By Elizabeth Tucker— On May 28, Phelps Hospital’s geriatrics program celebrated its thirtieth anniversary. To kick off the festivities, three centenarian patients offered congratulations to their doctors. The oldest, Filomena Semberger, turned 105 the week bef... More »
As the third leading cause of cancer-related death in the U.S., pancreatic cancer is a diagnosis no patient wants to hear. Certainly Robert Polito didn’t five years ago when doctors gave him the news. Yet so far. Polito has beaten the five-year odds, allowing ... More »
Mercy University has received a $140,000 grant from the Phelps Healthcare Foundation to launch a new community mobile health screening initiative that strengthens access to care throughout Westchester County. This initiative will also provide Mercy’s nursing s... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Tarrytown-based Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced it has been named the successful bidder in the bankruptcy auction for substantially all of the assets of 23andMe Holding Co., a leading human genetics and biotechnology company. In... More »
By Maria Ann Roglieri– At a time when the U.S. government is turning inward and pulling funding for critical health care projects around the world, it is encouraging to learn that there are remarkable American physicians and administrators who are still tryin... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— A groundbreaking event was held Thursday for a new Serenity Garden at Northwell Phelps Hospital in Sleepy Hollow that is envisioned to be a space of peace, healing and inspiration for patients, visitors and staff. Located next to the hospital... More »
Northwell Phelps Hospital has been recertified as an Advanced Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center by The Joint Commission, maintaining the prestigious Gold Seal of Approval® it initially earned in 2022. This recognition, awarded in collaboration with the Americ... More »
OVER MY DEAD BODY: (Or when Hell freezes over) By Krista Madsen RECRUDESCENCE When authorities spatulated Trump’s treasonous batter off the Capitol’s nooks and crannies four years ago and restored the natural order to a pouty “peaceful transfer of power” there... More »
BREATHE IN, BREATHE OUT: Or vice versa, all things being equal By Krista Madsen BLACK AND WHITE One idea here often leads to another and so it goes for nearly 100 weekly posts in a row when I’m never at a loss for words. Until, well, now. I find myself a littl... More »
CAT SCRATCH FEVER: What doesn’t kill you makes you crazy By Krista Madsen There are various ailments from which I imagine you could easily lose your mind. A bad case of tinnitus that has your ears buzzing like a mosquito in your inner canals at all times. Vert... More »
By Jeff Wilson– When Lauren Novotny was admitted to Phelps Hospital on Friday, November 1, she had another concern besides her health. “How do I go about voting if I’m in the hospital?” she wondered. The Tarrytown resident, who’d hoped to be home by Elec... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— The Westchester County Department of Health is notifying residents that a rabid raccoon was found acting aggressively in Tarrytown on October 31 near John Paulding School. The raccoon, which was also seen near the Warner Library and Patriots ... More »
At its annual Champagne Ball fundraiser at Sleepy Hollow Country Club on October 18, Northwell Phelps Hospital raised a record raised $686,250—in part for the expansion of its Health and Wellness Center at the Northwell Health Cancer Institute. Honored at the ... More »
By Barrett Seaman— With a crowd of doctors, administrators, local politicians and community leaders present, Phelps Hospital officially dedicated a new 22,754-sq. ft. “Maternal Child Health Center” on the hospital’s fourth floor, where some rooms with Hudson R... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— For the last 30 years, Support Connection has offered free and confidential emotional, social and educational support to more than 20,000 individuals affected by breast, ovarian or gynecological cancer. Support Connection, a non-profit organi... More »
County Executive and Congressional candidate George Latimer got a tour this week of Phelps Hospital’s hyperbaric chamber, the largest of its kind in the northeastern U.S. At 28 feet long and 9 feet wide, the chamber is spacious enough to accommodate 12 adults ... More »
Phelps Hospital, part of Northwell Health, is the first and only emergency department in Westchester County to be recognized by the New York State Department of Health as an Always Ready for Children (ARC) hospital. The pediatric emergency recognition program ... More »
