Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital Launches Cutting-Edge Robotic Surgery Program

With the latest and most advanced robotic surgical system, patients and surgical teams at Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital benefit from higher precision, capacity for more complex procedures, a less invasive approach, improved recovery time, and less pain. Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital’s fellowship-trained surgical specialists are utilizing robotic approaches across general surgery, OB/GYN, and bariatric specialties, increasing access for more patients in Brooklyn. Read more. 

Maimonides Named Level IV Maternal Care Verified Facility by Joint Commission

Maimonides Medical Center was named a Level IV maternal care verified facility by the Joint Commission through its Maternal Levels of Care (MLC) Verification program, offered in collaboration with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). As the only Level IV facility in New York State, Maimonides is a regional perinatal health care center, demonstrating the highest capacity to care for all levels of risk and complexity for antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum conditions, along with provision of on-site medical and surgical care for the most complex maternal conditions, critical obstetric conditions, and fetal and neonatal conditions. Read more. 

Dr. Joshua Feinberg Appointed Chief of Breast Surgery

Joshua Feinberg, MD, FACS, was named Chief of the Division of Breast Surgery at Maimonides Breast Center, building upon a distinguished career of leadership and achievement in breast surgery.  Dr. Feinberg’s commitment to patients at the Breast Center spans 5 years as a board-certified breast surgeon, breast surgical oncologist, and accomplished physician-scientist. He looks forward to building upon the Breast Center’s mission to increase access to high-quality cancer care for the Brooklyn community, through precision medicine, cutting-edge technology, increased access to clinical trials, and strengthened collaboration with patient advocates in the community, helping to ensure that cancer care is available to Brooklyn patients in their home borough. Read more. 

Maimonides Children’s Hospital First in New York City, Fourth in US to Attain Commission on Cancer Pediatric Specialty Accreditation

Maimonides Children”s Hospital became the first New York City hospital to receive Pediatric Specialty Accreditation (CoC-PS) under the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Commission on Cancer (CoC) Accreditation Program. It is also the fourth institution in the nation to achieve this accreditation, granted to sites that provide care to children and adolescents under the age of 18 and offer a full range of diagnostic and therapeutic services for pediatric patients either on-site or by referral. Read more.