Clots (or not) to be thankful for in HeartMate advance
By GREGORY ZELLER // A cutting-edge Manhasset hospital is the first in the region to offer new hope to patients with advanced heart failure, in the form of a revolutionary…
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No. 263: Siemens smarties, lucrative leads, hanging with Chad and singing the socioeconomic blues
Welcome to Dec. 6: A red-letter date in history known best for the ratification of the slavery-abolishing 13th Amendment (1865) and the first recording of a human voice (Thomas Edison’s…
Debrief: Feinstein’s busy Bouton strengthens his grip
It’s been a busy two years since Chad Bouton left independent R&D giant Battelle and hitched his wagon to the Feinstein Center for Medical Research, joining forces with bioelectronics pioneer…
Northwell sings the praises of $15 million CHIOR
Heralding “an incubator for innovation,” Michael Dowling and the Northwell Health system have opened the doors of the Center for Health Innovations and Outcomes Research. Dowling, president and CEO of…
No. 261: Diamonds, Riptides, origami skeletons and Comtech, in an emergency
And you were there: Congratulations, dear readers (including new subscribers Sue, Rod, Jessie and Sergio), on surviving Thanksgiving with the family, Black Friday at the mall and Cyber Monday on…
Northwell’s ‘Health Story’ dives into Maria’s devastation
Northwell Health’s latest “Health Story” takes listeners into the heart of the storm, both literally and figuratively. The newest episode of the New Hyde Park-based health system’s monthly podcast follows…
No. 260: Northwell’s innovation winners, SUNY medical schools feeling the pinch and SAFE RIDE LI thanks to MADD and Uber
Gobble gobble: And all that good stuff, dear readers. The Innovate LI team is looking forward to some quality family time over the holiday weekend, so no Black Friday newsletter….
No. 259: Ken White gets Debriefed, celebrating the Moon walk’s 50th and Ronkonkoma Hub gets good news
Happy Friday, folks: And congrats on your successful completion of another work week (except you weekend-hustling self-made types, bless your entrepreneurial souls. For you, congrats for your hustle). Those of…
Debrief: Ken White eyes tomorrow’s workforce, today
When last we chatted up Ken White, the manager of Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Office of Educational Programs was jazzed about the progress the then-three-year-old Long Island STEM Hub was making…
Northwell opens post-op Cardiac Rehab Center
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island’s only heart-transplant program now has its own recovery center. Leveraging an expanded slate of cardiovascular services at Manhasset’s Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital, including…
Impressed Northwell expands use of breast ‘reflectors’
By GREGORY ZELLER // Northwell Health has gone all-in on leading-edge technology designed to pinpoint tumors and effect better physiological and cosmetic results for breast cancer patients. On Tuesday, the…
Global honor for Hofstra’s Center for Entrepreneurship
Hofstra University’s Center for Entrepreneurship has snagged a prestigious international honor. The Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers, an international collaboration of more than 225 university-centered entrepreneurship programs, has named the Hempstead-based university’s…
At Northwell, ATF handles the arrests (cardiac, that is)
By GREGORY ZELLER // The heavyset, middle-aged man was down and in clear cardiac arrest. With no healthcare professionals standing between him and certain death, the two federal agents swooped…
In REDC love fest, CSHL kicks off $75M makeover
By GREGORY ZELLER // There was another major advance for biochemistry Thursday at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, but this one didn’t involve gas chromatographs or infrared spectrometers or a single…
Cancer-battling Einsteins sing “executioner’s” song
By GREGORY ZELLER // Clinical researchers are trumpeting a novel compound that causes cancer cells to self-destruct – without affecting healthy cells. A team of biochemistry-focused scientists at the Albert…