‘Best Hospitals’ rankings face growing scrutiny
By TERRY LYNAM // Hospitals nationwide will spend tens of millions of dollars in the coming months touting their “Best Hospital” rankings. Announced this month, the most recent rankings for the…
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It’s not brain surgery (actually, it is – and it’s amazing)
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Bohemia-based med-tech with an eye for optics has introduced a breakthrough wearable technology for brain surgeons. Designs for Vision, a circa-1961 manufacturer riding the cutting…
Innovation in the Age of Coronavirus
Vaccinations are ramping up and the pandemic is winding down, but COVID-19 continues to reshape the world around us. And myriad Long Island forces – large and small, corporate and…
Top psychologist to lead new behavioral-health center
By GREGORY ZELLER // A highly credentialed expert in the psychological and social risk factors influencing cardiovascular disease will head the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research’s new behavioral-health center. Karina…
Programming note: Second ‘CoderSchool’ set for Roslyn
By GREGORY ZELLER // One of the hottest franchises in the world of computer coding will soon open its second Long Island location. TheCoderSchool, a Silicon Valley-based program focused on…
Stony Brook diabetes doc to head ‘leadership’ board
The American Diabetes Association has tapped Stony Brook Medicine’s top diabetes doctor to head up its regional leadership board. Joshua Miller, the Stony Brook University School of Medicine’s medical director…
NSUH close to performing LI’s first liver transplants
By GREGORY ZELLER // Marking another first for Northwell Health, state health officials have greenlighted Long Island’s first liver-transplant program. The New Hyde Park-based health system announced Tuesday that the…