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“Physician Talks” Commence on Multiple Health Topics

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(L-R): Dean Brown, Director of Business Development, The Bristal Assisted Living Communities; Rachana Shukla, M.D., White Plains Hospital; and Samantha Krieger, Executive Director, The Bristal Assisted Living at Armonk.

Rachana Shukla, M.D., who provides a range of routine, preventive and primary care services for patients at White Plains Hospital Medical & Wellness in Armonk, recently spoke to residents at The Bristal Assisted Living at Armonk as part of a new series called “Physician Talks.” During the discussion, she talked about the benefits of preventative medicine through lifestyle choices, wellness through proper diet, forms of exercise, smoking cessation, vaccinations, screenings, and communication with family and physicians.

The Bristal at Armonk is the second assisted living community in Westchester for The Engel Burman Group. The company opened their first Westchester community in White Plains, which is located on North Street just minutes from downtown White Plains. The Engel Burman Group has been managing exceptional assisted living residences for over fifteen years and currently operates nine assisted living communities on Long Island. The Bristal also has a community located in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey. For more information about The Bristal at Armonk, please call 914-432-8200 or visit www.thebristal.com.                                    

 

White Plains Hospital Urgent Care Center in Armonk

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The team at White Plains Hospital Medical and Wellness in Armonk.

Since last fall, Armonk residents have had one of the region’s top urgent care centers right outside their doors.

White Plains Hospital Medical and Wellness, a 24,000-square-foot facility on Armonk’s Business Park Drive, opened last November and has served thousands of patients from northern Westchester and Connecticut.

“What people will find in Armonk is urgent care that goes well beyond basic services,” says Frances Bordoni, Senior Vice President of Ambulatory and Physician Services and Business Development at White Plains Hospital. “Our physicians are able to diagnose and treat a wide variety of conditions. They have access to the Hospital’s extensive clinical resources, and they can support patients after an urgent care visit, right here in the community, through referrals to and communication with our extensive physician network.”

The urgent care center is geared towards patients with injuries or illnesses that require immediate medical attention but aren’t necessarily serious enough to merit a trip to the emergency room. This includes sore throats, the flu, or common sprains.

“As one of only two hospital-operated urgent care centers in New York State, we are able to provide a higher level of care than most urgent care centers that offer only basic labs, basic x-rays,” says Farrukh Jafri, M.D., Co-medical Director of Urgent Care. “Here you’ll always be seen by an Emergency Medicine physician. We also have on-site imaging, and we can analyze blood work and labs in real time.”

The center is open seven days a week, from 3 to 11 p.m. on weekdays and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekends, while a full-service Diagnostic Imaging Center is open weekdays from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. and weekends from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. For more information, the public is invited to call 914-849-7900 or visit www.wphospital.org. The center is located at 99 Business Park Drive in Armonk.

White Plains Hospital Medical & Wellness Celebrates 1st Anniversary in Armonk with Family Fun Day

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White Plains Hospital, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital and Equinox Fitness Club are partnering to celebrate the one year anniversary of WPH’s Medical and Wellness facility in Armonk with a Family Fun Day on Saturday Oct. 1.  The event, which will feature a variety of games and activities for children and adults alike, will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the 99 Business Park Drive parking lot and is free and open to the public.

For Kids

Children can enjoy a day of fun-filled activities including a visit to the Ted E. Bear clinic, which uses stuffed animals to explain how to treat a variety of ‘boo boo’s and alleviate fears for children surrounding medical care. The first 100 children will receive a free teddy bear to take home.

For Grown-Ups

Equinox will also be on hand offering an array of classes and demonstrations to help families get active and stay in shape. For those looking to really break a sweat, the Armonk Fire Department will be running an obstacle course designed to be as fun as it is challenging.

For All

The new state-of-the-art White Plains Hospital Medical & Wellness facility will be on open for tours with physician meet-and-greets. Mammogram scheduling and on-site flu shots will also be available.

The afternoon includes something for everyone including live music, balloon sculpture, raffles and free giveaways, food trucks and pumpkin painting, courtesy of DeCiccos. To give back to the community, guests are asked to bring canned goods for donation to the Armonk Food Bank. A rain date is set for Oct. 2. For more information call (914) 681-2628.

The White Plains Hospital Medical and Wellness facility opened in late 2015 and features an urgent care center, comprehensive imaging center, and multispecialty outpatient physician practices in a variety of specialties, including primary care, pediatrics, endocrinology, neurology, cardiology and more.  The modern, spacious facility is located at 99 Business Park Drive in Armonk, just off route 22 and I-684.

“We hope area residents will come out to enjoy some fabulous activities and meet their neighbors at WPH Medical and Wellness,” said Frances Bordoni, VP of Business Development and Ambulatory and Physician Services at White Plains Hospital.  “We are thrilled to have been welcomed so warmly into northern Westchester over the past twelve months, and are looking forward to another great year providing outstanding healthcare services to members of the Armonk community.”

About White Plains Hospital

White Plains Hospital (WPH) is a proud member of the Montefiore Health System, serving as its tertiary hub of advanced care in the Hudson Valley.  WPH is a 292-bed not-for-profit health care organization with the primary mission of providing exceptional acute and preventive medical care to all people who live in, work in or visit Westchester County and its surrounding areas. Centers of Excellence include the Center for Cancer Care, The William & Sylvia Silberstein Neonatal & Maternity Center and The Ruth and Jerome A. Siegel Stroke Center. The Hospital’s Flanzer Emergency Department is the busiest in Westchester County, seeing nearly 57,000 visits a year. White Plains Hospital performs lifesaving emergency and elective angioplasty in its Joan and Alan Herfort, M.D. Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Marie Promuto Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory.  White Plains Hospital also has outpatient medical facilities in Armonk and New Rochelle.  The Hospital is fully accredited by the Joint Commission and earned its recognition as a Top Performer for Key Quality Measures® in 2015 and 2013. The Hospital is also an eleven-time winner of the Consumer Choice Award, an honor given to the nation’s top hospitals by the National Research Corporation, and received Magnet® designation in 2012 from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).  In 2014 and 2016, White Plains Hospital received the Outstanding Patient Experience Award from Healthgrades®, given to only 10% of hospitals nationwide. For additional information, visit http://www.wphospital.org.

 

Keeping Kids Safe on the Sports Field

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White Plains Hospital Experts Aim to Equip Parents with News They Can Use as Fall Sports Season Gets Underway

sb10063098ce-001Just in time for the beginning of team try outs, games and practices, three highly regarded experts from White Plains Hospital will present a valuable talk on sports safety for kids.  The informational session is open to the public and will provide parents, coaches, and caregivers with the tools they need to prevent injuries and accidents among school-aged kids, as well as guidance on what to do when injuries do occur.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 2.6 million children ages 19 and younger are treated in hospital emergency rooms each year for sports and recreation-related injuries, including sprains and strains, and injuries involving growth plates and repetitive motions.

“Playing sports provide tremendous physical and social benefits for kids,” said Michael Schwartz, MD, orthopedic surgeon with White Plains Hospital Physician Associates Orthopedic Specialists who specializes in sports medicine, “but it is extremely important for parents and coaches to know how they can prevent physical injury among their competitive young athletes, and how to react when an injury occurs.”

The talk will be held on Thursday September 15th from 6:30-7:30 PM at the North Castle Public Library, Whippoorwill Road East, in Armonk.  It is part of the Hospital’s Take Charge of Your Health Community Education series, free of charge and open to the public.

Panelists are Dr. Samantha Lowe, a pediatrician with a background in emergency pediatrics; Dr. Michael Weintraub, a neurologist specializing in brain trauma, cerebral concussions and other neurological issues; and Dr. Schwartz.  Pediatrician Dr. Ellen Lestz will provide introductory remarks.  Dr. Lestz, Dr. Lowe and Dr. Weintraub are based at White Plains Hospital Medical and Wellness, a multispecialty outpatient facility in Armonk, while Dr. Schwartz practices out of White Plains.

Advance registration is not required, but interested individuals can call Jamie Bocchino at (914) 681-2650 or email JBocchino@wphospital.org for more information.

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White Plains Hospital Sun Safety Discussion

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Hot and hazy summer days are upon us, so it was excellent timing for a team from White Plains Hospital, led by Dr. Anita Mannancheril, to be on hand at the North Castle Public Library recently to discuss and answer questions about sun safety, dehydration, tick removal and more.

Pertinent literature was distributed to everyone who stopped by. “Seniors are especially vulnerable to dehydration,” said Dr. Mannancheril. “Take special care to check on elderly individuals or those with mental health conditions who may not be able to as easily articulate their discomfort.”

Presenting at the North Castle Public Libary (L-R): White Plains Hospital Medical and Wellness staff Dr. Anita Mannancheril, Family Medicine; Dr. Samantha Lowe, Pediatrics; Dr. Coral Parikh, Internal Medicine and Nephrology; and Dr. Ellen Lestz, Pediatrics.
Presenting at the North Castle Public Library (L-R): White Plains Hospital Medical and Wellness staff Dr. Anita Mannancheril, Family Medicine; Dr. Samantha Lowe, Pediatrics; Dr. Coral Parikh, Internal Medicine and Nephrology; and Dr. Ellen Lestz, Pediatrics.

The group is planning more public outreach to help promote the new White Plains Hospital Medical and Wellness Center, an urgent and primary health care facility in the heart of Armonk at 99 Business Park Drive. For more information, please visit wphospital.org/armonk. – Grace Bennett