Long Island Community Hospital leaders joined local elected officials Monday to celebrate the 1,000th robotic surgery performed there, an important new offering for patients, along with many other enhancements, as the Patchogue hospital prepares to merge with NYU Langone Health next year.

“Since its affiliation with NYU Langone, our team at Long Island Community Hospital has had one goal: pursuing excellence by improving the quality of care, the patient experience, and the range of specialties that we offer here in Suffolk County,” said Marc S. Adler, MD, senior vice president and chief of hospital operations. “The addition of robotic surgery has already had a great impact on the community, benefiting more than 1,000 patients who might have otherwise had to travel far from home for medical procedures they can now receive right here.”

“I am thrilled to have such advanced technology and top-of-the-line, quality care right here in the Third Senate District at Long Island Community Hospital,” said State Senator Dean Murray, who represents Patchogue. Performing “1,000 robotic surgeries is truly an amazing accomplishment, and with the upcoming merger with NYU Langone Health, I know that more amazing things are on the way.”

Robotic surgeries can offer numerous benefits to patients, including smaller incisions, less pain and discomfort, faster recovery times, and shorter hospital stays. Long Island Community Hospital performs a wide variety of robotic procedures, such as hernia, bariatric, gynecologic, and oncology-related surgeries, and is currently one of the few places in Suffolk County where surgeons perform emergency general surgery robotically.

Over the past three years, Long Island Community Hospital has recruited more than 100 new physicians, dramatically expanding the types of primary and specialty care across a broad range of specialties, including neurology, gastroenterology, primary care, orthopedics, pulmonology, urology, women’s health, colorectal, breast, vascular, and cancer surgery. New services, including occupational therapy, gynecologic oncology, and acupuncture, have also been added.

In 2022, NYU Langone became the active parent of Long Island Community Hospital, creating a clinically integrated healthcare network between the two organizations. Although the hospital is still a separate corporation, its affiliation with NYU Langone allows it to draw on the system’s resources and expertise.

Long Island Community Hospital has also adopted NYU Langone’s version of Epic, a comprehensive electronic health record system that ensures seamless integration and communication across the hospital and NYU Langone’s 6 other inpatient facilities and over 300 ambulatory locations in the New York City region, on Long Island, and in Florida.

Additionally, an NYU Langone ambulatory surgery center will open in fall 2025 at the site of the former Burlington Coat Factory building on East Main Street, near the Patchogue hospital. The facility will include six operating rooms and four procedure rooms. NYU Langone also maintains an existing ambulatory location at 100 Hospital Road in Patchogue with many specialties.

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