Mather Hospital

John T. Mather Memorial Hospital
The hospital as seen from North Country Road
Geography
Location	Port Jefferson, New York, United States
Coordinates	40°56′20.6″N 73°3′15.7″W / 40.939056°N 73.054361°W / 40.939056; -73.054361Coordinates: 40°56′20.6″N 73°3′15.7″W / 40.939056°N 73.054361°W / 40.939056; -73.054361
Services
Beds	248
History
Construction started	1928
Opened	1929
Links
Lists	Hospitals in New York

Mather Hospital, formerly known as John T. Mather Memorial Hospital, is a general teaching hospital located in Port Jefferson, New York.^[1] It is named after John T. Mather (1854-1928), who, in 1916, made provisions to his will to create the hospital.^[2]

John T. Mather Memorial Hospital opened on December 29, 1929. It initially had 54 beds. A new wing was added in 1962. It featured a new surgical suite, an emergency facility and an intensive care unit. A new psychiatric wing was added in 1973. In 1983, the hospital was renovated and another new wing was opened. In 1990, the hospital added the current emergency room called the Contessa Nadia Faber Emergency Pavilion. In 1992, the hospital opened the Frey Family Foundation Medical Arts Building, which currently houses the Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence, Sleep Disorders Center, Infusion Center and administrative offices. By 1997, it reached its current bed count of 248. In 1998, the hospital opened the Matthew J. and Debra A. Cody Ambulatory and Inpatient Surgical Pavilion. In 2015, the Arthur & Linda Calace Family Pavilion was dedicated, housing a 35-single-bedded patient care unit; offices and teaching facilities for the Graduate Medical Education Program and a conference center. ^[3]

In 2013 and again in 2018, Mather was designated a Magnet Recognized hospital.^[4] In December 2017, Mather became affiliated with Northwell Health and its name was changed to Mather Hospital. In 2018 Mather Hospital was accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for the first Graduate Nurse Transition to Practice residency program in New York State. The program was reaccredited with distinction in 2021.

The hospital offers bariatric surgery, orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, pulmonology, robotic surgery, breast health, mental health and emergency services. Mather also operates Precision CyberKnife of New York in partnership with New York Cancer & Blood Specialists. The hospital cared for more than 12,500 inpatients and over 37,000 emergency patients in 2019. Mather also has an outpatient Wound Care Treatment Center and a Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy unit.

Mather Hospital has internal medicine, transitional year, psychiatry and radiology residency program through The Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. The internal medicine program has received 93 percent+ Board pass rates.^[5]

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