Allen Pavilion renamed Allen Hospital in InwoodOn Thu., Sep. 10, a ceremony was held to commemorate the redubbed NewYork-Presbyterian/The Allen Hospital on Broadway and W. 220th Street. “We’re taking an approach to the name of the hospital to really state what it is. This hospital provides full community services. We want the name of the institution to reflect what it is. It has a long history and it has matured into being a comprehensive broad hospital,” said New York-Presbyterian Hospital CEO Dr. Herbert Padres. “We really have a great community, a great hospital, great staff and that results in great care, and that’s what the whole thing is focused on. We’re here to take care of people the right way.”  Strategically placed bunches of balloons hid the new awning and name at the renovated main entrance to the hospital as New York Yankee pitcher Mariano Rivera joined hospital officials in a ribbon cutting that inaugurated the name change from pavilion to hospital.
Rivera was given an honorary white doctor’s jacket stitched with his name and player number. He joined Padres and hospital trustee Peter Kalikow, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer Wilhelmina Manzano and Allen Hospital Executive Director Michael Fosina behind an absurdly large pair of scissors to cut the ribbon. As the ribbon was cut, the balloons were lifted to reveal the new name. Among its specialties, the Allen Hospital offers patients advanced care in geriatric medicine, cardiology, gastroenterology, neurology, orthopedics, urology, general surgery and maternal and fetal health. “We’re a busy place,” Fosina said after the ceremony. The emergency room is expected to see 35,000 to 36,000 people this year, he said. “We continue to expand services for patients in our community – it’s an exciting time,” he added The Allen Hospital in Inwood, much smaller than the sprawling hospital campus around W. 168th Street, is designed to offer a more intimate setting. “When people get sick it’s a very nerve wracking time for them,” Fonsia said. “Allen is small enough that you can come in and find a warm and comfortable place.” As part of the event, television ads for the Allen Hospital were screened in its renovated lobby. The Manhattan Times is the bilingual newspaper of Washington Heights and Inwood.
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