NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens Hosts Annual Gala

NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens will host a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the hospital’s new name and affiliation with NewYork-Presbyterian. NYP/Queens and NYP officially joined forces on July 1, 2015 to improve access to state-of-the-art care for residents of Queens.

On Saturday, May 13, NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital held its major annual fundraiser. The “License to Heal”-themed gala event was held at the Brooklyn Museum and featured dinner, dancing, presentations and an award ceremony in honor of Bashar H. Fahoum, MD, medical director of the trauma program at the Hospital.

A technique to treat an irregular heartbeat that limits or eliminates patients’ exposure to radiation should be more widely adopted by physicians, NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine cardiologists argue in a new review article in Heart Rhythm, published in the June print issue and previously published online. They posit that the primary obstacle to the procedure’s widespread use – physicians’ discomfort with a different visual tool – can be overcome with training and experience.

NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital recently held its 2017 Nurse Recognition Awards Ceremony. More than 130 staff members were honored at the ceremony, including 13 who received special recognition.

Dr. Christine Salvatore has been named chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases in the Department of Pediatrics at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medicine. An expert in general pediatric infectious diseases, Dr. Salvatore is leading an expansion of the division’s clinical, research and education programs.

For the 11th year in a row, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital ranks in more pediatric specialties than any other New York metro area hospital in U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals.” The 2017-18 rankings are published online today.

A newly renovated pediatrics unit playroom was recently opened at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. The renovation was made possible by a grant from the enCourage Kids Foundation.