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NewYork-Presbyterian
Lifestyle
On December 15, NewYork-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital unveiled its new state of the art endoscopy services and ambulatory surgical unit suites at a socially distanced ribbon cutting ceremony.The 15,000 square foot space is located on the second floor of the hospital in Bronxville, complete with thirteen private rooms for patient prep and recovery. Each room offers a seamless patient ...
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Lawrence Hospital Center
Neighbors
Erin Murphy, MD, and her husband, Gregory Stanley, MD, are vascular surgeons who recently joined Lawrence Hospital Center’s medical staff. The board certified doctors are the leaders of a full-service vascular practice in the hospital.
“We have our own vascular lab that allows us to perform diagnostic studies, get the results and share them with our patients the very same day. The quick ...
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Alisa Holland
Neighbors
“Unless you’ve gone through it, you don’t really know what it’s like,” Patrice Broquadio-Pons says about breastfeeding. She’s now nursing her second child, Lorelei. “When I first had my son, Logan, I didn’t know what I was doing. Was he getting enough milk? Why am I in pain? It was not a smooth start and that was a surprise because I thought it would be so natural and easy,” says the ...
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Alisa Holland
Neighbors
This fall, Lawrence is launching a new Hospitalist program. The term “Hospitalist” refers to physicians whose practice focuses on the delivery of care to hospitalized patients. These specialists at Lawrence Hospital Center will provide acute care 24/7 to all adult inpatients except those in Lawrence’s Intensive Care Unit. A different team of physicians cares for them ... the Hospital’s ...
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Alisa Holland
Neighbors
When patients come to Lawrence for joint replacement surgery, one of their biggest concerns is post-op pain. Taking steps to restrict or eliminate that pain altogether is the focus of a team led by Naixi (Nelson) Li, MD, PhD, chief of Anesthesiology at Lawrence Hospital Center. Dr. Li says his group of highly trained physicians has two primary goals – safety and comfort. “We take an ...
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Mike Russo
Neighbors
Proper health management and regular doctor’s visits during a woman’s pregnancy can alert physicians to early warning signs of the challenges facing expecting mothers and babies.
Dr. Patricia Connor Devine, the Director of Obstetrics and Gynecology for Lawrence Medical Associates and Director of the Maternal Child Health Center at Lawrence Hospital Center, said one of the most common ...
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Lawrence Hospital Center
Neighbors
Fresh out of college, Helen Lovell began working at J.P. Morgan Chase in the late 1950’s. In 1963, William McRitchie, a Vice President at the bank discovered Helen lived in Bronxville and offered her a suggestion that would change her life forever. “He told me I should give back to the community and since I lived in Bronxville, I should consider volunteering at Lawrence Hospital,” says ...
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Christine Loughran
Neighbors
BRONXVILLE, N.Y. - If you are looking to avoid blood transfusions because of religious, health or personal reasons, Lawrence Hospital Center is now offering alternatives, said Debra Abreu, its bloodless medicine coordinator.
"Everyone who comes in to Lawrence Hospital as a patient is given the option to choose safe alternatives to blood transfusions," she said. "We want the whole ...