Vol. 16, No. 2
Spring/Summer 2006
Winthrop Neurosurgeon Offers Patients Relief From Severe Chronic Pain With Neurostimulation
Bug Bite & Once Controversial Treatment Saves Father of Six
Winthrop's New Arthritis & Rheumatic Disease Center Offers State-Of-The-Art Treatment
Winthrop First NY Metro Hospital to Receive the ASA's Initial Performance Achievement Award
Fitness Program Gets Young Cancer Patients Back in the Game
Hagedorns' Extraordinary Gift Helps Make Miracles Grow Everyday
The Miracle Foundation Gives $50,000 in Support of Cancer Center for Kids
First Annual Mardi Gras Gala Benefits Cancer Education, Research and Support Services
Retired Bank Chairman's Exceptional Generosity Benefits Winthrop's Pediatric Facilities
A Smart Way to Give
Winthrop Attracts Newest Medical Talent To Residency Program
Gifts of Love for Winthrop's Littlest Patients
Cardiac Surgeon and Family Donate in Support of Heart Surgery Center Construction
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Medical academics play integral role in
providing the most advanced medicine
 Residents and Medical Staff on rounds.
Winthrop is one of nearly 300
teaching hospitals that train 80 percent
of the U.S. medical residents. This year,
the Hospital matched 46 medical school
graduates to its Pediatrics,
Obstetrics/Gynecology, Radiology and
two Internal Medicine residency programs.
Each program had a 100
percent match rate. Graduates from
some of the New York Metropolitan
area's most respected schools of medicine,
including New York University,
Mount Sinai, New York Medical College,
and Stony Brook, upstate and downstate
schools, will begin their training
in July.
"Most of the students who seek
residencies at Winthrop have strong
ties to the area," explained Daniel P.
Walsh, President and CEO. "New York
is one of the most competitive academic
medical markets in the
country. Offering the most sophisticated
medical technology and
specialized services in a warm and
welcoming environment, Winthrop
continues to attract a highly talented
pool of graduates from the region."
An Environment of Teaching
Winthrop has been training physicians
since World War II, and the Hospital's
academic mission plays a pivotal role
in its delivery of the highest quality
care. Under national accreditation
standards, Winthrop faculty are
charged with mentoring residents in
established competencies, including
effective and compassionate patient
care, medical knowledge and its application,
interpersonal and
communication skills, professionalism,
and the ability to navigate the health
care system and marshal resources to
provide optimal care. These abilities
are monitored and evaluated on a
daily basis.
"The rigors of this environment
raise the expectations we place on our
medical staff," said John F. Aloia, MD,
Winthrop's Chief Academic Officer, and
the Associate Dean for the Stony
Brook School of Medicine. "Physicians
and health professionals who choose
to work in a teaching hospital commit
to keeping abreast on the most current
medical knowledge and emerging scientific
research."
"Winthrop's academic initiatives
necessitate the availability of the
most up-to-date diagnostic and treatment
protocols and ultimately play a
significant role in our ability to provide
the most comprehensive and
sophisticated care to our patients,"
added Mr. Walsh.
In addition to training 230 residents
at any given time, Winthrop
serves as a virtual classroom for students
from the Stony Brook School of
Medicine, as its primary teaching
affiliate in Nassau. The Hospital's 200
full-time faculty members, as well as
a number of its voluntary medical
staff, hold faculty appointments at
Stony Brook.
Dr. Aloia continued, "The open
discourse between physician teachers
and their students is a vital component
of physician training. Our faculty
encourages their students to question
the accepted assumptions in medicine.
After all, this is the setting in
which so many medical advances
have been born."
Hospitals arguably offer the most
dynamic learning environment. At
Winthrop, the classroom extends
through the auditoriums in the New
Life Conference Center, the many
basic science laboratories, Clinical
Research Center, comprehensive
Hollis Health Sciences Library and
even to the patient's bedside. These
resources not only promote activities
of scientific discovery among faculty
and residents, but will ultimately sustain
Winthrop's clinical excellence
now and well into the future.
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