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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 Back row L-R: Rick Perez, Administrative
Director, Department of Radiology; Paul
Whalen, Assistant Vice President of Medical
& Academic Services; Daniel P. Walsh,
President and CEO; Michael Niederman,
MD, FACP, FCCP, FCCM, Chairman,
Department of Medicine; Garry Schwall,
MBA, RPA-C, Vice President, Administration;
Ann Hanford, MA, CCRN, Assistant Vice
President, Case Management and Quality
Metrics. Front row L-R: Kathy Dooney, RN,
MA, Director, Nursing Education; Malcolm
Gottesman, MD, Chief, Neurology Division;
Kathleen Michel, NP, Cerebrovascular
Program Coordinator; Elzbieta Wirkowski,
MD, Director, Cerebrovascular Disorders;
Loretta DeRosa, RN, MHA, Vice President,
Quality Improvement Initiatives, AHA;
Maureen Gaffney, PA, Director, PA/NP
Services; and Linda Radler, MPA, PT,
Director, Physical Therapy.
Winthrop is one of 31 hospitals in the
nation--the only one in the New York
Metropolitan region--to receive the
American Stroke Association's (ASA)
Get With The Guidelines-Stroke
(GWTG-Stroke) Initial Performance
Achievement Award. The award recognizes
Winthrop's commitment and
success in implementing a higher
standard of stroke care by ensuring
that patients receive treatment
according to nationally accepted standards
and recommendations.
"This recognition exemplifies our
team's commitment to not only saving
stroke patients' lives, but also preserving
their quality of life," explained
Elzbieta Wirkowski, MD, Director,
Cerebrovascular Disorders. "Every
day, Winthrop's Stroke Care team
stresses the critical element of time.
The moment stroke symptoms occur,
action must be taken because time
lost is brain lost."
Treating more than 500 stroke
patients annually, Winthrop's Stroke
Center is equipped 24-hours-a-day,
seven-days-a-week, to provide brain
imaging scans and the administration
of clot-busting medications. Winthrop's
multidisciplinary team of specialists
performs the latest procedures in a
sophisticated Neurosciences Intensive
Care Unit. Winthrop also is one of the
first Long Island hospitals to begin
using the Merci(R) Retriever for emergency
cases in which the window of
opportunity for tPA drug therapy
intervention has closed.
To receive the award, Winthrop
consistently complied with the
GWTG- Stroke program requirements,
including aggressive use of medications
such as tPA, antithrombotics,
anticoagulation therapy, DVT prophylaxis,
cholesterol reducing drugs and
smoking cessation.
"Winthrop's Stroke Center's specialized
approach allows for quick and
accurate decisions about a patient's
neurological state in order to provide
rapid treatment and secure the best
possible outcome," said Ann Hanford,
MA, CCRN, Assistant Vice President,
Case Management and Quality Metrics.
"We are honored to be recognized by
the ASA for our dedicated efforts."
For more information about the
Stroke Center, call 1-866-WINTHROP.
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