Hassenfeld Children's Hospital

NYU Langone Health Recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equity Leader for 12th Consecutive Year

Retrieved on: 
화요일, 5월 7, 2024

NYU Langone earned this designation from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the nation's largest LGBTQ+ advocacy group, which released the 16th iteration of its Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) today.

Key Points: 
  • NYU Langone earned this designation from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the nation's largest LGBTQ+ advocacy group, which released the 16th iteration of its Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) today.
  • Of the record 1,065 healthcare facilities that participated in the HEI 2024 survey and scoring process, NYU Langone was one of just 384 that received the top score of 100, earning the "LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader" designation.
  • Across the system, NYU Langone provides all patients with thoughtful care that is specific to each individual's needs.
  • Tisch Hospital and Kimmel Pavilion, NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn, NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island, Hassenfeld Children's Hospital, NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, and the Family Health Centers at NYU Langone have all been previously recognized and were honored again this year for advancing care for LGBTQ+ patients.

NYU Langone Receives $9.8 Million to Advance Pediatric Medicine

Retrieved on: 
월요일, 10월 30, 2023

NEW YORK, Oct. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Department of Pediatrics at NYU Langone Health has received $9.8 million from NYU Langone trustee Trudy Elbaum Gottesman and Robert W. Gottesman, founding donors of Sala Institute for Child and Family Centered Care, which has profoundly influenced excellence in clinical care across Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone since 2013.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Oct. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Department of Pediatrics at NYU Langone Health has received $9.8 million from NYU Langone trustee Trudy Elbaum Gottesman and Robert W. Gottesman, founding donors of Sala Institute for Child and Family Centered Care , which has profoundly influenced excellence in clinical care across Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone since 2013.
  • "We are proud to support innovations in pediatric research and career growth of physician–scientists," said Trudy Elbaum Gottesman.
  • "Providing exceptional care means understanding the unique needs of the patients we see at NYU Langone Health—and there is often no patient more vulnerable, or more resilient, than a child," said Robert I. Grossman, MD , dean of NYU Grossman School of Medicine and CEO of NYU Langone Health.
  • "This fund will help us continue to provide top-notch training to our pediatric fellows, ensuring more pediatric physicians have deep experience in child- and family-centered care."

NYU Langone Has the Highest-Quality Kidney and Lung Transplant Programs in the Nation, According to New U.S. Data

Retrieved on: 
목요일, 9월 7, 2023

NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The NYU Langone Transplant Institute offers the highest-quality kidney and lung transplantation programs in the nation, according to new federal quality data, while the heart and liver transplant programs hold the highest organ survival rates in New York.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The NYU Langone Transplant Institute offers the highest-quality kidney and lung transplantation programs in the nation, according to new federal quality data, while the heart and liver transplant programs hold the highest organ survival rates in New York.
  • The kidney transplant program has the lowest mortality rate in New York City among those on the waitlist.
  • The heart transplant program has the highest patient survival in the nation among programs performing over 20 transplants a year.
  • The liver transplant team has had a tremendous year of growth, including the launch of the Pediatric Liver Disease and Transplant Program at Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone .

Leading Neuromuscular Expert Appointed Chief of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery at Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone

Retrieved on: 
수요일, 9월 6, 2023

NEW YORK, Sept. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Mara S. Karamitopoulos, MD, a renowned specialist in neuromuscular conditions, has been appointed chief of the Division of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and lead for pediatric orthopedic surgery services at Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone .

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Sept. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Mara S. Karamitopoulos, MD, a renowned specialist in neuromuscular conditions, has been appointed chief of the Division of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and lead for pediatric orthopedic surgery services at Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone .
  • Dr. Karamitopoulos , a clinical associate professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, is a leader in the field of pediatric orthopedic surgery, having managed multidisciplinary teams since she joined NYU Langone in 2016.
  • She treats a variety of pediatric orthopedic conditions, specializing in care for children with cerebral palsy , spina bifida , and other neuromuscular conditions.
  • Thompson Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and chair of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone is No. 1 in New York for Pediatric Cardiology & Heart Surgery

Retrieved on: 
화요일, 6월 27, 2023

NEW YORK, June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone is the highest ranked in New York for pediatric cardiology and heart surgery care, based on the national specialty ranking in the 2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report's "Best Children's Hospitals" guide released this week.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone is the highest ranked in New York for pediatric cardiology and heart surgery care, based on the national specialty ranking in the 2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report's "Best Children's Hospitals" guide released this week.
  • "We are immensely proud to be recognized, validating our commitment to deliver high-quality, family-centered care to those who need us most."
  • "These successful outcomes are why Hassenfeld Children's Hospital is a recognized leader in the multidisciplinary care of pediatric heart conditions."
  • Congenital heart surgery at Hassenfeld Children's Hospital is a national leader performing nearly 250 operations annually on the full spectrum of pediatric and adult congenital heart disease including transplantation.

Leaders in Pediatric Liver Care Join Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone, Launch Pediatric Liver Disease & Transplant Program

Retrieved on: 
목요일, 4월 27, 2023

Nadia Ovchinsky, MD , Jennifer M. Vittorio, MD , and Debora Kogan-Liberman, MD have joined Hassenfeld Children's Hospital and the NYU Langone Transplant Institute to establish the Pediatric Liver Disease and Transplant Program , bolstering the institution's comprehensive offering of solid organ transplants and expanding regional access to specialized care for children.

Key Points: 
  • Nadia Ovchinsky, MD , Jennifer M. Vittorio, MD , and Debora Kogan-Liberman, MD have joined Hassenfeld Children's Hospital and the NYU Langone Transplant Institute to establish the Pediatric Liver Disease and Transplant Program , bolstering the institution's comprehensive offering of solid organ transplants and expanding regional access to specialized care for children.
  • Before Hassenfeld Children's Hospital, the team were clinicians within the Pediatric Liver Program at The Children's Hospital at Montefiore.
  • Dr. Griesemer joined NYU Langone in 2022 in an effort to expand the Transplant Institute's adult liver transplant program.
  • "Offering liver transplants to our pediatric population underlines our commitment to providing comprehensive care to all patients who may need a transplant.

Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone Receives Highest Level of Surgical Verification from the American College of Surgeons

Retrieved on: 
목요일, 1월 26, 2023

NEW YORK, Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone has been named a Level 1 Children's Surgery Center by the American College of Surgeons (ACS)–the highest designation a hospital can receive—for providing quality children's surgical care.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone has been named a Level 1 Children's Surgery Center by the American College of Surgeons (ACS)–the highest designation a hospital can receive—for providing quality children's surgical care.
  • Hassenfeld Children's Hospital is one of only two pediatric hospitals in New York State to achieve this prestigious verification, and among five in the Northeast.
  • The ACS Children's Surgery Verification Quality Improvement Program recognizes children's surgical services whose quality improvement programs have measurably improved surgical standards and prevented complications, reduced costs, and saved lives.
  • "At Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone, quality and safety remain at the core of everything we do," says Dr. Fisher.

Childhood Brain Tumor Expert Joins Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone as Director of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology

Retrieved on: 
화요일, 12월 20, 2022

Prior to Hassenfeld Children's Hospital, Dr. Clymer was a clinician at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center.

Key Points: 
  • Prior to Hassenfeld Children's Hospital, Dr. Clymer was a clinician at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center.
  • She was also an instructor in the Department of Pediatrics and director of the Neuro-Oncology Fellowship at Harvard Medical School.
  • Hassenfeld Children's Hospital offers the latest technologies and early clinical trials, expanding overall treatment options and patient success rates.
  • She went on to complete a fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology at Ann and Robert M. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and a pediatric neuro-oncology fellowship within Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital.

Infant with Rare Condition Receives Life-Saving At-Birth Procedure at Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone

Retrieved on: 
목요일, 9월 22, 2022

NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aydin Idris Martin, an infant with an extremely rare and serious birth defect, was saved at birth when a multidisciplinary team at Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone performed a highly specialized procedure.

Key Points: 
  • The condition, the causes of which remain unknown, comes with a 100 percent mortality rate unless an intervention is performed.
  • The condition would make breathing impossible and fatal for the baby after a traditional delivery."
  • You need to have a medical center that offers all these subspecialists in one setting and that's Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone."
  • "The team at Hassenfeld Children's Hospital is now family to us," says Aydin's mother Yadi.

The Children's Mercy Kansas City Research Institute Pioneers Most-Advanced Genomic Sequencing System in the World

Retrieved on: 
월요일, 9월 19, 2022

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Children's Mercy Kansas City Research Institute announced it has pioneered advances in the human genome using 5-base genomic sequencing that transforms diagnosing and understanding of unsolved pediatric disease.

Key Points: 
  • KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Children's Mercy Kansas City Research Institute announced it has pioneered advances in the human genome using 5-base genomic sequencing that transforms diagnosing and understanding of unsolved pediatric disease.
  • Thanks to $18.5 million in philanthropic funding, Dr. Pastinen started the Genomic Answers for Kids (GA4K) program at Children's Mercy, a first-of-its-kind pediatric data repository.
  • "The hope that 5-base sequencing offers our families is truly transformative to children not only here in the Kansas City region but across the globe.
  • Visit Children's Mercy and the Children's Mercy Research Institute to learn more, and follow us on Facebook , LinkedIn , Twitter , Instagram and YouTube for the latest news and videos.