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| Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center | | 590 Avenue of the Americas | | New York, NY 10011 | | (646) 459-3903 | | Gordon Hutcheon, MD | | email:gordon.hutcheon@setonpediatric.org | | http://nyfoundling.org | | | | The Pediatric Center of the New York Foundling, a specialized pediatric nursing and rehabilitation facility, is dedicated to helping infants, children, and adolescents with complex medical conditions and disabilities achieve their highest potential and enjoy the normal pleasures of childhood. Our Pediatric Palliative Care Program addresses the needs of children who have life-limiting medical conditions and their families, providing conventional and alternative treatments for pain relief, family-centered care planning, and bereavement and spiritual support. Children in our Palliative Care Program are mainstreamed in the Pediatric Center and receive education, recreation, and rehabilitation along with other children as appropriate to their individual abilities and needs. Interdisciplinary teams of caring professionals work together with families to give each child the best possible quality of life. | | |
| | | | Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute | | Mount Sinai School of Medicine | | One Gustave Levy Place, Box 1070 | | New York, NY 10029 | | (212) 241-1446 | | Ellen Miller, MBA | | email:palliative.care@mssm.edu | | http://www.mssm.edu/palliative | | | | The Palliative Care Program at Mount Sinai Medical Center was developed as a response to the physical and emotional needs of hospitalized patients and families facing serious and life-threatening illness. The Institute was officially inaugurated in 1995 with an educational initiative funded by the Project on Death in America. Clinical services began in 1997 with the creation of an in-patient consultation service. In 1998, the program was privately endowed and renamed the Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute. Through our acclaimed clinical services, renowned research programs, and diversified educational initiatives, the Institute is helping to set the standard for palliative care throughout the United States.
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| | | | St. Mary's Hospital for Children | | 29-01 216th Street | | Bayside, NY 11360 | | (718) 281-8800 | | Eileen Chisari | | email:echisari@stmaryskids.org | | http://www.stmaryskids.org | | | | In 1979 St. Mary's Healthcare System for Children became a pioneer in providing palliative care to infants, children, and adolescents with life-limiting illnesses. Today St. Mary's provides a unique, comprehensive, family-centered approach to the provision of palliative care services that encompass pain and symptom management, physical, psychosocial, and spiritual care within a holistic framework. St. Mary's palliative services are offered in 2 inpatient facilities, St. Mary's Hospital for Children (97 beds) in Bayside, NY and St. Mary's Rehabilitation Center for Children (44 beds) in Ossining, NY, as well via an extensive network of home care services. On average, St. Mary's provides palliative care services to more than 400 children annually. Since its inception, the palliative care program at St. Mary's has been expanded to introduce palliative care services earlier, such as when a chronic illness becomes progressive, causing a loss of function. Pediatric pain management is also a hallmark of the program and the staff at St. Mary's is committed to the philosophy that "no pain is OK" and works hard to assess pain before a child expresses it. Throughout the course of a child's illness a trained interdisciplinary team of professionals plan interventions to support the dignity of the child and the family's experience with empathy and culturally sensitive respect. We serve children from all over the five boroughs of New York City, as well as the surrounding counties of Westchester, Nassau, and Rockland. | | |
| | | | VA New York Harbor Healthcare System | | 800 Poly Place | | Brooklyn, NY 11209 | | (718) 630-3691 | | Carol Luhrs, MD | | email:carol.luhrs@med.va.gov | | http://www.va.gov/sta/guide/facility.asp?ID=21 | | | | The Brooklyn Campus of the VA New York Harbor Health Care Sysytem is a tertiary care, academically-affiliated medical center located in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Campus has bed services in acute medicine, surgery, psychiatry and residential substance abuse. Specialized programs exist in comprehensive cancer care and non-invasive cardiology. The Cancer Care Program includes special expertise in palliative care and radiation oncology. The Radiation Oncology Service is fully equipped with both state-of-the -art brachytherapy and teletherapy services. Three-dimensional radiotherapy, prostate brachytherapy (seed implants), and high dose rate (HDR) treatments are routinely available. The Brooklyn Campus also provides specialized cardiac care in the area of electrophysiology.
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| | | | VNSNY Hospice Care | | 1250 Broadway | | New York, NY 10001 | | (212) 609-1920, Referral Center | | Jeanne Dennis | | email:jdennis@vnsny.org | | http://www.vnsny.org | | | | Visiting Nurse Service of New York Hospice Care is a program of hope and humanity, staffed by people who combine sensitivity and compassion with professional knowledge and skill. Our program gives patients and their families time together at home, enabling them to make the most of each day. Our goal is to promote comfort and quality of life for terminally ill patients by providing the best medical, emotional and spiritual care at home. For the family and friends of hospice patients, we provide the emotional and spiritual support they need to make it through this difficult time.
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