Good Samaritan Hospital Supports Military Service Members

John Mitty Monday, March 19, 2012

Good Samaritan Hospital Supports Military Service Members

West Islip, NY – A multidisciplinary group of veterans affairs officials from the town, state and federal government and Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center’s emergency medicine staff recently met to explore methods and processes for providing support to members of the United States Armed Forces in the community.  This meeting presented a unique opportunity for representatives to convene and provide Good Samaritan staff with key information related to services that can be offered to active and veteran military members.

Pictured (L-R): Long Island State Veterans Home Interim Deputy Executive Director Jonathan C. Spier, Good Samaritan’s Vice President of Quality Management Susan Dries, New York State Service Foundation President Frank DeMarco, Dawn Esposito, LPN, a surgical nurse at Good Samaritan, The American Legion, Smith-Wever Post #651 Commander Gary Vertichio and 1^st Vice Commander Frank J. Ciulla, Veterans Service Agency/Human Services Division Director Thomas Ronayne, Town of Islip Councilman John C. Cochrane, Jr., Good Samaritan Emergency Department’s Clinical Nursing Director Thomas Nolan, RN, Good Samaritan’s Chairman of Emergency Medicine Adhi Sharma, MD, Administrative Director Bruce Litwack, and Nurse Manager Carol Butler, RN, Joe Sledge, Northport Veterans Association Medical Center and Good Samaritan’s Chief Physician Assistant of Emergency Medicine William Sierra, RPA.

Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center is a 537-bed (including 100 nursing home beds), voluntary, not-for-profit hospital located in West Islip.  The medical center, which has more than 4,500 employees and almost 900 physicians on staff, had nearly 30,000 patient admissions and more than 95,000 emergency department visits in 2011.  Good Samaritan is a member of Catholic Health Services of Long Island. Visit the website at www.good-samaritan-hospital.org.

Good Samaritan provided more than $43 million in community service and charity care in 2011.  The medical center supplies residents with the tools necessary to maintain good health.  This includes community lectures, screenings, health fairs and other community programs and services.

Colleen Valdini
Manager, Public and External Affairs
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center
(631) 376-4483
(631) 376-3893 (fax)
colleen.valdini@chsli.com

jmitty@longislandyellowpages.com

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