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Phelps Makes Top 25 in National Rankings of New York Hospitals

August 11, 2015

Phelps Memorial Hospital Center has been named one of the top 25 hospitals in New York State, ranking 16th by U. S. News and World Report. In the New York metro area, which includes New York City, Long Island, Westchester County and Northern New Jersey, Phelps was ranked 18th. In addition, Phelps was rated as […]

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Five New Members Elected to Phelps Board of Directors

July 28, 2015

Five new members were recently elected to the Board of Directors of Phelps Memorial Hospital Center, a 238-bed community hospital in Sleepy Hollow. The new directors are: Patricia Armstrong of Irvington has spent more than 30 years in the cable television industry, primarily in corporate finance roles. She began her career working for a subsidiary […]

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Leadership, North Shore-LIJ Health System

NYMC Phelps Family Medicine Residency Graduates First Class of Residents

July 1, 2015

The first six doctors to graduate from the NYMC Phelps Family Medicine Residency Program were honored at graduation ceremonies held recently at Phelps Memorial Hospital Center. Three years ago, these first residents arrived at Phelps to begin their training as family medicine physicians. The vision of the program has always been that graduates would choose […]

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NYMC Phelps Family Medicine Residency Program

Phelps Memorial Hospital RN Wins Hudson Valley Top Nurse Award

June 5, 2015

Cheryl Burke, MS, MBA, RN-BC, WCC, a nurse educator at Phelps Memorial Hospital Center, received the “Top Nurse Award” at Hudson Valley Magazine’s 8th annual “Excellence in Nursing” awards event, held recently at The Grandview in Poughkeepsie, NY. The event took place during National Nurses Week and celebrated the region’s finest nurses. Cheryl Burke received […]

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Awards, Nursing, Seniors

Phelps MD Craig Zalvan Named a 2015 Westchester Magazine Healthcare Hero

May 27, 2015

Craig Zalvan, MD, a laryngologist and Medical Director of the Institute for Voice and Swallowing Disorders at Phelps Memorial Hospital Center, was selected as one of 10 individuals worthy of Westchester Magazine’s 2015 “Healthcare Heroes” award who were honored at a luncheon held recently at the Royal Regency Hotel in Yonkers. This honor is bestowed […]

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Awards, Speech, Swallowing Disorders, Voice Disorders

Phelps Radiology Department Designated an ACR Diagnostic Imaging Center of Excellence

May 14, 2015

The radiology department at Phelps Memorial Hospital Center has been designated a Diagnostic Imaging Center of Excellence™ by the American College of Radiology (ACR), making it one of only 17 hospital radiology departments in the U.S. to have achieved this designation and the only one in the region. To become a Diagnostic Imaging Center of […]

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Accreditation, Cat Scan, Mammography, MRI, Radiology, Ultrasound

“Chief’s Challenge” Scores Again

May 12, 2015

The Westchester County Police Department and Mohegan Lake Fire Department were each recently awarded $1000 as winners in the 2014 Chief’s Challenge, a program designed to improve the health and fitness of first responders by encouraging them to take advantage of discounted memberships at local health clubs. Of the nearly 200 participants from 35 police […]

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Cardiology, Cardiovascular, Cardiovascular Risk Assessment

Phelps Memorial Hospital Leads the Way, Introduces Telehealth

April 30, 2015

Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the emphasis on healthcare in the U.S. has shifted towards the importance of preventive care as a way of improving the health of the population and avoiding costly hospitalizations. Now, Phelps Memorial Hospital Center has taken an important step to achieve this objective by launching a “telehealth” […]

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Seniors

Helen Renck Appointed Assistant VP of Clinical Operations and Patient Safety Officer at Phelps

April 2, 2015

Helen Renck, MSN, RN, CJCP, JCC, of White Plains has been appointed Assistant VP of Clinical Operations and Patient Safety Officer at Phelps Memorial Hospital Center, a newly created position at the hospital. In this role, Renck has oversight of ancillary clinical services and the hospital’s patient safety program. Renck is a certified Joint Commission […]

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Management, Nursing, Senior Management Staff

Phelps Cardiovascular Diagnostic Lab Receives a Second Three-Year Accreditation in Vascular Testing

April 2, 2015

The Cardiovascular Diagnostic Laboratory at Phelps Memorial Hospital Center has been granted another three-year term of accreditation in vascular testing in the areas of extracranial cerebrovascular testing, peripheral arterial testing, and peripheral venous testing by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC). The IAC grants accreditation only to those facilities that, after a thorough review by a […]

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Accreditation, Cardiovascular, Cardiovascular Laboratory, Cardiovascular Risk Assessment

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