Teen Cardiac Arrest is Rare, but Parents Should Learn the Warning Signs
Makaila Ouellette, 18, of West Hurley, is a busy, happy senior at Onteora High School. She’s also a profoundly grateful one, never forgetting that, in her junior year, she nearly died. Ironically, though, “I...
Arresting Developments: The Interview
Listen to an interview with Makaila, a Hudson Valley teen who collapsed from sudden cardiac arrest on the volleyball court.
Going for the Throat: Barrett’s Esophagus
Barrett’s Esophagus is a gastrointestinal condition that can strike without symptoms—and may even serve as a precursor to esophageal cancer. Shireen Pais, MD, Director of Endoscopic Ultrasound at Westchester Medical Center, sheds light on...
A Search for a Kidney in Yonkers Leads to a Three-Way Organ Donation—a First for Westchester Medical Center
In 2012, Yonkers resident Janet Roma, then 52, found out her kidneys were damaged due to complications from long-standing diabetes. It was only a matter of time before her kidneys would fail completely. Roma had...
The Sherlock Holmes of What Ails You
Dr. Zvi Lefkovitz spends his days hunting for clues, but he’s not holding a long-handled magnifying glass and scanning floors and walls for dropped handkerchiefs or fingerprints. “It’s a mystery, what’s going on in medical...
ABOUT WMCHEALTH NETWORK
The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is a 1,700-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with 10 hospitals on eight campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 13,000 people and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians. The Network has Level 1, Level 2 and Pediatric Trauma Centers, the region’s only acute care children’s hospital, an academic medical center, Primary and Comprehensive Stroke Centers, several community hospitals, dozens of specialized institutes and centers, skilled nursing, assisted living facilities, homecare services and one of the largest mental health systems in New York State. Today, WMCHealth is the pre-eminent provider of integrated healthcare in the Hudson Valley. For more information about WMCHealth, visit WMCHealth.org.
WMCHealth includes Westchester Medical Center, Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, the Behavioral Health Center, MidHudson Regional Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, St. Anthony Community Hospital, Bon Secours Community Hospital, HealthAlliance Hospital: Broadway Campus, HealthAlliance Hospital: Mary’s Avenue Campus, and Margaretville Hospital.
WMCHealth Physicians includes the medical practices of Advanced Physician Services and Bon Secours Medical Group.