Vice President, Public Relations
North Shore-LIJ Health System
Recent Posts By: Terry Lynam
What’s Your Emergency Preparedness Plan?
When a disaster hits, we often hear about heroic efforts to save lives during the emergency. Whether responding to an attack, an accident, a natural disaster—even a mishap that doesn’t make headlines—it’s inspiring when one person who’s in the right place at the right time makes all the difference. Preparation is key, because we never… Read more »
NY Times Features North Shore-LIJ Sepsis Work
A two-part series in The New York Times about sepsis highlights the North Shore-LIJ Health System’s early detection, treatment and research. Today’s article features extensive quotes from Jeremy Boal, MD, the health system’s chief medical officer, and John D’Angelo, MD, North Shore-LIJ’s vice president of emergency medicine. Sepsis is a complication of an infection or… Read more »
Prolonged CPR Can Prolong Life
Patients in cardiac arrest at the hospital are more likely to survive and go home if they receive prolonged CPR, according to a new study. Today’s front page of The New York Times quotes Stephen Green, MD, associate chairman of cardiology for the North Shore-LIJ Health System, on the Lancet study, which challenges conventional medical… Read more »
In the News: April Week 1
Hospital food usually gets a bad rap, but chefs from 11 North Shore-LIJ Hospitals competed last week in the health system’s first-ever cooking challenge to prove that hospital chefs can serve up gourmet restaurant-quality meals, but without the high fat, calories or sodium. Three celebrity chef judges awarded Forest Hills’ chefs with the top prize… Read more »
LIJ and North Shore Rank Tops for Heart Surgery in New York
LIJ Medical Center and North Shore University Hospital rank among the best for cardiac care, according to the New York State Department of Health. In a new report on adult cardiac surgery (covering 2007-09), LIJ was one of only four hospitals in New York State–and the only hospital on Long Island–with risk-adjusted mortality rates that… Read more »