STONY
BROOK
UNIVERSITY
HOSPITAL
Medical Staff News
VOL. 6 ISSUE 2
SUMMER 2004
25th Annual Medical Staff Meeting
Report from the
President of the
Medical Board
The Annual Meeting of the Medical
Staff was held on June 21, 2004 at
the Old Field Club. Norman H. Edelman, MD, President of the Medical Board, Dean of the School of Medicine and Vice President of the Health Sciences Center,
conducted the business meeting.
Dr. Edelman noted changes in leadership over the past
year. Raphael Davis, MD, Neurosurgery and Jennifer
Semel-Concepcion, MD, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation were appointed chairs of their respective departments.
Marc Shapiro, MD was named Division Chief, General
Surgery, Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Burn.
Leadership changes in the School of Medicine include:
Latha Chandran, MD appointed Associate Dean for Academic Advising and Elza Mylona appointed Assistant
Dean for Academic Affairs and Director of Curriculum
Development.
A moment of silence was observed for the passing of
Richard Oringer, DDS, Department of Dentistry.
Other developments in the past year include:
JCAHO conducted its triennial site visit and we
received a score of 95.
The Stony Brook University Hospital Cancer Care Program has received approval from the Commission on
Cancer of the American College of Surgeons as a
teaching hospital level approved program. This is only
awarded to 20% of hospitals nationwide and Stony
Brook is the only institution in Suffolk County to earn
this award.
A MPH professional track is available to physicians who want
to improve their knowledge and earn an additional degree.
The 30th convocation of the medical school was celebrated this past year. The speaker was Edmund D.
Pellegrino, founder of HSC and winner of the University
Medal awarded by the Stony Brook Trustees. We now
have 172 Stony Brook medical school graduates on
our faculty.
Stony Brook initiated the creation of a Tissue Bank to
support the cancer program.
On behalf of the medical staff, Dr. Edelman extended
his appreciation for the outstanding contribution of the
following members of the medical board who completed
their terms this June.
David Tompkins, MD, Internal Medicine
Secretary/Treasurer
Philip Schoenfeld, MD, Obstetrics/Gynecology
Member-at-Large, Community
Latha Chandran, MD, Pediatrics
Member-at-Large, Full time
The following members of the medical staff were elected to serve on the Medical Board for the next two years.
Arnold Katz, MD, Surgery
Vice President (2nd term)
Thomas O’Riordan, MD, Medicine
Secretary/Treasurer
Daniel Baram, MD, Medicine
Member-at-Large, Full time
INSIDE
Docs in
the News.............3
JACHO
Update ...............4
Complaints/
Suggestion ..........4
Graduate
Medical
Education
News ..................5
Heart
Center
Opening .............5
John Dervan, MD, Medicine
Member-at-Large, Community
New Docs ...........5
The following clinical chiefs were elected by their peers
to serve on the Medical Executive Committee for the
next two years:
Raphael Davis, MD, Neurosurgery
Mark Henry, MD, Emergency Medicine
J. Gerald Quirk, MD, Obstetrics/Gynecology
John Ricotta, MD, Surgery
Report from
Director and CEO
Bruce Schroffel, Director and CEO,
presented the strategic goals and
the master facilities plan for the
hospital.
The 5-year strategic goals include enhancement of
quality and safety programs, the implementation of an
electronic patient record system, improved patient satisfaction and service excellence, improved long-term
financial stability and implementation of the major modernization plan (MMP).
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from cover
The 5-year major modernization plan includes plans for
equipment replacement and hospital infrastructure as
well as hospital expansion and renovation. Physician
recruitment is also a major part of the master plan.
Expansion and renovation will be seen
with the new heart center, relocation of
the helipad and Emergency Department parking facilities. Most road
changes are expected to be completed
by July 2005 and the construction of
an Ambulatory Care Pavilion is scheduled for completion in early 2006. The
65,000 sq. ft. Ambulatory Care Pavilion
will be located adjacent to the Ambulatory Surgery Center and will integrate
cancer clinical services to improve
patient access and continuity of care.
The building will house the Long Island
Cancer Center (including the Carol M.
Baldwin Breast Care Center), outpatient medical and surgical oncology
services, outpatient pediatric oncology
services and cancer support services.
The Pavilion will also include a state-ofthe-art outpatient imaging center and
pain management services. Also
included in the MMP is a renovated and expanded
Emergency Department, new and remodeled Operating
Rooms, a new main entrance and lobby as well as a
new Women’s and Infants’ Center.
Keynote
Speaker
Our keynote speaker was Troyen
Brennan, MD, JD, MPH, Professor
of Law and Public Health and Director of the Program of Law
and Public Health at the
Harvard Medical School and a physician at the
Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston,
where he is President of the Brigham and
Women’s Physician Organization. Dr. Brennan’s research interests concern legal and ethical issues in medicine and public health. He
is a regularly invited author for the New England Journal of Medicine.
Medical Staff News
is published by the
Medical Staff Office
with assistance from
the Department of
Publications.
Please send your
news and photos to
Joyce Klein,
editor, at MR-119,
Zip 7718, or call:
444-2754, or email:
joyce.klein@sunysb.edu
Dr. Brennan presented an informative and
enthusiastic talk on the current medical malpractice crisis. He discussed the potential
reforms that will ameliorate the conflict
between compensating individuals and preventing medical
injuries. Dr. Brennan offered some
interesting ideas
about how the
present tort crisis
might evolve as he
explored the relationship between
safety and malpractice.
Twenty-Year Community
Practitioner Honorees
Thomas Biancaniello, MD, Medical Director, was
pleased to acknowledge those community practitioners who have been members of the Stony Brook
medical staff for the past 20 years. In recognition of
their contributions to excellent patient care, each
honoree was presented with a certificate and a
monogrammed travel bag at the Medical Staff Annual
Meeting.
Steven Bear, DDS
Deborah Davenport, MD
David Horowitz, MD
Alan Kaell, MD
Myron Kleiner, MD
Joan Korins, DDS
Lloyd Lense, MD
Sidney Martin, MD
Bettina Niederer, MD
Hirmani Pardanani, MD
Shug-Hong Young, MD
A light supper followed the meeting and all attendees
received a Stony Brook windbreaker jacket.
Docs in the News
Mark Henry, MD, Chair of
Emergency Medicine, was
awarded the Chancellor’s
Award for Excellence in Faculty Service. The award was
created this year to recognize
outstanding contributions by
the State University faculty.
Arnold Katz, MD, Department
of Surgery, Division of
Otolarynology, has been
selected Person of the
Year in Religion at Temple
Isaiah located in Setauket,
New York.
Anita Belman, MD, Neurology,
was honored as the recipient
of the Child Neurology Society International Visiting
Professor Award for 2003.
The 2003 Radiology Editor’s
Recognition Award for
Reviewing with Special
Distinction was awarded to
Zvi H. Oster, MD, Department
of Radiology.
Richard Lin, MD, Dept of
Medicine, Division of Hematology, was the winner of a
Presidential Career Award,
the highest honor the US
government can bestow on
an outstanding scientist or
engineer beginning his or
her independent research career.
William Greene, MD, Department of Medicine, Division
of Infectious Diseases, was
the recipient of this year’s
Island Peer Review Organization’s “Physician Champion of Quality Award.” Dr.
Greene continues to be a
steadily focused voice on
quality at SBUH for more than a decade.
Congratulations to Helen D. Benveniste, MD,
Anesthesiology; Eva Chalas, MD, Obstetrics
and Gynecology; Suzanne Fields, MD, Internal
Medicine; Dorothy Lane, MD, Preventive Medicine; M. Christina Leske, MD, Preventive Medicine and Sharon Nachman, MD, Pediatrics for
being designated recipients of Changing the
Face of Medicine: Local Legends from New
York for their demonstration of commitment,
originality, innovation or creativity in the field
of medicine. In 2004, only 140 women
nationwide received this honor.
HELPFUL TIPS
Remember, hearing impaired patients or patients with limited
English proficiency (LEP), are entitled to free interpreter services. The healthcare provider is required to:
In recognition of her legislative advocacy on the issue of
electroconvulsive therapy,
Laura Fochtmann, MD,
Department of Psychiatry,
was honored with a Special
Recognition Award by the
New York State Psychiatric
Association.
For sign language interpreters: the ED has a permanent video
conference TV connected to sign language interpreters 24/7.
For outpatient and inpatient needs, contact Patient/Guest
Relations at 4-2880 for contracted services.
Jeffrey Trilling, MD, Family
Medicine, has been selected for inclusion as one of
only 5% of our nation’s
teachers in Who’s Who
Among America’s Teachers,
2004.
For languages other than English, contact the hospital switchboard for telephone interpreting services. You can also access
telephone interpreting services directly by following the
instructions available on the "Language Interpreter" cards
available in the Medical Staff or Patient/Guest Relations
Depts. Face to face interpretation can be accessed through
the volunteers listed on the help screen on UHIS.
n determine the patient's need
n document the patient's need
n request interpreter services
JCAHO NEWS
JCAHO will be using the Tracer Methodology
when conducting future site visits. This Methodology, which replaces the traditional unit visits,
follows the course of a patient’s care from the
time of entry to the hospital, across the continuum of care, wherever service was rendered.
For example a patient who enters through the ER
will be “traced” to every area of the hospital that
provided care or services, i.e., ED - Unit - Radiology - Operative Services - Pharmacy - and other
supporting disciplines such as Respiratory Care.
There are four types of tracers
1.
Patient Care
2.
Medication
3.
Infection Control
4.
Environment of Care
COMPLAINTS ---SUGGESTIONS
In an effort to improve communication between
physicians and hospital administration, the hospital has instituted a Physician Complaint/Suggestion Program, which will be administered by
the Medical Staff Office.
While the Patient/Guest Relations Department
remains the first course of action for circumstances regarding patient situations, the program
has been created to address other situations.
For example, if you have a complaint or
suggestion regarding a system process, a
computer system, the hospital webpage, parking,
cafeteria, communication, etc., this program is
the forum to address your concerns.
While we may not be able to resolve every issue,
we can assure you that we will bring your issues
to the attention of the appropriate party and we
will make every effort to address and resolve
your concern.
The Patient Care Tracer:
There are three ways to access this program:
n allows the surveyor to assess relationships
among disciplines, functions, processes and
systems
HOTLINE
n identifies potential vulnerabilities in the care
444-8248
process
n enhances consistency in evaluation
n provides an opportunity to observe direct care
and the processes involved in providing care
EMAIL joyce.klein@sunysb.edu
n provides an opportunity to interview the
patient and or family
n affords an opportunity for the surveyor to
interact with the providers of care wherever
the patient received services
IN PERSON
SBUH, MR 119
CONGRATULATIONS!
The Medical/House Staff Office is very proud to
announce that Laura Coppola, CPCS has successfully
passed the National Association Medical Staff
Services Certified Provider Credentialing Specialist
examination.
The National Association Medical Staff Services is the
recognized preeminent international organization for
the development of individuals responsible for managing credentialing, privileging, practitioner/ provider
organizations and regulatory
compliance in the diverse
healthcare industry. Laura
studied and worked diligently
to attain this goal. We recognize her skills and knowledge
as a medical staff services
professional and are extremely
proud of her achievement.
Laura Coppola, CPCS
Graduate Medical
Education News
Changes in graduate medical education include
the creation of two new ACGME accredited
fellowship programs: Geriatric Psychiatry and
Radiology/Abdominal Imaging. The program
directors are Steven Cole, MD and Harris Cohen,
MD, respectively. The Advanced Education
General Dentistry and the General Dentistry
graduate education programs have been
combined into one program.
Graduate medical education also experienced
leadership changes. The following faculty were
appointed program directors: Anthony Szema,
MD, Allergy/Immunology; Marc Shapiro, MD,
Surgery Critical Care; Carole Agin, MD, Anesthesiology Pain Management; Lucy Pontrelli, MD,
Pediatric Infectious Disease; Todd Griffin, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology; and Joanna
Smiroldo, MD, Neurology.
SAVE THE
DATE!
Approximately 25% of Stony Brook’s 2004
medical graduates matched with Stony Brook
University Hospital residency programs.
Nov. 6
163 residents and fellows attended an orientation program prior to beginning their residencies/fellowships on July 1. In response to
suggestions from the 2003 incoming residents,
the orientation program included a hands-on
hospital computer training session. This year
the residents were required to complete part of
the orientation program on-line. Several
departments and services created presentations
which were available on the internet. Once
completed, residents were able to send
electronic attestations to the Medical/House
Staff Office. As a result of the on-line program,
100% of all residents were trained in various
modules. This information will remain available
on line as a reference source for the house staff.
Stony Brook
University
Hospital and
School of
Medicine
Second
Annual
Gala
Wang Center
Stony Brook
HEART CENTER OPENING
SBUH celebrated the Phase 1 opening of the Heart Center on June 22nd. Located on Level
5, the Heart Center has a separate entrance and lobby, five new electrophysiology (EP) and
cardiac cathterization laboratories; a patient holding area and a non-invasive cardiology unit.
The center is designed so that separate wings are dedicated to specific services and all invasive and non-invasive heart services are consolidated between the fourth and fifth floors. The
Center’s equipment is state-of-the-art. The final phase of the project, which includes a cardiac
care unit and a cardiac step-down unit is expected to be completed in September 2004.
Meet the Newcomers to SBUH
Alisa Altman, MD
Dept of Pediatrics
HSC 11-080
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8111
Pediatrics
(631) 444-2730
Patrick A. Barrett, DO
Northeastern Medical
Associates, LLP
718 Long Island Ave.
Deer Park, NY 11729
Family Medicine
(631) 274-0777
Joseph P. Boglia, MD
LI Nephrology Consultants
5505 Nesconset Hwy, Ste 205
Mt. Sinai, NY 11766
IM-Nephrology
(631) 331-4403
Cecilia Avila, MD, MPH
Dept of Obstetrics &
Gynecology
HSC 9-020
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8091
Maternal Fetal
(631) 444-7650
Christopher J. Beatty, MD
640 Belle Terre Rd
Port Jefferson, NY 11777
Surgery
(631) 928-7300
Melissa M. Bowers, DO
Friendly Medical Group
207 Hallock Rd.
Stony Brook, NY 11790
Pediatrics
(631) 689-6226
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Meet the Newcomers to Stony Brook
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Adam Buckley, MD
Dept of Obstetrics &
Gynecology
HSC 9-030
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8091
Obstetrics & Gynecology
(631) 444-2757
Kristi Egner, MD
Dept of Obstetrics &
Gynecology
HSC 9-090
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8091
Obstetrics & Gynecology
(631) 444-2757
Samuel Kenan, MD
Musculoskeletal Tumor
Orthopaedic Practice
317 E. 34th St
New York, NY 10016
Orthopedic Surgery
(212) 684-5511
Deyan Budimirovich, MD
Dept of Psychiatry
T-10 020
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8101
Child Psychiatry
(631) 444-2884
Paul D. Garson, MD
Dept of Psychiatry
T-10 020
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8101
Psychiatry
(631) 444-2990
Daniel Klages, MD
Dept of Psychiatry
T-10 020
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8101
Psychiatry
(631) 444-2970
Aileen C. Cannon, MD
Dept of Pediatrics
HSC 11-080
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8111
Pediatrics
(631) 444-2730
Roderick A. Go, DO
Dept of Internal Medicine
HSC T16-020
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8164
Internal Medicine
(631) 444-1106
Neeti Kohli, MD
Dept of Anesthesiology
HSC 4-060
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8480
Anesthesiology
(631) 444-2968
Christine E. Cokinos, MD
Dept of Anesthesiology
HSC 4-060
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8480
Anesthesiology
(631) 444-2976
Ann M. Hajduk-Bennett, DO
Commack Pediatric Partners
340 Veterans Memorial Hwy.
Commack NY, 11725
Pediatrics
(631) 864-6440
John Labiak, MD
290 E. Main St.
Smithtown, NY 11787
Orthopedic Surgery
(631) 265-1855
Laura R. Corsello, MD
Family Medicine Associates
of West Babylon
580 Sunrise Highway
West Babylon, NY 11704
Family Medicine
(631) 422-9355
Jason Halegoua, PhD, MD
270 Union Ave.
Holbrook, NY 11741
Pediatrics
(631) 588-4442
Daniel J. Laieta, DO
Port Jeff Medical Care, PC
410 Hallock Ave
Port Jeff. Station, NY 11776
IM-General Medicine
(631) 642-1100
Christine M. Danzi, DO
Commack Pediatric Partners
340 Veterans Memorial Hwy.
Commack NY, 11725
Pediatrics
(631) 864-6440
Stephen Havasy, MD
Dept of Emergency Medicine
HOS 4-515
Stony Brook, NY 11794-7400
Emergency Medicine
(631) 444-2478
Ronald Lewis, MD
Winthrop Orthopaedic Assocs, PC
120 Mineola Blvd, Ste 320
Mineola NY, 11501
Orthopedic Surgery
(516) 747-8900
Natalie DiGioia, MD
Dept of Emergency Medicine
HOS 4-515
Stony Brook, NY 11794-7400
Emergency Medicine
(631) 444-2478
Jay Iype, MD
Dept of Pediatrics
HSC 11-020
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8111
Pediatrics
(631) 444-2710
Sharon X. Liang, MD
Dept of Pathology
BHS 9-140
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8691
Pathology
(631) 444-8251
Michael H. Dosik, MD
Dept of Medicine
Division of Oncology
HSC 17-080
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8174
IM-Medical Oncology
(631) 444-1106
Soma S. Johnkutty, MD
Branch Pediatrics &
Adolescent Group. P.C.
300 E. Main Street Suite 5
Smithtown, NY 11787-2900
Pediatrics
(631) 979-6466
Lixin Liu, MD
Dept of Anesthesiology
HSC 4-060
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8480
Anesthesiology
(631) 444 -2976
University Hospital Medical Staff
Joseph Loiodice, MD
487 Lake Ave.
Saint James, NY 11780
Family Medicine
(631) 584-6011
Thomas Paone, MD
Contemporary Women's Care
48 Rt. 25A, Suite 301
Smithtown, NY 11787
Obstetrics & Gynecology
(631) 862-3770
Natalie Semenyuk, MD
Dept of Obstetrics & Gynecology
HSC 9-090
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8091
Obstetrics & Gynecology
(631) 444-2757
Kitti Loychusuk, MD
285 Sills Rd.
Patchogue, NY 11772
Obstetrics & Gynecology
(631) 475-7030
Russell Porter, MD
2000 N. Village Ave
Suite 307
Rockville Centre, NY 11570
Family Medicine
(516) 766-5051
Anshu Singh, MD
Long Island State
Veterans Home
100 Patriots Rd.
Stony Brook, NY 11790
IM-Geriatrics
(631) 444-8608
Shahar Madjar, MD
Dept of Urology
HSC 9-040
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8093
Urology
(631) 444-3642
David N Prentiss, MD
All Island Family
Medical Care
281 Middle Country Rd.
Middle Island, NY 11953
Family Medicine
(631) 345-6670
Adam T. Stys, MD
Dept of Internal Medicine
Division of Cardiology
HSC 17-020
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8171
IM-Cardiovascular Disease
(631) 444-1060
Francis G. Martinis, MD
North Shore Urology, LLP
5400 Nesconset Hwy
Port Jeff. Station, NY 11776
Urology
(631) 474-3000
Joseph Puccio, MD
Dept of Pediatrics
HSC 11-080
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8111
Peds-Adolescent Medicine
(631) 444-2730
Roopa Suresh, MD
Dept of Internal Medicine
Div of Geriatrics/Gen Medicine
205 North Belle Meade Rd.
East Setauket, NY 11733
IM-General Medicine
(631) 444-1106
Leanne Molia, MD
3 Medical Drive Suite B
Port Jeff. Station, NY 11776
Ophthalmology
(631) 331-1966
Viswanathan Ravishankar, MD
Dept of Obstetrics &
Gynecology
HSC 9-020
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8091
Maternal Fetal
(631) 444-7650
Denise Trochesset, DDS
Dept of Dentistry
Oral Biology
115 Westchester
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8702
Oral Biology/Pathology
(631) 632-6983
William H. Moore, MD
Dept of Radiology
HSC 4-092
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8460
Radiology
(631) 444-7901
Marion Rose, MD
Samaritan Pediatrics Services
1111 Montauk Hwy.
West Islip, NY 11795
Peds-Cardiology
(631) 376-4092
Jeffrey L Vacirca, MD
North Shore
Hematology/Oncology Assoc.
235 N Belle Meade Rd.
East Setauket, NY 11733
IM-Hematology/Oncology
(631) 751-3000
Abuzafar M Osman, MD
LI State Vets Home
100 Patriots Road
Stony Brook, NY 11790-3300
IM-General Medicine
(631) 444-8608
Laurette Sauter, MD
Dept of Radiology
HSC 4-092
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8460
Radiology-Interventional
(631) 444-2480
Marlene Zawin, MD
Dept of Radiology
HSC 4-092
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8460
Radiology-Diagnostic
(631) 444-2480
Kiran Pandey, MD
Dept of Internal Medicine
Division of Cardiology
HSC 17-020
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8171
IM-Cardiovascular Disease
(631) 444-1106
Jennifer Semel-Concepcion, MD
Advanced Rehabilitation
Medicine
200 Belle Terre Rd.
Port Jefferson, NY 11777
Physical Medicine &
Rehabilitation
(631) 474-6879
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