Northwell Health

Northwell Health will hold a grief workshop Wednesday, Nov. 20, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Riverhead Free Library f

More than 200 people turned out to walk in the Northwell Health East End Walk at Tanger Outlets in Riverhead Sunday morning.

North Fork Radiology in Riverhead is joining Northwell Health, which has acquired the firm's building across from Peconic Bay Medical Center along with the medical practice.

Wellbridge CEO Andrew Drazan explained his deeply personal determination to build an addiction research and treatment center today, at ceremonies marking the groundbreaking for the 80-bed, $95 million facility in Calverton — the first of its kind in the U.S.

Developers of Peconic Care Addiction Research and Rehabilitation Center got a green light from the Riverhead IDA Aug. 6 to close on financing to build an 80-bed research and rehabilitation facility in Calverton. With all approvals now in place, the developer is ready to break ground.

Riverhead resident Thelma Booker, a Peconic Bay Medical Center/ Northwell Health volunteer, has been elected president of the Nassau-Suffolk Council of Hospital Auxiliaries.

Photos from the Northwell Health East End Walk to raise money for cardiac care and women's health services at Peconic Bay Medical Center.

Breast surgeon Susan Lee MD has joined Northwll Health as its chief of breast surgery at LIJ hospital, will also see patients here on the East End.

The Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corps hauled a truckload of toys, games, stuffed animals and other gifts to Cohen Children's Hospital yesterday afternoon at the conclusion of its first toy drive for hospitalized kids during the holiday season.

Northwell Health's decision to end operations of its wholly owned insurance subsidiary will not play out the way Health Republic's abrupt shutdown did two years ago, according to local insurance agents.