St. John's appoints Dr. Neysa Valentin, DO, FACOS, Department of Surgery

NEW YORK - March 17, 2016 - PRLog -- The Department of Surgery at St. John's is pleased to welcome Dr. Neysa Valentin to the Surgery Team.  Dr. Valentin is board certified in General Surgery and board-eligible in Vascular Surgery.  She holds a B.S. degree from Perdue University.  She obtained her Doctor of Osteopathy degree from Michigan State University and completed her residency at St. John's Episcopal Hospital, Far Rockaway.  She completed a vascular fellowship from Grandview Hospital Medical Center, Denton, OH and is a fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons.

Personal Interests: Some of Dr. Valentin's favorite pastimes are movies, going to the beach and traveling to find the ultimate vacation spot.

About St. John's Episcopal Hospital

St. John's Episcopal Hospital, the cornerstone of Episcopal Health Services Inc., is the only full-service acute care hospital in the Rockaways. Celebrating 110 years of community care in 2015, the 257-bed facility provides people of all faiths with comprehensive preventive, diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitative services, regardless of ability to pay. Key programs serving the Rockaways, southern Queens County and southwestern Nassau County include an Emergency Department with 45,000 patient visits annually, a growing minimally invasive surgery program, obstetrics and gynecology, imaging, behavioral health, pediatrics, wound care and dialysis.

St. John's Episcopal Hospital is fully accredited by The Joint Commission and is a teaching affiliate of SUNY Downstate Medical Center and Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. The hospital is also a New York State Designated Stroke Center, a recipient of the Gold-Plus Get with the Guidelines®-Stroke Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association, and is a certified emergency heart care station. St. John's Episcopal Hospital is also designated as a 911/Level II trauma receiving hospital by the New York City Department of Health.

Mission Statement

The mission of Episcopal Health Services Inc. of the Diocese of Long Island is to provide quality health care with an emphasis on patient safety through its hospital and ambulatory care facilities and continuing graduate medical education, recognizing the emerging life-care needs of the communities we serve.

The mission is overseen by the Bishop of Long Island and guided by the teachings and traditions of the Episcopal Church. An essential element of this ministry is pastoral care provided by a chaplaincy program sensitive to the faiths and traditions of those served.

Learn more at www.ehs.org.