The Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) provides state-of-the-art medical and multidisciplinary care for critically ill patients from a broad regional base. A full time social worker provides services, such as crisis intervention, psychosocial assessment, counseling, group support, and discharge planning to patients and their families. The social worker, Vicki Braunstein, LCSW, is available Monday through Friday from 9 am to 5 pm For information about the support group please call Vicki Braunstein, LCSW, at (212) 746-4324.