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2023 Healthcare Winners

MEET THE 2023 HERALD EXCELLENCE IN HEALTHCARE AWARD WINNERS

EXCELLENCE IN HEALTHCARE AWARD WINNERS

MARC S. ADLER, MD

Senior Vice President and Chief of Hospital Operations
Long Island Community Hospital

KIMON BEKELIS, MD

Chairman
Neurointerventional Services at Catholic Health
Director
Stroke and Brain Aneurysm Center of Long Island

JOSEPH BENDEN LMSW, LNHA

Administrator
The Five Towns Premier Rehabilitation and Nursing Center

FLORA BIENSTOCK

Chief Clinical Officer
New Horizon Counseling Center

JORDAN BRODSKY, MD

Medical Doctor & Rheumatologist
Rheumatology Consultants

MATTHEW J. BRUDERMAN

Chairman
Board of Directors Nassau University Medical Center

TARA BUONOCORE-RUT

President & CEO
CenterLight Health System

ANN CELLA, MA, MED, RN, NEA-BC

Chief Nursing Officer
St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center

CRISTINA CELUCCI, MSN, RN, SAFE

Director of Nursing
Emergency Department Mount Sinai South Nassau

STACEY CONKLIN, MSN, RN-BC, MHCDS, NE-BC

Senior Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer
Mount Sinai South Nassau

NOVLET DAVIS, DNP, ANP-C

Nurse Practitioner
St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center

KRISTEN DESIDERI

Licensed Practical Nurse
Glengariff Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center

DANIEL DIAZ C.P.O.

ABC Certified Prosthetist, Orthotist
Complete Orthopedic Services, Inc.

MARK C. DRAKOS, MD

Medical Director
Hospital For Special Surgery

ADINA GELFAND-EREZ R-PAC

CEO
Bleu Glove Concierge

CAROL GOMES, MS, FACHE, CPHQ

CEO
Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook Medicine

JAY ITZKOWITZ, MD, MBA, FACEP

Chair of Department of Emergency Medicine
Mount Sinai South Nassau

LINDA JACOBS, MD

Pediatrician
Concierge Pediatric Practice

JONATHAN JASSEY, DO FAAP

Founding Pediatrician
Concierge Pediatric Practice

FELICIA KASOW

Director of Marketing & Operations
Pure Mammography

CHRISTINE L. KIPPLEY, RN

VP Patient Care Services & Chief Nursing Officer
Peconic Bay Medical Center Northwell

ALEXANDER M. KOTLYAR, MD, FACOG

Reproductive Endocrinologist
Genesis Fertility and Reproductive Medicine

KEN LONG

Senior Vice President, Administration & Chief Clinical Integration Officer
Mount Sinai South Nassau

JEFFREY MCQUEEN, MBA, LCDC

Executive Director
Mental Health Association of Nassau County

COLLEEN MERLO

CEO
Association for Mental Health and Wellness

EUNICE E. PARK, MD, MPH

Dual-board certified Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon Founder
AIREM Modern Beauty Rituals

DAVID PODWALL, MD

President
Nassau County Medical Society

JOHN POHLMAN, CPA

Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer/Chief Financial Officer
Mount Sinai South Nassau

CHRISTINE PONZIO

Executive Director
Winters Center for Autism

KAITLIN POWERS

Regional Director of Admissions
Long Beach Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

AMY RECCO

COO, Owner & Vice President
Friends for Life Homecare & Medicaid Consultants

JEFFREY L. REYNOLDS, PhD

President & CEO
Family & Children’s Association

YOLANDA ROBANO-GROSS, LMSW, MHA

CEO
Options for Community Living, Inc.

STAVROULA SAVELIDIS, MS

Executive Director
Nassau County Medical Society

KERRI ANNE SCANLON, RN, FAAN

Executive Director
Glen Cove Hospital, Northwell Health

MELISSA SCHACHTER, MS, CCC-SLP, TSSLD

Director
Speech Language Place

GARY SCHLESINGER

President & CEO
ParCare Community Health Network

CMSGT (RET.) EDWARD SCHLOEMAN

Chairman
Operation Warrior Shield

AMY SILVA-MAGALHAES

COO
The Bristal Assisted Living

SHARON SOMEKH, MD, IBCLC

Pediatrician
Concierge Pediatric Practice

SPECIAL AWARDS

DISTINGUISHED VISIONARY

MICHAEL J. DOWLING

CEO
Northwell Health
DISTINGUISHED VISIONARY

PATRICK M. O’SHAUGHNESSY, DO, MBA

President & CEO
Catholic Health
EDUCATION

DAVID BATTINELLI, MD

Executive Vice President & Physician-in-Chief,
Northwell Health
Dean,
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
EDUCATION

MARIA FLETCHER, PhD

Associate Dean for Nursing & Associate Professor
St. Joseph’s University
EDUCATION

DEBORAH HUNT, PhD, RN

Dean & Professor
Adelphi University
EDUCATION

PETER IGARASHI, MD

Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook
Stony Brook Medicine
EDUCATION

NICOLE WADSWORTH

Dean & Professor
New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM)
EDUCATION

CHRISTOPHER R. VAKOC, MD/PhD

Alan and Edith Seligson Professor of Cancer Research
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR

PROF. CHAD BOUTON

VP, Advanced Engineering, Director of Neural Bypass and Brain-Computer Interface Laboratory,
Institute for Bioelectronic Medicine Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research,
Northwell Health
ORGANIZATIONS OF EXCELLENCE

FAMILY & CHILDREN’S ASSOCIATION

NEW YORK STATE NURSES ASSOCIATION

R.J. ZUCKERBERG CANCER CENTER

R.J. ZUCKERBERG CANCER HOSPITAL

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