Committed to providing the best care
possible to patients with digestive disorders,
The McCann Endoscopy Center
at Winthrop-University Hospital is outfitted
with state-of-the-art equipment
and an experienced team of physicians
and staff who perform a full range of
endoscopic gastrointestinal procedures.
Thanks to the generosity of
Manhasset resident Jim McCann,
President and CEO of 1-800-FLOWERS.
COM, Inc. and member of Winthrop’s
Board of Directors, and The Claire
Friedlander Family Foundation – a nonprofit
organization that is devoted to
promoting tolerance throughout the
world, proliferation of the arts and advocacy
for people who need help – a recent
donation in the amount of $10,000
will help expand the Center’s advanced
gastro intestinal endoscopy program.
(L.-R.) Stavros Stavropoulos, MD, Director of Gastrointestinal
Endoscopy and the Advanced Endoscopy Program at Winthrop; John
F. Collins, President & CEO of Winthrop-University Hospital; Peter
J. Klein, CFA, Senior Vice President at UBS Financial Services in
Melville and President of the Huntington-based Claire Friedlander
Family Foundation; James Grendell, MD, Chief of the Division of
Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and Director of the Center
for Pancreatic Diseases at Winthrop; and Winthrop Board Member
Jim McCann, President and CEO of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc.
“We deeply appreciate the gener -
osity of Mr. McCann and The Claire
Friedlander Family Foundation. Their
philanthropic support enables The
McCann Endoscopy Center to continue
to offer patients
state-of-the-art
diagnostics coupled
with minimally
invasive interventions,
performed
by some of the
world’s leading
experts in the field,”
said John F. Collins,
President and CEO
of Winthrop.
“We are
delighted to continue
to support
The McCann
Endoscopy Center
at Winthrop-
University
Hospital,” said
Mr. McCann.
“Under the guidance
of expert gastro -
enterologists and
with the support of organizations such as
The Claire Friedlander Family Foundation,
the Center will continue to make a
lasting impact on the lives of countless
patients in our local communities.”
The McCann Endoscopy Center
at Winthrop, which opened in 2005
thanks to the support of Mr. McCann
and his wife, Marylou, features six procedure
rooms, 13 recovery stations, a
two-bed prep and recovery area exclusively
for children, a nursing station
dedicated to Endoscopy Center patients,
and a patient changing and locker room.
The facility is equipped with advanced
technology to perform endoscopic ultrasound,
a state-of-the-art technique that
combines endoscopy and ultrasound
to permit visualization of the pancreas
and other deep-seated organs, as well as
the diagnosis and staging of lung and
gastro intestinal tumors.
For more information about
The McCann Endoscopy Center at
Winthrop, visit www.winthrop.org or
call 1-866-WINTHROP.
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Vol. 22, No. 3
Winter 2012
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