TODAY, we are seeing a dramatic increase in the incidence of advanced cancers, likely because individuals have postponed preventive health visits and screenings during the pandemic. These increases will lead to even greater loss of lives to treatable diseases.
Prior to the COVID pandemic, each year in Brooklyn there were an average of:
Our goal is to see at least a 90% survival rate for ALL cancers.
Cancer can be a frightening diagnosis, and while Maimonides Health has the experts and expertise to treat the spectrum of cancers with personalized and targeted therapies, every year we lose Brooklynites to treatable, even curable cancers– if caught early.
Maimonides Health and the Brooklyn Cyclones are encouraging adults over age 40 to get screened, with tools and resources to make finding and scheduling screenings easy and accessible.
From diagnoses through treatment, patients receive individual attention and treatment planning that includes the most innovative therapies, state of the art technology, minimally invasive surgery and access to clinical trials.
Maimonides recognized as American College of Surgeons Surgical Quality Partner Out of 609 U.S. hospitals participating in the ACS National Surgical Quality Improvement Program, Maimonides
Adolescent health services are key to ensuring that teens’ unique health care needs are addressed adequately, giving them a healthy start as they transition into
Trauma is the number one killer of children ages 1 to 18. When a child is injured, whether through a car accident, a fall, or
