(West Islip, NY) Staff at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center were joined by administration and physicians at the recent ribbon cutting for the dedication of The Theresa Patnode Santmann Center for Cardiovascular Services. Babylon resident Theresa Patnode Santmann’s generous donation of $1 million supported the recent $5.6 million upgrade to the hospital’s interventional cardiac services.
(L-R): Good Samaritan Hospital Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery Christopher LaMendola, MD, Catholic Health Services (CHS) Board Chairman Richard J.J. Sullivan, Good Samaritan Hospital Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer Nancy Simmons, Chief of Cardiology Larry Altschul, MD, Theresa Patnode Santmann, The Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation Chairman John J. Halleron, III, Esq., founding cardiology division physician V. William Caracci, MD, The Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation board member Henry C. Schreiber, Jr., CHS Chief Operating Officer Dennis Verzi and emeritus medical staff member Robert Schick, MD.
The Center offers three state-of-the-art cardiac catheterization laboratories equipped with the latest in digital cardiovascular and interventional imaging systems. They are capable of advanced examination and treatment of cardiac and vascular conditions.
For more information on cardiac services at Good Samaritan, call (631) 376-4444 or visit www.good-samaritan-hospital.org
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, which has more than 3,775 employees and 900 physicians on staff, had nearly 28,000 patient admissions and nearly 100,000 emergency department visits in 2012. 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.
