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The opening of the STARS Rehabilitation Center inside the Northwell Health Ice Center at Eisenhower Park North Babylon School District security guards learn to use tourniquets. The Horace and Amy Hagedorn Fund has made an $8 million gift to Northwell Health. North Babylon School District Security Guards — 40 guards from all seven of the district's schools — in the Hospital's Stop the Bleed program. Stop the Bleed, a national program initiated by the American College of Surgeons and sup - ported by Homeland Security, encourages first responders and everyday citizens to become trained and empowered to assist in a bleeding emergency until professional medical aid arrives. The Stop the Bleed program, held at North Babylon High School, was particularly successfully because it achieved one of NYU Winthrop's goals: to train the trainers, i.e. train other professionals who can, in turn, leverage their training to educate more members of the community. One North Babylon Security Guard, who is also a regis - tered nurse, indicated intentions to become an instructor, which would empower the school district to conduct its own training in the future. For information about NYU Winthrop's Stop the Bleed Program may contact Judy Jax at jjax@nyuwinthrop.org. The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and Northwell Health's Center for Workforce Readiness has named Jericho High School the winner of its sixth annual Medical Marvels Competition. Runner-ups included second place finisher Elwood-John H. Glenn High School and North Shore High School in third place. The Medical Marvels Program was developed to encourage Long Island high school students in 9th and 10th grades to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). This year's com - petition asked participants to hypothesize approaches to end the opioid crisis on Long Island and across the United States. A panel of scientists, clinicians and healthcare administrators evalu - ated each proposal using the National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant scoring criteria. Medical Marvels is an annual program. Any New York state accredited educational institution in Nassau or Suffolk counties is eligible to participate. Northwell Health Visits is a three-year pilot home visitation pro - gram for new mothers and their infants, which assesses the needs of families with newborns within a month after they leave the hos- pital and connects parents with supportive community resources to improve their health and wellness. Northwell Health announced the opening of its STARS Rehabilitation Center inside the Northwell Health Ice Center at Eisenhower Park, a 4,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art sports physical therapy facility as part of an agreement that makes it the official physical therapy provider of the New York Islanders prac- tice facility. The 10-year agreement means STARS Rehabilitation Center's eight staff clinicians will be available to support the Islanders' medical team while also treating members of the community whoŠare suffering with musculoskeletal or other sports injuries. The Ice Center houses more than 90 youth and adult hockey teamsŠand com - petitive figure skaters. The STARS facility offersŠsports therapy, physical therapy, orthopedic rehab,Šback andŠspine care, joint replace - ment therapy, along with fracture and trauma care. The new spaceŠandŠequip- ment was developed at aŠcost of about $1 million. Five epilepsy programs within Northwell Health system have been reaccredited by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers. The Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, Pediatric Epilepsy Center at Cohen Children's Medical Center in New Hyde Park and Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan have each been recognized as Level 4 facilities. In addition, the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at Southside Hospital in Bay Shore and Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at Staten Island University Hospital each received Level 3 designation. The Horace and Amy Hagedorn Fund has made an $8 million gift to Northwell Health to establish the Northwell Health Visits pilot program, as well as support the Family Nurse Practitioner program and the Hagedorn Scholars at the Hofstra Northwell School of Graduate Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. This gift — one of the last grants that Amy Hagedorn made during her lifetime — is one of the largest The New York Community Trust–Horace and Amy Hagedorn Fund has given to any single organization and one of the largest leadership gifts given to Northwell Health over the last year. The Hagedorn gift is also the largest donation supporting nursing scholarships since the inception of the Hofstra Northwell School of Graduate Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies in 2015. Stony Brook Southampton Hospital has introduced its new CenterŠfor Parkinson Disease, an extensive and integrated community-based wellness program. The Center's mission is toŠprovideŠinformation and support, as well as cultural and fit - ness programming,ŠtoŠenrich the lives of individuals living with Parkinson Disease. ■ Jericho High School is the winner of the sixth annual Medical Marvels competition. 2 9 M D N E W S . C O M /// M D N E W S L O N G I S L A N D ■ 2 018

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