A major international study has found that drug-eluting stents, a less-invasive alternative to bypass surgery, is as safe and effective as surgery for most patients with a blockage in the left main coronary artery.

Lipstick Angels, an organization dedicated to providing high quality beauty support services to restore and strengthen the dignity, hope and self-esteem of cancer patients is now expanding its services to New York by aligning with NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.

Dr. Zoltan Antal has been named chief of pediatric endocrinology at the Phyllis and David Komansky Center for Children’s Health at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medicine, effective Aug. 1.

NewYork-Presbyterian, in collaboration with Weill Cornell Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center and the FDNY, is launching the Mobile Stroke Treatment Unit (MSTU), the first of its kind on the East Coast. The MSTU is an emergency vehicle specially equipped to provide immediate, specialized care to patients who may be having a stroke.

Lawrence Hospital Center has been designated a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology (ACR). By awarding facilities the status of a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence, the ACR recognizes breast imaging centers that have earned accreditation in mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy, and breast ultrasound (including ultrasound-guided breast biopsy).

If you have had a hip or knee replacement at Lawrence Hospital Center in Bronxville, we’d like to invite you to the 1st ever Joint Reunion Party on Thursday, October 28th from 4pm to 6pm in the hospital’s Palmer Hall, 3rd floor conference room.

Two Lawrence Hospital Center board-certified orthopedic surgeons will be leading free lectures on June 2nd and June 9th, entitled "Arthritis and Joint Pain - The Latest Treatment Options" and "Common Shoulder Problems and How We Treat Them in 2011".

NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group/Westchester, a new multi-specialty physician practice affiliated with Lawrence Hospital Center in Bronxville, is expanding. According to Gerald A. Ridge, MD, Medical Director of LMA, the original group of board certified physicians in Internal and Geriatric medicine, has grown to include other specialists who are board certified in Internal Medicine, Oncology, and Cardiology.