Category: Medicine

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Telehealth Visits Can Help Surgical Practice

A new study that records patient volume at Stony Brook Medicine’s Bariatric and Metabolic Weight Loss Center reveals that follow-up telehealth visits are highly effective during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study...

December 18, 2020

3 min read

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Stony Brook University Hospital Administers First COVID-19 Vaccine

Kisa King, a resident in the Department of Emergency Medicine, received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine, administered by Ian Pak, a pharmacist at the Hospital.

December 16, 2020

2 min read

COVID-19 Medicine Research

Research Could Offer Novel Way to Restore Lung Function to COVID-19 Patients

Led by Professor Erich Mackow, a team of scientists is investigating SARS-CoV-2 infection of human endothelial cells from the lung, brain, heart and kidney of COVID-19 patients.

December 14, 2020

3 min read

Community COVID-19 Long Island Medicine

Stony Brook Now Accepting Donations for Hospital Staff

As COVID cases continue to increase, the hospital has reactivated its Meal Train to support employees, making donating food to frontline workers safe, easy and efficient.

December 10, 2020

2 min read

COVID-19 Medicine Wellness

Stony Brook Medicine Awarded $1M to Address COVID Healthcare Disparities

The award is the largest FCC funding of any hospital system on Long Island and will allow Stony Brook Medicine to provide further telehealth options for its patients.

December 8, 2020

4 min read

Diversity Leadership Medicine

Jedan Phillips Appointed Associate Dean for Minority Student Affairs at School of Medicine

Dr. Phillips holds clinical and educational positions at Stony Brook Medicine and is a community advocate for medical care services for the underserved.

December 2, 2020

2 min read

Featured Story Medicine Research

Grand Rounds Lecture Explores Relationship Between Mind and Melody

The playwright William Congreve famously observed that “music has charms to sooth a savage breast.” In fact, experts say, music may have much more than charms: There may be an actual scientific connection between music...

December 2, 2020

6 min read

Community Events Long Island Medicine News Highlights

Enjoy a Virtual Tour of Stony Brook Children’s Hospital and a Sea Lion Show from LI Aquarium

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Suffolk County’s only children’s hospital, take a virtual tour and watch a Sea Lion Show on December 9 at 7 pm.

November 17, 2020

1 min read

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Art Historians Picture Pandemics in Grand Rounds Lecture

In a virtual Grand Rounds lecture titled “Picturing Pandemic Disease,” presented by the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care and Bioethics, Barry Coller, MD, Hon. ’03 and former Stony Brook faculty member...

November 16, 2020

6 min read

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Rising Up to Meet the Moment

By pushing boundaries, SBU is reshaping the future As years go, 2020 has tested us all. We have been confronting a global pandemic, a contentious national election, a movement for racial and social equality, an...

November 13, 2020

6 min read

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Alzheimer’s Center Finds Path to Treatment Through Pandemic

The challenges of diagnosing and treating Alzheimer’s patients, many of whom are older than 60 — a demographic particularly vulnerable to the dangers of COVID-19 — increase exponentially during a pandemic. Like the rest...

October 26, 2020

8 min read

Academics Faculty/Staff Medicine News Highlights Research School of Medicine

NIH Grant Supports First Cognitive Monitoring Study of WTC Responders

A research team will assess evidence of brain biomarkers similar to those in Alzheimer’s disease in WTC 9/11 responders cared for at SBU's WTC Health and Wellness Program.

October 15, 2020

2 min read

Medicine Research

Fructose May Worsen Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Consumption of a western diet, including fructose, is associated with increasing rates of obesity and diabetes, and IBD may be an additional disease exacerbated by fructose intake.

October 9, 2020

2 min read

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SBU Team Develops Particle Containment Chamber to Help Protect Healthcare Workers

Recent scientific evidence has shown that the coronavirus may remain infectious as an aerosol for three hours or longer. Although the exact means of transmission remains a mystery that’s still being investigated...

October 5, 2020

8 min read

Kevin Tsai ‘19 carries donations of PPE.

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Medicine Alums Present Emmy Award on National Telecast

Chosen for their involvement in the organization DonatePPE.org, siblings Karen Tsai and Kevin Tsai presented the Best Supporting Actor award at the 72nd annual Emmys on September 20.

September 21, 2020

2 min read

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Two Stony Brook Hospitals Are National Leaders in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality

Stony Brook University Hospital and Stony Brook Southampton Hospital have been named leaders by the National LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Index of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

September 9, 2020

3 min read

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Stony Brook Recognized for Commitment to Quality Heart Failure Care

For the second consecutive year, SBU Hospital has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award.

September 9, 2020

2 min read

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Brain Imaging May Help Predict Obesity and Self-Control Issues

A study led by SBU's Anat Biegon is the first to show a direct correlation between aromatase (an enzyme) availability in the amygdala and body mass index.

August 31, 2020

2 min read

Category: Medicine

Telehealth Visits Can Help Surgical Practice

Stony Brook University Hospital Administers First COVID-19 Vaccine

Research Could Offer Novel Way to Restore Lung Function to COVID-19 Patients

Stony Brook Now Accepting Donations for Hospital Staff

Stony Brook Medicine Awarded $1M to Address COVID Healthcare Disparities

Jedan Phillips Appointed Associate Dean for Minority Student Affairs at School of Medicine

Grand Rounds Lecture Explores Relationship Between Mind and Melody

Enjoy a Virtual Tour of Stony Brook Children’s Hospital and a Sea Lion Show from LI Aquarium

Art Historians Picture Pandemics in Grand Rounds Lecture

Rising Up to Meet the Moment

Alzheimer’s Center Finds Path to Treatment Through Pandemic

NIH Grant Supports First Cognitive Monitoring Study of WTC Responders

Fructose May Worsen Inflammatory Bowel Disease

SBU Team Develops Particle Containment Chamber to Help Protect Healthcare Workers

Medicine Alums Present Emmy Award on National Telecast

Two Stony Brook Hospitals Are National Leaders in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality

Stony Brook Recognized for Commitment to Quality Heart Failure Care

Brain Imaging May Help Predict Obesity and Self-Control Issues

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