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University Medical Center In Running For Top 20 Most Beautiful Hospitals

Three Villagers can vote for their hometown hospital until June 19.

Stony Brook University Medical Center has been lauded for all that it achieves in patient care and research. Now it's being praised for its good looks.

The hospital was named one of 50 facilities for which people can vote onto the list of the Top 20 Most Beautiful Hospitals in the U.S. in 2011.

Soliant Health, a nationwide healthcare staffing company, puts on the contest. Voting is open until June 19. People can vote for whichever hospital they choose as often as they want.

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Stony Brook was selected from nearly 250 nominations for the distinction. The field has been narrowed to 50, with the top 20 to be declared on July 1. Stony Brook, which began providing care in 1980, is the only New York hospital to make the top 50.

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