Northwell’s Mather Hospital’s Critical Care and Interventional Radiology teams have been recognized with the 2025 DAISY Team Award for their response during a life-threatening emergency. The award, which is internationally known, honors teams that demonstrate clinical skill and compassion in difficult situations.
According to the nomination for the award, “the Critical Care and Interventional Radiology teams, alongside their physician and ACP (Advanced Care Provider) partners, exemplified courage, clinical excellence, and empathy… They didn’t just perform tasks; they combined skill and compassion, giving this patient the best possible chance at life.” The statement highlights how collaboration among these medical professionals was crucial in managing a critical scenario.
The DAISY Award was created by the family of J. Patrick Barnes after he died from complications related to an autoimmune disease at age 33. His family was deeply moved by the care he received from nurses during his hospitalization. The DAISY Award recognizes nurses who provide extraordinary care and go beyond expectations in both scientific practice and compassionate service.
Mather Hospital is a non-profit community teaching hospital with 249 beds that serves Suffolk County residents. It has received multiple recognitions for quality of care, including top ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Magnet recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, high performance ratings from U.S. News & World Report in several specialties, as well as Healthgrades’ Outstanding Patient Experience Award for five consecutive years. The hospital also runs several residency and fellowship programs to train future physicians.
Northwell Health is described as the largest not-for-profit health system in the Northeast region of the United States. With 28 hospitals and over 1,000 outpatient facilities across New York and Connecticut, Northwell employs more than 104,000 people—including over 22,000 nurses—and provides care to more than three million individuals annually in areas such as Long Island and western Connecticut. Northwell is involved in medical research through its Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research and offers training through institutions like the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.
