(Long Island, NY) Island Digestive Disease Consultants, specialists in gastroenterology, digestive, colon, liver, pancreas and nutritional diseases, has partnered with Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center to open Island Digestive Health Center, a free-standing endoscopy center in West Islip. Neil Lobo, MD, Kourosh Adhami, MD, James Kohlroser, DO, and Babak Danesh, MD, are a highly regarded group of gastroenterologists who have been leaders in the community and who share Good Samaritan Hospital’s dedication to clinical excellence.
Good Samaritan’s Interim Chief Medical Officer Donald Teplitz, DO, (front center on right) is assisted by Town of Islip Supervisor Angie Carpenter, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer Nancy Simmons and Medical Director of Island Digestive Health Center Babak Danesh, MD, (left to right center) along with Good Samaritan and Island Digestive Health Center staff, elected officials and community members in cutting the ribbon. Photo Credit: Good Samaritan Hospital.
At the center, diagnostic testing and procedures are done with state-of-the-art technology to diagnose and treat all forms of digestive disorders, from the simple to the very complex.
Island Digestive Health Center is located at 471 Montauk Hwy., West Islip. For additional information, please call (631) 376-2260.
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center is a 537-bed (including 100 nursing home beds), voluntary, not-for-profit hospital located in West Islip. The medical center has more than 3,775 employees and 900 physicians on staff and had nearly 26,000 patient admissions and nearly 90,000 emergency department visits in 2013. Good Samaritan is a member of Catholic Health Services of Long Island. Visit the website at www.good-samaritan-hospital.org.
The medical center supplies residents with the tools necessary to maintain good health. This includes community lectures, screenings, health fairs and other community programs and services.
