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VALHALLA, NY (March 30, 2023) – Individuals with non-emergent heart concerns can now take advantage of a new program at Westchester Medical Center that offers convenient, same day cardiology appointments. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and according to the American Heart Association, about 80 percent of cardiovascular disease is preventable. Westchester Medical Center Health Network’s (WMCHealth) Heart and Vascular Institute is dedicated to preventing hear...
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VALHALLA, NY (April 1, 2022) – The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) debuted this week a new cardiovascular program that aims to stop preventable coronary death and disease in its tracks. Located at Westchester Medical Center and MidHudson Regional Hospital, the Cardiovascular Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Program (CHPDP ) , prioritizes prevention, education and wellness while using best-practice methodologies to assess and manage the myriad of factors...
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Lorenzo Beronilla is an actor and former tennis player who gained recognition as a food influencer. His initial fame came as a regular on the widely popular, Epicurious YouTube "Four Levels of..." series, which has tens of millions of views. Lorenzo later competed - and won – an episode Bravo TV's Top Chef Amateurs series. Healthy and fit for almost all of his life, Beronilla began suffering from simmering fatigue coupled with minor breathing issues, assumed to be allergies or asthma, escala...
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VALHALLA, N.Y. (February 5, 2024) – Fern, a Westchester County resident, awoke recently with excruciating pain. It passed and she didn’t think much of it until the headaches started and persisted. Finally, knowing that she had a history of heart disease in her family, Fern decided to see a cardiologist, but she couldn’t get an appointment. Then a friend told her about Westchester Medical Center’s Same-Day Cardiology program . Fern called and got an appointment the very next day. “It’s a good thing I did...
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Contact: Dave Billig (914) 493-8028 billigd@wcmc.com Westchester Medical Center (WMC) recently announced that it is the first hospital in the Hudson Valley region and, one of the first in the tri-state area, to offer minimally invasive transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with only local anesthesia allowing some patients to go home the next day . Traditionally, TAVR surgery is performed under general anesthesia with an average hospital stay lasting anywhere between 2 to 7 days. For some, the ho...
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CONTACT: David Billig (914) 493 8028 Westchester Medical Center Performs Hudson Valley's First Mitraclip Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair Procedure Minimally invasive heart valve repair (MitraClip procedure) offers hope to those patients deemed too high risk for traditional open mitral valve repair surgery Westchester Medical Center (WMC) recently announced that it is the first and only hospital in the Hudson Valley ...
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CONTACT: David Billig (914) 493 8028 36 th Annual Westchester Medical Center gala brings two new endowments Annual Westchester Medical Center Foundation fundraiser raises more than $3 million from supporters to help support the mission of the Medical Center The Westchester Medical Center Foundation, a 501c(3) which supports the mission of Westchester Medical Center recently held its annual fund raiser. This year’s event which was a...
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VALHALLA, NY (November 1, 2024) – Law enforcement officers can experience undue stress while doing their jobs. To ensure they are fit in the field, Westchester Medical Center is partnering with the New York State Troopers Police Benevolent Association Surgeons Group to offer heart disease exams to state troopers through its Cardiovascular Health Promotion and Disease Prevention program . Police officers may face a risk of cardiac death up to 70 times higher than normal when involved in stressful situati...
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VALHALLA , N.Y. (May 27, 2022) – Westchester Medical Center Health Network's (WMCHealth) 2022 Gala to be held at the Caramoor Center for Music and Arts in Katonah, NY on June 4 will salute 10 local organizations for their support of the Network during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, WMCHealth will recognize Michael Gewitz, MD, Executive Director, and William Russell McCurdy, Physician-in-Chief of WMCHealth's Maria Fareri Children's Hospital for his decades-long accomplishments in pediatric cardiolog...
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VALHALLA, NY- (February 25, 2019) – Girls’ Night Out, a heartwarming evening featuring tributes to heart disease survivors and their supporters, raised awareness about women’s heart health, as well as hope that new advances in cardiology will save more lives in the future. The event, a fundraiser for the Westchester Medical Center Health Network Heart & Vascular Institute, drew about 350 people to the Doral Arrowwood Hotel and Conference Center in Rye Brook on February 8. It paid tribute to female h...
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KINGSTON, N.Y. (July 12, 2021) – Fulfilling a promise to deliver more advanced services to Ulster County and surrounding areas, WMCHealth today announced the opening of a new cardiac catheterization laboratory at HealthAlliance Hospital on Broadway in Kingston. The new laboratory offers emergent and preventative solutions for blocked arteries, irregular heartbeats and coronary heart disease, services never before available in Ulster County. The service operates under the direction of WMCHealth’s compreh...
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