HOSPITALS

Staten Island University Hospital Prince’s Bay underwent a rigorous onsite review in August.  During the visit, a team of Joint Commission reviewers evaluated compliance with related certification standards including the use of evidence-based guidelines for stroke care, adoption of standardized performance measures, composition of the program’s interdisciplinary team, program’s mission and scope of services, stroke policies, EMS protocols, and imaging capabilities.

Moffitt Cancer Center researchers, led by cancer biologist Eric Lau, Ph.D., have identified a relatively natural way to increase the numbers and antitumor activities of TILs. In a new article published in Nature Cancer, Lau’s team demonstrates how L-fucose, a nontoxic dietary plant sugar that is enriched in red and brown seaweeds, can increase TILs, promote antitumor immunity and improve the efficacy of immunotherapy.

“Moffitt Medical Center made an investment three years ago when it launched OncoBay, and in that short period of time we have taken this concept to a global entity with an international research footprint,” said James Mulé, IPhD, associate center director of Translational Science at Moffitt and OncoBay Clinical advisor. “This new partnership with Clinscience will allow us to continue to provide tailored immuno-oncology on a much larger scale.”

Mathew Foley MD is an experienced clinical leader; he previously served as vice chair of emergency medicine at North Shore University Medical Center in Manhasset.

ArthroFree is the first wireless surgical camera system to receive market clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in broad endoscopic applications including arthroscopy. UH is the first provider in Ohio to use this new technology, developed by Cleveland-based Lazurite. 

Made from a proprietary hydrophilic biomaterial featuring MIMIX™ technology, the device was inserted by Dr. Howard Roth at the level-two trauma Magnet® hospital in a patient experiencing complications with their existing polyurethane catheter.