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Former villager is Boston’s new archbishop shepherd the extraordinary Church of Boston.” Henning, 59, was born in Pope Francis has appointed Rockville Centre, and attended Richard G. Henning, who grew the Holy Name of Mary parish up in Valley Stream, and is a in Valley Stream. He graduated from Chaminade High School for mer auxiliary bishop of Rockville Centre and the cur- in Mineola in 1982, and went on to attend St. John’s rent bishop of University, before Providence, Rhode studying for the Island, as the next priesthood at the Archbishop of BosSeminary of the ton. Immaculate ConCardinal Chrisception in Huntingtophe Pierre, aposton. tolic nuncio to the He was ordained United States, in 1992 at St. Agnes made the anCathedral by fornouncement on mer Bishop John Aug. 5, following McGann of the Diothe resignation of cese of Rockville Cardinal Sean P. Centre. Henning O’Malley, who has RIChARD hENNING spent the next five led the Archdiocese of Boston for more Archbishop-designate years as an associof Boston ate pastor at the than 20 years. Church of St. Peter “I’m very grateof Alcantara in ful to almighty God for the abundance of life made possi- Port Washington, where he ble by his love and his grace ministered to Spanish-speaking and I invoke the Lord’s help as I Catholics in the area. In addilook forward to beginning this tion to speaking English, he is new ministry,” Henning said fluent in Spanish and Italian during a news conference about and can read French, Greek the announcement. “I am also and Hebrew. In 1997, Henning was grateful to our Holy Father (Pope Francis) for his confi- assigned to attend post-gradudence and the gift of this call to CoNtINueD oN page 19
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Dr. Matthew Weiss, right, director of the surgical oncology program at Northwell Cancer Institute, will work with Dr. Steven Cohen, left, to expand the use of robotic pancreatic surgery at the Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital and other facilities.
Northwell bets on robotic Whipple surgery program By JUAN LASSO jlasso@liherald.com
For a small fraction of the American population, a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer can feel like a death sentence. It is notoriously as difficult to detect as it is to treat, and of the roughly 66,000 Americans who develop pancreatic cancer this year, more than threefourths will die of the disease. Only about one in 10 will live five years or longer. When cancerous tumors develop in the pancreas, for the few eligible for surgery, the Whipple procedure offers the best chance of survival. During the operation, the head of the pancreas and other vital surrounding organs are removed and then painstakingly
reconnected. Those who undergo a successful Whipple procedure can see their odds of living five years or longer jump to 25 percent. But here is the catch: the operation not only carries the risk of complications, but also demands a high level of skill from the surgeon. Dr. Matthew Weiss, director of the surgical oncology program at Northwell Cancer Institute, met with Dr. Steven Mitchell Cohen, a leading expert in robotic pancreatic surgery, to discuss the limited but noticeable advancements being made in the procedure. “It used to be that half the people died CoNtINueD oN page 14
’m very grateful . . . and I invoke the Lord’s help as I look forward to beginning this new ministry.