Half Marathon on the Bronx River Parkway
If you tried to merge onto the Bronx River Parkway on the Sunday of Columbus Day Weekend, you may have noticed hundreds of runners — all pounding the pavement to raise money for a...
Bon Secours Community Hospital Nurses Volunteer in Honduras
Recently, a humanitarian mission for the poor in Honduras, sponsored by Love Truth Care Ministries, brought a group of volunteers to the Cental American country. Among the volunteers were Brenda Wolpert, RN, and Eileen...
WMC Awarded by Cancer Commission
Westchester Medical Center (WMC) has been awarded the 2015 Outstanding Achievement Award by the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons. The award honors cancer programs that consistently provide their patients with...
Riding for Diabetes Research
This fall, Samantha McNerney, a medical technologist at MidHudson Regional Hospital, took a rugged ride through the desert to raise awareness for diabetes.
Concussion Task Force
Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino recently created a 20-person task force to tackle the issue of concussions in local high school sports. The task force is working on improving the current standards on preventing...
Marijuana’s Dangerous Sidekick
Between April 1 and June 30 of this year, New York State saw more than 1,900 emergency department visits and more than 680 poison control center calls associated with synthetic cannabinoid (aka synthetic marijuana)...
J-Lo Stars In Local Hospital Ad, DAISY Awards And Other News In The World Of Westchester Health
J-Lo Stars in Local Children’s Hospital Ad As the newest spokesperson for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, actress, singer and American Idol judge Jennifer Lopez is now starring in regional advertisements supporting the local CMN Hospital, Maria...
Caring for the Caregivers
With caregiver burnout on the rise and quickly becoming a serious healthcare dilemma, finding ways to help the family members who care for the injured and the ill has become a national focus. “The...
Bon Secours Charity Health System and WMC Announce New Healthcare Partnership To Improve Community Healthcare
When it comes to your health, partnership has never been more important. That’s why Bon Secours Charity Health System and Westchester Medical Center (WMC) announced a new healthcare partnership this past May, created to...
Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital Celebrates Go the Distance Walk and Family Fun Day
Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at Westchester Medical Center celebrated its 11th annual Go the Distance Walk and Family Fun Day on May 3. The one-mile walk was led by former patient Gabriel Sanchez, a...
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.