Mather Hospital honored seven paramedics from the Rocky Point Fire Department for their heroic efforts to save the life of a patient who had suffered a cardiac arrest. Jeffrey Forden was working out at his Rocky Point home when he complained of back pain, according to his wife, Linda Sinanian Forden. “He got up and…
Mather Hospital has been awarded a $25,000 Innovation Grant Award from the Katz Institute for Women’s Health (KIWH) to pilot an Integrative Oncology Program that will focus on both the physical and mental pain of cancer patients.
The Terryville Fire Department and two of its paramedics were honored by Mather Hospital for their role in saving the life of a Port Jefferson Station man.
Ready to walk for a cause? Join the Northwell Health Walk at Port Jefferson on Sunday, May 22. This Walk (formerly the Families Walk for Hope) is very special this year because we will be walking for one of our own.
February is Heart month. It is the month most associated with love, and there could be no better embodiment of that, than the love between Earle and Judi Betts, and their love for our community and Mather Hospital.
The Port Jefferson Yacht Club’s Village Cup Regatta returned this year with full crews and raised more than $104,000 – a record sum – which was divided between Mather Hospital’s Palliative Medicine Program and Lustgarten Foundation for pancreatic cancer research.
One year after being silenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, the dragons were roaring once again at the Dragon Boat Race Festival in Port Jefferson.
Decision Women in Commerce and Professions – Long Island presented the Fortunato Breast Health Center with an $1,800 grant to purchase Breast Cancer Treatment Handbooks, which are given to every woman diagnosed with breast cancer at the Center.
Mather Hospital AVP of Behavioral Health Denise Driscoll teamed up with the Comsewogue Public Library for a study on improving stigmatic perceptions by library personnel of individuals with mental illness and substance abuse issues.
Mather Hospital staff and their family members marched in the annual Port Jefferson Fourth of July parade on Monday, July 5. The parade honored the local hospitals and first responders. Mather was among the first groups to march this year and represented all the patient units and departments.