NewYork-Presbyterian Queens has received the Mission: Lifeline^® Gold Receiving Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association for the treatment of patients who suffer severe heart attacks.

Moms with COVID-19 who take basic precautions rarely pass the virus to their newborns, even if breastfeeding and rooming together, finds a new study at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian.

Dr. Terrence Sacchi has been named chief of clinical strategy and innovation in the Department of Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital.

We are excited to have Dr. Sacchi lead clinical strategy and innovation at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

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

A new intrauterine device rapidly controlled bleeding in women with postpartum hemorrhage, a leading cause of maternal death, Columbia and NewYork-Presbyterian researchers have found.

Dr. Sallie Permar, an eminent physician-scientist who focuses on the treatment and prevention of neonatal viral infections, has been appointed chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and pediatrician-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital, effective Dec. 1.

NewYork-Presbyterian has announced its “LGBTQ Health Care Equality Leader” designation from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC). The designation was announced in the 13th edition of HRC’s Healthcare Equality Index (HEI).

We are honored to have earned the ‘LGBTQ Health Care Equality Leader’ designation from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation

- said Dr. Laura Forese, executive vice president and chief operating officer of NewYork-Presbyterian.

John Park, M.D., Ph.D, has been named chief of neurological surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, where he leads a neurosurgical team that provides world-class care for conditions of the brain and spine. He was also recruited to serve as professor of neurological surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine.

We are delighted to welcome Dr. Park, an extraordinary leader, skilled surgeon and dedicated educator, who will be instrumental in elevating our brain and spine program in Queens

- says Jaclyn Mucaria, president of NewYork-Presbyterian Queens.

Nine NewYork-Presbyterian leaders have been named to the Crain’s New York Business 2020 “Notable in Health Care” list, which recognizes outstanding individuals in the health care community who have made an impact on New York City in significant ways. This year, the list focused on the medical response to the COVID-19 pandemic and highlighted those who helped bend the region’s steep infection curve downward and are still working to alleviate the economic and humanitarian toll.