Vol. 18, No. 3
Fall 2008
A Gift... Beyond the Gift of Life
12 Winthrop Specialists Named to New York Magazine’s 2008 “Best Doctors” List
Cancer Center for Kids Moves to a New Home
Friends & Benefactors Annual Reception
Winthrop Helps Postal Clerk Get Some Sleep
Winthrop: A Gateway to a Top-Rated Kidney Transplant Program
DiStasio Family Makes Donation to NICU
The Center for Advanced Care of Chronic Conditions
New Center for the Advanced Care of Chronic Conditions: Easing Patients’ Burdens through a Single Coordinated Plan of Care
Golfing for the CCFK
Annual Gala Celebrates Winthrop’s Passion for Care without Compromise
CCFK Families Celebrate Life
Unique Program Helps New Mothers Cope
Saving Lives in Bolivia
Winthrop’s New Welcoming Ambassadors
Tenth Annual Cancer Survivors Day Celebrates Life
Bay’s Big Bash Does it Again!
Spizz Family Supports CCFK
Pediatric Unit Receives Quilt Donation
Amanda Styles Cirelli Foundation Makes Generous Donation to CCFK
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The opening of the cheerfully decorated
Winthrop-University Hospital
Cancer Center for Kids (CCFK)
Outpatient Center will ensure that
a long standing mission of healing,
nurturing and an upbeat approach
to care will continue to flourish.
At Winthrop, the Division of
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology’s
Cancer Center for Kids combines
medical expertise with warmth, supported
by outstanding psychosocial
services to help children with cancer
and blood disorders and their families
cope. Thanks to its outstanding reputation
for providing unparalleled care,
the Center now offers the largest program
of its type in Nassau County.
To help meet the growing needs of
families seeking world-class pediatric
hematology/oncology services at
Winthrop, the Hospital recently built a
new 6,900 sq. ft. outpatient facility for
the Cancer Center for Kids – nearly
double the size of the previous location
– in Winthrop’s Institutes for Care
Pavilion at 120 Mineola Boulevard
in Mineola.
“We are very excited about this
beautiful, state-of-the-art facility
where we can continue to provide
exceptional care for children with
cancer and blood disorders,” said
Mark Weinblatt, MD, Chief of the
Division of Pediatric Hematology/
Oncology at Winthrop
and Director of the
Cancer Center for Kids.
“This Center will go a
long way in continuing
our mission of healing
sick children in an environment
that alleviates anxiety and
fears often associated with hospitals.”
The theme of the inviting new
facility resonates with the light-hearted
spirit of children, providing a
warm and welcoming healing environment
for young patients. The Center
is equipped with nine patient rooms,
each cheerfully decorated in a unique
and lively cartoon theme. A spacious,
kid-friendly activity area, complete
with a large flat screen television,
video games and DVDs are part of the
area dedicated to Winthrop’s Child
Life Program. In addition, a comfortably
appointed family waiting area,
equipped with a kitchen, and Internet
research stations for parents helps
make day-long
visits to the
Center more
relaxing.
As part of
its mission to
keep pediatric
cancer patients
out of the hospital
whenever
possible, the
new Cancer Center for Kids Outpatient
Center features its own infusion room,
blood analysis laboratory, and special
procedures room with a dedicated
recovery area.
“Winthrop’s Division of Pediatric
Hematology/Oncology and the Cancer
Center for Kids are known not only
for outstanding medical care, but
also for the warm and caring environment
in which that care is
delivered,” said Warren Rosenfeld,
MD, Chairman of the Department of
Pediatrics at Winthrop-University
Hospital. “By moving into an expanded
and even more child- and
family-friendly center, we will continue
to provide these highly valued
services to all families who turn to
us in their time of need.”
For more information about
the new Cancer Center for Kids
Outpatient Center and the
Division of Pediatric Hematology/
Oncology at Winthrop, please
call (516) 663-9400 or visit
www.winthrop.org/cck. For additional
information about how you can
help provide the finest care for children
with cancer by supporting the
Investing in Our Children Campaign
for Winthrop’s Cancer Center for
Kids, please call the Office of
Development at (516) 663-3398.
 Sal and Nancy Moccia, the artists who painted the
magnificent rooms at the new Cancer Center for
Kids Outpatient Center, with their “signature”
on the custom sculpted tree in the Center’s
Child Life Activity Area.
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