St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center

04/01/2026

In a recent FOX News Online story, Dr. Tereza Cristina Sardinha, chief of colon and re**al surgery at Catholic Health, explains that alcohol consumption increases one’s risk of developing multiple types of cancer.

Alcohol consumption may raise colore**al cancer risk, now the leading cause of cancer death in adults under 50, with experts warning of long-term effects.

04/01/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Allen Jeremias, Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Lab, for his recent accomplishment as co-principal investigator in a study that has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study, titled, “Angiography-Derived Fractional Flow Reserve to Guide PCI,” was presented as late breaking clinical trial at the ACC meeting and published in the NEJM. Dr. Jeremias explains, “St. Francis was instrumental in supporting the trial that evaluated a new technology assessing coronary physiology directly from the angiogram, as opposed to instrumenting the vessel. We are now using this routinely.”

Read more here: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2600949

04/01/2026

Dr. Ziad A. Ali, director of the DeMatteis Cardiovascular Institute, published an editorial in JACC (Journal of American College of Cardiology), regarding research that was presented at the ACC conference in New Orleans last week. He wrote that even though the angina relief was “moderate rather than dramatic,” he praised the trial for finally providing evidence that “the physiological act of reopening a chronically occluded coronary artery can translate into symptomatic improvement.” Dr. Ali is the Associate Editor of JACC. See more in the link below - https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/tightly-blinded-trial-confirms-pci-reduces-angina-2026a10009ob?form=fpf

03/31/2026

Spring Allergy Season – it is here. Speak with your primary care physician if you are experiencing symptoms or have a history of allergies. They will review your symptoms and may order blood tests or skin tests to properly diagnose your allergies. They may refer you to an ENT (Ear, Nose, and Throat) specialist or allergist.

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What are allergies? An allergy is a response that occurs when your immune system reacts to something foreign to your body. Certain drugs, foods, and especially indoor and outdoor environmental allergens (irritants) can cause the immune system to secrete histamine and other inflammatory mediators tha...

03/31/2026

Last week, 40 volunteers, all St. Francis staff, packaged boxes of food for Meals of Hope, a program that facilitates distribution of food to various food pantries and churches in Nassau County. The boxes of macaroni and cheese meals will feed 11,136 people. Thank you to our generous volunteers, for serving our community!

03/30/2026

Today is National Doctors’ Day! We celebrate our physicians’ commitment to exceptional patient care. Our patients recognize that our doctors maintain a special combination of expertise, skills and compassion. Thank you to all of our doctors!

03/27/2026

Earlier this month, St. Francis was a proud sponsor of the 53rd Annual KAMPA (Korean-American Medical Practitioners Association of New York) Gala, at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City.

03/27/2026

Last week, the DeMatteis Cardiovascular Institute and New York Institute of Technology College of Medicine hosted the annual joint research symposium. Drs. Ziad Ali and Doosup Shin led the presentations, along with the NYIT COM research scholars.