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2022 Healthcare Winners (no photos)

MEET THE 2022 HERALD PREMIERE EXCELLENCE IN HEALTHCARE AWARD WINNERS

OUTSTANDING HOSPITAL LEADERS

KEYNOTE:

MICHAEL J. DOWLING

President & Chief Executive Officer
Northwell Health

ANTHONY BOUTIN MD, FACEP, FAAEM

President, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Medical Officer
NuHealth,
Nassau University Medical Center

CAROL GOMES

Chief Executive Officer & Chief Operating Officer
Stony Brook University Hospital

JOSEPH J. GRECO, MD

Senior Vice President & Chief of Hospital Operations
NYU Langone Health

CHARLES L. LUCORE, MD

President
St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center

HAROLD L. PAZ, MD

Executive Vice President of Health Sciences & Chief Executive Officer
Stony Brook University Hospital

KENNETH ROBERTS

President
Mather Hospital,
Northwell Health

ADHI SHARMA, MD

President
Mount Sinai South Nassau

GERARD M. WALSH

Chief Executive Officer
Episcopal Health Services, Inc.

EXCELLENCE IN HEALTHCARE AWARD WINNERS

KIMON BEKELIS, MD

Director
The Stroke & Brain Aneurysm Center of Long Island

KEITH BRENNAN, MD

Hospitalist Physician
Mount Sinai South Nassau

AGOSTINO CERVONE MD, FACS

Director of Robotic Surgery
Peconic Bay Medical Center,
Northwell Health

YEMENG CHEN, PhD, LAc, FICAE

President
New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine

ROBERT CIATTO

Executive Director
ACLD

TODD J. COHEN, MD

Professor & Chief of Cardiology at NYIT
Founder & Director of Long Island
Heart Rythm Center

KARINA W. DAVIDSON, PhD. MASc

Senior Vice President of Research,
Dean of Academic Affairs
Feinstein Institute for Medical Research,
Northwell Health

SHERLY DEMOSTHENES-ATKINSON

Chief Executive Officer
CABS Health Network

JEANNINE ESLINGER

Physician Assistant
Mount Sinai South Nassau

CHARLES J. FUSCHILLO, JR.

President & Chief Executive Officer
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America

ADINA GELFAND-EREZ, RPA-C

Chief Executive Officer
Bleu Glove Concierge

MICHAEL GREEN, MD

Associate Medical Director
Northwell Health-GoHealth Urgent Care

DANIEL LA, MD

Medical Director
American Family Care Urgent Care (Long Island)

HERRICK LIPTON

Chief Executive Officer
New Horizons Counseling Center

PARUL DUA MAKKAR, DDS

General Dentist
PDM Family Dental

JAMES MAROTTA, MD

Plastic Surgeon
Marotta Plastic Surgery Specialists

STEVEN MENDELSOHN, MD

President & Chief Executive Officer
Zwanger-Pesiri Radiology

BARRY R. MORGENSTERN, MD

Breast Imager
Lenox Hill Radiology

RICHARD RATTAN

Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Safe Health Educators

JEFFREY L. REYOLDS, PhD

President & Chief Executive Officer
Family & Children’s Association

MICHAEL N. ROSENBLUT

President & Chief Executive Officer
Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care & Rehabilitation

CHARLES L. SCHLEIN, MD, MBA

Senior Vice President & Chair of Pediatrics
Cohen’s Children Hospital,
Northwell Health

DIMITRY SCHWARTZ MHA, LNHA, CDN, CDM

Administrator
The Grand Pavillion for Rehabilitation and Nursing

JODY SILVA FALK

Executive Vice President Business Development
Precision LTC Pharmacy

GREGORY SOLOMETO

Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer
Alliance Homecare

ANCY STEPHEN

Respiratory Therapist
Mount Sinai South Nassau

JANINE STIENE

Owner & President
Long Island Speech and Myofunctional Therapy Centers

LISA VEGLIA

Chief Executive Officer
QSAC

BEATRICE WEED

Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Rising Above & Beyond Home Care, Inc.
Executive Vice President
& Chief Nurse Executive
Northwell Health

MAUREEN T. WHITE, RN, MBA, NEA-BC, F.N.A.P., F.A.A.N

DIANE ZIEMS

Executive Director
Atria Senior Living

ALAIN ZILKHA, MD

Body Imaging
Lenox Hill Radiology

PAULA ZWEIG-COHN

Director
Infection, Prevention, & Control
Mount Sinai South Nassau

SPECIAL AWARDS

RESEARCH PIONEER

BRUCE STILLMAN, PhD

Inventor & Chief Executive Officer
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
INNOVATOR

ARTHUR LIH, lll

Inventor & Chief Executive Officer
LifeVac

PATRICK M. BECKLEY

Suffolk County Fire Commissioner

RODNEY K. HARRISON

Suffolk County Police Commissioner

CHARLES R. MACKIE

Paramedic Instructor
Nassau County Fire-Police Academy NUMC

PATRICK RYDER

Nassau County Police Commissioner

MICHAEL F. UTTARO

Nassau County Fire Commissioner

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