Press Releases

Posted: 12/28/2023

More than 50 percent of 600 residents surveyed consider the areas they live in environmentally unhealthy with only 38 percent of New York City adults and 46 percent of adults on Long Island satisfied with the environmental health of their areas, according to the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth in Medicine Poll, sponsored by Bethpage Federal Credit Union. This gloomy outlook is sparked by the sentiment that the city and Long Island are concerned about poor air and water quality. The survey found tha...

Posted: 12/21/2023

Mount Sinai South Nassau was one of just 18 medical institutions in the world to be named to the first cohort of the Ehlers-Danlos Society Centers and Networks of Excellence. Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) are a group of rare inherited conditions that can make joints loose and the skin thin and easily bruised. They weaken the connective tissues in the body, such as tendons and ligaments that connect and hold parts of the body together, and can weaken blood vessels and organs. The Ehlers-Danlos Society hon...

Posted: 11/21/2023

Mount Sinai Health System announced that Brendan Carr, MD, MA, MS, a nationally recognized leader in academic medicine and health policy, will be its next Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Carr joined Mount Sinai as its head of emergency medicine in February 2020, just before New York City became the initial epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. He played a critical role during the pandemic and led local, regional, and national initiatives focused on improving the Health System’s emergency ...

Posted: 10/30/2023

Only 15 percent of area residents have received the updated COVID-19 vaccine, according to results of the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau “Truth in Medicine Poll,” sponsored by Bethpage Credit Union. Although 70 percent of 600 residents surveyed agreed that vaccines are important to their health, a majority of respondents had not acted yet to receive the updated COVID-19 vaccine that was approved last month for people ages 6 months and older by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the...

Posted: 10/10/2023

To reduce hair loss during chemotherapy for breast cancer and alleviate the negative influence it can have on patients’ emotions and outlook, Mount Sinai South Nassau Breast Health Services is offering the DigniCap System to provide scalp-cooling therapy to eligible patients. Hair loss is one of the most psychologically distressing adverse effects of chemotherapy for patients. Minimizing hair loss helps patients improve their quality of life and self-esteem while undergoing treatment. Cold-cap therapy ha...

Posted: 9/28/2023

Tropical Storm Ophelia could not stop more than 400 eager supporters from attending Mount Sinai South Nassau’s 2023 Soirée Under the Stars gala and grossing over $1 million, making it the most successful fundraiser in the nearly 100-year history of the hospital. Anthony Cancellieri, Co-Chair of Mount Sinai South Nassau’s Board of Directors and longtime Rockville Centre resident and civic leader, was the honoree of the gala, which was held Saturday, September 23, at The Lannin, the newly renovated and reo...

Posted: 9/5/2023

For the third time, Mount Sinai South Nassau has earned national recognition for nursing excellence, earning re-designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program® as a Magnet organization. Magnet® designation is the highest and most prestigious international distinction a health care organization can receive for nursing care . Mount Sinai South Nassau is one of only 48 hospitals in the state to be so honored. Mount Sinai South Nassau first earned Magnet status in...

Posted: 8/17/2023

For the third consecutive year, Mount Sinai South Nassau is ranked among the “Best Regional Hospitals” in the metro area in the 2023-24 U.S. News & World Report® “Best Hospitals” list. The hospital also earned ten “High Performing” badges for specific procedures and services. In this year’s report, Mount Sinai South Nassau is rated “High Performing” in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, heart attack, heart failure, hip fracture, kidney failure, pneumonia, and stroke, as well as for the ...

Posted: 7/31/2023

In recognition of his decades-long volunteer leadership and dedication to the growth of Mount Sinai South Nassau, Anthony Cancellieri, Co-Chair of Mount Sinai South Nassau’s Board of Directors, has been named the honoree of the hospital’s 2023 Soiree Under the Stars gala. The hospital’s largest annual fundraiser will be held at The Lannin , the newly renovated and reopened venue at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, on Saturday, September 23, at 7 pm, featuring top Broadway entertainment. Known as the “ Soi...

Posted: 7/12/2023

This is the fifth consecutive year that Mount Sinai South Nassau has been a sponsor of the lifeguard staff T-shirt series. “Mount Sinai South Nassau’s Emergency Department staff works closely with Long Beach’s first responders every day, including its legendary Lifeguard Patrol,” said Calderone. “The sponsorship reflects our appreciation for and commitment to the Lifeguard Patrol’s steadfast mission to protect the safety of the community and its visitors on the city’s beachfront.” Mount Sinai South Nassa...

Posted: 7/6/2023

Castle Connolly has named nine Mount Sinai South Nassau physicians to its 2023 30th Anniversary Top Doctors guide. Nationally, only 7 percent of more than 850,000 practicing doctors in the United States earned Castle Connolly “Top Doctors” designation this year. The Mount Sinai South Nassau doctors along with their specialties included in this year’s guide are: Ann Buhl, MD , Gynecologic Oncology, Director, Gynecologic Oncology Carlos Montoya-Iraheta, MD , Pediatric Cardiology, Chief, Pediatric Cardiolog...

Posted: 6/21/2023

Mount Sinai South Nassau’s ongoing effort to help restore specialty medical services to the barrier island in the wake of Superstorm Sandy will take a major step forward with the opening of Mount Sinai Doctors-Long Beach multispecialty medical pavilion. The $35 million state-of-the-art pavilion, which is located on the hospital’s Long Beach campus (formerly Long Beach Medical Center), represents a fulfillment of a promise the hospital made to barrier island residents to help provide medical services afte...

Posted: 5/5/2023

Mount Sinai South Nassau’s Conference Center was packed from wall to wall and seat to seat this morning as the hospital joined by family and friends and state and local elected public officials gathered to recognize, honor and thank the members of its’ nursing staff at the hospital’s Annual National Nurses Week Kickoff Breakfast celebration. The uplifting and spirited celebration included the presentation of the 2023 Daisy Lifetime Achievement Award to Margaret Hempstead, RN, Nurse Manager of Intravenous...

Posted: 3/27/2023

Nearly one-third of metro area residents consider themselves overweight and almost one-quarter say they would take a prescription weight-loss drug to shed extra pounds, according to the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth in Medicine Poll . Ten percent of poll respondents are currently taking or know someone who uses the prescription drugs Ozempic, Mounjaro, or Wegovy to lose weight. Most of them are women under 50 and Black. While all three drugs can generate weight loss, only Wegovy is FDA approved f...

Posted: 3/13/2023

In recognition of his steady management of the hospital’s ongoing $400 million strategic capital expansion and dedication to its mission of serving patients on the South Shore, Mount Sinai South Nassau’s Vice President of Facilities, Planning and Development, Andrew Triolo, has been named honoree of the hospital’s 39th Annual Golf Outing on Monday, May 15 . Long Beach Fire Department Chief of Department Scott Kemins, a 40-plus-year civil servant, will receive the hospital’s Community Service Award for hi...

Posted: 2/10/2023

Mount Sinai South Nassau has received the largest single gift in the hospital’s history - a $5 million pledge from The Louis Feil Charitable Lead Annuity Trust to name the hospital’s new patient care pavilion. The new four-story, 100,000-square-foot building, scheduled to open in spring 2024, will be named the Feil Family Pavilion. It will double the size of the current Emergency Department, increase the critical and intensive care inpatient capacity to 40 beds, and add nine new operating rooms. “Mount S...

Posted: 2/3/2023

Proclaiming that “heart health is not to be taken for granted,” Beverly Gilchrist-Hobson, 55, of Freeport, urged women in attendance at Mount Sinai South Nassau’s Annual Go Red for Women Day celebration held Friday, February 3, to schedule an annual check-up with a cardiologist. This is a life lesson that Ms. Gilchrist-Hobson learned the hard way. For months, Ms. Gilchrist-Hobson had been experiencing mysterious periods of fatigue and shortness of breath. Although concerned, the high-energy, fitness-cons...

Posted: 1/27/2023

Mount Sinai South Nassau is set to open a new Trauma Unit and eight patient bed treatment areas in its Emergency Department, completing the second phase of a five-phase, multi-year expansion of a critical area of the hospital. Upon its completion, the $50 million expansion project, which started in 2016, will nearly double the size of Mount Sinai South Nassau’s Emergency Department and increase its capacity from 65,000 annual emergency patient visits to an estimated 80,000. The total cost of this phase o...