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Northwell Health ICU nurse practitioner Elyse Isopo spoke with video producer Rob Hoell about what it's like to battle Covid-19 on the front lines.

Northwell Health nurse: 'This is our calling'

Each time a patient comes off a ventilator in the intensive care unit at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset these days, the Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun” plays over the … more

By Scott Brinton | 4/18/20

Give what you can in these challenging days

At the Herald, we want to add our voices to the growing chorus of supporters thanking our front-line medical workers and first responders who are, as they say, doing God’s work. more

4/9/20

South Nassau Communities Hospital announced on Sept. 26 that it had changed its name to Mount Sinai South Nassau.

South Nassau Communities Hospital renamed Mount Sinai South Nassau

The signs are up. The refurbished ambulances are in. The 90-year-old medical institution known as South Nassau Communities Hospital is now Mount Sinai South Nassau. more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 10/3/19

Liver transplant patient George Conte, of Floral Park, consulted recently with Dr. David Bernstein, Northwell Health’s chief of hepatology, at the Sandra Atlas Bass Center for Liver Diseases at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset. Conte received a new liver last August, at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx. Patients no longer need to leave Long Island for liver transplants now that Northwell offers them.

Liver transplant center is ‘a godsend’

George Conte reached the very high end of the Medical End-Stage Liver Disease scale last summer. The low end of the range is 6 — mild liver disease — and the upper end is 40 — near … more

By Scott Brinton | 7/11/19

The assault on science — and reason

There I sat on a stool at the end of the lunch counter at Brookhaven Memorial Hospital in Patchogue, awaiting word on my grandfather, who had suffered his first or second heart attack of three. more

5/31/19

I have stage II estrogen receptor positive breast cancer, my doctor informed me I don't need chemotherapy due to low risk gene score, but I'm concerned without it my cancer will return. Can you explain how my doctor can be sure my tumor is low risk?

Great question. Patients, particularly with early stage (stage I-II) estrogen receptor positive breast cancer, have benefited immensely from the testing you describe. Gene expression profiling … more

12/5/18

Representatives of South Nassau Communities Hospital and the Mount Sinai Health System announced their partnership Tuesday. Joseph Fennessy, the chairman of SNCH’s board of directors, held the ceremonial agreement that was signed. WIth him, from left, were Mount Sinai President Dr. Arthur Klein, Mount Sinai CEO Dr. Kenneth Davis and South Nassau President and CEO Richard Murphy.

South Nassau Communities Hospital, Mount Sinai Health Systems officially partner

Representatives of South Nassau Communities Hospital and the Mount Sinai Health System were set to finalize a partnership at a news conference on Dec. 4. The merger makes South Nassau the Long Island … more

By Mike Smollins | 12/4/18

South Nassau Communities Hospital keeps its commitments

South Nassau Communities Hospital has been working to restore and improve health care in Long Beach for the past five years, and has made a major commitment with a new $40 million medical arts pavilion, which will bring . . . more

By Joseph J. Fennessy | 11/23/18

James Castle, South Nassau Communities Hospital website and digital manager, left, with Dana Sanneman, executive director of Public affairs at South Nassau Coummunities Hospital, center, and speaker Allison Anderson, a nurse, during the Senior Helath Expo.

Senior Health Expo educates community

Herald Community Newspapers and South Nassau Communities Hospital partnered to present their inaugural Senior Health Expo on Nov. 14 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event brought free health screenings and information to more than 250 attendees, including a panel discussion with keynote speakers from SNCH, Dr. Clifford Feiner and nurse Allison Anderson. more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 11/22/18

My doctor has recommended that I consider a breast cancer clinical trial, but the idea of receiving a treatment that is not yet approved makes me nervous. I thought clinical trials were for patients with no further treatment options?

A: Dr. Douglas Marks: Great question. Medical oncology clinical trials can involve enhanced diagnostic testing, medical treatments and lifestyle interventions. They are often a preferred method of … more

Douglas Marks, MD and Nina D’Abreo, MD | 11/15/18

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