Mather Hospital (formerly known as John T. Mather Memorial Hospital) is a general teaching hospital operated by
Northwell Health
Northwell Health is a nonprofit integrated healthcare network that is New York State's largest healthcare provider and private employer, with more than 81,000 employees.
The flagship hospitals of Northwell are North Shore University Hosp ...
, located in
Port Jefferson, New York
Port Jefferson (informally known as "Port Jeff") is an incorporated village in the town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, New York, on the North Shore of Long Island. Officially known as the Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson, the population ...
. It is named after
John T. Mather
John Titus Mather (1854-1928) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was born in Port Jefferson, New York, on June 27, 1854, and died in Habana, Cuba, on March 30, 1928. The descendant of a shipbuilding family, he spent most of his ...
(1854-1928), who, in 1916, made provisions to his will to create the hospital.
Description
John T. Mather Memorial Hospital opened on December 29, 1929. It initially had 54 beds. A new wing was added in 1962.
It featured a new surgical suite, an emergency facility and an
intensive care unit
220px, Intensive care unit
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. A new
psychiatric
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Initial psychi ...
wing was added in 1973. In 1983, the hospital was renovated and another new wing was opened. In 1990, the hospital added the current emergency room called the Contessa Nadia Faber Emergency Pavilion. In 1992, the hospital opened the Frey Family Foundation Medical Arts Building, which currently houses the Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence, Sleep Disorders Center, Infusion Center and administrative offices. By 1997, it reached its current bed count of 248. In 1998, the hospital opened the Matthew J. and Debra A. Cody Ambulatory and Inpatient Surgical Pavilion. In 2015, the Arthur & Linda Calace Family Pavilion was dedicated, housing a 35-single-bedded patient care unit; offices and teaching facilities for the Graduate Medical Education Program and a conference center.
Mather is a Magnet Recognized hospital (2013, 2018, 2022). In December 2017, Mather became affiliated with
Northwell Health
Northwell Health is a nonprofit integrated healthcare network that is New York State's largest healthcare provider and private employer, with more than 81,000 employees.
The flagship hospitals of Northwell are North Shore University Hosp ...
and its name was changed to Mather Hospital. In 2018 Mather Hospital was accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for the first Graduate Nurse Transition to Practice residency program in New York State. The program was re-accredited with distinction in 2021.
The hospital offers bariatric surgery, orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, pulmonology, robotic surgery, breast health, mental health and emergency services. Mather also operates Precision CyberKnife of New York in partnership with New York Cancer & Blood Specialists. The hospital cared for more than 10,000 inpatients and more than 36,800 emergency patients in 2021. Mather also has an outpatient Wound Care Treatment Center and a Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy unit.
Mather Hospital has medical residency programs in internal medicine, transitional year, psychiatry, diagnostic radiology and integrated interventional radiology through The
along with fellowships in gastroenterology and hematology/oncology. The internal medicine program has received 93 percent+ Board pass rates.
The hospital launched a Certified Nursing Assistant training program in 2022.
See also
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Stony Brook University Hospital
Stony Brook University Hospital (SBUH), previously known as Stony Brook University Medical Center, is a nationally ranked, 695-bed non-profit, research, and academic medical center located in Stony Brook, New York, providing tertiary care for the ...
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Saint Catherine of Siena Medical Center
St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center is a 296-bed not-for-profit hospital located on Long Island in Smithtown, New York. The hospital opened in 1962 as St. John's Smithtown Hospital and its name was changed to its present in 1999. It is a major r ...
References
External links
Official website
Teaching hospitals in New York (state)
Port Jefferson, New York
Hospitals established in 1929
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