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Northwell Health's Peconic Bay Medical Center recently broke ground to begin the two-year construction project of the Critical Care Tower. The centerpiece of the new $60-million Critical Care Tower is a compre- hensive cardiac care center, named the Kanas Regional Heart Center. The Heart Center will feature cath labs, the first facilities of their kind on the East End, and have the potential to save hundreds of lives each year. The new three-story Critical Care Tower will be built over the existing Emergency Department, doubling its size. The tower will include a rooftop helipad, two ultra-modern operating cardiac cath suites, an electrophysiology suite, recovery rooms and an 18-bed Intensive Care/Cardiac Care Unit. An expert team of interventional car - diologists will be working with experienced registered nurses and staff in the cath labs. In anticipation of the expansion, as of February 2017, Peconic Bay Medical Center began operating as a Level III Trauma Center after earning provisional status from the NYS Department of Health. It is the only trauma and stroke center on the North Fork. A strategic alliance between New York Medical Partners (NYMP) and the Independent Physician Association of Nassau/Suffolk Counties will provide residents of Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties with access to a comprehensive, patient-centered network of community- based physicians and specialty healthcare services. As a result of aligning the services of more than a com - bined 2,000 physicians, the partnership will streamline patient access and referral to specialized care. NYMP, and its recently approved ACO, is a partnership of geograph - ically aligned physicians and physician organizations. Its founding members are South Nassau IPA, an independent physician associa- tion affiliated with South Nassau Communities Hospital along with several community based independent physicians. Spanning Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties, NYMP has grown to more than 250 phy - sician members. On Wednesday, July 12, Stony Brook University Hospital held its annual Volunteer Recognition Luncheon at the Hilton Garden Inn. All hospital volunteers were invited to attend and received acknowledgement for the countless hours they donate to the hospital. Many volun - teers received awards for reaching service milestones ranging from 100 to 16,500 hours of service. Angelina Caracci, a resident of Stony Brook, was awarded the honor of Junior Volunteer of the Year. Caracci began her service in 2014 and has donated more than 640 hours of service to the Core Lab. Mark Latino, of Stony Brook, was awarded the honor of Senior Volunteer of the Year. Mark has been volunteering in the Stony Brook Children's Hospital Childlife playroom since 2003 and has donated over 1,700 hours of service. To help advance its research to treat diabetes, a disease that current - ly affects 29 million Americans, or just under 10 percent of the popu- lation, Northwell Health's Feinstein Institute for Medical Research received a $1 million gift from The Knapp Family Foundation to launch a four-year research program that uses bioelectronic medicine to treat the disease. The grand opening of The Spine & Joint Center of NY iSpine was celebrated on Aug. 10, 2017 with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Michael Brisman, MD, FACS, of Neurological Surger y PC, local physicians, and well wishers were on hand to cut the ribbon. The center is located at 135 Woodfield Road, West Hempstead, New York, and will provide services to diagnose and treat spine pain, joint pain and musculoskeletal disorders to the local Hempstead community. Peconic Bay Medical Center breaks ground for the Critical Care Tower to house the Kanas Regional Heart Center From left to right: Carolyn Santora, MS, RN, NEA-BC, CSHA, CPHQ, Interim Chief Nursing Officer; Angelina Caracci, Junior Volunteer of the Year; Mark Latino, Senior Volunteer of the Year; and Reuven Pasternak, MD, CEO, Stony Brook University Hospital, and Vice President for Health Systems, Stony Brook Medicine The grand opening of The Spine & Joint Center was celebrated on August 10th, 2017 L O C A L N E W S 2 8

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