Vol. 10, No. 3
September, 2000
Photodynamic Therapy: A Ray of Hope for Cancer Patients
Baclofen Pump Relieves Severe Muscle Stiffness
New Intervention Helps Seal Spinal Fractures
Winthrop’s Program of Radiography Accepts Applications
The Pediatric Special Care Unit
A Regional Resource for Children Requiring Intensive Care
Neonatologist Awarded $2.186 Million for Multi-center Study
Prostate Cancer Screening Planned
Ambulatory Surgery Unit Now Operational
Parent Alert: Four-to-Eight-Year-Olds Need Booster Seats in Cars
New Poison Control Website
October is Breast Health Month
September is Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month
Nurse Specialist Group
An Educational Resource
More than 500 Celebrate Cancer Survivors Day
Board Member Theodora Hooten Receives
Trustee of the Year” Award
New Conference Center and Library Dedicated
“Evidence-Based Medicine” Training Grant
Winthrop President and CEO Honored by Metropolitan Health Administrators’ Association
Hospital Volunteers Needed
An Enchanted Evening
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(Left to right) New York State Assemblywoman Maureen O’Connell, John P. Broder, Winthrop’s Vice President, External Affairs, Brett Mellinger, MD, Chairman, Urology, Winthrop, and New York State Senator Kemp Hannon, met recently to finalize
plans for a free prostate screening at Winthrop. Scheduled for September 18, 25, and 27, the screening is designed to detect prostate cancer, benign prostate hyerplasia (BPH), and other lower urinary tract symptoms in at-risk men. Winthrop’s
program was supported by a New York State Legislative Grant sponsored by Senator Hannon and Assemblywoman O’Connell. For additional information, please call (516) 663-8301,
weekdays between 9:00 AM and 12:00 Noon.
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Ambulatory Surgery Unit Now Operational
 he entire community
will benefit from the completion of Phase II of Winthrop’s Ambulatory Surgery Unit (ASU) expansion, scheduled for the end of November. “Once completed, the Ambulatory Surgery Unit will be equipped with eight surgical suites,” said Jeanette Hartmann, RN, MA, CNOR, the ASU’s Nurse Manager. “That means that both patients and surgeons will have their pick of the most desirable scheduling, with very little
waiting for elective procedures.”
Phase I of the construction project was completed this past summer. Pat Paez, Project Manager, Winthrop’s Department of Engineering, explained that Phase I added four Operating Room Suites to the ASU’s existing four suites, plus an enlarged recovery area on the first floor. “The Operating Rooms will not be utilized for surgical procedures until the completion of Phase II,” Mr. Paez emphasized. “Until then, they are being used for patient pre-operating waiting areas, discharge, storage, and clerical functions.”
Ms. Hartmann and the ASU staff look forward to the completion of Phase II, to include a larger lobby and the retrofitting and expansion of every clinical area - pre-operative, surgical suites, and recovery suites. Importantly, Phase II will add
a new pediatric recovery area, completely discrete from the adult recovery suite. Also included are enlarged and modernized men’s and women’s locker rooms and a new staff lounge.
The expansion of the Ambulatory Surgery Unit is an important part of Winthrop’s overall clinical expansion. Additional plans include the expansion of the emergency department, a new expanded endoscopy unit, and a 4,000-square-foot expansion of the electrophysiology suite.
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