FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com march 5, 2015 • REAL ESTATE • The Queens Courier 35 ▶ real estate Mount Sinai Queens opens new cancer treatment center in Astoria BY ERIC JANKIEWICZ [email protected] @EricJankieiwicz A new medical facility that will specialize in cancer treatment is opening in Astoria as part of a $125 million expansion by Mount Sinai Queens. Known as the Mount Sinai Queens Infusion Center, the facility is across the street from the main hospital. The state-of-the-art facility will be used to treat cancer patients, according to hospital officials, with treatment options that were previously unavailable to Mount Sinai’s patients in Queens. “Many treatment options were not available in Queens,” said Howard Greenberg, assistant professor of medicine for the hospital. “Now we’re bringing world-class cancer care in the comfort of your neighborhood.” The new center aims to provide cancer treatments in a quiet and comfortable environment, something that couldn’t be done in their main facility on 30th Avenue. Along with providing treatment like chemotherapy, the hospital will also perform various blood transfusions and provide care for patients with blood disorders. “We tried to create a space that was comforting to our patients and also deliver high-quality care,” said Caryn Schwab, executive director of Mount Sinai Queens. Mount Sinai, with its main medical center on the East Side in Manhattan, is looking to expand into western Queens. The area has a limited choice of emergency medical centers with Elmhurst Hospital the closest alternative. “Mount Sinai Queens is on the move,” Schwab said. “Queens is our backyard.” The bulk of the Mount Sinai expansion project is taking place in a new 130,000-square-foot building that is rising across the street from the cancer center. THE COURIER/Photo by Eric Jankiewicz Caryn Schwab, executive director of Mount Sinai Queens, in an exam room at the new cancer center. The Queens & Bronx Building Association The Queens & Bronx Building Association (QBBA) held its general membership meeting on Feb. 25 at the Douglaston Manor, where Julissa Ferreras, chair of the City Council Finance Committee, addressed the group. The association is a trade organization with more than 300 construction-related member companies. Doug MacLaury, Mark Kandkhorov, Joseph Mattone, Peter Tu (Flushing Chinese Business Association), Vincent Riso, Frank Macchio (NY Hospital of Queens), Ira Brown June Petrone (executive director of QBBA), Robin Warcholak (assistant) Top, from left: Mark Kandkhorov, Frank Macchio, Ira Brown, Peter Tu, Howard Hsu (developer at F&T), Doug MacLaury; bottom, from left: Vincent Riso, Joseph Mattone, Claire Hilger (Catholic Charities) Ira Brown, past president of Briarwood Housing Robert Altman, QBBA lobbyist Jack Dragone, vice president, Associated Affairs
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