STONY BROOK (WABC) -- A young boy from Africa is about to get a life-changing procedure on Long Island after an attack by chimpanzees two years ago in the Congo left his face disfigured. In many ways, ...

When Dr. Ankit Dhamija, cardiothoracic surgeon and director of thoracic robotic surgery at Stony Brook Medicine, did a recent operation, he started by standing near the patient, but not to “operate.” ...

Nurses at Stony Brook University Hospital’s ambulatory surgery center have developed a new method of performing peripheral nerve blocks for patients undergoing orthopedic surgery procedures, according ...

The New York State Department of Health has ordered Stony Brook University Hospital to immediately halt its pediatric cardiac surgery and catherization programs, citing an “imminent danger to the ...

Stony Brook University Hospital tops list of best locations for cardiac, stroke care Healthgrades lists Stony Brook as one of the 50 best hospitals for cardiac surgery in the U.S. It also named it one ...

Stony Brook (N.Y.) Medicine has appointed Rabih Chaer, MD, as chief of vascular and endovascular surgery, and as an associate professor of surgery. Dr. Chaer previously served as division chief of ...

The Stony Brook Children’s Hospital introduced the Child and Adolescent Resource for Emotional Health (CARE) program, an ...

A new program at the Stony Brook (N.Y.) Heart Institute is designed to care for patients with cardiogenic shock, the leading cause of death after a severe heart attack. The Cardiogenic Shock Program ...

Stony Brook (N.Y.) Medicine has appointed Allison McLarty, MD, as chief of its division of cardiothoracic surgery, effective Nov. 17. Dr. McLarty has been a member of the faculty since 1997, most ...