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+++++++++++++++++++ + +++ + +++ +++++++++++++++++++ LOCAL NEWS 24/7 in-house trauma teams in place since January 2013. Catholic Health Services (CHS) recently formalized an affiliation with the Life Center of Long Island to better assist women and families experiencing challenges related to pregnancy. The agreement follows the suc - cessful implementation of a pilot program including high-quality maternal fetal care, ob- stetrical services and other programs offered at CHS hospitals. This new affiliation further enhances the partnership with CHS to help hundreds of women in crisis who request as - sistance each month and continue to develop the programs available to them. For more information, call 1-855-CHS-4500 or visit www.lifecenterli.org. The Department of Pediatrics at Nassau University Medical Center (NUMC) hosted a ribbon-cutting celebration Aug. 13, 2014, in the NUMC pediatric clinic to launch the start of Reach Out and Read (ROR), a child literacy program where doctors counsel parents on early learning and reading aloud and hand out books to children 6 months to 5 years of age during regular office visits. The American Academy of Pediatrics recently issued a formal statement that "read - ing regularly with young children stimulates optimal patterns of brain development and strengthens parent-child relationships at a critical time in child development, which in turn builds language, literacy and social- emotional development skills that last a lifetime," and that pediatric providers have a "unique opportunity" to encourage this activ - ity "beginning in infancy." Funds were raised by the East Meadow Chamber of Commerce, as well as First Book–Long Island and Frank Saracino, PhD, and his wife. ROR has long been supported and advocated for by David Fagan, MD, Chair of Pediatrics at NUMC. Nassau University Medical Center launched Reach Out and Read with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Aug. 13, 2014. Researchers at Winthrop-University Hospital are participating in the Cardiovascular Inflammation Reduction Trial, funded by the National Institutes of Health. The main goal of this international, multisite study is to discover whether re - ducing inflammation can lower one's risk of having a second heart attack, stroke, or dy- ing from heart disease and will investigate whether taking low-dose methotrexate, a widely used anti-inflammatory therapy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), reduces cardiovascular events in individuals with Type 2 diabetes or metabolic syndrome who have had a heart attack or multiple coronary blockages. Winthrop was selected to participate because of the renowned, groundbreak - ing research on autoimmune diseases such as RA and lupus already performed at the hospital, led by Allison Reiss, MD, Head of Inflammation Laboratory at Winthrop, and the rest of her team. Winthrop's contribu - tion to the trial will be to examine how methotrexate affects cholesterol. Emergency Medical Associates recently contracted with New York Hospital Queens, Flushing, New York, to provide emergency medicine professional services. A member of the NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System and an affiliate of Weill Cornell Medical College, New York Hospital Queens is a 535-bed community teach - ing hospital. It has been recognized by The Joint Commission as a "Top Performer on Key Quality Measures." The Emergency Department, which treats more than 125,000 patients annually, features a Pediatric Emergency Department, an emergency medi - cine residency program and a stroke center and is a New York State-designated level I trauma center. Mark Kindschuh, MD, MBA, FACEP, returns to New York Hospital Queens as Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Kindschuh had been the associate chair of the department from 2007 to 2012 and is highly regarded by his colleagues and the Queens community. The North Shore-LIJ Health System has eight hospitals that have been recognized for their impressive clinical information systems, accord - ing to the 2014 Most Wired Survey, conducted by the American Hospital Association. The annual Most Wired Survey serves as the industry-standard benchmark for informa - tion technology (IT) in the nation's hospitals and health systems. The hospitals recognized with the award are leaders in their use of IT to hardwire evidence-based practices that improve quality and patient safety, their ability to convert data and analytics into action - able information, and their integration of services through medical homes and health information exchanges. ■ 2 2 | Long Island MD NEWS ■ M D N E W S . CO M

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