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VALHALLA, N.Y. (March 2, 2022) – Congratulations to Alexandria Gordon and Johnathan Garnett, parents of twins Essence Naomi Garnett and Parker Gisselle Garnett born February 22, 2022. Alexandra Gordon and Johnathan Garnett with their twin girls born on 2.22.22 The twin girls born at Westchester Medical Center, the flagship of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) join a special club of babies born on a five-digit palindrome date (2.22.22) that reads the same from left-to...
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CONTACT: Andy LaGuardia WMCHealth (914) 493-6532 andrew.laguardia@wmchealth.org VALHALLA, NY, (March 31, 2016) – Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) and the children’s hospital for the Hudson Valley and Fairfield County, has named Eli Carson Whittaker of New City as the Grand Marshal of the 12th Annual Go the Distance Walk and Family Fun Day. The event, which includes a casual, one-mile walk and a host of family activities, is the bigge...
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Neonatology: Clinical Studies Open for Enrollment A Phase 2b, Multicenter, Randomized, Open-label, Two-Arm Study to Evaluate the Clinical Efficacy and Safety of OHB-607 Compared to Standard Neonatal Care for the Prevention of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, the Most Common Cause of Chronic Lung Disease of Prematurity A Phase 2b, Multicenter, Randomized, Open-label, Two-Arm Study to Evaluate the Clinical Efficacy and Safety of OHB-607 Compared to Standard Neonatal Care for the Prevention of Bronchopul...
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Babies delivered at HealthAlliance Hospital: Broadway Campus in Kingston , a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network ( WMCHealth ), can now benefit from the expertise of neonatologists at the Level IV Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (RNICU) — the highest level possible — at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital , also a member of WMCHealth, in Valhalla, through the health network’s new eNeonatology telemedicine program. WMCHealth’s eNeonatology and resuscitation program — the first neon...
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Children's Miracle Network Hospitals is a non-profit organization dedicated to saving the lives of children with serious illnesses and injuries by raising funds for 170 children's hospitals across North America. Children's Miracle Network Hospitals help more than 10 million kids each year--kids with cancer or birth defects, organ transplant patients and accident victims, and children living with chronic illnesses such as diabetes, cystic fibrosis, kidney disease and heart disease. Children’s Miracle Net...
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Westchester Medical Center is accredited by ACPE to offer Level I and II CPE units. There are two options for participation: Residency: A theological degree, Certificate, or other documentation of Biblical/religious studies, depending on the requirements of the denomination or faith group of the applicant to be considered an equivalency of a M.Div. degree. At minimum, there must be an equivalent of 60 hours toward a M.Div. degree. Evidence of faith group approval/endorsement for CPE training. In the cas...
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The story of their twin boys, born at just 23 weeks, inspired Victoria and Liam to represent Maria Fareri Children's Hospital in Washington, DC for Speak Now for Kids 2019. The boys' story will inspire you as well. No family plans to have birth complications. If they strike your family, our "family" of experts can assist with care. Our Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit cares for the most fragile newborns in the Hudson Valley. Westchester Medical Center's Advanced OB/GYN Associates provides comprehen...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Andy LaGuardia WMCHealth (914) 493-6532 andrew.laguardia@wmchealth.org Baby Weighed Just 9 ounces at Birth; One of the Lightest to Survive Extreme Prematurity in New York State VALHALLA, NY (April 28, 2016) -- Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital held a birthday party today for a very special girl. Born at only 25 weeks last April, Tamaya Berry weighed just 9 ounces when she arrived at the Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Maria Fareri Children’s Hosp...
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VALHALLA, N.Y. (October 23, 2019) – The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) has initiated a capital fundraising campaign to support a multiphase, $1.2 million investment project to expand and enhance the advanced-care services provided to families in the Isaac and Naomi Kaplan Family Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (RNICU) at the Network’s Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital. The RNICU provides care for the Hudson Valley’s most at-risk newborns, including extreme low-birth-weight ba...
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VALHALLA, N.Y. (November 18, 2019) – Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) and the children’s hospital for the Hudson Valley, is once again teaming up with 100.7 WHUD, Westchester and the Hudson Valley’s music and information station, to host the 15th Annual 100.7 WHUD Radiothon for the Kids. 100.7 WHUD has been a supporter of Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital for 15 years and that support continues with this year’s event. The Radiothon wi...
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A little more than a year after their groundbreaking separation surgery at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), formerly conjoined twins Ballenie and Bellanie Camacho are happy, healthy, and exceeding expectations as they meet growth milestones that seemed unattainable at birth. Ballenie and Bellanie were connected at the sacrum, a triangular bone at the base of the spine. They had gastrointestinal, urinary, neurologic and orthope...
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CONTACT: Lynn Nichols (845) 334-3151 Lynn.Nichols@hahv.org KINGSTON, N.Y. (September 8, 2016) – The Westchester Medical Center Health Network and HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley (HealthAlliance), a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), unveiled plans for a five-year, $133.6 million project that includes a 110,000 square-foot expansion -- highlighted by a new, four-story tower addition -- and 70,000 square-foot renovation of the HealthAlliance Hospital on Mary’s ...
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Three Westchester Medical Center Health Network Hospitals Recognized for Efforts to Promote Safe Sleep Practices Westchester Medical Center, Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital and HealthAlliance Hospital: Broadway Campus Earn New York State Perinatal Quality Collaborative (NYSPQC) Safe Sleep Project’s Quality Improvement Award VALHALLA, N.Y. (March 4, 2019) – Westchester Medical Center and Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital in Valhalla and HealthAlliance Hospital: Broadway Campus in Kingston – all me...
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VALHALLA N.Y., (April 17, 2024) – Academic medical center partners New York Medical College (NYMC) and Westchester Medical Center have jointly announced the appointment of Erika Berman Rosenzweig, M.D., as Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at NYMC School of Medicine and Director, Department of Pediatrics at Westchester Medical Center, the flagship hospital in the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth). Dr. Rosenzweig will also assume the role of William Russell McCurdy Physician-...
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The Peter Pan Birthday Club - Kids Helping Kids Birthdays come once a year and the Peter Pan Birthday Club of Maria Fareri Children's Hospital at Westchester Medical Center exists to empower children with the joy of giving. Donations to Maria Fareri Children's Hospital made through the Peter Pan Birthday Club will help meet the needs of critically ill and injured children at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, the advanced care pediatric facility for New York's Hudson Valley and Fairfield Co...
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HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), has received contingency approval from the New York State Department of Health for a transformative $92 million expansion and enhancement of HealthAlliance Hospital: Mary’s Avenue Campus, HealthAlliance and WMCHealth announced today. The reimagined HealthAlliance Hospital will have a new, four-story tower and 437,000 square feet of space -- 100,000 square feet more than the hospital’s current conf...
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POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (September 2, 2020) – A pediatric emergency room and inpatient care services are now open at MidHudson Regional Hospital, in association with Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, the Hudson Valley’s only acute care children’s hospital. Both organizations are members of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth). The new services will be known as Maria Fareri Children’s Healthcare Services at MidHudson Regional Hospital. The new emergency room and inpatient services will he...
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In London, England, a family faced a heart-wrenching situation. Their unborn son had been diagnosed in the womb with a rare congenital condition known as Tetralogy of Fallot with absent pulmonary valve syndrome. This threatened the proper development of both his heart and his lungs, putting his life at risk. "This is a rare and complex condition," explained Michael Gewitz, MD , WMCHealth Senior Vice President, Clinical Operations and Physician-in-Chief of WMCHealth’s Maria Fareri Children's Hospital. "I...
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VALHALLA, N.Y. (October 28, 2022) – Westchester Medical Center and the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) announced a new ratified five-year collective bargaining agreement that will benefit more than 1,500 nurses at Westchester Medical Center, Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, and the Behavioral Health Center. The agreement, which is the result of a strong working relationship and commitment to bargaining in good faith, increases nurse wages, preserves existing healthcare and pension benefits, a...
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VALHALLA, N.Y. (July 17, 2023) – Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital has named three former patients as its newest youth ambassadors. The children - all of whom underwent successful treatment for severe illnesses at WMCHealth’s Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital - will represent the thousands of seriously ill and injured children served annually by the hospital’s advanced pediatric services. A signature duty of the Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital ambassadors will be to lead the hundreds-strong procession fo...
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VALHALLA, NY - (December 11, 2019) ― A new, distinctive facility that processes pre-term human milk for extremely premature babies is now fully operational at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital , a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) and home to the Isaac & Naomi Kaplan Family Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The Regional Neonatal ICU cares for the Hudson Valley’s tiniest and sickest newborns and with the Liquid Gold Preemie Donor Milk Bank now online, Maria...
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VALHALLA, N.Y. (February 8, 2021) – More than 5,000 children suffer sudden cardiac arrest each year outside of a hospital setting, according to the American Heart Association . Pediatric cardiologists at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), are urging school districts to prepare for the possibility of a student experiencing sudden cardiac arrest on school grounds. To assist schools with a cardiac arrest preparedness plan, Maria Fareri C...
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Online Registration is Currently Closed! Overview: This WMCHealth Cardiovascular Symposium for nurses and allied healthcare professionals will offer a comprehensive update on conditions related to cardiovascular disease including topics related to, Valvular Heart Disease, Inherited and Congenital Heart Disease and Cardiomyopathies. This course will include a review of a comprehensive CV history and exam, including heart sounds, hemodynamics and ECG interpretation, evidence-based guidelines for medical m...
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CONTACT: Dave Billig (914) 493-8028 david.billig@wmchealth.org Each year nearly two million Americans will develop this serious and sometimes life threatening medical condition. Deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) is a common but serious medical condition that occurs in approximately two million Americans each year. DVT can occur when a blood clot forms in one of the body’s large veins, usually in the lower extremities, leading to either partially or completely blocked circulation. Venous thrombosis in the...
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Neurology: Clinical Studies Open for Enrollment Responsive Stimulation for Adolescents with Epilepsy (RESPONSE) Study A multinational observational longitudinal study to describe the patient characteristics, health care interventions, and health outcomes of patients with major bleedings in the presence of Factor Xa inhibitor treatment Validation of Early Prognostic Data for Recovery Outcome after Stroke for Future, Higher Yield Trials (VERIFY) SEAL™ IT: Saccular Endovascular Aneurysm Lattice System Firs...
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As an academic institution with a thriving research program, Maria Fareri Children's Hospital recently celebrated the work of young researchers during the 8th Annual Paul K. Woolf, MD Pediatric Trainee Research Day. We congratulate all for their dedication, results, and future research successes. Spotlighted researchers at 8th Annual Paul K. Woolf, MD Pediatric Trainee Research Day (center left to right: Priya Misra, MD; Amanda Rahman, DO; Selena Levine, Do and Gaurav Nayyar, MD, PhD) with (L-R) Michael...
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VALHALLA N.Y. (October 12, 2021) — WMCHealth Physicians, the medical group of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), is now assisting families and individuals with the initial diagnosis and long-term treatment of genetic and metabolic conditions, such as phenylketonuria (PKU), lysosomal disorders and Pompe disease through WMCHealth Physicians' Advanced Medical Genetics. Advanced Medical Genetics is an established team of physicians, nurse practitioners, dietitians and other board-cer...
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VALHALLA, N.Y. (June 29, 2023) –– Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) today announced the launch of its Center for Women’s Health Equity, a new care program that will address the social, economic, cultural and racial determinants of health that can result in increased maternal morbidity and mortality among women across the Hudson Valley. Supported by a $750,000 New York State grant secured by New York State Assemblywoman Amy Paulin and with the support of New York State Senate Majority...
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Listed below are some of our giving campaigns. We invite your kind consideration of a gift to help us support and expand these vital programs.
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Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is transforming healthcare in the Hudson Valley by creating a culture that puts people first – both the people we care for as well as one another. Through mutual respect, kindness and empathy we build trust and promote well-being to every person, every time, always. We call this the WMCHealth Culture of Care and you’ll experience it in every moment from every member of our team because you matter. Read stories about patients who have experienced the ...
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Project Fact Sheet The Westchester Medical Center Health Network and HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley (HealthAlliance), a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), announced plans for a five-year, $133.6 million project that includes a 110,000 square-foot expansion - highlighted by a new, four-story tower addition - and 70,000 square-foot renovation of the HealthAlliance Hospital on Mary’s Avenue, as well as a medical village hub at HealthAlliance Hospital: Broadway C...
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VALHALLA, N.Y. (April 4, 2017) – Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) and the children’s hospital for the Hudson Valley and Fairfield County, recently named three inspiring former patients – Kaylee Fried, 7, Zechia Mickler, 6, and Tyrus Castrovinci, 6 – as ambassadors for the 13th annual Go the Distance Walk and Family Fun Day, representing the pediatric patients cared for at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital. The annual event benefits Mar...
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VALHALLA, N.Y. (October 19, 2017) – Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) and the children’s hospital for the Hudson Valley, is once again teaming up with 100.7 WHUD, Westchester & the Hudson Valley’s music and information station, to host the 13th Annual 100.7 WHUD Radiothon For The Kids. 100.7 WHUD has been a consistent supporter of Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital for more than a decade and that support continues with this year’s e...
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VALHALLA, N.Y. (September 25, 2019) – Fueled by their commitment to Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) patients, a dedicated group of 11 WMCHealth workforce members will compete in the TCS New York City Marathon November 3. Each runner has his or her own motivation and has taken up the marathon challenge in support of the life-changing and lifesaving care provided to patients at WMCHealth hospitals across the Hudson Valley. Six are running a marathon for the first time. Team WMCHealth...
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Surgery: Clinical Studies Open For Enrollment Post-Market Registry in Europe and US for the Use of VascuCel A Phase 3, Prospective, Randomized, Open-label, Adaptive Group Sequential, Multicenter Trial with Blinded Endpoint Assessment to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of PROTHROMPLEX TOTAL for the Reversal of Direct Oral Factor Xa Inhibitor-induced Anticoagulation in Patients Requiring Urgent Surgery/Invasive Procedure. Profiling of plasma before and after anticoagulant therapy in patients diagn...
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