FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:     
MAY 18, 2009

CONTACT: DEBORAH HARRIS
LEGISLATIVE AIDE
    Office: (631) 854-5100
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 Email:  Deborah.Harris@suffolkcountyny.gov

LEGISLATOR STEVE STERN'S "NATIONAL WOMEN'S HEALTH WEEK" SIGNED INTO LAW

Raises Awareness Of Women's Health Issues

Top Row: Noam Algazy, Grace Ioannidis, Suffolk County Women’s Services; Ivy Algazy, Director of Communications Women’s Health, North Shore-LIJ; Jeanine Bondi, associate trustee, North Shore-LIJ; Deanna Marshall, Director, Women’s Services; Wendy Kaye, Director, Women's Health -North Shore-LIJ; Roz Herbsman, Director of development, Katz Women's Hospital,; Nancy Keating, Women’s Services Bottom Row: Dr.  Humayun J. Chaudhry, Suffolk County Commissioner of Health Services,  Steve Levy ,Suffolk County Executive;   Steve Stern, Suffolk County Legislator ; Neeta Shah, M.D., vice president, Women’s Health North Shore-LIJ Health System.

HUNTINGTON, NY – Legislator Steve Stern’s  (D-Huntington, 16^th L.D), legislation declaring “National Women’s Health Week” in May, was signed by County Executive Steve Levy at a ceremony attended by representatives of the North Shore-LIJ Health System-Katz Women’s Hospital, Commissioner of Health Services, Dr. Humayun Chaudhry and representatives of the Suffolk County Women’s Services Agency. 

“I am proud to sponsor “National Women’s Health Week” in Suffolk County to help raise awareness of the need to make women’s health a top priority and to empower women to take charge of their health,” Legislator Stern said.  “I applaud Dr. Neeta Shah, Jeanine Bondi, Cecelia Fullum, Ivy Algazy and all of the dedicated professionals at the Katz Women’s Hospital-Women’s Health Institute at North Shore-LIJ for their dedication and hard work in making “National Women’s Health Week’ a reality.  I encourage every woman to take the pledge for a longer, healthier, happier life at www.northshorelij.com/womenshealthweek.”