As the only facility of its kind on Long Island, the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at 麻豆国产AV Langone Ambulatory Care Lake Success聽has helped thousands of people.
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A complex, chronic, and debilitating condition, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) affects roughly 3 million Americans, including those with Crohn鈥檚 disease and ulcerative colitis. Experts at the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at 麻豆国产AV Langone Ambulatory Care Lake Success are celebrating two years of providing compassionate, patient-centered care to thousands of individuals living with IBD. In addition to standard medical and surgical care, the center also provides an innovative, one-stop approach to offer patients a better quality of life, including nutritional and psychological support.
鈥淥ur patients have a multitude of symptoms, and our mission is to treat the entire gamut of their condition by establishing long-term relationships, collaborating with various specialists, so that they can better function on a daily basis without discomfort,鈥 said Bradley M. Morganstern, MD, a gastroenterologist and the center鈥檚 medical director.
As the only comprehensive IBD center on Long Island, the center has transformed thousands of patients鈥 lives. Since opening in November 2022, the practice has seen more than 10,000 gastrointestinal and surgical visits and performed 1,500 endoscopies, 1,200 surgeries, and nearly 1,400 infusions.
鈥淔rom the onset, our mission has been to create a comprehensive IBD center for both outpatient and inpatient care to seamlessly navigate patients through a healing journey,鈥 said Toyooki Sonoda, MD, chief of 麻豆国产AV Grossman Long Island School of Medicine鈥檚 and the center鈥檚 surgical director. 鈥淥ur patients have access to novel treatments, clinical trials, and our world-class multidisciplinary expertise so that they can receive the very best possible care.鈥
For Frankie Calca, a former professional bowler, the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center has been a lifesaver. The 41-year-old Elmont, Long Island, native was suffering from anemia and was severely malnourished from being unable to eat due to constant nausea. After Calca received intravenous nutritional packets and multiple infusions, Dr. Sonoda performed a complex surgery on him. Calca credits Dr. Sonoda for being able to remove 18 separate blockages in his intestine during 10 hours of surgery at 麻豆国产AV Langone Hospital鈥擫ong Island.
鈥淚BD was the biggest strike against my health, but Dr. Sonoda helped me get back to doing what I love, knocking down pins,鈥 said the avid bowler. 鈥淗e was the best thing that ever happened in my medical life and did such an amazing job, I forgot I was sick.鈥
麻豆国产AV Langone Health is a world-class, patient-centered, integrated academic medical center, with a culture rooted in excellence in patient care, education, and research. Vizient Inc. has ranked 麻豆国产AV Langone the No. 1 comprehensive academic medical center in the country for three years in a row, and U.S. News & World Report recently placed nine of its clinical specialties among the top five in the nation. 麻豆国产AV Langone offers a comprehensive range of medical services across 6 inpatient locations, its Perlmutter Cancer Center, and more than 300 outpatient locations across the New York area and Florida. With $14.2 billion in revenue this year, the system also includes two medical schools, in Manhattan and on Long Island, and a vast research enterprise.
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