MDNews - Long Island

Network Hospitals. Thursday, August 2 was Miracle Treat Day and participating DQ restaurants around the nation donated $1 or more of Blizzard sales to Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. Suffolk resident and President/CEO of NYU Winthrop Hospital (Mineola, NY), John Collins, was elected chair of the Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council at the group's Annual Meeting held July 11, 2018. His two-year term expires in 2020. Collins is a renowned healthcare strate - gist and financial expert. His keen business foresight led to the successful acquisition of 60-plus faculty and community practices in over 150 locations. More recently, he led the hospital into an affiliation agreement with NYU Langone Health, enabling the two organizations to expand, enhance and clinically integrate the healthcare services of these two outstanding healthcare entities. Collins began his career at Winthrop in 1997 as chief financial officer. He later assumed the duties of chief operating officer, before being named President/CEO in 2009. Under his leadership, NYU Winthrop Hospital was recognized in the first-ever edi - tion of U.S. News and World Report's Best Hospitals metro area rankings for 10 high-performing specialties. Prior to joining NYU Winthrop Hospital, Collins served as chief finan- cial officer at South Nassau Communities Hospital. Collins holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from Queens College and is a certified public accountant. Feinstein Institute for Medical Research Professor Michael A. Diefenbach, PhD, received a five-year $3.5 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute to develop a post-surgical care program for stage II bladder cancer patients and their caregivers. This is the first study to address the needs of bladder cancer patients and their caregivers with the goal of reducing infections and unplanned nurse/ER visits while improving their quality of life. Diefenbach's study will create an in-person, pre-treatment educa - tion program provided by a nurse or trained health professional for patients and their caregivers. Depending on the course of treatment selected by the patient to replace their removed bladder, the profes- sional will demonstrate the necessary tools and techniques for care of the device. Diefenbach will develop a recovery website for bladder cancer patients and their caregivers as part of the second phase of the study, which will contain important recovery information, videos about postsurgical care, testimonials by other patients and physicians, and other educational resources. Good Shepherd Hospice (GSH) presented its Living the Mission Award to Home Health Aide Shaneik Brown for exemplif ying Catholic Health Ser vices' (CHS) mission and values. Nominated for her outstanding qualities, Brown was recently honored at GSH's Farmingdale office. Brown's peers noted her extraor - dinar y selflessness in assisting those in need, as well as her positive attitude and work ethic. Her colleagues praised her for her "pleasant, professional and personable" qualities in caring for her patients. The Coram resident has been par t of Catholic Home Care since 2015, representing the agency at the Long Island State Veterans Home. Prior to joining CHS, she worked as a customer ser vice representative and cashier. Globally-renowned lupus scientist, Betty Diamond, MD, hosted Jason Econome, a Stuy vesant High School science teacher, at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research. Econome learned re - search techniques and followed the scientific process from star t to finish to gain a greater understanding of science, which he can take back to his classroom of students. "A great way to inspire and nur ture the next generation of research scientists is to get their teachers who interact with them ev - er y day excited about research as well," says Dr. Diamond, who is also an APS member. "I was happy to take par t in this fellowship pro - gram and to provide Jason with a biomedical laborator y experience which he can bring back to the classroom." Under the Frontiers in Physiology Program, eight high school teachers from across the countr y were selected to be par t of a seven to eight week summer program where they were paired with an APS mem - ber who is a researcher in physiology. By spending the summer learning research techniques and following the scientific process from star t to finish, the teachers gain a greater understanding of science, which they can pass off to their students during the school year. ■ Globally-renowned lupus scientist, Betty Diamond, MD President/CEO of NYU Winthrop Hospital (Mineola, NY), John Collins The Living the Mission Award was presented to Shaneik Brown M D N E W S . C O M /// M D N E W S L O N G I S L A N D ■ 2 018 2 1

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