Study Seeks Volunteers with Prostate Cancer to Measure Safety of Robotic Stereotactic Radiosurgery

January 28, 2011

Seeking patients with early-stage (confined to the organ) prostate cancer to participate in a Phase I Research study.

North Shore-LIJ Recruits Barrow Neurological Institute Pediatric Neurosurgeon to Head Chiari Institute

January 27, 2011

Harold L. Rekate, MD, has been appointed director of the Chiari Institute within the hospitals’ Department of Neurosurgery chaired by Raj Narayan, MD.

Accelerate Long Island

January 25, 2011

The groundbreaking “Accelerate Long Island” initiative will bring together the leaders of Stony Brook University, Hofstra University, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and North Shore-LIJ Health System and is a regional effort to commercialize innovations at Long Island’s major research institutions.

Feinstein Scientists Identify Better Way to Treat Those Who Lose Hearing Due to Autoimmune Disease

January 25, 2011

Feinstein Institute for Medical Research has figured out why some patients with hearing loss triggered by an autoimmune response do not respond to the traditional therapy.

NYS Report Ranks NSUH, LIJ Among State’s Best for Cardiac Surgery, Angioplasty Survival

January 24, 2011

New state report also recognizes performance of three North Shore-LIJ cardiac surgeons

NYS Report Ranks LIJ, North Shore NYS Report Ranks North Shore University Hospital, LIJ Medical Center Among State’s Best for Cardiac Surgery, Angioplasty Survival

January 24, 2011

Innate B Cell in Humans that Protects Against Infections

January 21, 2011

human body contains innate immune defense B cells

Al Roker Keynotes North Shore-LIJ MLK Service

January 18, 2011

North Shore-LIJ Health System celebrated its 41st Annual Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Service

Bioskills Center Gives Para-Rescuers Combat and Disaster Training

January 18, 2011

The North Shore-LIJ Bioskills Education Center recently hosted a workshop with the 103rd Rescue Squadron of the US Air Force’s New York Air National Guard from Westhampton Beach.

North Shore University Hospital Physician to Discuss Drug Use in Sports

January 13, 2011

MSG Varsity, Cablevision’s television network dedicated to everything high school, will debut the fourth episode of Don McPherson’s Training for Life featuring an examination of performance enhancing drugs (P.E.D.s) in sports.

North Shore-LIJ President & CEO Michael Dowling to Co-Chair Governor Cuomo’s New Medicaid Redesign Team

January 5, 2011

North Shore-LIJ Health System President and Chief Executive Officer Michael J. Dowling issued the following statement today about his appointment as co-chair of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s new Medicaid Redesign Team.