Milford Hospital News

Joint Center Expanding

Expansion of the CT Joint Center is underway, based on regional demand for hip, knee and other joint replacement surgery. Three years ago the center opened with nine rooms, and the addition of two aditional private rooms is expected to be done in a few months. More than 500 procedures are done a year by Milford Hospital joint specialists. The center includes large rooms that allow patients to easily move about, and house ortho equipment such as walkers, crutches, commodes and CPM knee machines. Rooms have large handicap bathrooms with elevated toilets. New flat screen TVs & custom maple cabinetry complete the healthy ambiance.

TB, AIDS Study Prep Gets MD Assist

When an international TB and AIDS study kicks off next year in Russia, it will have the guidance and input of Milford Hospital’s VP of medical affairs, who is also the medical director of the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit. Lloyd Friedman, MD, Yale University Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Pulmonary & Critical Care section, and TB expert, visited Russia in August as an investigator on a project to determine the prevalence of tuberculosis and AIDS in street youth in St. Petersburg. For full story: Download Russia

New Lap Kidney Procedure

Urologists Robert Weinstein, MD, & Edward Paraiso, MD, at Milford Hospital recently did two laparoscopic Nephrectomies, a minimally invasive procedure includes removal of a kidney and ureter. All urologists are using the Holmium laser on selected cases to remove stones from the ureter. Small key-hole incisions are made to enable insertionof instruments and a tiny camera, which is attached to a HD monitor with a picture of the operating field. The benefits to the patient are shorter hospital stay, recovery time, and less pain. Because the incisions are so small, blood loss and transfusion rates are lower than in open surgery cases.

16 Selected "Top Doctors"

CT Magazine's April 2009 edition identifies 650 Connecticut doctors in 24 categories who have earned the designation as a "Top Doctor." Sixteen of those are affiliated with Milford Hospital, including Tim Sharpe, MD, OB/GYN; Jeffrey Gruskay, MD, and Howard Sadinsky, MD, Pediatrics; John Irving, MD, and Alan Reznick, MD, Orthopedic Surgeons; Mark Taylor, MD, Mike Bannick, MD, Myron Brand, MD, John Dobbins, MD, Gastroenterology; Nicholas Viner, MD, Howard Zuckerman, MD, Jeffrey Small, MD, Urologists; Howard Boey, MD, and Michael Willett, MD, ENTs; Gary  Bloomgarden, MD, Neurosurgery; David Novicki, DPM, Podiatrist. For a list of all Milford Hospital doctors, click here.

Dermatologist Joins Aesthetic Center

The Aesthetic Center has added a Board-certified Dermatologist. Phung M. Huynh, MD, was an asst. prof. of Dermatology and UConn assistant residency director. She is a graduate of the Univ. of Calif. Davis School of Medicine and completed residency at NY Medical College. She has expertise in skin cancer, atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, acne, rosacea, photoaging and rejuvenation. For information on the center, click here. Appointment: 203-876-4646

'Green' Medical Building

This fall the Torrey Corp, a  for-profit subsidiary of Milford Hospital's parent, breaks ground on the second building in the Medical park on Boston Post Road it opened a year ago. The new 33,000 square-foot "green" building, tentatively to open in fall 2010, will allow for the expansion of community, non-hospital medical services, such as Cardiology and Orthopedic specialists. The existing 17,000 facility, also owned and leased by Torrey, includes the Walk-in Urgent Care Center, now used by over 1000 people a month, and medical offices. Later this year the Urgent Care Center is expected to be expanded, since demand far exceeded initial expectations. Milford Hospital has also reported that almost a dozen MDs recently joined the staff (see items below), part of a growing trend. Click here for the full story in the New Haven Register.

MDs Select Home Care Plus

Seems more area physicians see Home Care Plus as the answer to their patient’s needs, reports Joyce Lindsay, the visiting nurse administrator. The Milford Hospital-affiliated agency primarily serves Milford, West Haven, Orange. For more information, click here.

Urologists Join Milford Hospital Medical Staff

Six Urology doctors have been added to the medical staff at Milford Hospital. They are listed on the hospital website and are linked to their practice website. Jeremy Kaufman, MD; Edward Paraiso, MD; Arthur Pinto, MD; Nicholas Viner, MD; Robert Weinstein, MD; and Howard Zuckerman, MD, are located at 281 Seaside Ave., Milford. 203-301-0881.

Hematology/Oncology Doctors Join Staff

Five Hematology/Oncology doctors have been added to the medical staff at Milford Hospital. Each are now listed on the hospital website, with a link to their practice website. Greg Angstreich MD; Martin Katz, MD; Johanna M.LaSala, MD; Jeffrey Orell, MD; and John C. Rhee, MD., are located at 240 Indian River Rd., Bldg A, Suite A1, Orange, 203-795-1664

Voice Recognition Pilot

Imagine an MDs words appear on the screen as they speak. Milford Hospital began a pilot voice recognition program to create medical progress notes. Several hospital MDs are using the system to also create Admission and Consult Notes, and Discharge Summaries. The system is integrated with Meditech, the hospital’s advanced Health Information System. “During the pilot program, we'll evaluate the advantages and challenges of the new system,” said Lloyd Friedman, MD, VP of Medical Affairs. “Meditech, designed to improve continuity of patient care, began in 2004 and then expanded to most clinical and administrative areas,” said Lynn Christensen, director, Information Technology.