05.13.2025 News PBMC begins construction of new Neurosciences Center Peconic Bay Medical Center is breaking down barriers to neurological care on the East End of Long Island. They celebrated this achievement Monday, May 12, with a symbolic “wall-breaking”...
04.01.2025 Community Annual Pink Pearl Gala continues to support cancer survivors The North Fork Breast Health Coalition is hosting its annual Pink Pearl Gala on Friday, April 11, from 6 to 10 p.m. to celebrate and support breast cancer survivors....
01.29.2025 Health Peconic Bay Medical Center program supporting cardiac patients A Peconic Bay Medical Center program called Cardiac Rehabilitation, a 12-week course involving supervised exercise in their own gym and lessons about nutrition and lifestyle, brought a Riverhead resident...
01.07.2025 Health Norovirus and influenza cases on the rise throughout New York As folks gather indoors this winter — whether it be for holidays, football playoffs or perhaps to shelter from the cold — the unwelcome party guests influenza and norovirus...
09.20.2024 Community North Fork Breast Health Coalition to hold walk Sunday at Tanger The North Fork Breast Health Coalition 26th annual 5K Walk for Breast Cancer Awareness returns on Sunday, Sept. 22. The fundraiser for the Riverhead-based non-profit, which provides myriad resources...
07.16.2024 Health Center for Women and Infants at PBMC received $10 million boost Northwell Health’s Peconic Bay Medical Center received a $10-million contribution for the upcoming Emilie Roy Corey Center for Women and Infants from the center’s namesakes, Emilie and Michael Corey....
05.21.2024 News Peconic Bay Medical Center opens Kanas Family Simulation Lab Peconic Bay Medical Center unveiled a state-of-the-art simulation lab for training and staff professional development. The simulation lab was christened as the Kanas Family Simulation Lab in honor of...
03.27.2024 Community PBMC speech pathologist reflects on medical mission to Ukraine Riverhead native Caitlin Saxtein, a speech language pathologist at Peconic Bay Medical Center who specializes in swallowing disorders, put her unique skill set to good use during a mission...
03.18.2024 Community Blue Waves’ Deanna North pitches positive mental health to student athletes Riverhead High School senior and varsity softball captain Deanna North, 18, has teamed up with Hope for Athletes to organize a “student athlete mental health awareness” softball game May...
02.07.2024 Health Catholic Health opens outpatient health care facility in Riverhead Catholic Health has opened a $7.2 million ambulatory care facility in Riverhead that will employ some 30 workers. The Rockville Centre-based health system opened the 15,600-square-foot Catholic Health Ambulatory...
02.05.2024 Health Concerns mount about Flanders Northampton ambulance crew staffing Susan Tocci of Flanders says her family has given more than 150 years of service to the Flanders Northampton Volunteer Ambulance, and that she herself rose up the ranks...
02.02.2024 Health Peconic Bay Medical Center nurses and healthcare workers vote in favor of a strike Peconic Bay Medical Center nurses and healthcare workers — who stated they are the “lowest-paid” in their profession on Long Island — have voted to authorize a strike. Dozens...
01.08.2024 Health PBMC welcomes new chair of emergency medicine Dr. Ninfa Mehta, the new chair of emergency medicine at Peconic Bay Medical Center, has a connection to the Riverhead hospital that goes well beyond her job. Back when...
10.13.2023 Health Cancer screenings to continue at Peconic Bay Medical Center Suffolk County’s Cancer Services Program will continue to operate at Riverhead’s Peconic Bay Medical Center, thanks to a five-year extension approved by the New York State Department of Health....
09.01.2023 Health Peconic Bay Medical Center’s new cardiac testing technology saves lives When Natalie Crowe of Setauket went for her physical in April, she felt perfectly fine. The last thing she expected to hear was that there was an irregularity in...
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