ENT and Allergy Associates
Tarrytown, NY (PRWEB) September 24, 2014
ENT and Allergy Associates, LLP (ENTA), the largest ear, nose, throat, allergy, and audiology practice in the country, and Montefiore Medical Center, the University Hospital for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, today announced an affiliation to help improve access to comprehensive care for pediatric patients impacted by diseases and disorders of the ears, nose, throat (ENT), head, and neck. The agreement will allow seamless transitions of medical information and advanced care for patients throughout their continuum of care.
“By working closely with leading community providers like ENT and Allergy Associates, we can greatly improve access to superior services that are convenient for the thousands of young people impacted by head, neck and ENT disorders,” said Marvin Fried, MD, University Chairman, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center and Einstein. “We are excited to have the opportunity to broaden the range of interventions that address our patients’ needs. This allows Montefiore to provide local residents with the best care possible.”
Through the new affiliation, pediatric patients in the Bronx and Hudson Valley will benefit from newly created protocols that begin with local access to health screenings at ENTA. Patients who are found to need hospital care will be quickly and seamlessly transferred to Montefiore within 24 to 48 hours. Post hospital stay, coordinated care teams will continue treatments and additional screenings, as needed.
“Montefiore is one of the most well-known and highly regarded medical centers in the Tri-State area,” observed Robert Green, MD, President of ENT and Allergy Associates. “Our mission at ENTA focuses on providing the finest care possible to our patients. Combining our assets with those of Montefiore’s will certainly yield greater pediatric medical excellence in the Bronx and the Hudson Valley.”
The Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery for children –has existed at Montefiore for more than 30 years and offers treatment for all ear, nose, and throat conditions. The division collaborates with pediatric subspecialists to treat tumors and masses in the head and neck region, and perform airway surgery and cochlear implantation.
“I already send my pediatric patients who need hospital care to Montefiore”, noted Stanley Yankelowitz, MD, fellowship-trained pediatric otolaryngologist and partner at ENTA’s Bronx office, “and now having this official affiliation will certainly make that transfer more convenient, more accessible, and more beneficial to those patients and their overall care. I couldn’t be more pleased!”
Frank Shechtman, MD, otolaryngology partner at ENTA’s White Plains office, commented, “The children and families of the Hudson Valley will be the big winners here, because we will now be able to move them quickly and comprehensively from our offices to Montefiore when tertiary care is needed”.
Similar praise was offered by Jeffrey Jablon, MD, otolaryngology partner at ENTA’s Purchase and New Rochelle offices. He stated “I know our colleagues at Montefiore to be superb surgeons, and I am certain that my pediatric patients will benefit greatly from our enhanced and streamlined access to them and their services”. Matthew Kates, MD, fellow New Rochelle otolaryngology partner, remarked, “I have long believed that the combination of community and academic medicine should be served up in a smooth and unified way. With our new agreement with Montefiore, I can easily see this coming to fruition, for the absolute benefit of my deserving pediatric patients.”
Among ENTA’s 40 clinical sites, located throughout New York and New Jersey, are six offices situated within proximity to Montefiore—at 1200 Waters Place in the Bronx, as well as in Tuckahoe, White Plains, Purchase, Yonkers, and New Rochelle. Montefiore consists of six hospitals and provides primary and specialty care through a network of more than 150 locations across the region.
About ENT and Allergy Associates, LLP
ENTA has over 160 physicians in over 40 office locations in Westchester, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess, Rockland, Nassau and Suffolk counties in Long Island, New York City, northern New Jersey and 4 offices in central New Jersey. Each ENTA clinical location provides access to a full complement of services, including General Adult and Pediatric ENT, Voice and Swallowing, Facial Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery, Disorders of the Inner Ear and Dizziness, Rhinology/Skull Base surgery, Asthma, Clinical Immunology, Diagnostic Audiology, Hearing Aid dispensing, Sleep and CT Services. ENTA has a clinical alliance with The Mount Sinai Hospital for the treatment of diseases of the head and neck and esophageal cancer, a clinical affiliation with the Montefiore Medical Center for the treatment of pediatric patients and a partnership with the American Cancer Society to educate and treat patients with smoking disorders and cancer. ENTA has also expanded its clinical capabilities to include advanced Immunodeficiency trials.
To learn more about the benefits of ENT and Allergy Associates, or to find an ENT doctor or Allergy Doctor and then easily book an appointment at the nearest New York (NY) or New Jersey (NJ) location, please visit http://www.entandallergy.com.
About Montefiore Medical Center
As the University Hospital and academic medical center for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore is renowned for its clinical excellence, scientific discovery and commitment to its community. Recognized among the top hospitals nationally and regionally by U.S. News & World Report, Montefiore provides compassionate, patient- and family-centered care and educates the healthcare professionals of tomorrow. The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore is consistently named in U.S. News’ “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals.” With four hospitals, 1,512 beds and more than 84,000 annual admissions, Montefiore is an integrated health system seamlessly linked by advanced technology. State-of-the-art primary and specialty care is provided through a network of more than 150 locations across the region, including the largest school health program in the nation and a home health program. Montefiore’s partnership with Einstein advances clinical and translational research to accelerate the pace at which new discoveries become the treatments and therapies that benefit patients. The medical center derives its inspiration for excellence from its patients and community, and continues to be on the frontlines of developing innovative approaches to care. For more information please visit http://www.montefiore.org and http://www.cham.org. Follow us on Twitter; like us on Facebook; view us on YouTube.