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NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital
Lifestyle
Q&A with OB-GYN Chief Dr. Tracy Bohn Hemmerdinger on the hospital’s Maternal & Newborn Care Unit and her vision for the future.Throughout her career, Dr. Tracy Bohn Hemmerdinger has been dedicated to enhancing care in the communities she serves. She recently joined the team at NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital as chief of obstetrics and gynecology, where she has seen ...
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NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital
Lifestyle
On January 20, NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital celebrated the opening of its Maternal & Newborn Care Unit, designed to enhance the care and comfort of expectant moms and their newborns and provide the best patient experience before, during and after childbirth.Located on the second floor of NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital, the center features bright, private ...
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Victoria Hochman
Neighbors
When Ronna Lichtenberg, a successful communications executive who lives and works in Manhattan, found her hip and knee pain unbearable, she began investigating joint replacement.
Ronna had been experiencing a lot of knee and hip pain…in fact it was hard for her to even walk a block. Ronna couldn’t believe she was so disabled. She consulted surgeons in Manhattan. Some recommended massive ...
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Victoria Hochman
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When Neal Castaldo was turning 63 years old he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He was scared and confused. But from the day he entered the new Cheryl R. Lindenbaum Cancer Center his fears were soothed. He was comforted, assured smiled at. Neal, a teacher for more than 30 years, says those are things you take with you… Neal’s prescription was for 44 radiation treatments, five days a ...
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Diane Wade
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Theresa McMahon has a lot of reasons to feel good about herself. She is a determined woman who knows how to accomplish her goals. She was the first of her 5 brothers and sisters to go to college and earned a masters degree in social work and an MBA. She is also now the proud single parent of a 10 month old daughter, born after in vitro fertilization.Add this to the fact that Theresa ...
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Daily Voice
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Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Africathese are just a few of the countries Hudson Valley Hospital Centers Dr. Michael Koch has visited to do reconstructive plastic surgery on children and adults.We teach local surgeons how to do the procedures and then perform them on patients, said the board certified plastic surgeon from Mt. Kisco. Koch is a plastic surgeon at Hudson Valley Hospital ...
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Daily Voice
Neighbors
YORKTOWN, N.Y. - Myra Marsocci will enjoy the fruits (and vegetables) of her labor this week as Hudson Valley Hospital Centers Cancer Center unveils its new Seeds for Health garden.A Yorktown horticulturalist and co-owner of the local company Shades of Green, she helped design the herb and vegetable garden that will be used to not only nourish the hospitals cancer patients, but also ...
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Daily Voice
Neighbors
Ellen King was understandably anxious when she slipped on a piece of ice in January and was rushed to a hospital thousands of miles from her Canadian hometown.The fall, which occurred during her Christmas vacation in Somers, N.Y., caused her to break her hip and develop a blood clot.I have Canadian feet. The British Columbians call them le pied Canadien, King said. I thought I was ...
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Daily Voice
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CORTLANDT, N.Y. -- When it started taking him longer to recover from pain he felt after working out, Mike Harris got worried. He had been an athlete for years, and even participated in races such as the New York City Marathon during his youth. Thats why, only after seeing the results of an X-ray that revealed his cartilage had worn away, did he realize he needed to have his hip ...