Awards & Accreditations

  DRS. GERBER AND WOO NAMED NEW YORK MAGAZINE'S "BEST DOCTORS 2014"
For the past sixteen years, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., a nationally respected research and information company that publishes the annual guidebook, Top Doctors: New York Metro Area, has been providing New York Magazine with a shorter version of this list for the magazine's "Best Doctors" issue. The 1,251 doctors listed in the 2014 issue represent those whom Castle Connolly has determined to be among the top 10 percent of the region's physicians.
DRS. COYLE AND POMEROY NAMED AMONG TOP 1% OF PHYSICIANS IN UNITED STATES (2014)
Castle Connolly Ltd, a nationally respected research and information company has recognized Patricia Coyle, MD, and John C. Pomeroy, MD, of Stony Brook University's Neurosciences Institute in its 13th edition (2014) guide, America's Top Doctors®. This recognition is the result of an extensive nomination process open to all licensed physicians in the United States. A physician-led research team reviews and screens all nominated physicians before selecting those most outstanding to be Top Doctors. Physicians do not and cannot pay to be selected as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor.
DRS. ANDRIOLA, CARLSON, COYLE, DAVIS, FIORELLA, GERBER, POMEROY, SCHWARTZ, WEISBROT AND WOO NAMED TOP DOCTORS: NEW YORK METRO AREA (2014)
Top Doctors: New York Metro Area (2014), 17th edition, is Castle Connolly's authoritative guide to finding the top primary care and specialty care doctors in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. From Stony Brook University Neurosciences Institute, the following physicians were recognized: Mary Andriola, MD; Harold Carlson, MD; Patricia Coyle, MD; Raphael Davis, MD; David Fiorella, MD, PhD; Oded Gerber, MD; John Pomeroy, MD; Michael Schwartz, MD; Deborah Weisbrot, MD; and Henry Woo, MD. They, along with the other physicians profiled in this respected annual guide, represent the top 10 percent of doctors in the New York metropolitan area of 65 medical specialties and subspecialties for the care and treatment of more than 1,800 diseases and medical conditions.
DRS. ANDRIOLA, COYLE, CROWELL, FOCHTMANN, FRANCIS, POMEROY AND WEISBROT NAMED BEST DOCTORS® (2014)
In 2014, Best Doctors included 52 Stony Brook Medicine University Physicians, including seven from Stony Brook University Neurosciences Institute: Mary Andriola, MD; Patricia Coyle, MD; Judith Crowell, MD; Laura Fochtmann, MD; Andrew Francis, MD, PhD; John Pomeroy, MD; and Deborah Weisbrot, MD. The listing, created by Best Doctors, Inc. for over 20 years, provides an extensive reference of over 53,000 medical experts in over 450 specialties and subspecialties worldwide. These Best Doctors are reviewed and elected by their peers, are clinically and academically accomplished, and are affiliated with national and global centers of excellence. In a confidential review, current listees answer the question, "If you or a loved one needed a doctor in your specialty, to whom would you refer?" Best Doctors, Inc. evaluates the review results, and verifies additional information to meet inclusion criteria. The experts that are part of the Best Doctors in America® database provide the most advanced medical knowledge to patients with serious conditions.
DRS. ANDRIOLA, POMEROY AND WOO NAMED NEW YORK MAGAZINE'S "BEST DOCTORS 2013"
For the past sixteen years, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., a nationally respected research and information company that publishes the annual guidebook, Top Doctors: New York Metro Area, has been providing New York Magazine with a shorter version of this list for the magazine's "Best Doctors" issue. The 1,198 doctors listed in the 2013 issue represent those whom Castle Connolly has determined to be among the top 10 percent of the region's physicians.
STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RECEIVED THE GOLD PLUS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD HOSPITAL FOR THE "GET WITH GUIDELINES -- STROKE" PROGRAM, SEPTEMBER 2012 TO SEPTEMBER 2013.
The American Heart Association and American Stroke Association recognize this hospital for achieving 85% or higher adherence to all Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Achievement indicators for two or more consecutive 12 month intervals and at least 12 consecutive months of 75% or higher compliance with 5 or more Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Quality measures to improve quality of patient care and outcomes.
DR MARY R. ANDRIOLA AND DR.HENRY WOO NAMED NEW YORK MAGAZINE'S BEST DOCTORS 2012
Stony Brook University Physicians congratulates the physicians selected for inclusion in the 14th annual edition of New York Magazine's Best Doctors list. We are proud of Dr. Mary R. Andriola and Dr. Henry Woo from the Neurosciences Institute. Together with all of our dedicated professionals, they remain committed to excellence in patient care and clinical practice.
STROKE
We are a public health-certified stroke center and one of only two certified as primary stroke centers in Suffolk County by The Joint Commission (TJC). In addition, we are the only institution in the county offering endovascular treatment for stroke, 24-hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week.
NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE AND ALS
Our ALS Comprehensive Care Center -- the only one of its kind on Long Island -- was certified by the ALS Association as its 34th Center of Excellence in the nation.
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
The Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Comprehensive Care Center is accredited by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Our Pediatric MS Center is one of six in the nation designated as a center of excellence by the National MS Society.
SLEEP DISORDERS
Our Sleep Center is accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and The Joint Commission.
CANCER
SBUH received full three-year accreditation by the American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer as a Teaching Hospital Level Accredited Cancer Program for 2008 through 2011, and also earned the Commission on Cancer's Outstanding Achievement Award.