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The recent diagnosis of a case of polio in Rockland County has raised concerns and questions about the disease but an expert at Huntington Hospital says that the high vaccination rate should protect the population. Dr. Adrian Popp, head of the infectious diseases department at Huntington Read More …
Huntington Hospital was one of seven Northwell Health hospitals to receive four-star or better ratings from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, announced last week. Huntington had the highest possible rating of five stars, with Glen Cove Hospital, Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, Mather Hospital in Port Jefferson, North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, Northern Westchester Hospital in Read More …
Huntington Hospital has once again won a Magnet designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. The award recognizes excellence in nursing. Huntington is the only hospital with a fifth consecutive designation on Long Island, making it the first in the Northwell health system, second in Read More …
HuntingtonNow won an award for Covid-19 coverage in the Fair Media Council Folio Awards celebration Friday in Woodbury. The story, For Covid-19 Long-Haulers, Online Therapy Group Provides a Refuge, focused on a Covid-19 patient whose life was upended by Covid and how a Huntington Hospital Read More …
Dr. Adam Bitterman, chair of orthopedic surgery at Huntington Hospital, warns us to take care when returning to physical activities after spending the winter on the couch. Read More …
Huntington Hospital has received accreditation in two areas of care, becoming the first hospital in the Northwell Health system to achieve the recognition. The hospital is also the first on Long Island to be recognized as part of the National Accredited Program for Rectal Cancer, Read More …
Northwell hospitals plan to plant 30,000 trees to celebrate the 30,000 babies born at Northwell hospitals in 2021. Huntington Hospital was one of the participating hospitals, along with Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park; Long Island Jewish Forest Hills in Queens, Northern Westchester Read More …
A heart specialist has brought a new technique to Huntington Hospital from his work elsewhere at Northwell Health. Dr. Gaurav Rao, the director of interventional cardiology at Huntington, said that he has used the technique, called coronary intravascular lithotripsy, at North Shore University Hospital. It Read More …
The Dolan Family Health Center will move out of its Pulaski Road location to New York Avenue in Huntington Station next spring, Huntington Hospital said Thursday. It will be renamed the Northwell Family Health Center at Huntington, said Dr. Nick Fitterman, executive director of Huntington Read More …
Business leaders heard from Dr. Nick Fitterman, executive director of Huntington Hospital, review some of the experiences at the hospital, in a talk Wednesday at the Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce networking breakfast. Fitterman told the crowd gathered at the Paramount about plans for the Read More …
Monday: The Huntington school board convenes at 7:30 p.m. at the Jack Abrams STEM Magnet School, 50 Tower St., Huntington Station, to adopt the next school budget. The meeting can viewed on Youtube. Tuesday: The Huntington Town Board meets at 7 p.m. at Town Hall. Read More …
Huntington Hospital has appointed Adam Bitterman, DO, chair of orthopedic surgery. Bitterman is an orthopedic surgeon and an assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. He is a foot and ankle specialist and has a focus Read More …