Aug. 26, 2024 By Czarinna Andres As the new school year approaches, families across the Rockaway Peninsula and nearby communities gathered for the 8th annual Community and Back-to-School Wellness event on Aug. 16. The event, held at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, located at 327 Beach 19th St. in the Rockaways, offered a festive atmosphere…
Aug. 16, 2024 By Czarinna Andres The St. John’s ICARE Foundation in the Rockaways welcomed representatives from M&T Bank Healthcare Commercial Banking for a comprehensive tour of Episcopal Health Services’ (EHS) Clinical Learning Center on Thursday, July 25. Led by Nancy Leghart, Executive Director of St. John’s ICARE Foundation, the tour included David Clarke,…
Aug. 9, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Women and families across the Rockaway Peninsula received essential supplies at no cost during the St. John’s ICARE Foundation’s Care and Comfort Diaper and Menstrual Supplies Giveaway, held on June 18 at the Episcopal Health Services (EHS) Clinical Learning Center. The event, which provided more than 100 diaper…
Jul. 23, 2024 By Ethan Marshall St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway will soon have a new state-of-the-art Labor, Delivery, Recovery and Postpartum (LDRP) unit for expecting mothers, thanks to almost $8.8 million in funding from legislators and private donors. When St. John’s Episcopal broke ground on this new unit on May 17,…
Jan. 15, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Episcopal Health Services Inc. (EHS), a prominent health system on the Rockaway Peninsula, has announced the appointment of Dr. Donald T. Morrish, MD, MMM as its new Chief Executive Officer. Bishop Lawrence C. Provenzano, chairman of the EHS Board of Trustees, made the announcement Thursday, marking a significant leadership change for the health system. Morrish, who has been with EHS since 2013, initially joined as the chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology but has served most recently as the Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer (CMO). During his tenure as CMO, Morrish spearheaded the…
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Sep. 4, 2023 By Ethan Marshall The St. John’s ICARE Foundation hosted its seventh annual community and back-to-school wellness event Aug. 18 at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital. The event was attended by students, parents, community members, healthcare organizations and elected officials. Through the community and back-to-school wellness event, kids received new backpacks filled with notebooks,…
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