Press Releases

Posted: 12/28/2016

Home Care, Outpatient Dialysis, Stroke Programs Recognized for High-Performance. South Nassau Communities Hospital (SNCH) received several prestigious national awards in 2016 for its commitment to quality and service excellence in the delivery of home health, dialysis and stroke care services. “These awards underscore our ongoing commitment to quality,” said Richard J. Murphy, president & CEO at South Nassau. “We are constantly looking for ways to improve patient care and patient satisfaction, so it’...

Posted: 11/28/2016

Late summer 2015, while on break for lunch, members of the nursing staff of South Nassau Communities Hospital’s Pediatric Unit, also referred to as “2B” on the hospital’s campus map, delved into a deep discussion about the rising percentage of the nursing workforce nearing retirement age and the declining number of new nurses entering the profession. The discussion was prompted by the results of a 2013 survey conducted by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing and The Forum of State Nursing Work...

Posted: 11/15/2016

More than 630 supporters of South Nassau Communities Hospital attended the Hospital’s 2016 Annual Carnation Ball held Saturday, November 5 at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Westbury. Participants helped raise a gross total of $707,217 (a net of $587,325), which will support South Nassau’s Emergency Department Expansion Campaign.  The campaign is a five-year, $10 million fundraising initiative to help support a $60 million renovation and expansion of the Oceanside Emergency Department, serving all ...

Posted: 11/4/2016

Prominent surgical oncologist Rajiv Datta, MD, has been named a 2016 “America’s Best Physician” by the National Consumer Advisory Board (NCAB). Physicians who earn the honor are recommended by peer physicians, patients, healthcare professionals or by the NCAB’s selection committee. “Dr. Datta is the epitome of a compassionate, expert, skilled physician,” said Richard J. Murphy, president and CEO of South Nassau.  “His passion for his work and his commitment to providing standard-setting patient-cent...

Posted: 10/26/2016

Approval Paves Way for SNCH to Move Forward with Plans for its Long Beach Medical Arts Pavilion, Southwest Addition to the Hospital. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved South Nassau’s plan to improve medical services for the South Shore of Nassau County by expanding Emergency Services in Long Beach and investing FEMA funds at the hospital’s Oceanside campus to improve care for some 900,000 area residents. The FEMA approval of South Nassau’s plan will allow the hospital to move for...

Posted: 10/26/2016

Trauma nurse Margaret Puya, RN, Wins Cupola Ward; Community Honoree Award Goes To Retired Vascular Surgeon Luke LiCalzi, MD. Paul M. Black, chief executive officer of Allscripts, a global leader in healthcare information technology solutions, has been named the Corporate Honoree of South Nassau Communities Hospital’s 2016 Annual Carnation Ball while former LIRR President Helena E. Williams was named the Mary Pearson Award recipient. Two South Nassau health care leaders, Dr. Luke K. LiCalzi of Rockville C...

Posted: 10/14/2016

South Nassau supporters who participated in the hospital’s 5K Walk last month donated more than $56,000 to the Gertrude & Louis Feil Cancer Center in Valley Stream this week to help patients undergoing cancer treatments and to expand cancer education efforts. More than 250 residents completed a 3.1-mile walk through Baldwin and Oceanside and used Internet-based Crowdrise to raise the funds, which along with event sponsorships, grossed more than $76,000. The staff of the Gertrude & Louis Feil Canc...

Posted: 10/3/2016

In recognition of their selfless service as junior volunteers at South Nassau Communities Hospital, three Baldwin residents have been awarded the hospital’s annual Dorothy M. Sharer Scholarship. The recipients (who were former classmates at St. Christopher’s R.C. Parish School in Baldwin before moving on to high school), are Dorothy Daga, graduate of Kellenberg Memorial High School, Uniondale, attending Adelphi University; Erin Kastner, graduate of Sacred Heart Academy, Hempstead, attending University of...

Posted: 9/12/2016

A Day for Free Screenings, Music, Food, Games & Family Fun. In agreement with Hippocrates, who said, “Walking is man’s best medicine,” South Nassau Communities Hospital will host its new 5K Walk for Cancer Care & Health Fair on Sunday, September 25th to raise funds for the cancer center Supported by Hewlett House and the Oceanside Chamber of Commerce, the 5K Walk will be occur in the peaceful and pleasant neighborhood surrounding the hospital from 9 -10AM and the free Health Fair and Fall festiva...

Posted: 8/18/2016

L.I. Herald Editorial:  It’s been nearly four years since Hurricane Sandy extensively damaged the Long Beach Medical Center and indirectly led to its closure. Its absence still looms large: Long Beach lost hundreds of jobs and many of its doctors, and the closing has hurt the local economy. We believe that South Nassau Communities Hospital’s plan to establish an emergency department and medical arts pavilion on the former LBMC site is the most viable option to ensure residents access to a local eme...

Posted: 8/3/2016

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has issued a finding in support of South Nassau’s alternative use proposal to use $171 million of FEMA funds to improve medical services for the South Shore of Nassau County by building a Medical Arts Pavilion in Long Beach and a Southwest Addition at its Oceanside campus. As part of its Environmental Assessment of the projects, FEMA determined that the hospital’s proposal will have ‘no significant adverse impact’ on the quality of the human environment in r...

Posted: 8/2/2016

South Nassau Communities Hospital has been named a ‘Baby Friendly’ hospital by the World Health Organization for its commitment to mothers and newborns and in recognition of its effort to foster breastfeeding. The designation - awarded by the World Health Organization (WHO)/United Nations Children's Fund’s (UNICEF) via Baby-Friendly USA, Inc. (BFUSA) – has been won by only two hospitals on Long Island. The ‘Baby Friendly’ designation recognizes birth facilities that offer breastfeeding mothers the inform...

Posted: 7/25/2016

Congresswoman Kathleen Rice and Nassau County Legislator Denise Ford have sent a letter to FEMA supporting South Nassau’s proposal to use FEMA funds in both Oceanside and Long Beach to improve health services for the South Shore, calling it “the most viable option to ensure Long Beach residents have access to quality health care now and in the future.” Click here to view Congresswoman Kathleen Rice and Nassau County Legislator Denise Ford's letter to FEMA (PDF) Nassau County Legislator Denise Ford

Posted: 7/19/2016

After a rigorous review process and a significant investment in additional highly-trained personnel, South Nassau Communities Hospital has earned the American College of Surgeons (ACS) verification as a Level II Trauma Center. South Nassau’s Level II Trauma Center remains the only one of its kind located on the South Shore of Nassau County, providing critical emergency care to some 900,000 residents in the hospital’s service area. The verification, which is awarded by the ACS’s Verification Review Commit...

Posted: 7/8/2016

Expanding its role as a regional medical center and teaching institution, South Nassau Communities Hospital for the first time welcomed its own postdoctoral medical residents in surgery and obstetrics and gynecology on July 1. In a major step forward, South Nassau received initial accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to add the surgical and obstetrics and gynecology residency training programs. The addition of two postdoctoral residency programs continues th...

Posted: 7/1/2016

South Nassau Communities Hospital has developed a comprehensive proposal for investment of FEMA dollars in Long Beach and Oceanside based in part on a detailed Long Beach Needs Analysis, independently conducted by Bruce Vladeck, PhD, the former head of the U.S. Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA — now the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) during the Clinton administration and the former president of the United Hospital Fund.  Visit the South Nassau's Proposed FEMA Projects webpag...

Posted: 6/17/2016

Supporters of South Nassau Communities Hospital made history at the hospital’s 32nd Annual Golf Outing, raising more than a quarter of a million dollars in support of the expansion of the hospital’s Emergency Department, breaking all previous records for the event and increasing net contributions by more than 20 percent over last year’s outing. The gross of $374,550 and net revenue of $265,197 made this the hospital’s most successful golf outing in recent memory. South Nassau’s President & CEO, Richa...

Posted: 5/23/2016

Two of Long Island’s most accomplished business leaders, Butch Yamali and Wayne Lipton, have been designated co-honorees of South Nassau Communities Hospital’s 32nd Annual Golf Outing to be held Monday, June 13, at The Seawane Club in Hewlett Harbor and Woodmere Club, Woodmere, NY. A volunteer Golf Committee lead by co-chairs Tony Cancellieri, a South Nassau board member who also is a vice president at Park Strategies, and Jeffrey Greenfield, managing member, NGL Group, LLC, are raising funds to support ...

Posted: 3/29/2016

Thanks to the generous support of local donors, South Nassau Communities Hospital is nearing the halfway point toward its goal of raising $10 million to help fund the expansion and redesign of the hospital’s Oceanside Emergency Department. Since the Emergency Department Expansion Campaign began in 2015, the hospital’s supporters have donated $3,376,910, pledged an additional $364,731 and secured grants of $500,000. The total of $4,241,641 in donations will go toward the $57 million cost of expanding the ...

Posted: 3/21/2016

Becker's Hospital Review has named Adhi Sharma, MD, chief medical officer at South Nassau Communities Hospital, to its prestigious list of "100 Hospital and Health System CMOs to Know" in the United States. The list is based on individuals' experience in overseeing medical and quality affairs at their respective organizations. The 100 CMOs are indispensable members of hospital and health system leadership teams and have demonstrated a commitment to continuous improvement in safety and quality. Members o...