February 9, 2021
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Stony Brook University Hospital has been named one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals™ for 2021 by Healthgrades – the only hospital on Long Island to receive this distinction for the past three consecutive years.
The honor places Stony Brook University Hospital in the top two percent of nearly 4,500 hospitals assessed nationwide for its consistent, year-over-year superior clinical performance as measured by Healthgrades, the leading resource that connects consumers, physicians and health systems. Only five hospitals in New York State were named among America’s 100 Best Hospitals this year.
“This is the equivalent of receiving another A+ on our annual report card for quality care,” said Kenneth Kaushansky, MD, senior vice president for Health Sciences at Stony Brook Medicine. “It places us among the top 2 percent of hospitals nationwide. More importantly, it measures results that make a significant difference in the lives of our patients ever
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After nearly 11 years as Dean of Stony Brook University’s Renaissance School of Medicine and Senior Vice President of Health Sciences, Dr. Kenneth Kaushansky will be retiring from the university at the end of the academic year.
According to a statement to faculty and staff on Jan. 4 from President Maurie McInnis, Kaushansky will exit his role as dean on Jan. 31 and remain senior vice president until the end of the spring semester. Kaushansky joined Stony Brook in June 2010, and has been in charge of overseeing both medical schools and the university hospital system that is spread throughout Suffolk County.
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As the first round of COVID-19 vaccines reach New York, Stony Brook Medicine is informing the community about vaccine development and pushing to become a distribution center in Suffolk County within the coming months.
The Dean of the School of Medicine and Senior Vice President for Health Sciences, Kenneth Kaushansky, told the Faculty Senate on Dec. 7 that the hospital requested 9,600 doses of the vaccine to be administered to their staff, from the first batch from Pfizer, a vaccine manufacturer. However, they will receive only around 1,000 vaccines to be distributed to staff in the intensive care unit (ICU) and emergency department.