Maia Gonzalez is a 16-year-old Girl Scout with a mission to keep
patients comfortable in the hospital setting. The Hauppauge High
School student recently donated 65 blankets to the medical center
for use at the Nursing and Rehabilitation Care Center and the
hospital's Palliative Care Program.
Maia started crocheting in middle school and achieved her
Silver Award from Girl Scouts of America after donating dozens
of baby hats and other items to the Maternity Department at
St. Catherine of Siena. She started a club called "Crochet for a
John M. Kane, MD
Christoph U. Correll, MD
Shown L–R are Eileen Gonzalez and her daughter Maia Gonzalez, Anna
Beltrani, Hauppauge, and librarian Brenda DePetris.
Cause," for which she teaches middle
school students how to crochet and
encourages them to make items for
those in need. The original club has now
expanded to include Hauppauge Library
and her church, St. Thomas More.
For more information about
St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center,
visit stcatherines.chsli.org
John M. Kane, MD, and Christoph
U. Correll, MD, of Zucker Hillside
Hospital, share the honor of being
named "Highly Cited Researchers" by
Thomson Reuters in "The World's Most
Influential Scientific Minds," an updated
listing of selected authors based on
their respective output of top-cited
papers in their field. This is the second
consecutive year that Thomson Reuters
has included Drs. Kane and Correll on
its list of "The World's Most Influential
Scientific Minds."
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