and the Bon Secours Medical Group, which make up WMCHealth Physicians. WMCHealth services includes Level I adult and pediatric trauma centers, plus Level II trauma centers; a dedicated burn center; the region’s only adva...
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Valhalla, N.Y. (April 16, 2024) –– After nearly 20 years as President and Chief Executive Officer of Westchester Medical Center and the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), Michael D. Israel will retire from his position at the end of 2025. The Westchester County Healthcare Corporation (WCHCC) Board of Directors has initiated a nationwide search for his replacement. “After almost two decades in this role, this is the right time to move on to my next phase, and for a new leader to come ...
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VALHALLA, N.Y. (November 18, 2021) – New York State COVID-19 vaccination efforts for ages 12 and older will transition from the Westchester County Center to Westchester Medical Center, the flagship of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), beginning Friday, November 19. Also, vaccination for children ages 5 to 11 is available at WMCHealth’s Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital. Both Westchester Medical Center and Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital are located at 100 Woods Roa...
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When we think of seasonal depression, we typically think of winter. But what about the people who find difficulties during other times of the year? Is there such a thing as August depression? Stephen Ferrando, MD, Director of Psychiatry at WMCHealth's Behavioral Health Center recently highlighted this lesser-known variety of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) in a first-person New York Magazine piece written by Katie Heaney. READ THE ARTICLE IN NEW YORK MAGAZINE
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Valhalla, N.Y. (July 11, 2023) –– Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) today announced that Anthony Frank has joined the network as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. “Anthony is an experienced professional who will add tremendous value and vision with decades of tenure in the financial industry,” said Michael D. Israel, President and CEO, WMCHealth. “We are pleased to have Anthony on board and look forward to his leadership of WMCHealth’s financial operations.” With ...
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VALHALLA, N.Y. (August 31, 2022) – Families from across the region are expected to attend Maria Fareri Children's Hospital's 18th Annual Go the Distance Walk and Family Fun Day September 18 for a day of fun-filled activities to support pediatric care in the Hudson Valley. Go the Distance Walk and Family Fun Day Supporting Maria Fareri Children's Hospital is September 18 Families are welcome to attend the free event featuring activities including face painting, crafts, carnival games, music, character ap...
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VALHALLA, N.Y. (January 29, 2024) – The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) has named William B. Pryor to the position of Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer. In his position, Pryor will oversee WMCHealth’s workforce recruitment, labor relations and workforce policies. As the Chief Human Resources Officer for WMCHealth and its 13,000 workforce members, Pryor’s priorities include recruitment and retention as well as new strategies for workforce communication and empl...
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VALHALLA, N.Y. (October 28, 2022) – Westchester Medical Center and the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) announced a new ratified five-year collective bargaining agreement that will benefit more than 1,500 nurses at Westchester Medical Center, Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, and the Behavioral Health Center. The agreement, which is the result of a strong working relationship and commitment to bargaining in good faith, increases nurse wages, preserves existing healthcare and pension benefits, a...
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VALHALLA, N.Y. (February 11, 2022) – Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) named Phyllis M. Yezzo, DNP, RN, CPHQ, to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive, which is an expansion of her responsibilities from a regional to Network role. In her new position, Dr. Yezzo oversees nursing operations at all WMCHealth hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and provider practices. Most recently, she served for seven years as Senior Vice President, Patient Care Servic...
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VALHALLA N.Y. (March 9, 2022) – A sculpture designed and donated by a local artist is now welcoming visitors to Westchester Medical Center, the flagship of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth). Titled HEAL , the 6-by-6-by-3-foot aluminum sculpture, was designed by Mamaroneck resident Sid Singer and donated by Singer and his wife, Shirley. The sculpture has been installed at the main entrance to Westchester Medical Center and the hospital’s Ambulatory Care Pavilion and celebrat...
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VALHALLA N.Y. (June 2, 2022) – Whether the tunes are rock, rap, jazz or a bedtime lullaby, music is employed as a healing therapy at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth). With $2,500 in support from the Million Dollar Roundtable Foundation (MDRT), the music therapy program at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital now extends beyond the walls of the hospital with the MusiConnection Initiative, a program that connects hospitalized children to f...
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VALHALLA, N.Y. (December 11, 2024) –– The Westchester County Health Care Corporation (WCHCC) Board of Directors announced today that, after a nationwide search, David Lubarsky, MD, MBA, FASA, will be the next President and Chief Executive Officer of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth). A nationally recognized healthcare leader and innovator, Dr. Lubarsky will join WMCHealth from UC Davis Health, where he currently serves as the Vice Chancellor of Human Health Sciences and CEO. He w...
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VALHALLA, N.Y. (October 26, 2023) – In a new partnership that will advance mental health services in Westchester County and the Hudson Valley, Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) behavioral health physicians will now provide care to children and adolescents at Andrus , which has a residence and school for K – 9 students that provides a range of preventive and restorative services for children and families across the tri-state area. For this community collaboration that will have a posi...
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VALHALLA, N.Y. (October 13, 2023) – More than 200 Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) physicians across a wide range of clinical specialties have been recognized as “Top Doctors” by their peers, according to a well-known healthcare research and consumer resource list. Advancing Care in the Hudson Valley Many of the cited doctors are members of the WMCHealth Physicians provider group, which includes the medical practices of Advanced Physicians Services and Bon Secours Medi...
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Megan Baldwin, Senior Vice President of Government and Community Relations VALHALLA, N.Y. (October 11, 2023) - Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) today announced three new additions to guide its Government and Community Relations efforts, to be led by Megan Baldwin, who joins the network as Senior Vice President of Government and Community Relations. Baldwin will be supported by Thomas Scaglione, Vice President of Government and Community Relations, and Pavan Naidu, Director of Govern...
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VALHALLA, NY (April 12, 2021) – Paranoia, delusions and other mental health conditions should be considered as potential signs of COVID-19 infection, according to studies authored by behavioral health and emergency medicine specialists at WMCHealth. The medical journals Psychosomatics and the Journal of Psychiatric Research published the studies, which are part of an international sharing of new findings that point to additional, non-traditional symptoms of the COVID-19 virus and its impac...
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SUFFERN, N.Y. (May 26, 2021) – The expanded Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Good Samaritan Hospital offers new imaging technologies that deliver sharp images along with anatomical guidance for physicians to use during interventional procedures. Use of this equipment allows for diagnoses that are more accurate, decreases patient discomfort and increases the potential for shorter hospital stays. The guidance system in use Good Samaritan Hospital’s Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory automatica...
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VALHALLA, NY (March 29, 2022) – Patients who suffer long-term effects of COVID-19 infection show significantly more subjective cognitive complaints in the areas of memory, language and cognition months after their initial infection, according to a study authored by behavioral health specialists from the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth). The study, which appears in the Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry , found that the participants – all of whom were see...
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VALHALLA, N.Y. (August 19, 2022) – Get your heart rate going and support healthcare as you race, jog or walk around and about WMCHealth's Valhalla campus September 18. The Big 5, Westchester Medical Center Health Network's fall active fundraiser supports a range of medical services while supplying the perfect opportunity to get fit and have fun. The Healing Half Marathon , The Kyle Goldberg 10K , The Evan Lieberman 5K and the Go the Distance Walk and Family Fun Day will all be held Sunday, Septemb...
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VALHALLA, N.Y. (October 20, 2020) – More than 250 Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) physicians across a wide range of clinical specialties have been recognized as “Top Doctors” by their peers, according to a well-known healthcare research and consumer resource list published in Westchester and Hudson Valley magazines. WMCHealth clinical specialists recognized as “Top Doctors” can be found via a search on the websites of Westchester a nd Hudson Valley magazines. Advancin...
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VALHALLA, NY (July 22, 2021) – U.S. Congressman Jamaal Bowman, New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, New York State Senator Shelley Mayer, New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson, New Rochelle City Councilwoman Yadira Ramos-Herbert and the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) are encouraging residents of New Rochelle and its surrounding areas to get the COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up clinic to be held Friday, July 23 outside the Wash and Shop Laundromat at 467 North Avenue...
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VALHALLA N.Y. (January 5, 2022) – The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) announces the appointment of Zubeen Shroff as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Westchester County Health Care Corporation (WCHCC). The WCHCC operates WMCHealth, a network consisting of 10 hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and provider practices in New York State’s Hudson Valley region. Shroff succeeds Mitchell Hochberg, now 1st Vice Chair, whose tenure as Chair reached term limits after thre...
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WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. (March 16, 2021) – Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) and the Hudson Valley Renegades, the High-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, announced today a major partnership making WMCHealth the inaugural Official Hospital Partner of the Renegades. “Our organizations are cornerstone brands of the Hudson Valley and touchstones for life events for residents of the communities we serve,” said Michael Israel, President and CEO, Westchester Medical Center Health Network. ...
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KINGSTON, N.Y. (May 25, 2022) – Today, Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan and the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) announced an agreement to maintain 20 inpatient mental health beds, which will be located in the soon-to-open expanded HealthAlliance Hospital on Mary’s Avenue in Kingston, NY. The agreement, if approved by New York State, will be the latest action by WMCHealth to advance its comprehensive plan to enhance behavioral and mental health services available in Ulster and Dutch...
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POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (June 28, 2022) — Dutchess County Executive Marcus J. Molinaro and Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) today announced plans to create a Behavioral Health Center of Excellence at MidHudson Regional Hospital, leveraging private and public resources to establish a holistic approach to providing in-patient mental health services in Dutchess County. County Executive Molinaro previously announced that Dutchess County will provide $3 million in funding for the project, an ...
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In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and with an abundance of caution, WMCHealth has made the necessary decision to forego our 2020 in-person events until it is clear that they can be handled in a safe manner, and in compliance with state and local regulations. In place of these events, we are working on a ver y special virtual journey which will highlight our WMCHealth Network. We will come together virtually to celebrate the resiliency and heroism of our WMCHealth Heroes, our patients, our f...
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In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and with an abundance of caution, WMCHealth has made the necessary decision to forego our 2020 in-person events until it is clear that they can be handled in a safe manner, and in compliance with state and local regulations. In place of these events, we are working on a ver y special virtual journey which will highlight our WMCHealth Network. We will come together virtually to celebrate the resiliency and heroism of our WMCHealth Heroes, our patients, our f...
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KINGSTON, N.Y. (July 12, 2021) – Fulfilling a promise to deliver more advanced services to Ulster County and surrounding areas, WMCHealth today announced the opening of a new cardiac catheterization laboratory at HealthAlliance Hospital on Broadway in Kingston. The new laboratory offers emergent and preventative solutions for blocked arteries, irregular heartbeats and coronary heart disease, services never before available in Ulster County. The service operates under the direction of WMCHealth’s compreh...
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KINGSTON, N.Y. (December 16, 2024) – The inpatient behavioral health unit at HealthAlliance Hospital reopened today, marking a significant milestone for the local community. Closed during the early height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the unit has been rebuilt and is now part of the renovated HealthAlliance Hospital, restoring 20 inpatient behavioral health beds. This critical resource for behavioral health care in Kingston and Ulster County represents the first phase of the Westchester Medical Center Healt...
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VALHALLA, NY- (February 25, 2019) – Girls’ Night Out, a heartwarming evening featuring tributes to heart disease survivors and their supporters, raised awareness about women’s heart health, as well as hope that new advances in cardiology will save more lives in the future. The event, a fundraiser for the Westchester Medical Center Health Network Heart & Vascular Institute, drew about 350 people to the Doral Arrowwood Hotel and Conference Center in Rye Brook on February 8. It paid tribute to female h...
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