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President's Letter For comments or to be removed from our mailing list, contact marketing at 914-734-3159. This publication in no way seeks to serve as a substitute for professional medical care. Consult your physician before undertaking any form of medical treatment or adopting any exercise program or dietary guidelines. This free tri-annual publication is prepared by the marketing department of NewYork-Presbyterian/Hudson Valley Hospital, 1980 Crompond Road, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567. FA L L | 2015 Dear Friends: If you have visited our hospital lately, you surely noticed that we are continuing to focus on delivering the best possible experiences for our patients and their families. In fact, recent patient satisfaction scores, as reported by Press Ganey, an independent organization responsible for surveying our patients after discharge, reports that our scores are among the highest in the nation. We are truly committed to "Putting Patients First" by providing the best care in the area. You will be pleased to know that this ongoing focus on delivering high-quality care resulted in the achievement of several notable awards and recognitions. e aforementioned Press Ganey gave its "Guardian of Excellence Award" to our Ambulatory Surgery staff, now honored for the second year in a row. In addition, we were awarded the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's "Get With the Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award." You will also read about the outstanding care from the team in our Comprehensive Cancer Center and their achievement of the three-year accreditation from the NAPBC, the organization that recognizes only the finest and highest-quality providers in the nation. In this edition of Healthy Living, we are extremely proud to highlight our amazing nurses whose achievement of the Magnet designation, the most prestigious credential a healthcare organization can achieve, confirms their commitment to nursing excellence and quality patient care. rough our affiliation with NewYork- Presbyterian, we will continue to welcome more and more talented physicians such as Daniel Feingold, M.D., FACS, FASCRS, a highly regarded colorectal surgeon who is featured in this edition. Dr. Feingold has joined us from NewYork-Presbyterian/ Columbia University Medical Center. We are extremely proud of our extraordinary staff whose skill and dedication to our patients and families ensures that we provide exceptional care and remain the hospital of choice for the Hudson Valley community. Our relationship with NewYork-Presbyterian will continue to strengthen our organization and we look forward to a bright future ahead. We wish you a wonderful holiday season and thank you for placing your family's trust in us. Yours in good health, John C. Federspiel, President NewYork-Presbyterian/Hudson Valley Hospital CORNER Daniel L. Feingold, M.D. Physicians' Daniel L. Feingold, M.D., FACS, FASCRS, a board-certified general and colorectal surgeon, recently joined the staff of NewYork-Presbyterian/ Hudson Valley Hospital. Dr. Feingold com- pleted his general surgery training at Barnes-Jewish Hospital at the Washington University Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri, and NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. He completed his colorectal surgery fellowship at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and a surgical oncology fellowship at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland. A member of the Division of Colorectal Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical School for more than a decade, Dr. Feingold brings the Hudson Valley a wide range of colorectal surgery expertise, including laparoscopic and minimally invasive colorectal surgery, muscle preserving anal fissure surgery, and transanal endoscopic microsurgery. Since 2012, Dr. Feingold has been listed as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor. He is a frequent lecturer about colorectal surgery at national surgical conferences and is widely published. Dr. Feingold's office is located in the Medical Office Building at 1978 Crompond Road, Suite 101, in Cortland Manor. To schedule an appointment with Dr. Feingold, call 914-293-8600. To learn more about services available, visit www.columbiasurgery.org/colorectal. 2 ] W W W . N Y P . O R G / H U D S O N V A L L E Y