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South Nassau Launches ‘Truth in Medicine’ Ad Campaign To Help Health Care Consumers Decipher Fact from Fiction
Posted: 11/30/2015
Does dyeing your hair increase your risk of cancer? Does a heart attack feel like an elephant is sitting on your chest? Will you be less active after joint replacement surgery? Is having a leaky bladder during exercise normal? Do older adults need less sleep? The answers to those questions, which are posed in a new, multi-faceted South Nassau Communities Hospital advertising campaign called ‘Truth in Medicine’, can be found at wherequalitymatters.org. In addition to addressing those specific questions, ...
Becker’s Names South Nassau to Its 2015 List of 100 Hospitals with Great Oncology Programs
Posted: 10/31/2015
South Nassau Communities Hospital is the only Long Island-based hospital to be named to the Becker's Hospital Review 2015 listing of “100 Hospitals and Health Systems With Great Oncology Programs.” Recently awarded the prestigious American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer Outstanding Achievement Award, South Nassau was selected for inclusion in the list based on a number of factors, including clinical outcomes, clinical expertise, cancer research and patient care and safety. "South Nassau is a m...
Developer Bruce Ratner To Be Honored at South Nassau’s 2015 Carnation Ball
Posted: 9/27/2015
Emergency Department Chair Dr. Josh Kugler to Receive Hospital’s Mary Pearson Award Bruce C. Ratner, Executive Chairman of Forest City Ratner Companies, has agreed to be the honoree of South Nassau Communities Hospital’s 2015 Annual Carnation Ball to be held Saturday, November 7 at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury, NY. The hospital also named Joshua Kugler, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, South Nassau’s chair of the department of emergency medicine, as this year’s recipient of the prestigious Mary Pearson Aw...
South Nassau Golf Outing Raises Record $329,005 in Support of Emergency Department Expansion
Posted: 6/21/2015
Brightwater Resident Sinks Hole-in-One for 2-Year Lease on an Audi. Supporters of South Nassau Communities Hospital raised a record gross total of $329,000 toward the expansion of the hospital’s Emergency Department at its 31st Annual Golf Outing, held Monday on two courses, breaking all previous fundraising records for this event by more than 16 percent. John D. Cameron, Jr., P.E., founder and managing partner of Cameron Engineering & Associates in Woodbury, NY, was the honoree of the outing, which ...
Fight Breast Cancer, Walk on LI2Day and Help South Nassau
Posted: 5/21/2015
South Nassau Communities Hospital has been named a beneficiary of the 2015 LI2DAY Walk to Fight Breast Cancer. This is the eighth consecutive year that South Nassau has been named a beneficiary of LI2DAY, which is celebrating its 12th Anniversary this year. All of the funds raised by LI2DAY walk are donated directly back to Long Island community-based organizations. LI2DAY has donated a total of $203,400 during the last eight years to South Nassau in support of its breast cancer screening, early detectio...
Spectacular Spring Carnival!
Posted: 5/16/2015
The Grand Pavilion for Rehabilitation & Nursing at Rockville Centre proudly sponsors a Spectacular Spring Carnival, Sunday, May 17th at 12 Noon. Moon Bounce Crafts & Face Painting Petting Zoo Pony Rides Games Cotton Candy & Snow Cones DJ Hot Dogs, Hamburgers & Much More! Sunday, May 17th 12 to 4 pm • RAIN OR SHINE! 41 Maine Avenue, Rockville Centre Phone: 516.536.7730. All proceeds benefiting South Nassau Communities Hospital’s Emergency Department Expansion Campaign. Please join us for a...