WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- White Plains Hospital's Dr. Pam Weber will be hosting a lunch and learn to discuss "headline issues" centered around breast cancer and breast screening 101 at the Physicians Associates Community Room on Wednesday, Oct. 15, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.  The Physicians Associates Community Room is located at 1296 North Ave. in the Wykagyl Shopping Center in New ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- White Plains Hospital will celebrate the final beam being placed on the hospital's new six-story patient tower, on Tuesday, Sept. 30, at 11 a.m.  The celebration will take place on the corner of Davis Avenue & East Post Road, White Plains. The new tower will include 24 new private rooms, five additional state-of-the-art operating rooms built to support the ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- White Plains Hospital, in partnership with Athleta, will be hosting a roundtable with Dr. Lesa Kelly on skin care at Athleta on Tuesday, Sept. 30, beginning at 6 p.m.  Athleta is at 700 White Plains Road, Scarsdale.  Kelly will talk about lifestyle factors that impact the health of your skin including sunburns, moles, and proactive skin health. She will share ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- The  American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology recommend patients suffering heart attacks get the coronary artery reopened within 90 minutes of the first medical contact. However, White Plains Hospital has worked to significantly reduce that amount of time to half.   “While 90 minutes is the goal for most hospitals, we know that the faster ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Dr. Pamela Weber, the director of outpatient imaging at White Plains Hospital Imaging Center at New Rochelle, discusses the state-of the-art equipment used and how White Plains Hospital doctors provide a level of comfort for patients.  For more information, visit www.facebook.com/WPHospital.   

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Join White Plains Hospital as it raises money for pancreatic cancer awareness on Friday, Nov. 21 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Gilda's Club. Gilda's Club is located at 80 Maple Avenue, White Plains.  The forum will focus on early detection and an improved chance for survival.  The forum is free and lunch will be provided.  To register and for questions, call ...

This story has been updated WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. --  White Plains Hospital and Montefiore Medical Center were approved for a partnership by the Public Health and Health Planning Council on Thursday. Through the partnership, approved by a unanimous vote, Montefiore will become the co-operator and active parent of White Plains Hospital. President and CEO of Montefiore Health ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Dr. Seth Lerner, urological oncologist and director of the prostate program at White Plains Hospital, discusses why he's proud to be a part of the hospital and the cutting-edge technologies used at White Plains Hospital to help treat prostate cancer.  One of the technologies Lerner discusses is robotic prostate cancer surgery, which has made an impact over the ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- White Plains Hospital will honor longtime Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jon B. Schandler at its annual Auxiliary Gala for his four decades of remarkable service to the healthcare organization.  The event will take place at the Trump National Golf Club in Briarcliff Manor on Saturday, Nov. 1 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $500 per person. Schandler is a 38-year veteran ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- White Plains Hospital has named Dr. Rafael Torres, of Manhattan, to its medical staff. Torres is medical director of Emergency Medicine as of Sept. 2.  Torres completed his undergraduate work at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., and received his medical degree from the George Washington University School of Medicine, in Washington, D.C., where he ...