The world's largest local philanthropy organization, UJA - Federation of New York helps 1.4 million people in New York City, Westchester County and Long Island as well as 3 million people in Israel and 60 other countries around the world.

1. For Immediate Release August 4, 2015
Contact: Damian Becker, Manager of Media Relations
(516) 377-5370
UJA-Federation of New York Recognizes
Dr. Sam Sandowski for Service to Community
Oceanside, NY — In recognition of his dedication and service to improving the health of
communities in Nassau County, the UJA - Federation of New York’s division of South Shore
Healthcare Professionals honored Samuel Sandowski, MD, at its annual dinner reception held
recently at the Sephardic Temple in Cedarhurst, NY.
The world's largest local philanthropy organization, UJA - Federation of New York helps
1.4 million people in New York City, Westchester County and Long Island as well as 3 million
people in Israel and 60 other countries around the world. The funds raised by the UJA -
Federation sustain the activities of more than 100 health, human-service, educational and
community agencies.
“This is a well-deserved honor,” said Adhi Sharma, MD, chief medical officer at South
Nassau Communities Hospital. “Dr. Sandowski’s selflessness and good works in the community
are equal to the excellence he has achieved as a clinician and medical education leader.”
Director of medical education at South Nassau, Dr. Sandowski is a recognized leader in
faculty development and academic medicine. He has published numerous articles and chapters,
and co-edited medical textbooks, including "Primary Care.” Dr. Sandowski graduated Cum Laude
from the Technion Faculty of Medicine in Israel. He completed his residency in Family Practice at
South Nassau, and subsequently completed a faculty development fellowship at the SUNY Health
Science Center at Brooklyn, where he was appointed the Medical Director of the Family Practice
Center. He also serves on the executive committee of the Downstate Family Medical Education
Consortium, as well as the education committee of the New York State Academy of Family
Physicians.
Dr. Sandowski has oversight of all teaching activities at South Nassau, including those of
physician assistant students, medical students, and residents. He also chairs South Nassau’s
committee on continuing medical education for its medical staff and attending physicians.
Additionally, he is responsible for overall communication with medical school leadership and
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facilities and agencies providing instruction for students and residents.
South Nassau is the only hospital on Long Island to win four major awards or recognition
for quality in recent months, including for nursing excellence, women’s programs and top
rankings from U.S. News & World Report and from the Joint Commission.
Designated a Magnet® hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC),
South Nassau® Communities Hospital is one of the region’s largest hospitals, with 455 beds,
more than 900 physicians and 3,000 employees. Located in Oceanside, NY, the hospital is an
acute-care, not-for-profit teaching hospital that provides state-of-the-art care in cardiac,
oncologic, orthopedic, bariatric, pain management, mental health and emergency services. In
addition to its extensive outpatient specialty centers, South Nassau provides emergency and
elective angioplasty, and is the only hospital on Long Island with the Novalis Tx™ and Gamma
Knife® radiosurgery technologies. South Nassau is a designated Stroke Center by the New York
State Department of Health and Comprehensive Community Cancer Center by the American
College of Surgeons and is an accredited center of the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Association and Quality Improvement Program. In addition, the hospital has been awarded the
Joint Commission’s gold seal of approval as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures, including
heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and surgical care; and disease-specific care for hip and joint
replacement, wound care and end-stage renal disease. For more information, visit
www.southnassau.org.
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