Patients and medical staff at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx will star in a Discovery Channel series that is set to begin airing this week.

Filmmakers spent several months at St. Barnabas, where they shot more than 500 hours of film for “911: The Bronx,” a three-part series documenting trauma care. St. Barnabas is a Level 1 trauma center, which provides the highest level of surgical care to trauma patients. The hospital said it logs more than 91,000 visits each year.

The episodes feature dramatic emergency cases, including those of a 12-year-old boy who was hit by a car; of a man who fell several stories; of a shopkeeper who was shot in the head, and of a woman who drank cleaning fluid.

The episodes are scheduled to air at 8 p.m. on the Discovery Channel.

AIDS Walk Raises Record $7.1 Million

New York City’s 23rd Annual AIDS Walk, held yesterday in Central Park, raised a record $7.1 million, organizers said.

According to organizers, the annual event has raised more than $100 million for Gay Men’s Health Crisis and other HIV and AIDS organizations since 1986. Yesterday’s 6.2-mile walk drew 45,000 walkers, organizers said.

More than 100,000 New Yorkers are infected with HIV, according to city health officials. A new report released yesterday by Rep. Anthony Weiner found that the HIV infection rate among New York City teenagers rose 29% between 2004 and 2006. In 2006, there were 168 new infections, up from 130 in 2004, the report found.

New Health Clinic in Brooklyn

The operator of a network of community health clinics in Brooklyn has opened a new site downtown.

Preferred Health Partners opened the new 47,250-square-foot clinic, situated at 447 Atlantic Ave., last week. The clinic is the largest of nine Brooklyn clinics operated by PHP.

The new location offers a range of health services, including primary care, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, allergy care, and pediatrics. There is also a suite where patients can get intravenous medication to treat blood disorders or cancer. The clinic also uses an electronic medical record system, which can be accessed from any of PHP’s other locations.

The new clinic replaces an older center that was situated at 345 Schermerhorn St.

Cornell Collaborates in Leadership Academy

Cornell University is partnering with a leading New York hospital group, the Healthcare Association of New York State, to provide graduate-level training in business and health care.

The collaboration, between Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Management and HANYS, will establish the Academy for Health Care Leadership Advancement. It will be geared toward mid- and senior-level managers and health care executives.

The first program will begin in the fall. It is designed to put data collected by HANYS to practical use in health care settings.

“This new joint venture between Cornell and HANYS exemplifies the type of partnership that works,” a professor at the Johnson School, Elizabeth Mannix, said in a statement.

Hospital Fashion Show Raises Funds for Obstetrics

A fashion show to raise money for NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital raised more than $475,000, hospitals officials said.

The annual benefit, held last week at Cipriani, featured clothing by the designers Mark Badgley and James Mischka, who showcased their fall Badgley Mischka line.

Hospital officials said the event drew more than 400 attendees, including the actress Jennifer Esposito.

Hospital Recruits Doctor to Head International Operations

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has recruited a former chairman of surgery at the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Kenneth Ouriel, to head its international operations.

Beginning June 2, Dr. Ouriel will serve as the hospital’s senior vice president for international operations, a new position, hospital officials said. Previously, Dr. Ouriel served as the chairman of the division of surgery at the Cleveland Clinic and as the chief executive officer of the clinic’s Sheikh Khalifa Medical City project in Abu Dhabi, a 758-bed medical complex in the United Arab Emirates.

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