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News from ����TV Langone Health

����TV Langone Opens $170M Hub in Former Sears Store in Garden City. (Newsday (NY))

(1/31) reports, “����TV Langone is pitching its new ambulatory center – spanning an entire block in Garden City – as a way to streamline health care and cut out administrative ‘homework’ for patients.” Andrew W. Brotman, MD, executive vice president and vice dean for clinical affairs and strategy, and chief clinical officer at ����TV Langone Health said, “If you need a consult, you can go down the hall, up the stairs in a way that’s much more personal.” That arrangement helped Nancy Langdon, director, chronic disease program, Department of Medicine, ����TV Langone Hospital-Long Island “address a nearly six-pound mass in her abdomen, which was discovered at her first appointment with a cardiologist,” with Langdon saying, “Everything happened within 11 days, that’s how expedited it was.” The health system “anticipates getting state approval this summer to administer anesthesia at the site, which will allow staff in operating rooms to perform minor surgeries like vasectomies – a birth control method for men – or cystoscopes, where a small camera is used to examine the inside of bladders, said Jean-Marie Addeo, senior director, ����TV Langone Ambulatory Care Garden City.”

The (1/30) reports that Vicki Match Suna, AIA, Executive Vice President and Vice Dean for Real Estate Development and Facilities, said in a written statement, “Built as a Bloomingdale’s department store by renowned architect Edward Durell Stone, the building has been thoughtfully transformed into a state-of-the-art ambulatory care center which respects its original 1970’s exterior design.”

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Health System Opens Ambulatory Care Center in Garden City. (Long Island (NY) Business News)

The (1/30) reports, “The former Bloomingdale’s and Sears building in Garden City at 1111 Franklin Avenue is now a 260,000-square-foot ����TV Langone Health ambulatory care center” that “is expected to deliver care by 800 doctors and team members to 400,000 patients each year.” Andrew W. Brotman, MD, executive vice president and vice dean for clinical affairs and strategy, and chief clinical officer at ����TV Langone Health, said in a written statement, “This beautiful new location allows patients to see multiple doctors in a single visit, with each provider connected to the same electronic health record system that ensures integrated care.” Vicki Match Suna, AIA, Executive Vice President and Vice Dean for Real Estate Development and Facilities, said in a written statement, “Built as a Bloomingdale’s department store by renowned architect Edward Durell Stone, the building has been thoughtfully transformed into a state-of-the-art ambulatory care center which respects its original 1970’s exterior design.”

(1/30) reported that Jean-Marie Addeo, senior director, ����TV Langone Ambulatory Care Garden City, said, “Patients that need multiple appointments could actually schedule them all on the same day.”

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30 Best Cardiology Hospitals in the US. (Insider Monkey)

(1/30) publishes a list of “the 30 best cardiology hospitals in the US,” by first consulting “the U.S. News & World Report list of the best hospitals for cardiology, heart and vascular surgery for 2023-2024,” then ranking “the 30 best cardiology hospitals in the US based on their average Google ratings” and number of ratings. At position 14 on the list is ����TV Langone Health with an average Google rating of 3.7 and 385 reviews.

����TV Langone Health Names Spine Tumor Center Co-Director. (Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review)

The (1/29) reports, “New York City-based ����TV Langone Health has tapped Alexandra Miller, MD, PhD, chief, Division of Neuro-Oncology, Brain and Spine Tumor Center, Perlmutter Cancer Center specializing in treating primary brain tumors, as chief of the neuro-oncology program and a co-director of the brain and spine tumor center at ����TV Langone Health’s Perlmutter Cancer Center.” Miller in her new role will “work with its other co-directors and the wider team of neuro-oncologists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists and radiation oncologists to expand their multidisciplinary clinical program” as well as serving “as an associate professor in the departments of neurology, medicine and neurosurgery” at the Grossman School of Medicine. 
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The Injury Report: Which 49ers, Chiefs Might Miss Super Bowl LVIII? (New York Post)

The (1/30) “Laith M. Jazrawi, professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Division of Sports Orthopedic Surgery, joins New York Post Sports anchor Brandon London for the first weekly ‘Injury Report’ segment, as the two discuss the key injuries regarding players on the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers ahead of Super Bowl LVIII on February 11th.”

Addiction Health for Some Is Far, Far Away. (Glens Falls (NY) Post-Star)

The (1/30) Noa Krawczyk, PhD, assistant professor, Center for Opioid Epidemiology and Policy, Department of Population Health at New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine, who believes “federal policies on methadone distribution are the largest impediments to access in rural areas like upstate New York,” said, “We know very well why there’s gaps in these areas.”

Measles Outbreaks Emphasize Need for Vaccination. (WNYW-TV New York)

(1/30) Rabia A. De Latour, MD, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology of ����TV Langone Health discusses recent measles outbreaks, the need for vaccination, and vaccination exemptions.

A Pig Could Save Your Life. (WATM-TV Altoona (PA))

(1/31) Robert Montgomery, MD, DPhil, the H. Leon Pachter, MD, Professor of Surgery, chair, Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, director, ����TV Langone Transplant Institute at ����TV Langone Health “performed the first ever genetically modified pig kidney transplant into a brain dead human” on September 25th, 2021. 

Targeting MTOR Shows Promise in Cutaneous Sarcoidosis. (Medscape)

Paywall* (1/31)* The findings of a small clinical trial where “7 of 10 patients treated with sirolimus via oral solution had improvements in skin lesions after 4 months” combine “‘clinical response with a molecular analysis,’ Avrom S. Caplan, MD, assistant professor, the Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology in New York City, told Medscape Medical News.”

Measles Warning Signs Growing: How Concerned Should We Be? (WebMD)

(1/30) “‘Even though we give infants two doses, which can be up to 97% effective, there are still people who remain vulnerable,’ said Adam J. Ratner, MD, professor, Departments of Pediatrics, and Microbiology at ����TV Langone in New York City, and a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases.”

This Type of Magnesium Is Less Likely to Cause Diarrhea, Experts Say. (Health)

(1/30) “‘Magnesium oxide…works as an osmotic laxative, which means it draws liquid into the colon into stool and gives the stool more bulk for people who are constipated,’ Rabia A. De Latour, MD, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at ����TV Langone , told Health.”

Why Your Toes Keep Cramping – And How to Find Relief. (Prevention Magazine)

(1/30) “Toe cramps are ‘usually a warning that you’re overdoing it,’ says Charles Kim, MD, assistant professor, Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine, and Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine, Rusk Rehabilitation.”

Scientists Have Discovered the Likely Culprit Behind Sudden Unexplained Death in Children. (Fatherly)

(1/25) “‘Our study, although small, offers the first direct evidence that seizures may be responsible for some sudden deaths in children, which are usually unwitnessed during sleep,’ lead investigator Laura Gould, MSc, MA, PT, research scientist at ����TV Langone , said in a press release.” Orrin Devinsky, MD, professor, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Psychiatry, director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, said, “‘These study findings show that seizures are much more common than patients’ medical histories suggest, and that further research is needed to determine if seizures are frequent occurrences in sleep-related deaths in toddlers, and potentially in infants, older children, and adults.”

The ‘Pandemic Skip’ Has Left Many Lost and Confused. (Daily Iowan (IA))

The (1/30) “Yamalis Diaz, PhD, clinical associate professor, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, says” the pandemic skip “is a major delay in development for younger generations,” telling FOX, “Young adults in particular may feel this impact when it comes to completing education, making career decisions, dating, establishing long-term relationships and becoming financially independent.”

Shannen Doherty Shares ‘Miracle’ Update in Cancer Battle. (Mail on Sunday (UK))

The (1/30) “Radiation treatment uses ‘energy beams to destroy cancer cells’ and it can ‘target all or part of the brain, depending on a person’s diagnosis,’ according to ����TV Langone Health.”

Plastic Surgery Deaths Have Spiked Among US Patients Who Traveled to Dominican Republic: CDC Report. (Fox News)

(1/29) “Fox News contributor Marc K. Siegel, MD, clinical professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine” of ����TV Langone Health “joined ‘America’s Newsroom’ to discuss his concern surrounding the trend and the surge in fentanyl-related overdose deaths.”

‘Self-Mutilation’: Horrifying Fate of Elon Musk’s Brain Implant Monkey Test Subjects. (News (AUS))

The (1/31) “Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor, Department of Population Health, Division of Medical Ethics slammed some of Musk’s most fanciful claims,” saying “You have to be really careful about over-promising or over-hyping when you’re dealing with groups like people with spinal cord injury, blindness or neurological damage or disease.”