Jan. 2, 2025 By Robert Pozarycki & Lloyd Mitchell Three Brooklyn babies just missed the ball drop. The new year was twice as nice for a Brooklyn family who welcomed twin girls to NYC just after midnight Wednesday — the city’s first babies of 2025. Proud parents Sheneece Crumbie and Jordan Tomlinson saw the birth…
Dec. 24, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann Three-year-old Kirolos beamed with pride as he climbed into the driver’s seat of a fire truck, a rare moment of carefree joy for a child who requires blood transfusions every few weeks to manage Beta Thalassemia, a chronic blood disorder. Kirolos and his family were among dozens who…
Dec. 17, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil Maimonides’ Ninth Annual Community for Kids Benefit on Dec. 5 wasn’t just a night of giving — it was a holiday miracle in the making. The event, held at the El Caribe Country Club in Mill Basin, shattered records, drawing more than 450 attendees, and raising over…
Dec. 4, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil Maimonides Medical Center held its 29th annual Celebration of Light on Dec. 2, bringing together community leaders and parishioners to support local churches in their holiday fundraising and tree-lighting efforts. Established in 1995, Celebration of Light raises money for churches across Brooklyn and Queens, defraying costs for…
Nov. 22, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann Maimonides Medical Center unveiled its latest art exhibition, “Lines of Sight,” on Nov. 20, transforming the creative expressions of 37 art therapy patients into a powerful showcase of healing. Featuring vibrant works crafted with colored pencils, oil paints, and mixed media, the biannual event — part of the…
Jul. 29, 2024 By Jada Camille
Maimonides Health celebrated a new milestone last week, marking the first anniversary of the Bay Ridge Emergency Department.
Jun. 10, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil
Maimonides Health officials gathered on June 5 to honor the extraordinary contributions of 1,600 diverse volunteers who have collectively devoted 200,000 hours of service to the institution.
Jan. 18, 2024 By Jada Camille
Maimonides Health surgeons performed the borough’s first shoulder replacement surgery using new technology that creates individualized, computer-generated prostheses, allowing doctors to map out a patient’s personal shoulder anatomy to make a customized implant.
Jan. 8, 2024 By Melissa Fishman
Maimonides Children’s Hospital has successfully completed an expansion of its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) after an emotional and long-awaited ribbon cutting ceremony last week.
Nov. 16, 2023 By Jada Camille
Nearly two years into the war between Russia and Ukraine with no end in sight, a group of internationally-trained doctors from Maimonides Medical Center headed to Ukraine on Nov. 4 to spend a week training local doctors and medical students in emergency care.