New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health has received approval from the state health department to open a heart transplant center at Cohen Children's Medical Center in Queens.

总部位于纽约州新海德公园的诺斯韦尔健康中心已获得州卫生部的批准，将在皇后区的科恩儿童医疗中心开设心脏移植中心。

The center will be the first pediatric heart transplant program on Long Island, according to a Feb. 19 news release sent to

据2月19日发送的新闻稿称，该中心将成为长岛首个儿科心脏移植项目。

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. About 55% of all pediatric heart transplants in New York occur within Cohen's service area, according to national data from the United Network for Organ Sharing.

根据器官共享联合网络的全国数据，纽约大约55%的儿童心脏移植手术发生在科恩的服务区域内。

Heart transplant procedures will be performed at Cohen's 24,000-square-foot operating complex, which opened in 2022. The hospital has recruited more than 20 providers to support the launch of heart transplantation and related services, including Jack Kleinmahon, MD, who will serve as medical director of pediatric heart failure and transplant program.

心脏移植手术将在科恩于2022年开放的24,000平方英尺的手术综合楼中进行。该医院已经招募了20多名医护人员，以支持心脏移植和相关服务的启动，其中包括杰克·克莱因马洪博士，他将担任儿科心力衰竭和移植项目的医学主任。

Dr. Kleinmahon previously led the pediatric heart transplant program at New Orleans-based Ochsner Hospital for Children. .

克莱因马洪博士此前曾领导新奥尔良奥克斯纳儿童医院的儿科心脏移植项目。

Timothy Martens, MD, will serve as surgical director of the heart transplant program.

蒂莫西·马滕斯医生将担任心脏移植项目外科主任。