Apostolos K. Tassiopoulos, Associate Professor of Surgery, Program Director of the Vascular Surgery Residency, and Director of the Surgical Skills Simulation Center in Stony Brook’s School of Medicine, has been appointed Chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery. Tassiopoulos has served as interim chief with distinction since 2008; he joined Stony Brook in 2006. “The [...]

A research team in the Department of Pathology at Stony Brook University School of Medicine has discovered a laboratory method to expand adult hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) using the SALL4 gene. Lead Author Professor Yupo Ma and colleagues used this method to produce a more than 10,000-fold increase in HSCs derived from normal human bone [...]

The Sixth Annual Summer Soiree By Day, presented by the National Pediatric MS Center at Stony Brook University Medical Center, features an afternoon of dining, entertainment, and auction prizes. The event, which starts at 11:30 am, benefits pediatric MS research conducted at the Center. It will be held at the Glen Head Country Club on [...]

The first Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) Clinical Research Day at Stony Brook University Medical Center this spring kicked off a gathering of scientists with the purpose of fostering future research collaboration in the development of new biomedical discoveries and technologies between the two institutions. Faculty from Stony Brook University School of [...]

Stony Brook University Medical Center is offering a revolutionary new treatment to patients suffering from complex brain aneurysms. Recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Pipeline Embolization Device (PED) is a stent-like device that enables physicians at the Cerebrovascular Center (CVC) of the Department of Neurological Surgery to treat some of the [...]

Stony Brook University Hospital has greatly reduced its carbon footprint and by doing so has saved an estimated $169,628 in operating expenses, according to a semi-annual report by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The report, an Environmental Assessment, stems from a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between SBUH and the EPA in 2009 when the [...]

Golden Globe-winning, three-time Emmy-nominated actress and singer Ann Jillian will be the keynote speaker at the seventh annual National Cancer Survivors Day® at the Cancer Center at Stony Brook University Medical Center. Held on Sunday, June 12, from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm, the event brings cancer survivors and their families together to celebrate living [...]

Vincent Yang has been named Chair of the Department of Medicine; he will officially join the Department on September 1. He comes from Emory University, where he serves as the R. Bruce Logue Professor of Medicine and Director of the Division of Digestive Diseases, and holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Hematology and [...]

For the first time, Stony Brook Long Island Children’s Hospital has partnered with the March of Dimes to host its annual March for Babies. More than a million people in over 900 communities across the country participate in this walk, which raises money to create awareness and prevent birth defects, prematurity, and infant mortality. Long [...]

As part of Public Health Month 2011, Stony Brook Medical Center is providing free medical screenings now through April 15. For more, visit www.stonybrookmedicalcenter.org/publichealthmonth