This archive contains news highlights about the Department's activity in recent years:
2013
Weight Loss Center Earns National Accreditation for Bariatric Surgery (11.08.13)
Our Minimally Invasive Surgeons Are First on Long Island Approved to Implant Magnetic Band to Prevent Heartburn; New Procedure Now Provided (11.06.13)
Aortic Center Established to Provide Comprehensive Care (10.25.13)
Dr. Harold A. Fernandez Honored for Community Service by Rotary Club (10.23.13)
Dr. Tara L. Huston Receives Outstanding Recent Graduate Award from SBU School of Medicine Alumni Association (08.18.13)
Dr. James R. Taylor Jr. Receives Distinguished Service Award from American Heart Association (07.11.13)
Dr. Mark A. Talamini Appointed Chairman of Surgery, Will Start in October (07.10.13)
Fourth Annual Research Day Is Great Success — Moving the Science of Surgery Forward (06.06.13)
Hand Team Performs Successful Reattachment of Man's Hands after Both Are Nearly Severed in Work-Related Accident (05.30.13)
Our Vascular Surgeons Perform Long Island's First "Fenestrated" Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repairs (05.15.13)
Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care Established (05.01.13)
Conducting Clinical Trials of Non-Surgical Treatment of Cellulite (04.28.13)
General Surgery Division Is First on Long Island to Implant Device to Aid Breathing, Extend Life for ALS Patients (03.20.13)
Department of Surgery Funds Research to Advance Patient Care (01.15.13)
2012
First "TAVR" in Suffolk County Is Performed to Provide Treatment for Aortic Stenosis (12.12.12)
Introducing New Leaders of Cardiothoracic Surgery (09.01.12)
Dr. Todd K. Rosengart Leaving to Assume Leadership Role at Baylor College of Medicine (08.28.12)
New Bariatric Surgery Inpatient Unit Is Opened — Specially Tailored for Patients (07.27.12)
Providing TAVR — Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement — to Treat Aortic Stenosis (06.30.12)
Texas Man Travels to Stony Brook for Minimally Invasive Salivary Gland Treatment (05.01.12)
Treating GERD Helps Sleep, According to New Study Led by Member of Our ENT Team (04.12.12)
Our Trauma Service Ranks among the Best Statewide, Says Health Department Report (02.28.12)
2011
Performing Corrective Hand Surgery to Help West African Girl (12.05.11)
Dr. James A. Vosswinkel Receives SBU Physicians Award for Excellence in Clinical Practice (11.16.11)
First Heart Valve Center on Long Island Established: Innovative Care Collaboration between Cardiologists and Surgeons (09.26.11)
Now Providing "In Office" Balloon Sinuplasty: Treating Chronic Sinusitis with Minimally-Invasive Outpatient Procedure (09.06.11)
Residents Refine Techniques, Compete at Our First "Surgical Skills Olympics" (08.31.11)
Nationally Recognized Leader in Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery Appointed Chief of General Surgery (08.16.11)
Introducing New Faculty: Plastic Surgeon — Vascular Surgeon (08.03.11)
World-Class Surgeon and Educator Appointed Chief of Vascular Surgery (07.29.11)
Suffolk Woman Receives Lifesaving Heart Device at Stony Brook Heart Center, Gains New Lease on Life (07.06.11)
FREE Vascular Screenings to Be Provided on July 16 and September 17: Early Detection of Causes of Aneurysms and Strokes Can Save Lives (06.27.11)
First on LI to Use Minimally Invasive Robotically-Assisted Surgery for ENT Procedures (03.28.11)
VAD Program for “Destination Therapy” Earns National Accreditation: First and Only Program on LI to Be Accredited by Joint Commission (03.07.11)
Surgical Skills Center Established (01.07.11)
2010