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Franklin to Expand Care to JFK
VALLEY STREAM — Franklin Hospital
is providing additional around-theclock
healthcare services for JFK
International Airport staff and patrons,
as part of a new clinical affiliation
agreement with Airport Medical Offices
(AMO). The agreement enhances the
services provided by AMO by offering
airport employees and patrons an
additional treatment site and greater
access to care — including inpatient,
outpatient and emergency services —
at Franklin Hospital, a short distance
from the airport.
In case patients require
specialized treatment, they will
now have 24/7 access to the full
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range of services offered by
Franklin Hospital and the North
Shore LIJ Health System, including:
cancer care, cardiology, wound
care, neurology, orthopedics, pain
management, psychiatry, radiology,
rehabilitation and surgery. Franklin
and AMO will also partner to provide
preventive care, health and wellness
information and screenings at the
airport and local venues. “We are
pleased to partner with AMO to bring
a comprehensive array of specialty
care to those who work and live in
and around our shared communities,”
said Catherine Hottendorf, RN,
new executive director of Franklin
Hospital. “Our physicians, nurses
and clinical and administrative staff
are looking forward to providing
high-quality, compassionate care to
AMO patients.”
AMO caters to the healthcare
needs of employees, travelers and
those that reside in the surrounding
communities. The program provides
a full range of healthcare services,
including all aspects of occupational
health and medical treatment for
accidents, injuries and illnesses
in the workplace, primary care,
internal medicine, family practice
and urgent care, and AMO clinicians
will also become credentialed to care
Health System
Helps Kick Off
City Parks Event
Staff from Lenox Hill Hospital, the
Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat
Hospital (MEETH) and the North
Shore-LIJ Health System were out
in force in April during the City
Parks Foundation’s annual Run
for the Parks in Central Park. The
four-mile race, sponsored by North
Shore-LIJ, which kicked off the
running season in New York City,
has the distinction of being the
largest one-day running event in
Central Park. There was also a kids’
race (top). Lenox Hill and MEETH
staff provided free blood pressure
screenings and pocket-sized
sunscreen to the more than 7,000
runners who turned out and other
participants. In the bottom photo,
Jennifer Mieres, MD, left, senior
vice president of North Shore-LIJ’s
Office of Community and Public
Health, greeted the race’s overall
winner, Ro Crispin, of Clifton,
NJ, who burned up the course in
20:26 – a 5:07 pace.
for patients at Franklin Hospital.
Patients are welcome 24 hours a
day, seven days a week and Airport
Medical participates with most major
insurance plans.
“The affiliation with Franklin
Hospital provides our patients
with access to the highest levels of
specialty care available,” said Thomas
D. Kelliher, Esq., executive director
of AMO. “We are proud to work with
such a top-notch team of healthcare
professionals and happy to advance
our mission to provide timely access
to exceptional healthcare, coupled
with extraordinary convenience, to
our patients.”