New York Methodist Hospital will honor three distinguished individuals for their commendable service to the Hospital and the Brooklyn community at the 2008 New York Methodist Hospital Board of Trustees "Candlelight Gala," to be held on Saturday, May 3, at Cipriani Wall Street in Manhattan.

According to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, every year 37 million Americans are diagnosed with sinusitis, a chronic infection or inflammation of the sinuses. People with sinusitis may experience a range of debilitating symptoms, such as constant nasal congestion, facial pains, headaches, fatigue, and loss of smell.

New York Methodist Hospital’s (NYM) Center for Allied Health Education will open a School of Diagnostic Medical Sonography in September of 2009. The program will entail two years of coursework, with l

A new minimally invasive surgical procedure that relieves the symptoms associated with lumbar spinal stenosis (narrowing of the spinal canal) is now available at New York Methodist Hospital (NYM).

Even though most pregnancies have happy endings, it''s easy to see why fears might arise: according to the March of Dimes, in the United States, 150, 00 babies are born with birth defects each year. Recent advances in prenatal testing have enabled healthcare practitioners to closely monitor growing babies and detect any potential birth defects at a relatively early stage.

To help men with erectile dysfunction (ED) learn more about the condition and treatment options, the Division of Urology at New York Methodist Hospital recently sponsored the lecture “ED: Finding the

The Honorable Thomas DiNapoli, Comptroller of the State of New York, delivered this year''s Joseph Silver, M.D., Memorial Lecture at New York Methodist Hospital on the morning of December 2nd. The annual lecture series was established five years ago, in honor of Joseph Silver, M.D., who was affiliated with the Hospital for over 40 years, and who served as chief of orthopedic surgery for 20 years.

In celebration of Perioperative Nurses Week, New York Methodist Hospital recently invited students from the Secondary School for Research’s class of 2010 to the Hospital for a special presentation and