During excavation near Sixth Street and Eighth Avenue in Park Slope—the site for NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital’s new Center for Community Health (CCH)—about 30 large boulders were removed from the ground and donated to the Prospect Park Alliance. The Park plans to use these transplanted pieces of quartz granite for its Parks without Borders initiative.

CIO Magazine has named NewYork-Presbyterian a 2017 CIO 100 Award winner. The 30th annual awards program honors and recognizes the cutting-edge innovations of companies that demonstrate excellence and achievement in information technology. The 2017 CIO 100 Awards were presented at the CIO 100 Symposium and Awards Ceremony on August 14 to 16, 2017 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

With back-to-school quickly approaching, parents have already begun securing basic necessities like backpacks. Each year, millions of children return to school struggling under the weight of an overstuffed backpack. Heavy backpacks can put children at risk of injury, according to Dr. Joshua Hyman, orthopedic surgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital.

NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital has broadened the scope of its gastrointestinal services to provide area patients access to the latest non-surgical procedures and surgical intervention.

NewYork-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital Orthopedics is undergoing an exciting transformation, ushered in by nationally renowned sports medicine and orthopedic physicians from Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC). Doctors will be seeing patients in Bronxville and Tarrytown, with surgical procedures performed at NewYork-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital.

On Saturday, June 10, family and friends of longtime Bronxville resident, Victor M. Samra, Jr., gathered to dedicate the new Victor M. Samra Rooftop Garden at NewYork-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital Cancer Center in his memory.

NewYork-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital and Gilda’s Club Westchester are partnering on a new program that will bring Gilda’s Club Westchester’s widely acclaimed cancer support services to the Bronxville-based hospital.

NewYork-Presbyterian is deploying a Disaster Response Team to Puerto Rico today to help provide much-needed medical care for residents still suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Our medical team includes four physicians and eight nurses with diverse areas of expertise.