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GURWIN JEWISH NURSING & FLUSHING HOUSE Former Flushing House Staffer Robert Salant Receives Rose Kryzak Senior Leadership Award Robert Rob Salant Salant, the former community relations director at Flushing House, received The Rose Kryzak Senior Leadership Award at the retirement home’s “Jazz Up In The Sky” fundraiser on Sept. 9. 9/14/16 REHABILITATION CENTER Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Unveils Winners of 23rd Annual Photo Contest ST. ANN’S COMMUNITY Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center recently unveiled the winners of the annual Gurwin Photo Contest, which are now on permanent display at the 460-bed nursing and rehabilitation facility. 7/6/16 Scholarship Program at St. Ann’s Community Allows Employees to Further Their Education Thanks to generous donors, 27 employees of St. Ann’s Community received scholarships this year to help further their education. 8/19/16 HEBREW HOME AT RIVERDALE RiverWalk Sports Bar featured on the YES Network The RiverWalk Sports Bar at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale was featured on the popular Brandon Steiner “Hook Up” show on the YES Network. The incredible transformation of RiverWalk’s storage space to a warm and inviting sports lounge is brought to life and celebrated in this segment, which includes an appearance by legendary baseball player Goose Gossage. 8/4/16 ST. MARY’S HEALTHCARE St. Mary’s Expands Services to Include an Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Health Center Dr. Athanasios Tournas, Board-Certified Otolaryngologist-Head and Neck Surgeon joined the St. Mary’s network of healthcare providers on July 1. The ENT Health Center is located in Suite 100 in the Medical Office Building at 425 Guy Park Ave., Amsterdam. 7/7/16 Community Members Trained to Help Prevent Overdoses by Administering Naloxone Approximately 100 members of the Amsterdam community recently attended a free training to learn to administer the drug Naloxone to help prevent opioid overdoses. Dr. Kevin Cope, Attending Physician at St. Mary’s Healthcare, facilitated the training in Johnstown. 8/5/16 St. Mary’s Healthcare, Amsterdam Offering PET/ CT Services St. Mary’s is pleased to announce the addition of upgraded PET/CT to its comprehensive Medical Imaging Technology. 8/24/16 PRESBYTERIAN HOMES Presbyterian Home for Central New York Receives VPP Status On Oct. 12, the Presbyterian Home for Central New York was honored with yet another award of Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) status. The Presbyterian Home for Central New York is the only nursing home in New York to achieve this status and nationally is only one of eight resident care facilities in the country with this achievement. 10/14/16 St. Mary’s Healthcare, Amsterdam Among HealthCare’s “Most Wired” St. Mary’s Healthcare, Amsterdam has been named by the American Hospital Association (AHA) as one of HealthCare’s “Most Wired” Hospitals. 9/6/16 (See Noteworthy on page 55) leadingageny.org 54