When a pleasant breakfast with her 2-year-old son was interrupted by a loud buzzing in her head, it didn’t occur to 43-year-old Anise Pettersen that she was having a life-threatening stroke. A young mother...
Photos by Stefan Radtke Precision neurosurgery at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital helped save a young dancer’s hopes, dreams and future. By Melissa F. PhetersonAs seen in the December 2020 Issue of Advancing Care.
Ameer Lester built back his strength slowly and has started returning to activities he loves. Photos by Kenneth Gabrielsen After being diagnosed with a spinal tumor, an NYC teen receives advanced care to regain...
Baby Leah Kim Casey of Dobbs Ferry (seen here with parents Jihyun Kim and Trent Casey) is facing a bright future, now with speech and hearing, thanks to the highly skilled team at Westchester...
A new treatment creates better visualization of abnormal tumor cells. As seen in the December 2020 Issue of Advancing Care.
As seen in the December 2020 Issue of Advancing Care.
Above: MIS-C survivor Jorden HutchinsBelow: aplastic anemia survivor Carmen Sumano
Staff and elected officials cut the ribbon for three new facilities of the Healthier Community Medical Village project at Bon Secours Community Hospital, in Port Jervis.
As seen in the December 2020 Issue of Advancing Care.
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.
Lisa Beckett qualified for a less-invasive treatment for her esophageal cancer. The procedure, at Good Samaritan Hospital, took only 40 minutes. Photo by John Halpern A longtime Good Samaritan Hospital patient reflects on her...