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the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers, and it has also been named a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology. South Nassau Communities Hospital's Center for New Beginnings has been named a recipient of the New York State Department of Health's Perinatal Quality Collaborative (NYSPQC) Obstetrical Improvement Quality Improvement Award. NYSPQC aims to pro - vide the best and safest care for women and infants in New York State by preventing and minimizing harm through the use of evidence- based practice interventions. In addition to advanced maternal-fetal medical technologies, the Center for New Beginnings features 26 private family/ newborn rooms with first-class hotel quality accommodations, spacious labor and delivery rooms, and a 6-bed neonatal intensive care unit. St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center representatives joined Suffolk County Legislator Kate Browning to raise aware- ness about Perinatal Mood Disorders Awareness Month, recognized this May in Suffolk County, at the Touro Law Center in Central Islip. Together with Legislator Browning, The Postpartum Resource Center of New York, Suffolk County Office of Women's Services, the Suffolk Perinatal Coalition, the Suffolk County Department of Health, Good Samaritan Hospital and St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center joined together to help spread vital awareness. Expectant mothers, current mothers, fathers, family members, fam - ily supporters and the community were able to view two films, "This Isn't What I Expected: More than Just the Baby Blues" and the critically acclaimed documen - tary "Dark Side of the Full Moon," and participate in a group discussion for each screening. St. Catherine's Maternity Department offers a free Mothers' Circle of Hope: Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorder Support Group. (L-R) Good Samaritan Hospital Perinatal Educator Karen Kaplan; Executive Director of the Postpartum Resource Center of New York Sonia Murdock; Suffolk County Department of Health Services Commissioner James Tomarken, MD; Suffolk County Legislator Kate Browning; St. Catherine of Siena's Nursing Lactation Coordinator Jennifer Giordano; St. Catherine of Siena's Director of Maternity Services Neila Hernandez; Ms. Suffolk County America and Postpartum Resource Center Volunteer Bridget Croteau; and Author and Volunteer at Postpartum Resource Center of New York Wendy Isnardi Southside Hospital, a 341-bed tertiary facility in Bay Shore, New York, is in the early stages of a multi-million dollar expan - sion of its Emergency Department, which will be named in honor of the Bohlsen family for their exceptional lead gift. The first phase of the project is scheduled for completion in the summer of 2016. In July 2014, Southside Hospital became the first Level II trauma cen - ter verified by the American College of Surgeons on Long Island and in the entire metropolitan area. This achievement recognized the trauma center's commit - ment to providing high-quality service and excellence. A rendering of the Bohlsen Family Emergency Department, which includes a helipad, now under construction at Southside Hospital in Bay Shore, New York. A team of nearly a dozen students from Walt Whitman High School in Huntington Station won the North Shore-LIJ Health System's first Spark! video contest for work featuring their experience at Cohen Children's Medical Center in New Hyde Park last fall and the subsequent Hospital for a Day program they created for students in the South Huntington School District. The Spark! Challenge involved approxi - mately 30 teams of North Shore-LIJ staff members from across the health system host - ing students at their facilities and giving them a glimpse into their jobs. There were about 500 students from both public and private high schools from Nassau, Suffolk, Queens and Staten Island who participated in this year's challenge. For more information about the Spark! Challenge, contact Cheryl Davidson, Director of North Shore-LIJ's Workforce Readiness Division, at 516 472-6071. Members of the Cohen Children's Medical Center Spark! Challenge team with students from Walt Whitman High School St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center has received the American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital's commitment to and success in ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nation- ally recognized, research-based guidelines. The medical center has maintained Gold Plus status since 2010. St. Catherine also received Honor Roll recognition for thrombolytic management of acute ischemic stroke in 2011 and 2013. To receive the Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award, hospitals must achieve 85 percent or higher adherence to all Get With The Guidelines-Stroke achievement indicators for two or more consecutive 12-month periods and achieve 75 percent or higher compliance with five of eight Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Quality measures. ■ +++++++++++++++++++ + +++ + +++ +++++++++++++++++++ LOCAL NEWS ❯

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