St. Charles is the first hospital in Suffolk County to earn Advanced Certification for Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement Programs from The Joint Commission, an independent, nonprofit organization, which is the nation’s oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care.

St. Charles underwent a rigorous on site review by Joint Commission surveyors in December 2016 to earn this designation. The review focused on transitions of care from the pre-surgical orthopedic consultation to the intraoperative, hospitalization or ambulatory surgical centers admission, rehabilitation activities and follow-up visit with the orthopedic surgeon.

“As a leader in orthopedic care, St. Charles works to provide high-quality care for joint replacement patients across Long Island. We are honored to be the first with this new, advanced designation because it looks at every stage of care, including first contact at the orthopedic office, to surgery at the hospital, to follow-up and rehabilitation care after the patient has

returned home,” said Jim O’Connor, executive vice president/chief administrative officer, St. Charles Hospital.

According to The Joint Commission website, key characteristics of Advanced Certification for Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement programs include:

• Total hip and total knee patient care from the orthopedic consultation, preoperative, intraoperative, postoperative phases through to the orthopedic surgeon follow up visit, including all transitions that occur within each of those phases of care.

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“St. Charles Hospital has thoroughly demonstrated a high level of care for patients with hip replacement and knee replacement,” said Patrick Phelan, interim executive director, Hospital Business Development, The Joint Commission. “We commend St. Charles for becoming a leader in hip replacement and knee

replacement care, potentially providing a higher standard of service for hip and knee replacement

patients in its community.”

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Spring 2017 Community Newsletter

• Count on it!

• St. Charles Introduces 3D Mammography to Advance Breast Care for Women

• St. Charles Maintains Highest Rehabilitation Accreditation Available

• Three Long Island Couples Share Birth of Their Babies

• St. Charles Marks 110 Years in Port Jefferson Community

• New Bishop Leads Diocese of Rockville Centre

Inside This Issue:

Monday, February 27, was a very special day at St. Charles Hospital. 110 years ago that very day, a mission of compassionate care began when four Daughters of Wisdom accepted 27 homeless children with physical and developmental disabilities

into their care. It was the beginning of more than a century-long commitment of ensuring quality of life for each and every individual served.

There have been many changes in St. Charles since 1907. Last year, 1,500 babies were delivered, 25,000 patients were treated in the emergency department, more than 8,000 surgeries were performed, 12,000 patients were treated through the Specialty Clinic and therapists in the Rehabilitation program treated 1,100 individuals as inpatients and saw nearly 100,000 patient visits through the eight outpatient rehabilitation satellites across Long Island.

Despite the many changes over the past 110 years, there is one constant - and that is the compassion with which healthcare services are delivered here at St. Charles.

Each and every day I am humbled by the dedication, commitment and joy I see in the delivery of care on our units, in the OR, in the emergency department and throughout our rehabilitation network.

As we celebrated our 110th Anniversary, we were honored to host our very own Daughters of Wisdom, including Sr. Cathy Sheehan, the United States Provincial for the Daughters of Wisdom, and Sr. Ann Gray and Sr. Evelyn Eckhardt, former Provincials for the Daughters of Wisdom. Though the four Sisters who began our extraordinary institution have passed on, their mission continues and their spirit lives on through these dedicated women who serve today as Daughters of Wisdom.

To commemorate our founding Sisters, we created a beautiful video with still photos and actual video of the Sisters caring for the children in the early years. It is remarkable, humbling and uplifting and I urge you all to go to the link below to watch it. It reminds us of why we do the work we do and how blessed we are to do that work.

www.stcharles.org/history-1

A Message From the Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer

St. Charles Introduces 3D Mammography to Advance Breast Care for WomenSt. Charles Hospital is now offering a new screening and diagnostic tool to improve the early detection of breast cancer—digital breast tomosynthesis, also known as 3D mammography.

St. Charles is offering 3D mammography as an optional add-on to a standard 2D mammography.

“Early studies conducted on 3D mammography have demonstrated an increase in overall breast cancer detection over 2D imaging alone, particularly invasive cancers,” said Anne Green, MD, director, Women’s Imaging, St. Charles Hospital. “With the additional information, there is potential to detect more cancers and reduce false positives.”

For more information about 3D mammography at St. Charles Hospital, please call (631) 474-6797.

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St. Charles has achieved its third consecutive three-year accreditation in Rehabilitation and its first specialty accreditation in Brain Injury Rehabilitation from CARF International, the global leader in rehabilitation accreditation. CARF accreditation represents the highest level of accreditation that can be given to an organization and shows St. Charles Rehabilitation’s substantial conformance to the CARF standards.

“At St. Charles, rehabilitation has been our mission for more than 110 years. It is an honor to be recognized for our continued commitment to high-quality rehabilitation and for focusing on a cutting-edge area, brain injury rehabilitation,” said Jennifer Semel, MD, medical director, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, St. Charles.

To earn the Brain Injury Specialty Program accreditation, St. Charles demonstrated that it utilizes current research and evidence to provide effective rehabilitation, supports future improvements by participating in brain injury research and has the commitment, capabilities,

and resources to maintain a specialized program for persons with acquired brain injury.

The current three-year accreditation in Rehabilitation recognizes St. Charles’ comprehensive integrated Inpatient Rehabilitation Program, Pediatric Specialty Programs, Stroke Specialty Program and Outpatient Medical Rehabilitation for both adults and children. In addition, CARF commended St. Charles’ Fall Prevention and Home Safety Education Class for exemplary conformance to CARF standards.

St. Charles earned its initial three-year accreditation from CARF International in 2011 and is the first facility on Long Island to earn CARF accreditation for both the inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation and stroke programs.

CARF International is an independent, nonprofit accrediting body whose mission is to promote the quality, value, and optimal outcomes of services through a consultative accreditation process and continuous improvement services that center on enhancing the lives of the persons served.

For more information about rehabilitation at St. Charles Hospital, please call (631) 474-6797.

To earn the Brain Injury Specialty Program accreditation,

persons with acquired brain injury.

The current three-year accreditation in Rehabilitation recognizes

St. Charles Maintains Highest Rehabilitation Accreditation Available; Adds Brain Injury Specialty Accreditation

• Surgeries performed in inpatient, hospital-based outpatient (same day surgery), and ambulatory care settings (free standing).

• Education of the total hip and total knee replacement patient in the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases.

• Shared decision making

• Consistent communication and collaboration of all healthcare providers involved

For more information about orthopedics at St. Charles Hospital, please call, please call (631) 474-6797.

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To earn the Brain Injury Specialty Program accreditation,

persons with acquired brain injury.

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Town of Brookhaven Recognizes St. Charles St Charles’ Rehabilitation team received recognition from Town of Brookhaven Councilwoman Valerie Cartright (fourth from left) for bringing cutting-edge rehabilitation technology to the community. More about the exoskeleton: http://bit.ly/2mjRkaz

St. Charles & Port Jeff Co-host Disabilities Film Festival On Friday, March 3, St. Charles teamed up with the Village of Port Jefferson to co-host a screening of nine short films from ReelAbilities: NY Disabilities Film Festival. Photos are posted here: www.facebook.com/stcharleshospital.

St. Charles AuxiliarySupports HospitalSt. Charles Hospital’s Auxiliary presented their annual donation to Jim O’Connor, executive vice president and chief administrative officer, on Monday, December 19, 2016. They celebrated more than $72,000 raised, including $12,000 from the Northport Chapter, which will support new equipment for the Rehabilitation program and scholarships for children attending the Hospital’s CIMT Camp.

News Briefs

Three Long Island couples who emigrated to the U.S. from the same city in India, share the same last name, and who recently celebrated a joint baby shower, all gave birth at St. Charles Hospital on the same day, Sunday, March 26. Dana Brenner, MD, delivered all three babies, two girls and a boy, on what the families have dubbed their “Super Sunday.”

“Something was in the cake at the shower,” joked Maulik Patel, whose wife Rinku gave birth to 6lb., 6oz. baby girl, Siya, at 8:29p.m. on Sunday. Less than two hours before, Rinkal Patel and her husband Ketan had welcomed their first child, 6lb., 6oz. baby boy Swar, while at 11:15a.m. Janki Patel and her husband Tejas had welcomed a 6lb. 8oz. baby girl they named Swara.

Even more remarkable is that all three women delivered earlier than expected. Rinku and Janki both had the same due date of March 8, and both delivered 11 days earlier than expected. Rinkal had more than a month remaining when she delivered.

“It was really a coincidence,“ said Maulik, who arrived at St. Charles at 6:38a.m on Sunday morning. “Maybe half an hour after we got here, Tejas text messaged me to say, “We are coming to the hospital too.” Tejas and Janki were admitted at 10:20a.m., followed less than two hours later by Rinkal and Ketan.

Rinkal explained, “We got the message about Janki--that they were having a baby girl. But when we arrived at St. Charles, we learned that Rinku was also here.”

“We were next to each other in the labor and delivery rooms,” said Maulik.

A shared birth experience seemed fitting for these friends, who met while five of them

were employed at Brookhaven-based pharmaceutical company, Amneal Pharmaceuticals. They are not related and all six came to the United States from Ahmedabad, the largest city in Gujarat in western India.

For more information about maternity services at St. Charles Hospital, please call (631) 474-6797.

Three Long Island Couples Share Birth of Their Babies…and Much More

Standing: (L-R) Maulik Patel, Dana Brenner, MD, Tejas Patel, Ketan Patel. Sitting: (L-R) Rinku Patel (holding baby girl Siya), Janki Patel (holding baby girl Swara), Rinkal Patel.

Rinku Patel (left) holds her newborn baby girl, Siya, while Janki Patel (right) gazes at her newborn baby Swara.

Standing: (L-R) Maulik Patel, Dana Standing: (L-R) Maulik Patel, Dana

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On Monday, February 27, St. Charles Hospital marked its 110th anniversary with a mass and reception honoring the mission of compassionate care set forth by the Hospital’s founding order, the Daughters of Wisdom.

James O’Connor, executive vice president/chief administrative officer, St. Charles Hospital, addressed the attendees saying, “There is no doubt that extraordinary growth has occurred over the past 110 years. However, there is one constant, one enduring quality that has not changed - and that is the compassion with which health care services are delivered here at St. Charles.”

More photos and videos from the event can be found at: http://www.facebook.com/stcharleshospital

St. Charles Marks 110 Years in Port Jefferson CommunitySt. Charles Marks 110 Years in Port Jefferson Community

1) NY State and Town of Brookhaven representatives attended St. Charles Hospital 110th Anniversary mass and reception. (L-R) Kenneth LaValle, NYS Senator; Jim O’Connor, executive vice president/chief administrative officer, St. Charles Hospital; Edward Romaine, supervisor, Town of Brookhaven; Valerie Cartright, councilwoman Town of Brookhaven.

4) (Center) Sr. Cathy Sheehan, Daughter of Wisdom, U.S. Provincial, and former Provincials Sr. Evelyn Eckhardt, DW, and (L) Sr. Ann Gray, DW, (R) presented the gifts during the Eucharistic celebration during the 110th Anniversary Mass.

5) Patrick M. Riegger, pastor, Infant Jesus Parish, celebrated the mass which marked the 110th Anniversary of St. Charles Hospital. The Infant Jesus Chapel at St. Charles Hospital was built in 1941, thirty-four years after St. Charles was first established to care for disabled children.

2) St. Charles Hospital’s Choir performed three songs-- ‘Halleljuah,’ ‘Ave Maria’ and ‘Let There be Peace on Earth,’--during the mass celebrating St. Charles Hospital’s 110th Anniversary.

3) Jim O’Connor, executive vice president/chief administrative officer, St. Charles Hospital (third from left) and wife Eileen O’Connor (second from left) paused for a photo with the present-day Daughters of Wisdom, and Jennifer Semel, MD, medical director, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, St. Charles (right). St. Charles Hospital was founded more than 110 years ago by the Daughters of Wisdom.

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Your contribution of any size to our Maternal Child Pavilion Renovation Project will help the Hospital to develop additional patient rooms, renovate semi-private rooms to private rooms, refurbish the Labor and Delivery Suite and provide the unit with new and upgraded equipment and amenities. Donations will be acknowledged on the campaign website and/or on the Legacy Wall.

You can make a difference for future generations of St. Charles families.Visit www.stcharles.org to make your gift online.

For additional information on funding opportunities, please contact Lisa Mulvey, St. Charles Hospital Foundation, at (631) 474-6465 or lisa.mulvey@chsli.org.

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St. Charles Hospital’s 2017 Gala

For 2017 “Under the Sea” Gala ticket information or Sponsorships, please call (631) 474-6251.

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New Bishop Leads Diocese of Rockville Centre

Most Rev. John O. Barres, STD, JCL, DD, has been named the new bishop for the Diocese of Rockville Centre, with the retirement of Most Rev. William Murphy. Bishop Barres officially assumed the leadership of this diocese on January 31 at a Mass of Installation at the Cathedral of Saint Agnes.

“It is my deep conviction that he will be a bishop for all of us, without exception,” said Bishop Emeritus William Murphy, who led the Long Island diocese from 2001 to 2017. “He has a deep love for the poor and will support Catholic Charities and parish outreach, as well as Catholic hospitals on Long Island.”

A native of New York’s Westchester County, Bishop Barres was baptized in 1960 by the celebrated Archbishop Fulton Sheen. After a seminary formation at Catholic University of America’s Theological College, he was ordained a priest in 1989. Consecrated a bishop in 2009, he since has led the Diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania. The motto for his episcopal coat of arms is “Holiness and Mission.”

Bishop Barres earned a bachelor’s in sacred theology and a licentiate in systematic theology from the Catholic University of America. Subsequently, he was awarded his licentiate in canon law and doctorate in theology from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross. Also, Bishop Barres holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Princeton University and a master’s in business administration (management) from New York University’s Graduate School of Business Administration.

Formed in 1957, the Diocese of Rockville Centre comprises 133 parishes across Nassau and Suffolk counties. In addition to other ministries, the diocese sponsors Catholic Health Services of Long Island (CHS), which includes six hospitals, three nursing homes, hospice, a home nursing service and a community-based multiservice agency for individuals with special needs.

For more information on Bishop Barres visit drvc.org.

Congratulations and WelcomeBishop John O. Barres

Upon your installation as the � fth bishop of the Diocese of Rockville Centre.We look forward to many years of fruitful collaboration and service to the

Long Island community.

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With the largest orthopedic and sports medicine physician practice in Suffolk County, St. Charles has been recognized as one of the best in the region for orthopedics by U.S. News & World Report. Not just once but several times. No surprise. After all, we deliver the region’s most

progressive treatments, including minimally invasive hand surgery as well as arthroscopic surgery for elbow and wrist disorders. You can count on the fingers of one hand the number of hospitals that do more minimally invasive hand and elbow surgeries than we do. Our goal? To get you back

to your normal life as quickly as possible. And many of the patients who’ve experienced our expert hand care, give it a resounding thumbs up.

If you have carpal tunnel syndrome, osteoarthrItIs or tendInItIsWe’re here for you.

To learn more call (631) 474-6797 or visit stcharlesorthopedics.com

IF YOU HAVE CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME, OSTEOARTHRITIS OR TENDINITIS WE’RE HERE FOR YOU.

With the largest orthopedic and sports medicine physician practice in Suffolk County, St. Charles has been recognized as one of the best in the region for orthopedics by U.S. News & World Report. Not just once but

several times. No surprise. After all, we deliver the region’s most progressive treatments, including minimally invasive hand surgery as well as arthroscopic surgery for elbow and wrist disorders. You can count on the

fingers of one hand the number of hospitals that do more minimally invasive hand and elbow surgeries than we do. Our goal? To get you back to your normal life as quickly as possible. And many of the patients who’ve

experienced our expert hand care, give it a resounding thumbs up.

To learn more call (631) 474-6797 or visit stcharlesorthopedics.com

WHAT’S INSIDE:• Count on it!

• St. Charles Introduces 3D Mammography to Advance Breast Care for Women

• St. Charles Maintains Highest Rehabilitation Accreditation Available

• Three Long Island Couples Share Birth of Their Babies

• St. Charles Marks 110 Years in Port Jefferson Community

• New Bishop Leads Diocese of Rockville Centre