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NYU Winthrop Hospital announced that it has been designated a "Center of Excellence" by the Hyper trophic Cardiomyopathy Association (HCMA), the preeminent patient advocacy association ser ving individuals with hyper trophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), their families and those providing care to HCM patients. The HCMA provides suppor t, education, and advocacy and advances research on the condition, which involves a thickening of the muscles of the hear t. HCM is most commonly known as the leading cause of sud - den cardiac arrest in athletes. NYU Winthrop strives to prevent such untimely deaths and improve the lives of those with HCM. The NYU Winthrop HCM Center is one of 33 programs in the U.S. with this designation and one of only three hospitals in New York state to boast that distinction. NYU Winthrop's affiliate, NYU Langone Health, also holds the HCMA Center of Excellence designation. St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center was proud to par ticipate in the Global Big Latch On — an annual celebration that takes place over three days during World Breastfeeding Week, held in August across the world. St. Catherine of Siena's Maternity staff joined Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone at a lo - cal Global Big Latch On celebration held at the H. Lee Dennison Building in Hauppauge. At the event, Executive Bellone announced the county's commit- ment to install a state-of-the-ar t ADA compliant mobile lactation station pod that will be located in the Suffolk County Family Cour t Building in Central Islip. As the only Baby-Friendly designated hospital in Suffolk County, St. Catherine's staff was at the event to suppor t these effor ts and raise awareness of the many benefits of breastfeeding, encourag - ing communities to provide positive suppor t in public places. Cohen Children's Medical Center has provided critical care to thousands of seriously ill newborns in its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for more than 35 years. Their memories and success- es were celebrated as the children's hospital hosted 350 former NICU patients and their families. Carolyn Quinn, RN, Cohen Children's Deputy Executive Director and former pediatric intensive care unity nurse, has firsthand experience of the level of care provided in Cohen Children's NICU. Her triplets — John, Owen and Conor — were born at 29 weeks gestation. They are now 21 years old. South Nassau Communities Hospital announced that is has been named a 2018 5-Star Recipient for all four Women's Care cohor ts, as well as awarded the Gynecologic Surger y Excellence Award by Healthgrades, the leading online resource for com - prehensive informa- tion about physicians and hospitals. In addition, South Nassau is the only hospital in New York state to achieve all five of the follow - ing awards in 2018 from Healthgrades in women's health ser- vices lines: • Gynecologic Surger y Excellence Award (6 years in a row) • 5-Star for Gynecologic Procedures (6 years in a row) • 5-Star for Hysterectomy (4 years in a row) • 5-Star for C-Section Deliver y • 5-Star for Vaginal Deliver y These awards, based on comparison outcome data, place South Nassau among a select group of hospitals in the US — the top 5 percent of all hospitals evaluated for gynecologic proce - dures and top 10 percent of hospitals evaluated for providing outstanding quality outcomes in gynecologic surger y. Lenox Hill Hospital and The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have been chosen as study sites to identif y biomarkers for focal seizures in patients with treatment-resistant epilepsy. Researchers hope the study, called Human Epilepsy Project (HEP) 2, will help them better understand the long-term challenges of living with focal seizures and better pinpoint severity and treat - ment response. The HEP 2 study, will monitor 200 people over eight sites with treatment-resistant focal seizures over a two-year period to mea - sure changes in seizure frequency, treatments used, presence of comorbidities — such as depression and anxiety — healthcare costs and quality of life. Frequenters of the Pep Boys of Lake Grove walked into the well- known establishment in search of traditional car ser vices and products, and encountered St. Catherine's Community Outreach Program offering a new ser vice — free blood pressure screenings and healthcare information. In addition to the free screenings and healthcare information offered, St. Catherine's Community Outreach Coordinator Mar y Ellen McCrossen provided information about a Men's Health Event St. Catherine of Siena Medical supports breastfeeding in Suffolk County South Nassau earns five top awards in women's care from Healthgrades L O C A L N E W S 2 8

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