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Awards and Honors Faculty/Staff Medicine Wellness

SBUH Earns Three Stars in Vascular Quality Initiative Registry Participation Award Program

The Society for Vascular Surgery’s Vascular Quality Initiative (SVS VQI) has once again awarded Stony Brook University Hospital three stars for its active participation in the Registry Participation Program for 2020...

August 19, 2021

3 min read

Faculty/Staff Medicine STEM Stony Brook Matters University

Stony Brook’s First Hand Surgeon Performs His Last Operation

In 1980, Larry Hurst performed the very first hand surgery done on the premises of Stony Brook University Hospital, a case of trigger finger release on a university staff member when he was an acting intern. That was...

August 9, 2021

5 min read

Community Medicine Stony Brook Matters University

Stony Brook Hospital Blood Bank Urgently Seeking Donors

There is a critical need for blood and the Blood Bank at Stony Brook University Hospital is urgently seeking blood donors. According to the American Red Cross, we are currently experiencing a severe blood...

July 14, 2021

1 min read

Medicine News Highlights University Wellness

SBUH Earns Advanced Inpatient Diabetes Certification, Seventh in New York State

SBUH is the first in Suffolk County to achieve advanced certification, which demonstrates the outstanding quality of care that faculty and staff provide for patients with diabetes.

June 1, 2021

3 min read

Triplets, Cole, Kyle and Christina, are now doing beautifully.

Community Long Island Medicine News Highlights

Getting Premature Triplets Safely Home

Stony Brook’s Coordinated Fetal Care Program, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine and state-of-the-art NICU provided the care needed for the Quigley family.

April 8, 2021

6 min read

Awards and Honors Faculty/Staff Medicine

Hospital Dining Director Named a Top Food Service Leader in U.S.

Michael West has been selected by national trade magazine Food Management as one of 13 leaders in onsite food service operations across the country.

March 1, 2021

6 min read

Awards and Honors Community Main University Medicine Stony Brook Matters

Stony Brook University Hospital Named One of America’s 100 Best, Again

The Hospital has been named one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals™ for 2021 by Healthgrades – the only hospital on Long Island to receive this distinction for the past three consecutive years.

February 9, 2021

4 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

Alumni Chapters & Groups Awards and Honors Diversity Long Island Medicine News Highlights SB Southampton Stony Brook Matters Wellness

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

Alumni Chapters & Groups Awards and Honors Long Island Medicine News Highlights Stony Brook Matters Wellness

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

Dr. Richard Rugen, Gloria Rocchio, and Michael Colucci from the Ward Melville Heritage Organization met with Stony Brook University Hospital’s CEO Carol Gomes to present a donation of eyeglass defogger packets from Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Skidmore, Senior Vice President at Marchon Eyewear.

Community COVID-19 Long Island Medicine

Clearer Glasses Are in View

For people who wear glasses, wearing a mask can mean fogged lenses and limited visibility. Thanks to a donation of eyeglass defogger from Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Skidmore, hospital employees can now see better. Mr...

June 9, 2020

1 min read

Workstation and hand-assembled 3D printed PAPR hose adapters

College of Engineering & Applied Sciences COVID-19 Faculty/Staff Medicine On Campus Stony Brook Matters

SBU Teams Collaborate to Build Solutions for PAPR with 3D Printing

Rechargeable battery packs for Powered Air Purifying Respirators (PAPR) were created by teams from the College of Engineering & Applied Sciences and Stony Brook Medicine.

May 19, 2020

4 min read

COVID-19 Faculty/Staff Medicine News Highlights

Stony Brook Nursing Initiative Gives a Voice to the Voiceless

Patients silenced by COVID-19 now have a voice thanks to "My Story" documents that are posted inside and outside of patients' rooms.

May 11, 2020

2 min read

COVID-19 Faculty/Staff Medicine Stony Brook Matters

Mother-Daughter Duo Face COVID-19 Pandemic Together

When the coronavirus pandemic began, one Stony Brook University Hospital (SBUH) nurse came out of retirement to join her daughter on the frontlines. Mary Beth Patterson retired from SBUH in December 2018 after being...

May 7, 2020

2 min read

Stony Brook University Hospital staff with the food and thank you cards given to them by the Sachem 11s Cheer Team.

Community COVID-19 Long Island Medicine News Highlights

COVID-19 Donation Spotlight #3: Donations Pour In from Far and Wide

Support for Stony Brook University essential staff continues to flow in from caring friends near and far, providing strength to continue the fight.

May 6, 2020

5 min read

Community COVID-19 Long Island Medicine

Stony Brook Meal Train Reaches 10,000 Mark for Food Donations

The system makes donating food to the workers and medical staff safer, easier and more time-efficient. Donations are still being accepted.

May 1, 2020

2 min read

Dina Patel and her daughter brought breakfast to custodial staff bright and early to show their appreciation.

Community COVID-19 Medicine News Highlights

COVID-19 Donor Spotlight #2: Neighbors Pay It Forward

Every act of kindness has resonated hope throughout the community and inspired hospital staff and essential employees to keep going.

April 21, 2020

4 min read

Medical staff at Stony Brook University Hospital with their treats from the Easter Bunny. Various local companies donated the goodies and University volunteers helped distribute them to SBUH staff on Friday, April 10, giving a much needed lift to those on the front line fighting the coronavirus.

Community COVID-19 Long Island Medicine

COVID-19 Donor Spotlight #1: Stepping Up to Support SBUH Responders

SBU News highlights the stories behind some of the donations that SBUH has received — we are all #InThisTogether.

April 14, 2020

5 min read

Tag: Stony Brook University Hospital

SBUH Earns Three Stars in Vascular Quality Initiative Registry Participation Award Program

Stony Brook’s First Hand Surgeon Performs His Last Operation

Stony Brook Hospital Blood Bank Urgently Seeking Donors

SBUH Earns Advanced Inpatient Diabetes Certification, Seventh in New York State

Getting Premature Triplets Safely Home

Hospital Dining Director Named a Top Food Service Leader in U.S.

Stony Brook University Hospital Named One of America’s 100 Best, Again

Stony Brook Now Accepting Donations for Hospital Staff

Two Stony Brook Hospitals Are National Leaders in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality

Stony Brook Recognized for Commitment to Quality Heart Failure Care

Clearer Glasses Are in View

SBU Teams Collaborate to Build Solutions for PAPR with 3D Printing

Stony Brook Nursing Initiative Gives a Voice to the Voiceless

Mother-Daughter Duo Face COVID-19 Pandemic Together

COVID-19 Donation Spotlight #3: Donations Pour In from Far and Wide

Stony Brook Meal Train Reaches 10,000 Mark for Food Donations

COVID-19 Donor Spotlight #2: Neighbors Pay It Forward

COVID-19 Donor Spotlight #1: Stepping Up to Support SBUH Responders

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