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NEWS The 2014 SIBSPlace (Survivorship in Brothers and Sisters) annual auction held in May raised more than $390,000 in support of the program. An essential community service of South Nassau Communities Hospital, SIBSPlace is celebrating its 14th year of free service to families throughout Nassau County. Rajiv Datta, MD, FACS, Chair of the Department of Surgery, Director of the Division of Surgical Oncology and of Head and Neck Surgery, and Medical Director of the Gertrude & Louis Feil Cancer Center at South Nassau, was the event's honoree. SIBSPlace is a free therapeutic support program for well children, ages 5 to 17, living with a brother or sister with cancer or another devastating illness, or a parent with cancer. The goal of the program is to help children understand and cope with feelings they are experiencing due to a sibling or parent suffering with cancer or other type of devastating illness. Richard J. Murphy (left), President and CEO of South Nassau Communities Hospital, and Michael Schamroth, Founder of SIBSPlace and Vice Chair of South Nassau Communities Hospital's Board of Directors, present a citation from South Nassau's Board of Directors to auction honoree Rajiv Datta, MD, FACS, Chair of the Department of Surgery, Director of the Division of Surgical Oncology of Head and Neck Surgery, and Medical Director of the Gertrude & Louis Feil Cancer Center at South Nassau. St. Francis Hospital has been recognized with an Excellence through Insight Award for "Overall Inpatient Experience" in the large hospital category (250 beds or more) by HealthStream Inc. The national healthcare assessment company awarded St. Francis this honor for the hospital's commitment to providing excellence in patient care. To qualify for this award, a hospital must have been a patient satisfaction-tracking client of HealthStream in 2013, scored in the 75th percentile or higher and surveyed a minimum of 100 patients. St. Francis was chosen for receiving the highest ratings in best inpatient experience from among HealthStream's clients, as well as for exceed - ing industry standards. The Cleveland Clinic Heart & Vascular Institute has selected the North Shore- LIJ Health System to serve as its exclu- sive alliance member in the New York metropolitan area. This unique alliance is aimed at providing cardiac patients with new and enhanced treatment options, as well as greater ac - cess to clinical trials and technologies in cardiology and cardiac surgery. As part of the collaboration, North Shore-LIJ is now a member of Cleveland Clinic's Cardiovascular Specialty Network. Cleveland Clinic selected North Shore- LIJ as a member of its alliance and national Cardiovascular Specialty Network after a yearlong operational assessment of its cardi - ology, cardiac surgery and electrophysiology programs, including an analysis of operating rooms, intensive care units, work flows, poli- cies and procedures, mortality rates, imaging capabilities, and other services. On Nov. 17, 2014, Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP will hold its Fall Employment & Labor Law Webinar. Greg Reilly, the Head of MCB's Employment & Labor Law Practice Group, will update the audience on recent developments in employment law. Reilly has been practicing in the employment and labor law field for more than 20 years and has extensive experience in all aspects of employment law including wage and hour laws, wrongful termination, non-compete and non-solicitation litigation, class and col - lective action lawsuits, and litigation involv- ing discrimination and workplace harass- ment, among other employment issues. The course will provide two New York State con- tinuing legal education credits and two HR [Human Resources] Certification Institute credits. For more information about MCB's seminars and continuing education pro - grams, please visit www.mcblaw.com. The trauma center at Southside Hospital has been verified as a level II trauma center by the American College of Surgeons' (ACS) verification committee. Southside Hospital is the first ACS level II verified trauma cen - ter on Long Island and in New York State. This achievement recognizes the trauma center's commitment to providing high- quality service, excellence and optimal care for all patients. Established by the American College of Surgeons in 1987, the Committee on Trauma's (COT) Consultation/Verification Program for Hospitals promotes the development of trauma centers in which participants provide not only the hospital resources necessary for trauma care, but also the entire spectrum of care to address the needs of all injured patients. A major requirement for both level I and level II trauma centers is the presence of a trauma surgeon at the bedside within 15 minutes of the patient's arrival. To ensure this standard of care is met, Southside Hospital has had M D N E W S . CO M ■ MD NEWS Long Island | 2 1

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