<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/downstate-update/2025/october/10-30-uhd-surgical-excellence.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories>Downstate Health</categories><pubDate>10/30/2025 09:58:40 AM</pubDate><title>Downstate UHD Recognized Nationally for Surgical Excellence</title><sub-title>A Message from Interim CEO Patricia A. Winston, DNP, MS, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE</sub-title><description>I am proud to share that University Hospital at Downstate (UHD) has been recognized by the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) for achieving meritorious outcomes in surgical patient care. This honor places UHD among only 77 hospitals nationwide—out of more than 600 eligible participants—acknowledged for exceptional surgical performance.</description><author>University Hospital at Downstate</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="" alt=""/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/news-events/downstate-update/2025/october/10-30-uhd-surgical-excellence.xml</loc><tags><tag>Downstate Health</tag><tag>Surgery</tag><tag>University Hospital at Downstate</tag></tags><categories><category>Downstate Health</category></categories></item>