Medical News in Oceanside, New York,United States of America

• Dr. Rajiv Datta Named a “Top Doctor” in Colon and Rectal Surgery for 6th Consecutive Year

  Under Dr. Datta’s leadership, the Gertrude & Louis Feil Cancer Center has evolved into one of the Northeast corridor’s premiere providers of...

• New Gamma Knife Perfects Treatment of Brain Tumors, Malformations

  The Gamma Knife Perfexion system is the latest advancement in noninvasive radiosurgery treatment of tumors and abnormalities in the brain.

• Prevent and Detect Head, Neck Cancer by Screening

  The Gertrude & Louis Feil Cancer Center will hold a Free Head and Neck Cancer Screening Day Friday, April 27, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. in the hospital’s...

• Best Doctors Database Includes Dr. Linda Efferen

  The Best Doctors in America database contains the names and professional profiles of approximately 45,000 of the best doctors in the U.S.

• World’s Smallest, Thinnest ICD Implanted for First Time on Long Island

  The new device includes options to promote appropriate therapy, reduce right ventricular pacing, and improve patient management.

• Indian Physicians Association Honors Renowned Cancer Surgeon

  Dr. Rajiv Datta, chair of surgery and medical director of the Gertrude & Louis Feil Cancer Center at South Nassau Communities Hospital, was cited for his...

• South Nassau One of Just 167 Hospital’s in US to Earn GWTG Gold Performance Award

  South Nassau needed to adhere to the treatment guidelines for 12 consecutive quarters (three years) and meet a performance standard of at least 85% for...

• Robotic Assisted Lung Bilobectomy is Performed for First Time

  The surgery was performed on a 63-year-old female patient who was an active smoker with a history of coughing up traces of blood, a common symptom of lung...

• Ophthalmologist Named to Prestigious Guide of Top Eye Surgeons

  Dr. Nauheim specializes in treating problems such as double vision, optic nerve disorders, visual/eye movement disorders, cataracts, diseases of the retina,...

• Abdominal Aneurysms Repaired with Minimally-Invasive Technique

  Endovascular repair of abdominal aneurysms involves making a relatively small incision in the area of both sides of the groin and placing a stent graft...

• Shoulder Injuries Repaired Arthroscopically by Center's Orthopedic Surgeons

  The center’s shoulder specialists have extensive training and experience in diagnosing and repairing all shoulder injuries. This includes instability,...

• Gamma Knife at South Nassau Treats its 1000th Patient

  The Gamma Knife has become a well-accepted standard of care in the treatment of benign and malignant brain tumors; functional disorders including trigeminal...

• Technology Fights Cancer Without Needing to Make a Single Incision

  The Varian Novalis Tx™ performs “stereotactic body radiosurgery” in a matter of minutes and often in five or fewer treatment sessions, using...

• Robot Assisted Surgery to Remove Thymus Gland Performed for First Time on Long Island

  Shahriyour Andaz, MD, needed just four small incisions to perform the procedure on a 49 year-old patient who had been diagnosed with a two-centimeter,...

• Surgeons Use da Vinci Surgical System to Perform Surgeries as Detailed as the Mona Lisa

  The number of robotic-assisted procedures performed at hospitals around the world has increased from 80,000 in 2007 to 205,000 in 2009.