NYP Queens high honor Failed Bayside burglar
is caught on camera Cancer Center recognized for treatment of patients
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
Cops are looking for a
would-be burglar who was
caught on camera trying
to break into a home in the
Oakland Gardens section of
Bayside.
According to police, at
4:30 a.m. on June 22, an
unknown man tried to break
into a residence located in
the of Kingsbury Avenue
and Springfield Boulevard
through a rear door. However,
the door was locked and the
suspect fled the scene.
Law enforcement agents
described the failed burglar as
Photos courtesy of the NYPD
a man between 18 and 25 years
old with a medium skin tone.
On July 2, the NYPD
released video of the suspect
trying to gain entry in the
home:
Anyone with information
in regard to this incident is
asked to call the NYPD’s Crime
Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-
TIPS (8477) or for Spanish,
1-888-57-PISTA (74782). All
calls are kept confidential.
Reach reporter Emily
Davenport by email at
edavenport@qns.com or
by phone at (718) 260-2576.
(L to R): Ann Pirro-Radeos, PA-C, MS, MPH, MSPS, assistant director NYP-Q Cancer Center; David A.
Fishman, MD, director of NYP-Q Cancer Center. Courtesy of NewYork-Presbyterian Queens
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
NewYork-Presbyterian
Queens hospital’s Cancer
Center in Flushing received
the highest level of recognition
in June for providing highquality
cancer care for
its patients.
Recently, the Commission
on Cancer (COC), a program
of the American College of
Surgeons (ACoS) awarded
three-year re-accreditation
with Gold Level Commendation
to the academic comprehensive
cancer program of NewYork-
Presbyterian Queens located
at 56-45 Main St.
The Outstanding
Achievement Award (OAA) is
designed to recognize cancer
programs that strive for
excellence in demonstrating
compliance with the
COC’s standards for their
commitment to ensuring highquality
cancer care.
The NewYork-Presbyterian
Queens’ Cancer Center has
been under the leadership of
Dr. David Fishman, MD, who
couldn’t be prouder of his
team, which sees and helps
treat approximately 1,500
cancer patients a year.
“I’m very proud of the
physicians that we have
here who are involved in the
treatment of patients with
the disease — whether it’s
surgical or medical,” said
Fishman. “I’m very proud of
the team of individuals that
has allowed us to achieve such
a high honor and am very
proud of the quality of cancer
care. Our care is as good or
better than any program in
Manhattan, and that’s not my
opinion … that’s an opinion
from the American College
of Surgeons Commission on
Cancer. People in Queens can
go to Manhattan if they want
to, but there’s no need because
our care here is as good as
any institution in Manhattan,
which I am proud of to offer to
the people of Queens.”
Cancer patients at the
hospital are treated by board
certified professionals that
follow a core set of quality
measures and quality
benchmarks when providing
care, according to Fishman.
“Anyone who has internet
access can see how we are
doing compared to other
hospitals both locally and
nationally that we have the
full complement of resources
necessary to provide optimal
cancer patient care,” said
Fishman. “What we’ve
truly established here is
a comprehensive cancer
program that puts the patient
and their family as a priority
offering care in all measures —
not just giving them drugs or
operating, but compassionate
care, supportive care,
palliative care, clergy care
and psychological care.”
The center offers programs
from dentistry, social work,
nursing, physical therapy,
occupational therapy and
every aspect of care that a
person who has a chronic
disease would benefit from,
said Fishman.
“I think the best thing is
that the people of Queens have
a recognized cancer center
that offers the best possible
care in New York and that the
people of Queens have their
own homegrown institution
that has been recognized is
providing the highest-quality
care in the country,” said
Fishman. “I’m very proud of
the entire team of healthcare
professionals that worked so
hard to obtain and maintain
this honor, and now that we
have attained it we want to
make sure we maintain it.”
Reach reporter Carlotta
Mohamed by email at
cmohamed@schnepsmedia.
com or by phone at (718) 260–4526.
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