Stony Brook University Hospital is competing for two grants through the LIVESTRONG Community Impact Project. Both of these grants will bring needed services to support families fighting cancer in our community. Offered through the LIVESTRONG’s Pillars4Life program, this grant will support the Social Work Department, allowing the Hospital to offer a “virtual” support and education [...]

Yusuf A. Hannun, a renowned molecular biologist and physician-scientist investigating the molecular mechanisms of cancer, has been appointed director of the Stony Brook Cancer Center, the Joel Kenny Professor of Medicine, and Vice Dean for Cancer Medicine. Dr. Hannun comes to Stony Brook from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). His decade of leadership [...]

When Susan Stell gave birth to her first child last June, she had many questions and concerns about caring for her newborn at home. But those fears soon subsided, thanks to the “Keeping Families Healthy” program offered by Stony Brook Long Island Children’s Hospital. Stell and her newborn baby, Ashante Williamson, were visited at home [...]

Stony Brook Medicine is dedicated to the health and well being of our community. Throughout February, American Heart Month, Stony Brook supports the American Heart Association’s national campaign, “Go Red for Women,” and will host free opportunities for you to get screened, get educated and get involved in your own heart health. Calendar of Events

Are you 60 or older? Do you have one or more of the following risk factors for an aneurysm, stroke or vascular disease? • Current or past smoker • High blood pressure • High cholesterol • Diabetes • Heart disease • Family history of aortic aneurysm In celebration of Women’s Heart Health month, Stony Brook [...]

Freedom from obesity is attainable. The key to success is to choose the right combination of tools and support within an individualized clinical program directed by a leader in the field. Stony Brook’s Bariatric and Metabolic Weight Loss Center develops treatment plans tailored to each patient’s needs, lifestyle and goals. Options may include behavior modification, [...]

Fazel Khan has been appointed assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery at Stony Brook University School of Medicine and will serve on the medical staff of Stony Brook University Medical Center. Khan, a native Long Islander, is the only orthopaedic oncologist on Long Island who is a full-time faculty member at an academic medical center. At [...]

For the second consecutive year, Stony Brook University Medical Center has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award. The award recognizes Stony Brook’s commitment and success in implementing excellent care for stroke patients, according to evidence-based guidelines. To receive the award Stony Brook achieved 85 percent [...]

For children and adolescents with HIV infection, the recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the use of raltegravir, an antiretroviral drug that slows the spread of HIV infection, offers a new weapon to treat HIV infection in children. Associate Dean for Research Sharon Nachman is the principal investigator and study chair of a [...]

The Stony Brook University Cancer Center has a wheelchair bus that is used to help patients with transportation needs. With your vote, you can help fill the bus with free gasoline. The Fueling Good Program sponsored by Citgo is giving away $120,000 in gas prizes to charities throughout the country. If the Cancer Center receives [...]