NewYork-Presbyterian Queens has earned a distinguished three-star rating – the top rating – from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for its patient care and outcomes in isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) procedures.

Adam Bass, MD, a leading physician-scientist in the field of cancer genomics and gastrointestinal cancer, will join the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) at Columbia University and NewYork-Presbyterian as the founding director of the Center for Precision Cancer Medicine and director of gastrointestinal oncology.

Cardiovascular disease is now the number one cause of maternal mortality in the United States, but a new study suggests that care from a multidisciplinary cardio-obstetrics team may improve pregnancy outcomes and reduce hospital readmission rates.

NewYork-Presbyterian has been recognized by Working Mother magazine on three of its 2020 Best Companies Lists. The Hospital was also recognized by the magazine as one of the best companies for multicultural women and for best practices in diversity and inclusion.

One of the nation’s leading colorectal surgeons, Dr. Alessio Pigazzi, has been named chief of colorectal surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medicine, effective Sept. 28. He will also serve on Weill Cornell Medicine’s faculty.

Dr. Manish A. Parikh, an internationally renowned clinical interventional cardiologist and educator, has been named chief of cardiology at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. He also returns to the Weill Cornell Medicine faculty, where he will serve as associate professor of medicine, following more than a decade at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

We are excited to have Dr. Parikh lead our cardiology division 

- said Robert Guimento, president of NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital.

Screening Saves Lives

“Colonoscopy is the one tool that is proven to prevent colon cancer in patients,” said Pawan Rastogi, M.D., gastroenterologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group Hudson Valley and assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. “That’s not always the case for other types of cancers. But with a colonoscopy, you’re able to detect and test polyps and have them removed before they become cancer.”

NewYork Quality Care, the accountable care organization (ACO) of NewYork-Presbyterian, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and Weill Cornell Medicine, saved Medicare $23,288,625 in 2019 and improved the quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries, according to performance results recently released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The three institutions will share $11,003,875 of the total savings generated by the program and reinvest the funds back into the ACO in order to further enhance the quality of care provided in this healthcare system.