04.19.2021 COVID-19 PBMC launches new website for COVID-19 vaccine appointments As vaccination efforts continue to ramp up across the region, Peconic Bay Medical Center recently launched a new COVID-19 Vaccination page with links to appointments at multiple locations, including...
04.17.2021 COVID-19 Dealing with dementia in age of COVID-19 Dealing with dementia, whether it’s the result of Alzheimer’s or another cause, is enough of a challenge in ordinary times. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the challenge is even greater...
03.10.2021 COVID-19 One year later, reflecting on the ‘tsunami of sickness’ that hit PBMC in two waves It was in mid-March last year, just a few days after Suffolk County’s first confirmed COVID-19 case, when Dr. Lawrence Walser sat at a small desk where he would...
03.08.2021 COVID-19 After year filled with loss, hope emerges for future as PBMC commemorates health care heroes One by one, the hospital staff members approached the monument just unveiled outside Peconic Bay Medical Center and placed a rock at its edge Monday evening. Each rock featured...
02.11.2021 Columns Guest Column: Reflecting on nearly 20 years at helm of Peconic Bay Medical Center I remember the day like it was yesterday. It was a brisk afternoon in mid-March 2001, nearly 20 years ago. I had completed two interviews with the hospital board and now...
02.10.2021 Health Amy Loeb promoted to executive director at PBMC, replacing Andrew Mitchell Andrew Mitchell, the president and CEO of Peconic Bay Medical Center since 2001, is leaving his current role after nearly 20 years of running the hospital’s day-to-day operations. As...
01.07.2021 COVID-19 2020 Person of the Year: Dr. Lawrence Walser When Dr. Lawrence Walser had time for a brief break from his duties managing an intensive care unit filled with COVID-19 patients at Peconic Bay Medical Center, he would...
12.15.2020 COVID-19 COVID-19 vaccine arrives on the North Fork with PBMC doctor receiving first dose On Tuesday morning, just 24 hours after the first COVID-19 vaccine was administered in New York State, a UPS truck arrived at Peconic Bay Medical Center to deliver a...
