FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

CONTACT: Theresa Mulkins, Director of Public Relations
OFFICE: (845) 483-6418
FAX: (845) 475-9740
tmulkins@health-quest.org   

Poughkeepsie, NY – February 1, 2012– Health Quest Medical Practice (HQMP) proudly announces the premier of the Division of Neurosurgery and welcomes Dr. Jack McNulty as its Medical Director. Dr. McNulty is a well-known community neurosurgeon and Director of Neurosurgery at Vassar Brothers Medical Center.

Dr. McNulty specializes in surgical procedures involving the brain and spine. These include aneurysms, brain tumors, cerebral AVM arteriovenous malformations, epilepsy, Parkinson’s and traumatic brain injury as well as herniated cervical and lumbar discs, spinal stenosis and tumors involving the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine.

Dr. McNulty received his undergraduate degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and his medical degree from Albany Medical College. He completed his internship at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia and neurosurgical residency at New York Medical College. He was Chief Resident for Neurosurgery at both St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center in Manhattan as well as Westchester County Medical Center in Valhalla. He is board certified and a member of the College of Neurological Surgeons and the American Associations of Neurological Surgeons.

The HQMP Division of Neurosurgery currently has offices in Poughkeepsie at 110 Main Street, in Fishkill at 200 Westage Business Center-  Suite 320 and in New Windsor at 939 Little Britain Road.  For appointments and consultations with Dr. McNulty please call (845) 454-4949.

HQMP is unique, as part of a system of hospitals and physicians working collaboratively to provide continuity of care no matter where patients are treated. Health Quest’s extensive network, which includes Northern Dutchess Hospital, Putnam Hospital Center and Vassar Brothers Medical Center, represents the region's premier health care system. This special relationship of hospitals and physicians provides physicians with access to the latest technology, and patients with the strength of our collective resources, knowledge and compassion.

Health Quest is the Mid-Hudson Valley's largest healthcare system providing the highest quality care across a broad spectrum of services. Offering the full range of hospital services, pre-hospital emergency care, homecare and nursing home care, the Health Quest system provides immediate and caring service to the one million people who reside in the New York counties of Columbia, Dutchess, Ulster, Orange, Putnam and northern Westchester. Health Grades, a leading hospital ratings organization, recently acknowledged Health Quest as “the most recognized health system in the Hudson Valley”.

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