TOP DOCTORS 2020

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46 November 2020 • www.hvmag.com TOP DOCTORS 2020 More than 500 of the region’s premier physicians, in 55 specialties — as chosen by their peers

Plus, doctors weigh in on medical care in the pandemic era — and how the changes affect you

EDITED BY SAMANTHA GARBARINI AND SIERRA GUARDIOLA FEATURING PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOHN HALPERN

Hudson Valley • November 2020 47 TOP DOCTORS 2020

ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY Scott L. Osur Montefiore Medical Center Duane Bryan Heart Failure, Arrhythmias, Paula A. Brown Certified Allergy & Asthma Arrhythmias, Atrial Fibrillation, Advanced Cardiovascular Care Hypertension, Cardiac Imaging CareMount Medical Consultants Pacemakers/Defibrillators West Nyack Poughkeepsie Albany 845.268.0880 Jared S. Corriel 845.231.5600 518.434.1446 Seth J. Lessner Montefiore Nyack Hospital Advanced Cardiovascular Care Telemedicine Albany Medical Center, St. Crystal Run Healthcare Non-Invasive Cardiology, West Nyack Peter’s Hospital - Albany Middletown Echocardiography- 845.268.0880 Myrelle B. Castro Asthma, Food Allergy, Pediatric 845.703.6999 Transesophageal, Nuclear Montefiore Nyack Hospital Horizon Family Medical Group Allergy & Immunology Montefiore Nyack Hospital, Cardiology Echocardiography, Nuclear New Windsor Garnet Health Medical Center Cardiology, Non-Invasive 845.476.3016 Joon H. Park Arrhythmias, Pacemakers/ Michael Nam-Sung Cho Cardiology Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall ENT & Allergy Associates Defibrillators, Catheter Ablation, Crystal Run Healthcare Hospital Middletown Atrial Fibrillation Middletown Ronald P. Cuffe 845.467.6998 845.703.6999 The Heart Center Jocelyn Celestin Garnet Health Medical Center, Sarah B. Levin Garnet Health Medical Center, New Windsor Albany Med Allergy, Asthma Mount Sinai Hospital The Heart Center Garnet Health Medical Center 845.567.1800 and Immunology Food Allergy, Immune Poughkeepsie – Catskills Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Albany Deficiency, Telemedicine 845.473.1188 Non-Invasive Cardiology, Hospital, Vassar Brothers 518.264.2510 Vassar Brothers Medical Echocardiography, Nuclear Medical Center Albany Medical Center Muhammad A. Pasha Center, Northern Dutchess Cardiology Cardiac Imaging, Preventive Pediatric Allergy & Immunology, Albany Med Allergy, Asthma Hospital Cardiology Asthma, Eosinophil Disorders, and Immunology Arrhythmias, Pacemakers/ Urticaria Albany Defibrillators, Atrial Fibrillation, 518.264.2510 Catheter Ablation Cardiovascular Disease Janet L. Claassen Albany Medical Center How will COVID-19 affect the future Certified Allergy & Asthma Urticaria, Hereditary John T. Respass of medicine? Consultants Angioedema, Sinusitis The Heart Center “COVID-19 has crystallized and made clear what has been Albany Poughkeepsie known for a while regarding inequities in medical 518.434.1446 Prashant P. Ponda 845.473.1188 care to the underserved, uninsured, and people of St. Peter’s Hospital - Albany, ENT & Allergy Associates Vassar Brothers color. For a multitude of reasons, including higher Samaritan Hospital Fishkill Medical Center, propensity of ‘essential work,’ higher density housing, reduced medical access, and high Pediatric Allergy & Immunology, 845.562.0760 Northern preponderance of underlying risk factors, these Asthma & Allergy, Eosinophil Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Dutchess communities were hard hit by COVID-19. This has Disorders, Allergic Rhinitis Hospital Hospital motivated more discussion and hopefully action to Food Allergy, Eczema, Arrhythmias, bridge these gaps in healthcare that will have lasting Jinlin Du Telemedicine Pacemakers/ effect. … Hopefully for the future we will be prepared Crystal Run Healthcare Defibrillators, Atrial Fibrillation, to react in non-politicized uniformity to disease states/ Middletown David J. Resnick Catheter Ablation pandemics with a better approach.” — Duane Bryan, MD 845.703.6999 CareMount Medical Garnet Health Medical Center Poughkeepsie Sankar Varanasi Asthma, Food Allergy, Pediatric 845.471.3111 The Heart Center Muhaddis Choudhury Augustin J. DeLago Allergy & Immunology, Immune Vassar Brothers Medical Center Poughkeepsie CareMount Medical Capital Cardiology Associates Deficiency Food Allergy, Asthma, 845.473.1188 Poughkeepsie Albany Hereditary Angioedema, Hives Vassar Brothers Medical 845.231.5600 518.292.6000 Thomas N. Flaim Center, Northern Dutchess Vassar Brothers Medical Albany Medical Center, St. Certified Allergy & Asthma Joel H. Selter Hospital Center Peter’s Hospital - Albany Consultants Allergy & Asthma Care of Arrhythmias, Pacemakers/ Telemedicine Cardiac Catheterization, Albany Rockland Defibrillators, Atrial Fibrillation, Interventional Cardiology, 518.434.1446 Suffern Catheter Ablation H. Louis Clinton Intravascular Ultrasound, Albany Medical Center 845.357.7277 Twin County Cardiology Clinical Trials Asthma & Allergy, Eosinophilic Good Samaritan Hospital, CARDIOVASCULAR Hudson Lung Disorders, Pediatric Montefiore Nyack Hospital DISEASE 518.828.2565 Jonathan M. DeSantis Allergy & Immunology Food Allergy, Asthma & Allergy, Glenn Boyar Columbia Memorial Hospital, Albany Associates in Atopic Dermatitis, Anaphylaxis CareMount Medical Albany Medical Center Cardiology Peter R. LoGalbo Carmel Albany ENT & Allergy Associates CARDIAC 845.279.2000 Gary S. Cohen 518.458.2000, ext. 3 West Nyack ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY Putnam Hospital Center The Heart Center St. Peter’s Hospital - Albany, 845.727.1370 Paul Eugenio Preventive Cardiology, Kingston Albany Memorial Hospital Good Samaritan Hospital, Crystal Run Healthcare Echocardiography, Nuclear 845.339.8700 Interventional Cardiology, Heart Montefiore Nyack Hospital Middletown Cardiology, Cholesterol/Lipid HealthAlliance Hospital: Mary’s Disease, Hypertension Asthma, Telemedicine 845.703.6999 Disorders Avenue Campus, Northern

Garnet Health Medical Center, Dutchess Hospital HOSPITAL COURTESYPHOTO OF MONTEFIORE NYACK

48 November 2020 • www.hvmag.com Steven Arthur Fein Center, Northern Dutchess Joseph D. Sacco Jeffrey R. Uzzilia Pranat Kumar Albany Med Cardiology Hospital Albany Med Cardiology Capital Cardiology Associates Nuvance Health Medical Albany Cardiac Imaging, Preventive Albany Albany Practice 518.262.5076 Cardiology 518.262.5076 518.292.6000 Poughkeepsie Albany Medical Center Albany Medical Center, Albany Albany Medical Center, St. 845.214.1800 Non-Invasive Cardiology James J. Lyons Stratton VA Medical Center Peter’s Hospital - Albany Vassar Brothers Medical The Heart Center Ischemic Heart Disease, Coronary Artery Disease, Center, Northern Dutchess Ali Hammoud Poughkeepsie Hypertension, Cholesterol/Lipid Congestive Heart Failure, Hospital The Heart Center 845.473.1188 Disorders, Atrial Fibrillation Cardiac Imaging, Preventive Robotic Surgery, Colon & Rectal Kingston Vassar Brothers Medical Cardiology Cancer, Inflammatory Bowel 845.339.8700 Center, Northern Dutchess Inderpal Singh Disease, Diverticulitis HealthAlliance Hospital: Mary’s Hospital ColumbiaDoctors Medical Kevin M. Woods Avenue Campus, Vassar Heart Failure, Non-Invasive Group Capital Cardiology Associates Edward C. Lee Brothers Medical Center Cardiology, Nuclear Cardiology, Goshen Albany Albany Med General Surgery Cardiac Catheterization Echocardiography 845.615.1234 518.292.6000 Albany NewYork-Presbyterian/ Albany Medical Center, St. 518.262.0940 Seth E. Hurwitz James D. McLaughlin Columbia University Irving Peter’s Hospital - Albany Albany Medical Center Metropolitan Cardiology Crystal Run Healthcare Medical Center, Garnet Health Preventive Cardiology, Cardiac Colon & Rectal Cancer Consultants Middletown Medical Center Imaging Goshen 845.703.6999 DERMATOLOGY 845.294.7510 Garnet Health Medical Sandeep Singh CHILD & ADOLESCENT Joseph Scott Baler St. Anthony Community Center, Montefiore St. Luke’s Crystal Run Healthcare PSYCHIATRY Albany Hospital, Bon Secours Cornwall Hospital, St. Anthony Middletown Steven J. Cooper 518.446.0172 Community Hospital Community Hospital 845.703.6999 Frawley Mental Health St. Peter’s Hospital - Albany Echocardiography, Nuclear Non-Invasive Cardiology, Garnet Health Medical Center, Outpatient Clinic Rosacea, Skin Cancer, Cardiology Echocardiography, Nuclear Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Suffern Psoriasis/Eczema Cardiology Hospital 845.368.5222, ext. 3 Sanjaya Jha Cholesterol/Lipid Disorders, Good Samaritan Hospital, Samuel E. Book The Heart Center Gary Nathanson Nuclear Cardiology, Rockland Psychiatric Center The Center for Skin Surgery Poughkeepsie CareMount Medical Coronary Artery Disease, ADD/ADHD, Autism Spectrum New Windsor 845.473.1188 Poughkeepsie Echocardiography Disorders, Behavioral Disorders, 845.220.2200 Vassar Brothers Medical 845.231.5600 Mood Disorders Good Samaritan Hospital Center, Northern Dutchess Vassar Brothers Medical Center Lawrence W. Solomon Mohs Surgery, Skin Cancer, Hospital Telemedicine The Heart Center Celeste M. Grosso Melanoma Cardiac Imaging, Preventive Fishkill The Children’s Medical Group Cardiology Daniel J. O’Dea 845.897.9760 Rhinebeck Robert J. Cohen The Heart Center Putnam Hospital Center, Vassar 845.452.1700 Dermatology Center of Ellis Lader Poughkeepsie Brothers Medical Center Vassar Brothers Medical Center Rockland WMC Heart & Vascular 845.473.1188 Cardiac Imaging, Preventive Behavioral Disorders, Autism Orangeburg Institute Vassar Brothers Medical Cardiology Spectrum Disorders, Autism & 845.359.4770 Kingston Center, Putnam Hospital Center Developmental Disorders NewYork-Presbyterian/ 845.339.3663 Clinical Trials, Heart Disease, David B. Southren Columbia University Irving Northern Dutchess Hospital Preventive Cardiology, Heart Advanced Cardiovascular Care CHILD NEUROLOGY Medical Center Heart Failure, Cholesterol/ Attack West Nyack Karen M. Powers Dermatologic Surgery, Lipid Disorders, Arrhythmias, 845.268.0880 Albany Med Pediatric Cosmetic Dermatology, Medical Hypertension Edward Francis Philbin III Montefiore Nyack Hospital Neurology Dermatology Albany Med Cardiology Cholesterol/Lipid Disorders, Albany William Lee Albany Non-Invasive Cardiology, 518.262.1700 Edward B. Desciak The Heart Center 518.262.5076 Preventive Cardiology, Albany Medical Center Center for Laser & New Windsor Albany Medical Center Echocardiography Headache, Neuro-Oncology Dermatologic Surgery 845.567.1800 Heart Failure, Transplant Pomona Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Medicine-Heart Lance E. Sullenberger COLON & RECTAL 845.354.1169 Hospital, Vassar Brothers Capital Cardiology Associates SURGERY NewYork-Presbyterian/ Medical Center John Portelli III Albany Asna A. Amin Columbia University Irving Cardiac Imaging, Preventive The Heart Center 518.292.6000 CareMount Medical Medical Center Cardiology New Windsor Albany Medical Center, St. Poughkeepsie Skin Cancer, Melanoma, Mohs 845.567.1800 Peter’s Hospital - Albany 845.231.5600 Surgery Julie Ling Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Cardiac Imaging, Cardiac Vassar Brothers Medical The Heart Center Hospital, Vassar Brothers CT Angiography, Preventive Center, MidHudson Regional Poughkeepsie Medical Center Cardiology Hospital 845.473.1188 Cardiac Catheterization Colon & Rectal Cancer, Vassar Brothers Medical Telemedicine

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Salvatore J. Di Grandi Ingrid H. Olhoffer Interventional Radiology, MRI, Scott T. Hines Diabetes, Thyroid Cancer, CareMount Medical Dermatology Center of Vascular Ultrasound Crystal Run Healthcare Osteoporosis, Endocrinology Patterson Rockland Middletown 845.278.6625 Orangeburg ENDOCRINOLOGY, 845.703.6999 Jay G. Watsky Putnam Hospital Center 845.359.4770 DIABETES & METABOLISM Garnet Health Medical Center, Albany Med Endocrinology Medical Dermatology, Acne & NewYork-Presbyterian/ Robert S. Busch Garnet Health Medical Center Albany Rosacea, Eczema, Psoriasis Columbia University Irving Albany Med Endocrinology – Catskills 518.489.4704 Medical Center Albany Diabetes, Thyroid Disorders, Albany Medical Center Yehuda D. Eliezri Mohs Surgery, Skin Cancer, 518.489.4704 Osteoporosis Thyroid Disorders, Thyroid Center for Laser & Dermatologic Surgery Albany Medical Center Cancer Dermatologic Surgery Adrenal Disorders, Diabetes, Kristen T. Hull Pamona Wendy Parish Pituitary Disorders, Weight Crystal Run Healthcare FAMILY MEDICINE 845.354.1169 Kingston Management Middletown Sharon L. Alger-Mayer NewYork-Presbyterian/ 845.331.2677 845.703.6999 Albany Med Clinical Nutrition Columbia University Irving Skin Cancer & Moles, Jonathan Castro Garnet Health Medical Center, Albany Medical Center Dermatologic Surgery Horizon Family Medical Group Garnet Health Medical Center 518.262.5185 Mohs Surgery, Skin Cancer, New Windsor – Catskills Albany Medical Center Medical Dermatology Hendrik I. Uyttendaele 845.549.1010 Diabetes, Thyroid Disorders, Anorexia, Bulimia, Obesity Hudson Dermatology Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Osteoporosis Joshua P. Fogelman Poughkeepsie Hospital James P. Aram Dermatology Center of 845.473.2350 Thyroid Cancer, Osteoporosis, Carla Iudica-Souza Brunswick Family Practice Rockland Skin Cancer, Psoriasis, Diabetes Endocrine Associates of Troy Orangeburg Melanoma, Nail Diseases Rockland 518.279.4065 845.359.4770 Ayesha Cheema Pomona Geriatric Medicine, Preventive NewYork-Presbyterian/ Heidi A. Waldorf Kingston 845.362.3111 Medicine, Chronic Illness Columbia University Irving Waldorf Dermatology Aesthetics 845.338.2001 Adrenal Disorders, Diabetes, Medical Center Nanuet HealthAlliance Hospital: Pituitary Disorders, Thyroid Todd E. Baldwin Medical Dermatology, Cosmetic 845.623.7077 Broadway Campus Disorders CareMount Medical Dermatology, Botox, Fillers & Mount Sinai Hospital Lake Katrine Injectables Facial Rejuvenation, Botox, Samer S. Eldeiry Melissa A. Price 845.338.3737 CoolSculpting, Cosmetic Albany Med Endocrinology CareMount Medical HealthAlliance Hospital: Anthony Neal Gregory Dermatology Albany Fishkill Broadway Campus, Upstate Dermatology 518.489.4704 845.765.4990 HealthAlliance Hospital: Mary’s Castleton-on-Hudson DEVELOPMENTAL- Albany Medical Center Putnam Hospital Center Avenue Campus 518.479.4156 BEHAVIORAL PEDIATRICS Diabetes, Thyroid Disorders, Thyroid Cancer, Thyroid Telemedicine Albany Memorial Hospital, Diane M. Cicatello Metabolic Disorders Ultrasound, Diabetes, Columbia Memorial Hospital CareMount Medical Telemedicine Paul D. Barbarotto Mohs Surgery, Skin Cancer Poughkeepsie Capital Region Family Health 845.231.5600 Care Andrew S. Gutterman Vassar Brothers Medical Center Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Rensselaer CareMount Medical Developmental & Behavioral How does COVID-19 affect the 518.286.4899 Carmel Disorders, Autism Spectrum population you treat and what St. Peter’s Hospital - Albany, 845.279.2000 Disorders, ADD/ADHD, precautions do you recommend? Samaritan Hospital Putnam Hospital Center Learning Disorders “Diabetes is a risk factor for COVID-19, so it is important Preventive Medicine Medical Dermatology, Skin that patients strictly adhere to CDC guidelines… even more Cancer & Moles, Rosacea, DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY seriously than the general public. In addition, it is important Lisa R. Bevilacqua Psoriasis Lisa Ann Fisher to do all you can to better control your blood sugar. It CapitalCare Medical Group Radiologic Associates may not be the fact that you have diabetes that Slingerlands Kenneth T. Kircher Middletown puts you at an increased risk for COVID-19, 518.439.2460 but rather your day-to-day blood sugar. … Advanced Dermatology 845.333.1000 Preventive Medicine, The more hours of the day that your blood Lake Katrine Garnet Health Medical Center, Women’s Health sugar is at goal, the less likely you appear 845.339.2525 Garnet Health Medical Center to have a complication from COVID-19.” Thomas Castiglia HealthAlliance Hospital: – Catskills — Scott T. Hines, MD Broadway Campus, Gastrointestinal Imaging Northern Medical HealthAlliance Hospital: Mary’s Specialists Avenue Campus Victor D. Gaines Pawling Hudson Valley Radiologists Brian K. Golden Meryl J. Reichman 845.855.3610 Michael J. Mulvaney Poughkeepsie Diabetes & Endocrinology CareMount Medical Diabetes, Cardiovascular Dermatologic Surgery of Albany 845.790.5700 Consultants Fishkill Disease, Hypertension, Albany Vassar Brothers Medical West Nyack 845.231.5600 Cholesterol/Lipid Disorders 518.452.1928 Center, Northern Dutchess 845.358.6266 MidHudson Regional Hospital

Mohs Surgery, Skin Cancer Hospital RUN HEALTHCARE COURTESYPHOTO OF CRYSTAL

50 November 2020 • www.hvmag.com Joseph C. Chavez Carey Practice Kathleen B. Marici Nikolay A. Samedov Endoscopy, Colonoscopy, Garnet Health Doctors Highland Hudson Medical Care Windham Medical Center Gastrointestinal Cancer, Monroe 845.691.9200 Hudson Hensonville Pancreatic & Biliary Disease 845.333.7830 Vassar Brothers Medical Center 518.697.3540 518.734.3260 Garnet Health Medical Center Columbia Memorial Hospital Columbia Memorial Hospital Paul Auerbach Preventive Medicine, Chronic Karl M. Heymann CareMount Medical Illness, Hypertension, CareMount Medical Marcus E. Martinez Vincent Savath Fishkill Cholesterol/Lipid Disorders Rhinebeck Twin Rivers Medical CareMount Medical 845.231.5600 845.202.6669 Hoosick Falls Fishkill Vassar Brothers Medical Center Francine L. Cormier Northern Dutchess Hospital 518.686.5770 845.765.4990 Telemedicine CareMount Medical Telemedicine Southwestern Vermont Medical Vassar Brothers Medical Center Poughkeepsie Center Telemedicine Louis N. Aurisicchio 845.471.3111 Vincent M. Ibelli CareMount Medical Vassar Brothers Medical Orangetown Family Practice Shawkat G. Massih Laura Ellen Staff Carmel Center, MidHudson Regional Tappan Crystal Run Healthcare Capital District Medical & 845.279.2000 Hospital 845.359.5005 Middletown Wellness Putnam Hospital Center Acupuncture, Telemedicine Montefiore Nyack Hospital 845.703.6999 Albany Liver Disease, Telemedicine Asthma, Hypertension, Garnet Health Medical Center, 518.869.4300 Margaret M. Coughlan Integrative Medicine, St. Anthony Community Albany Medical Center Matthew Joseph Ben Millbrook Cholesterol/Lipid Disorders Hospital Albany Gastroenterology 845.677.6767 Preventive Medicine, Sheryl Sulangi-Lorenc Consultants Preventive Medicine, Travel Jean A. Jaeger Hypertension, Cholesterol/Lipid Crystal Run Healthcare Albany Medicine, Chronic Illness, CareMount Medical Disorders, Diabetes Middletown 518.438.4483 Women’s Health Rhinebeck 845.703.6999 St. Peter’s Hospital - Albany, 845.202.6669 Megan McMullan Garnet Health Medical Center, Albany Memorial Hospital Frank P. Cricchio Northern Dutchess Hospital The Institute for Family Health St. Anthony Community Hospital Liver Disease, Crohn’s Disease, Primary Care Associates Telemedicine Kingston Preventive Medicine Colitis, Endoscopy Pomona 845.338.6400 845.362.1998 Patricia Lynn Jolie HealthAlliance Hospital: Lauren Vigna Hal N. Buch Good Samaritan Hospital Capital Region Family Health Broadway Campus First Care Family Practice Kingston Care Women’s Health Highland 845.331.8146 Liana Das Rensselaer 845.691.3627 HealthAlliance Hospital: CareMount Medical 518.286.4899 Laura A. Nicoll Complementary Medicine, Broadway Campus Rhinebeck St. Peter’s Hospital - Albany, St. Crystal Run Healthcare Women’s Health 845.202.6669 Mary’s Hospital Monroe Georgia M. Close Northern Dutchess Hospital Preventive Medicine 845.703.6999 Jay A. Zaslow CareMount Medical Telemedicine Garnet Health Medical Center, Open Door Family Medical Carmel Mark A. Josefski St. Anthony Community Centers 845.279.2000 Grahame W. Fitz The Institute for Family Health Hospital Brewster Putnam Hospital Center St. Peter’s Internal and Family Kingston Women’s Health, Geriatric 845.279.6999 Telemedicine Medicine 845.338.6400 Medicine Putnam Hospital Center Albany HealthAlliance Hospital: Edward Croen 518.458.8014 Broadway Campus Keith A. Rebehn GASTROENTEROLOGY Crystal Run Healthcare St. Peter’s Hospital - Albany Sports Medicine Family Medical Group Jason K. Abfier Middletown Preventive Medicine Rensselaer Crystal Run Healthcare 845.703.6999 David S. Kang 518.286.1922 West Nyack Garnet Health Medical Center, Daren R. Garb Crystal Run Healthcare St. Peter’s Hospital - Albany, 845.348.1100 Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall CareMount Medical Middletown Samaritan Hospital Montefiore Nyack Hospital, Hospital Poughkeepsie 845.703.6999 Preventive Medicine Good Samaritan Hospital Liver Disease, Hepatitis, 845.471.3111 Garnet Health Medical Center, Colon Cancer Screening, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Vassar Brothers Medical Center St. Anthony Community Leigh A. Rieper Gastroesophageal Reflux Colon Cancer Screening Telemedicine Hospital Hudson River Health Care Disease (GERD), Peptic Ulcer Beacon Disease, Inflammatory Bowel Robert S. Dean Christie D. Garb Allison R. Lucchesi 845.831.0400 Disease Premier Medical Group CareMount Medical CareMount Medical Poughkeepsie Fishkill New Paltz Chester Robbins Khurram I. Ashraf 845.471.9410 845.765.4990 845.255.7900 Hurley Avenue Family Medicine Premier Medical Group Vassar Brothers Medical Vassar Brothers Medical Center HealthAlliance Hospital: Kingston Poughkeepsie Center, MidHudson Regional Telemedicine Broadway Campus, Northern 845.338.2541 845.471.9410 Hospital Dutchess Hospital Geriatric Medicine Vassar Brothers Medical Barrett’s Esophagus, Pancreatic William Heffernan Telemedicine Center, MidHudson Regional & Biliary Disease, Endoscopy, Nuvance Health Medical Hospital Colonoscopy

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Kevin Dodd 845.231.5600 Endoscopy & Colonoscopy, GERIATRIC MEDICINE HAND SURGERY Hudson Valley Vassar Brothers Medical Center Barrett’s Esophagus Prabhakar Rao Chava Gina C. Del Savio Gastroenterology Telemedicine Capital Healthcare Associates Crystal Run Healthcare Kingston Roxan F. Saidi Troy New Windsor 845.331.8222 Michael S. Kushner CareMount Medical 518.274.9126 845.561.8060 HealthAlliance Hospital: Putnam Gastroenterology Carmel Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Broadway Campus, Carmel 845.279.2000 Frailty Syndrome Hospital Margaretville Memorial 845.278.5223 Putnam Hospital Center Trauma, Arthritis, Hand & Wrist Hospital Putnam Hospital Center Gastric & Esophageal Jodi B. Friedman Surgery, Congenital Hand Endoscopy & Colonoscopy, Gastrointestinal Disorders, Liver Disorders, Colitis, Liver Disease, Nuvance Health Medical Deformities Pancreatic/Biliary Endoscopy Disease, Colon Cancer Screening, Endoscopy & Colonoscopy Practice (ERCP) Endoscopy & Colonoscopy Rhinebeck Michelle L. Moyer Tamer Sargios 845.876.4745 Orthopedic Associates of Premier Medical Group Northern Dutchess Hospital Dutchess County Hand Surgery Poughkeepsie Alzheimer’s Disease, Memory Poughkeepsie What is one question you wish 845.471.9410 Disorders 845.454.0120 patients would ask? Vassar Brothers Medical Vassar Brothers Medical “With all of the tools that doctors have at their disposal, Center, MidHudson Regional Craig N. Moss Center, Northern Dutchess many patients think that staying well or getting better is Hospital Medical Associates of the Hospital a passive process completely dependent on the actions Barrett’s Esophagus, Crohn’s Hudson Valley Hand & Upper Extremity of the healthcare team. The reality is that for almost every Disease, Colitis, Liver & Biliary Kingston Surgery medical and surgical condition, patient cooperation Disease 845.338.7140 and collaboration is key to a good outcome. In HealthAlliance Hospital: David E. Quinn addition to being compliant with the medical Vipul H. Shah Broadway Campus, Capital Region Orthopaedics instructions that the doctor provides, I wish Digestive Disease Associates HealthAlliance Hospital: Mary’s Albany that patients would ask, ‘What else can I do of Rockland Avenue Campus 518.489.2666 to facilitate my recovery?’” — Gina C. Del Savio, MD Pomona Alzheimer’s Disease, Diabetes, Albany Medical Center, St. 845.354.3700 Preventive Medicine, Memory Peter’s Hospital - Albany Good Samaritan Hospital, Disorders Hand Injuries, Shoulder Surgery, Montefiore Nyack Hospital Elbow Surgery, Trauma David J. Ellis Seth A. Levin Pancreatic & Biliary Disease, Alvin K. Viray Horizon Medical Group Horizon Family Medical Group Pancreatic/Biliary Endoscopy Crystal Run Healthcare Richard Uhl Goshen New Windsor (ERCP), Endoscopic Therapies, Middletown Capital Region Orthopaedics 845.291.1260 845.565.5630 Endoscopic Ultrasound 845.703.6999 Albany Garnet Health Medical Center Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Garnet Health Medical Center, 518.489.2666 Hospital Lance M. Siegel St. Anthony Community Albany Medical Center, St. Peter F. Ells Horizon Medical Group Hospital Peter’s Hospital - Albany Albany Med Gastroenterology Murali A. Perumal Goshen Upper Extremity Surgery, Albany Horizon Family Medical Group 845.291.1260 Michael L. Wolff Trauma 518.262.5276 New Windsor Garnet Health Medical Center Capital Healthcare Associates Albany Medical Center 845.565.5630 Troy Richard R. Whipple Hepatitis B & C, Liver Disease Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Michael Steckman 518.274.9126 Capital Region Orthopaedics Hospital, Montefiore St. Luke’s Hudson Valley Alzheimer’s Disease, Preventive Albany Andrew M. Goldenberg Cornwall Hospital-Newburgh Gastroenterology Medicine 518.489.2666 Digestive Disease Associates Kingston Albany Medical Center, St. of Rockland Joseph M. Polito II 845.331.8222 GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY Peter’s Hospital - Albany Pomona Albany Gastroenterology HealthAlliance Hospital: Heidi E. Godoy Hand Surgery, Carpal 845.354.3700 Consultants Broadway Campus, Women’s Cancer Care Tunnel Syndrome, Shoulder Good Samaritan Hospital, Albany HealthAlliance Hospital: Mary’s Associates Replacement, Arthroscopic Montefiore Nyack Hospital 518.438.4483 Avenue Campus Albany Surgery St. Peter’s Hospital - Albany, Colonoscopy, Pancreatic/Biliary 518.458.1390 Bora Gumustop Albany Memorial Hospital Endoscopy (ERCP), Endoscopy St. Peter’s Hospital - Albany, HEMATOLOGY Albany Gastroenterology Crohn’s Disease, Inflammatory Albany Medical Center Bradley J. Cohen Consultants Bowel Disease, Endoscopy Stuart Weinberger Hematology Oncology Albany CareMount Medical Patrick F. Timmins III Nyack 518.438.4483 Seth Joseph Richter Fishkill Women’s Cancer Care 845.480.7440 St. Peter’s Hospital - Albany, Albany Med Gastroenterology 845.231.5447 Associates Montefiore Nyack Hospital, Albany Memorial Hospital Albany Vassar Brothers Medical Center Albany Good Samaritan Hospital 518.262.5276 Telemedicine 518.458.1390 Lymphoma, Colon Cancer, Lung Steven E. Helft Albany Medical Center St. Peter’s Hospital - Albany Cancer, Breast Cancer CareMount Medical Gastrointestinal Disorders, Gynecologic Cancers

Fishkill HOSPITAL LUKE’S COURTESY CORNWALL PHOTO OF MONTEFIORE ST.

52 November 2020 • www.hvmag.com Ramamohana Kancherla 845.338.7140 Kristy L. Bauer Vassar Brothers Medical Thomas Guzzardi Hudson Valley Oncology & HealthAlliance Hospital: Rockland Pulmonary & Medical Center, MidHudson Regional CareMount Medical Hematology Associates Broadway Campus, Northern Associates Hospital Fishkill Poughkeepsie Dutchess Hospital West Nyack Telemedicine 845.765.4990 845.454.1942 Wound Care, HIV, Infectious 845.353.5600 Vassar Brothers Medical Center Vassar Brothers Medical Disease, Travel Medicine Good Samaritan Hospital Michael J. Gardner Telemedicine Center, MidHudson Regional St. Peter’s Internal Medicine Hospital Cynthia H. Miller Thomas M. Burnette Albany William J. Higgins Leukemia & Lymphoma Albany Med HIV Medicine CareMount Medical 518.489.2812 New York Presbyterian Medical Albany Brewster St. Peter’s Hospital - Albany Group Lidia Koulova 518.262.4043 845.278.7000 Preventive Medicine Cold Spring Goshen Medical Associates Albany Medical Center Northern Westchester Hospital 845.809.5661 Goshen AIDS/HIV Telemedicine Michael Gerringer NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson 845.294.8888 CareMount Medical Valley Hospital Garnet Health Medical Center, Philip J. Palmieri Yorleny Bustamante Hopewell Junction Geriatric Medicine, Alzheimer’s St. Anthony Community Upstate Infectious Diseases CareMount Medical 845.231.5600 Disease Hospital Associates Brewster MidHudson Regional Hospital Anemia, Hematologic Albany 845.278.7000 Telemedicine Malignancies 518.435.0662 Putnam Hospital Center St. Peter’s Hospital - Albany, Telemedicine Ponciano L. Reyes Jr. Albany Medical Center Hudson Valley Health Care AIDS/HIV, Lyme Disease, David S. Cho Internal Medicine System Meningitis, Tropical Diseases Premier Medical Group How will COVID-19 Wappingers Falls Poughkeepsie affect the future of 845.831.2000 Marc A. Tack 845.451.7271 medicine? VA Hudson Valley Medical Medical Associates of the Vassar Brothers Medical Center “This question touches upon many Center-Montrose Hudson Valley Nutrition & Obesity, Geriatric aspects in the future of medicine. First of all, Hematologic Malignancies, Kingston Medicine, Telemedicine this will not be the last pandemic we will see. Scientists Hematology-Benign 845.338.7140 have warned us that this pandemic happening was only a matter of time. I think it is important that we fortify HealthAlliance Hospital: Carlo F. Diminico our public and population health infrastructure to more INFECTIOUS DISEASE Broadway Campus, CareMount Medical effectively coordinate a response on a national and Anousheh Ghezel-Ayagh HealthAlliance Hospital: Mary’s Poughkeepsie global level. As we can see from the varying infectivity Crystal Run Healthcare Avenue Campus 845.231.5600 rates across the country and varying measures in place Middletown Lyme Disease, Hepatitis, HIV, MidHudson Regional Hospital (quarantine vs. no-quarantine, requiring masks vs. masks 845.703.6999 Skin/Soft Tissue Infections Telemedicine as optional) there needs to be a unified approach for the Garnet Health Medical Center, safety of us all.” — William J. Higgins, MD St. Anthony Community INTERNAL MEDICINE Lisa Ferrara Hospital Kavita Aggarwal Rockland Pulmonary & Medical Sexually Transmitted Diseases, CareMount Medical Associates Brandi D. Gestri Susan Marie Jensen Pneumonia, HIV, Urinary Tract Poughkeepsie West Nyack CareMount Medical Horizon Family Medical Group Infections 845.471.3111 845.353.5600 Brewster New Windsor Vassar Brothers Medical Good Samaritan Hospital 845.278.7000 845.534.1505 Shelley A. Gilroy Center, MidHudson Regional Putnam Hospital Center Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Albany Med HIV Medicine Hospital Karen J. Finnigan Telemedicine Hospital Albany Telemedicine Crystal Run Healthcare 518.262.4043 Middletown Philip P. Goodwin Debra Karnasiewicz Albany Stratton VA Medical Arbie B. Baccay 845.703.6999 CareMount Medical Medical Associates of the Center, Albany Medical Center CareMount Medical Garnet Health Medical Center Poughkeepsie Hudson Valley AIDS/HIV, Sexually Transmitted Brewster Asthma, Osteoporosis, Heart 845.471.3111 Kingston Diseases 845.278.7000 Disease, Pediatrics Telemedicine 845.338.7140 Putnam Hospital Center Women’s Health, Preventive Marina A. Keller Hypertension, Diabetes, Robin C. Flam George Gorich Medicine, Obesity, Middletown Medical Cholesterol/Lipid Disorders, CareMount Medical Nuvance Health Medical Hypertension Middletown Hemochromatosis Hopewell Junction Practice 845.342.4474 845.231.5600 Carmel Sophia S. Lee Garnet Health Medical Center Lev L. Barats MidHudson Regional Hospital 914.441.8504 Crystal Run Healthcare Tick-borne Diseases Community Care Physicians Telemedicine Putnam Hospital Center, Middletown Slingerlands NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson 845.703.6999 Charles A. Kutler 518.459.5273 Jose R. Fontanez Valley Hospital Garnet Health Medical Center, Medical Associates of the St. Peter’s Hospital - Albany CareMount Medical Geriatric Medicine, Osteoporosis, St. Anthony Community Hudson Valley Preventive Medicine Fishkill Weight Management, Preventive Hospital

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Paul G. Mangiafico Center, MidHudson Regional Albany MATERNAL & FETAL Leukemia & Lymphoma, CareMount Medical Hospital 518.458.2000, ext. 3 MEDICINE Hematologic Malignancies Brewster St. Peter’s Hospital - Albany, Kimberly Heller 845.278.7000 Adam L. Rubinstein Albany Memorial Hospital Nuvance Health Medical Jeffrey L. Halaas Putnam Hospital Center Hudson Valley Primary Care Angioplasty & Stent Placement, Practice CareMount Medical Telemedicine Wappingers Falls Echocardiography Poughkeepsie Brewster 845.298.7022 845.214.1821 845.278.7000 Anthony Martini Vassar Brothers Medical Center Simon Gorwara Vassar Brothers Medical Center Northern Westchester Hospital, Middletown Medical Pediatrics, Preventive Medicine, The Heart Center Pregnancy-High Risk, Putnam Hospital Center Warwick Chronic Illness, Diabetes Poughkeepsie Ultrasound Breast Cancer, Leukemia & 845.986.7474 845.473.1188 Lymphoma, Ovarian Cancer, St. Anthony Community Hospital, Michael E. Schaeffer Vassar Brothers Medical Lillian M. Kaminsky Lung Cancer Garnet Health Medical Center St. Peter’s Internal Medicine Center, Northern Dutchess Crystal Run Healthcare Diabetes, Weight Management, Valatie Hospital Middletown G. Varuni Kondagunta Hypertension 518.392.8600 Peripheral Vascular Disease, 845.703.6999 Crystal Run Healthcare Albany Memorial Hospital, St. Coronary Artery Disease, Garnet Health Medical Center, Middletown Elisabeth W. McKeon Peter’s Hospital - Albany Coronary Angioplasty/Stents Garnet Health Medical Center 845.703.6999 Jefferson Heights Family Care – Catskills Garnet Health Medical Center, Catskill Gerald K. Schynoll William Gotsis Prenatal Diagnosis, Fetal Garnet Health Medical Center 518.943.3415 Albany Medical Center Crystal Run Healthcare Diagnosis & Therapy – Catskills Columbia Memorial Hospital Albany Middletown Breast Cancer, Genitourinary 518.262.5735 845.703.6999 Matthew J. Kim Cancer Nicole M. Monserrate Albany Medical Center Garnet Health Medical Center, CareMount Medical Community Care Physicians Preventive Medicine Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Poughkeepsie Mathew Lonberg Delmar Hospital 845.471.3111 Hematology Oncology 518.439.8077 Rabi Sinha Cardiac Catheterization, Vassar Brothers Medical Nyack Community Primary Care Angioplasty & Stent Placement Center, MidHudson Regional 845.480.7440 Anne R. Mullin Hopewell Junction Hospital Montefiore Nyack Hospital, Hudson Family Medical Group 845.226.4590 M. Zubair Jafar Fetal Ultrasound/Obstetrical Good Samaritan Hospital New Windsor Vassar Brothers Medical Center The Heart Center Imaging, Pregnancy-High Risk, Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer, 845.534.9590 Poughkeepsie Hypertension in Pregnancy, Lymphoma, Melanoma Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Arthur F. Tolis 845.473.1188 Amniocentesis Hospital Crystal Run Healthcare Vassar Brothers Medical Michael J. Maresca Preventive Medicine, Women’s Middletown Center, Northern Dutchess Renee Samelson Hudson Valley Oncology & Health, Chronic Illness 845.703.6999 Hospital Albany Med Obstetrics and Hematology Associates Garnet Health Medical Center, Cardiac Catheterization, Gynecology Poughkeepsie Jonathan Nasser St. Anthony Community Coronary Artery Disease- Albany 845.454.1942 Crystal Run Healthcare Hospital Complex, Heart Valve Disease, 518.262.4942 Vassar Brothers Medical Middletown Sports Medicine-Cardiology Albany Medical Center Center, MidHudson Regional 845.703.6999 Sunhee D. Woo Pregnancy-High Risk, AIDS/ Hospital Garnet Health Medical Center, Premier Medical Group Louis W. Kantaros HIV in Pregnancy, Infectious Genitourinary Cancer, Prostate Garnet Health Medical Center Poughkeepsie The Heart Center Disease in Pregnancy, Prenatal Cancer, Kidney Cancer, – Catskills 845.454.8200 Poughkeepsie Diagnosis Bladder Cancer Pediatrics, Preventive Medicine Vassar Brothers Medical Center 845.473.1188 Vassar Brothers Medical MEDICAL ONCOLOGY Radhika Rachamalla Charles E. O’Dowd Valerie J. Zarcone Center, Northern Dutchess Robert E. Dinsmore Nuvance Health Medical Clarkstown Medical Associates Putnam Valley Hospital Crystal Run Healthcare Practice New City 845.528.1898 Peripheral Vascular Disease, Middletown Poughkeepsie 845.352.5900 NYU Langone Health - Tisch Coronary Artery Disease, 845.703.6999 845.483.6001 Montefiore Nyack Hospital Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian Coronary Angioplasty/Stents Garnet Health Medical Center, Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Hudson Valley Hospital Garnet Health Medical Center Northern Dutchess Hospital John S. Pomichter Michael H. Yen – Catskills Hudson Medical Care Albert H. Zucker The Heart Center Hematology, Palliative Care Marc G. Rappaport Hudson Bon Secours Medical Group Poughkeepsie Crystal Run Healthcare 518.697.3540 Monroe 845.473.1188 Joseph J. Dudek Newburgh Columbia Memorial Hospital 845.782.6092 Vassar Brothers Medical New York Oncology 845.703.6999 Good Samaritan Hospital Center, Northern Dutchess Hematology Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Gopa Rahman Hospital Albany Hospital, Garnet Health Rahman & Rahman INTERVENTIONAL Coronary Artery Disease, 518.489.0044 Medical Center Poughkeepsie CARDIOLOGY Coronary Angioplasty/Stents, St. Peter’s Hospital - Albany, Breast Cancer, Lung Cancer, 845.454.0370 Gregory G. Bishop Peripheral Vascular Disease Albany Memorial Hospital Gastrointestinal Cancer, Vassar Brothers Medical Albany Associates in Cardiology Cancer Immunotherapy, Gynecologic Cancers

54 November 2020 • www.hvmag.com Jason Rubin Glomerulonephritis, Kidney Spinal Cord Tumors, Bloodless/ Andrew J. Faskowitz Timothy M. Lynch CareMount Medical Failure-Acute Transfusion Free Surgery Crystal Run Healthcare Albany Med Neurology Fishkill Middletown Albany 845.592.7580 Rachel F. Colvin Jeffrey S. Oppenheim 845.703.6999 518.262.5226 Vassar Brothers Medical Horizon Family Medical Group Oppenheim & Degen Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Albany Medical Center Center, MidHudson Regional Goshen Neurological Surgeons Hospital, St. Anthony Epilepsy, Seizure Disorders Hospital 845.294.0994 West Nyack Community Hospital Telemedicine Garnet Health Medical Center 845.368.0286 Palliative Care, Pain Paul D. Mullin Hypertension, Diabetic Kidney Montefiore Nyack Hospital, Management Medical Associates of the Irina Rybalova Disease, Dialysis Care, Kidney Good Samaritan Hospital Hudson Valley Hematology Oncology Stones Spinal Surgery, Brain Tumors Olga Fishman Phoenicia Nyack Crystal Run Healthcare 845.338.7140 845.480.7440 Paul Feldman NEUROLOGY Middletown Northern Dutchess Hospital Montefiore Nyack Hospital, Advanced Kidney Care of Uma Alampur 845.703.6999 Epilepsy, Memory Disorders Good Samaritan Hospital Hudson Valley Upstate Neurology Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Breast Cancer, Gynecologic Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie Hospital, St. Anthony Cancers, Hematologic 845.454.1399 845.452.4671 Community Hospital Malignancies, Lung Cancer Vassar Brothers Medical Electromyography (EMG), Epilepsy Center, Montefiore St. Luke’s Neuromuscular Disorders Gurvinder Sethi Cornwall Hospital Neurological Surgery Crystal Run Healthcare Transplant Medicine-Kidney, Shaheda N. Azher How will COVID-19 Middletown Wegener’s Granulomatosis, End CareMount Medical affect the future of your 845.703.6999 Stage Renal Disease Poughkeepsie Garnet Health Medical Center, 845.231.5600 specialty? “The move to virtual patient/doctor visits is Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Emmanuelle Gilles MidHudson Regional Hospital extremely important for our field. Even before COVID-19, Hospital Crystal Run Healthcare Movement Disorders, patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease, spinal cord Leukemia & Lymphoma, West Nyack Telemedicine injury that has rendered them quadriplegic or paraplegic, Gastrointestinal Cancer, Breast 845.703.6999 and patients with Lou Gherig’s disease required a great Cancer Montefiore Nyack Hospital, Ashlesh Dani deal of assistance to come to our office. For some of them, Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall CareMount Medical a visit to the doctor’s office was a full day’s ordeal for them Jeffrey M. Stewart Hospital Poughkeepsie and their families. Now, we can see them virtually and Crystal Run Healtcare Hypertension, Kidney Disease- 845.231.5600 spend 20-30 minutes going over their care. This decreases Middletown Chronic, Dialysis Care MidHudson Regional Hospital stress on the patient and their family, and allows us to have a more productive visit.” — Mill Etienne, MD 845.692.0090 Neuromuscular Disorders, Garnet Health Medical Center, Arthur M. Kozin Telemedicine Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Rockland Renal Associates Hospital West Nyack Fabio O. Danisi David E. Hart David T. Ober Hematology, Bone Marrow 845.358.2400 APS Neurology Albany Med Neurology Bon Secours Neurology Transplant Montefiore Nyack Hospital, Poughkeepsie Albany Suffern Good Samaritan Hospital 845.483.5951 518.459.8106 845.368.8808 NEONATAL-PERINATAL Hypertension, Kidney Failure, MidHudson Regional Hospital Albany Medical Center Good Samaritan Hospital MEDICINE Diabetic Kidney Disease, End Movement Disorders, Electromyography (EMG), Neuromuscular Disorders, Joaquim M. B. Pinheiro Stage Renal Disease Parkinson’s Disease, Dystonia, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Botox, Electrodiagnosis Albany Med Neonatal-Perinatal Huntington’s Disease Stroke, Neuro-Rehabilitation Medicine Michal J. Tracz Michael Rezak Albany Rockland Renal Associates Lyle J. Dennis John T. Hughes Nuvance Health Medical 518.262.5421 West Nyack Bon Secours Neurology Cornwall Neurology Practice Albany Medical Center 845.358.2400 Suffern Newburgh Poughkeepsie Neonatal Critical Care, Good Samaritan Hospital, 845.368.8808 845.391.8850 845.214.1922 Prematurity/Low Birth Weight Montefiore Nyack Hospital Good Samaritan Hospital Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Vassar Brothers Medical Center Infants Stroke, Headache, Multiple Hospital Movement Disorders, Deep NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY Sclerosis Migraine, Epilepsy/Seizure Brain Stimulation NEPHROLOGY Jeffrey W. Degen Disorders, Multiple Sclerosis, Darshan S. Arora Oppenheim & Degen Mill Etienne Glenn M. Seliger Northeast Nephrology Neurological Surgeons Bon Secours Neurology David Alex Jaeger Helen Hayes Hospital- Associates West Nyack Suffern Crystal Run Healthcare Neurology Troy 845.673.1040 845.368.8808 Middletown West Haverstraw 518.274.5660 Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Good Samaritan Hospital 845.703.6999 845.786.4410 Samaritan Hospital, St. Mary’s Hospital, Good Samaritan Clinical Neurophysiology, Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Helen Hayes Hospital Hospital Hospital Epilepsy, Behavioral Neurology Hospital, St. Anthony Head Injury Hypertension, Neuro-Endoscopy, Minimally Community Hospital

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NEURORADIOLOGY 845.790.5700 845.471.3111 845.278.7000 Susan Weisel Richard J. Friedland Northern Dutchess Hospital, Vassar Brothers Medical Putnam Hospital Center CareMount Medical Hudson Valley Radiologists Vassar Brothers Medical Center, MidHudson Regional Telemedicine Fishkill Poughkeepsie Center Hospital 845.231.5600 845.790.5700 Pregnancy-High Risk, Jennifer A. Mosmen Vassar Brothers Medical Vassar Brothers Medical OBSTETRICS & Telemedicine Albany Obstetrics & Center, MidHudson Regional Center, Northern Dutchess GYNECOLOGY Gynecology Hospital Hospital Mridasim Aguwa Stephen T. Cestari Albany Gynecology Only, Telemedicine Head & Neck Radiology, CareMount Medical Crystal Run Healthcare 518.489.3296 Interventional Neuroradiology, Fishkill Newburgh St. Peter’s Hospital - Albany Ilan J. Zedek Epilepsy 845.231.5600 845.725.0100 Vulvar & Vaginal Disorders, Crystal Run Healthcare Vassar Brothers Medical Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Vulvar Disease, Adolescent Middletown Mark Glicklich Center Hospital Gynecology 845.703.6999 Northeast Radiology Telemedicine Ultrasound, Laparoscopic Garnet Health Medical Center Brewster Surgery-Complex, Robotic Lance Murphy Incontinence-Urinary, Pelvic 845.278.6200 Christine Beer Surgery, Obstetrics CareMount Medical Organ Prolapse Repair, Northern Westchester Hospital CareMount Medical Poughkeepsie Laparoscopic Surgery Brain Imaging, Head & Neck Rhinebeck Peter R. Cole 845.231.5600 Radiology, Spinal Imaging, MRI 845.202.6633 Albany Med Obstetrics and Vassar Brothers Medical OPHTHALMOLOGY & CT of Brain & Spine Northern Gynecology Center, MidHudson Regional Pawan Bhatnagar Albany Hospital Retina Consultants 518.262.4942 Telemedicine Slingerlands Obstetrics & Gynecology Albany Medical 518.533.6550 How does COVID-19 affect Center Amy Novatt Albany Medical Center, Albany the population you treat, Gynecologic CareMount Medical Memorial Hospital and what precautions do you Surgery, Rhinebeck Retina/Vitreous Surgery, Retinal recommend they take? Laparoscopic 845.202.6633 Detachment, Uveitis, Retinal Disorders “One significant change that COVID-19 has caused for Surgery, Robotic Surgery, Northern Dutchess Hospital pregnant women and their families is modifications to Urogynecology Menopause Problems, their support system. Things like baby showers and help Adolescent Gynecology, Robert E. Brass after delivery all occur in different ways now. Additionally, Angelo Cumella Laparoscopic Surgery, Brass Eye Center hospital policies have changed how many support people CareMount Medical Gynecology Only Latham or visitors can be present during labor and delivery. I Brewster 518.782.7827 think it’s important for women to stay connected to their 845.278.7000 Toni A. Saychek Albany Medical Center support system, especially post-partum, when there is an Putnam Hospital Center, CareMount Medical Corneal Disease, Cataract increased risk of depression. Even if it’s support offered Northern Westchester Hospital Poughkeepsie Surgery, Intraocular Lens from a distance or virtually, it’s beneficial.” Laparoscopic Surgery, Robotic 845.471.3111 Replacement, Laser Surgery — Nicole Ceradini, MD Surgery, Telemedicine Vassar Brothers Medical Center Telemedicine Yochanan Burnstein Meera S. Garcia Eye Physicians of Orange David M. Krakowski Dutchess Hospital NYP Medical Group Hudson Deborah K. Spencer County Hudson Valley Radiologists Gynecology Only, Telemedicine Valley Crystal Run Healthcare Goshen Poughkeepsie Cold Spring Middletown 845.294.5128 845.790.5700 Rupinder Bhangoo 914.528.7664 845.703.6999 St. Anthony Community Vassar Brothers Medical CareMount Medical NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Garnet Health Medical Center, Hospital Center, Northern Dutchess Fishkill Valley Hospital St. Anthony Community Glaucoma Hospital 845.231.5600 Pain-Pelvic, Gynecologic Hospital Brain & Spinal Imaging, Vassar Brothers Medical Surgery-Complex, Adolescent Mohsin M. Cheema Osteoporosis Spine- Center, MidHudson Regional Gynecology, Pregnancy-High Maureen S. Terranova Cheema MD Eye Care Kyphoplasty, Head & Neck Hospital Risk CareMount Medical Kingston Radiology Telemedicine Rhinebeck 845.339.4500 Jeffrey B. Katz 845.202.6633 Cataract Surgery, Glaucoma, Joel M. Schwartz Katie A. Burgess CareMount Medical Northern Dutchess Hospital Dry Eye Syndrome, Laser Hudson Valley Radiology CareMount Medical Carmel Telemedicine Surgery Associates Carmel 845.279.2000 New City 845.230.1331 Putnam Hospital Center Susan Vosko Robert Chen 845.634.9729 Putnam Hospital Center Laparoscopic Surgery, CareMount Medical Rockland Eye Physicians & Montefiore Nyack Hospital Telemedicine Pregnancy, Telemedicine Carmel Surgeons 845.230.1331 Garnerville Emil Shih Nicole Ceradini Laura M. Kaye Putnam Hospital Center 845.947. 2240 Hudson Valley Radiologists CareMount Medical CareMount Medical Telemedicine Good Samaritan Hospital

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56 November 2020 • www.hvmag.com Cataract Surgery, Glaucoma, David A. Liebergall Cornwall Edward Wladis Sports Medicine Contact Lenses Ophthalmic Consultants of 845.534.5800 Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery Airmont Rockland Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Slingerlands 845.356.2900 Robert A. Eden Suffern Hospital 518.533.6540 Good Samaritan Hospital Cornea Consultants of Albany 845.357.2500 Cataract Surgery, Laser Albany Medical Center Hip Replacement & Revision, Slingerlands Good Samaritan Hospital Refractive Surgery Neuro-Ophthalmology, Knee Replacement, Sports 518.475.1515 Cataract Surgery, Intraocular Oculoplastic & Reconstructive Medicine, Trauma Albany Medical Center Lens Replacement, Glaucoma, Robert Schultze Surgery Cataract Surgery, Laser Cornea Consultants of Albany Marc A. Berezin Refractive Surgery Maria McPherson Slingerlands Andreas Wolter Northeast Orthopaedics & Hudson Valley Ophthalmology 518.475.1515 Seeta Eye Centers Sports Medicine Donna M. Esposito Hudson Albany Medical Center Poughkeepsie Orangeburg Hudson Valley Eye Surgeons 518.828.3391 Laser Refractive Surgery, 845.454.1025 845.359.1877 Fishkill Columbia Memorial Hospital Cornea Transplant, Cataract Vassar Brothers Medical Arthroscopic Surgery, Fractures, 845.896.9280 Cataract Surgery, Retinal Surgery, Intraocular Lens Center, MidHudson Regional Knee Replacement, Knee Surgery Vassar Brothers Medical Center Disorders, Dry Eye Syndrome, Replacement Hospital Cataract Surgery, Intraocular Glaucoma Glaucoma, LASIK-Refractive Gabriel D. Brown Lens, Dry Eye Syndrome, Steven T. Simmons Surgery CareMount Medical Glaucoma Dale R. Meyer Glaucoma Consultants of the Brewster Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery Capital Region Jitka L. Zobal-Ratner 845.278.7000 Naomi S. 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Aierstok Reconstructive Surgery, CareMount Medical Vassar Brothers Medical Center Pediatric Ophthalmology, Orthopaedic Associates of Arthroscopic Surgery-Hip, Poughkeepsie Retinal Disorders, Retina/ Strabismus Dutchess County Arthritis-Hip & Knee, Telemedicine 845.592.7725 Vitreous Surgery Kingston MidHudson Regional Hospital Phyllis E. Weingarten 845.339.8900 Joel S. Buchalter Cataract Surgery, Telemedicine Rupal P. Panghaal Rockland iCare HealthAlliance Hospital: Mary’s Somers Orthopaedic Surgery CareMount Medical Suffern Avenue Campus, Northern & Sports Medicine Roger C. Husted Fishkill 845.234.4020 Dutchess Hospital Carmel CareMount Medical 845.592.7728 Good Samaritan Hospital, New Sports Medicine, Knee 845.278.8400 Rhinebeck MidHudson Regional Hospital York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Replacement, Shoulder Putnam Hospital Center, 845.202.6600 Telemedicine Mount Sinai Replacement Northern Westchester Hospital Northern Dutchess Hospital Pediatric Ophthalmology, Hip & Knee Replacement, Telemedicine Alexandra Pappas Strabismus Richard Alfred Sports Medicine, Arthroscopic CareMount Medical Capital Region Orthopaedics Surgery, Shoulder Replacement Diane Jean Kraus Lake Katrine Glen H. Weiss Albany CareMount Medical 845.331.0711 Rockland Eye Physicians & 518.489.2666 Robert A. Cheney Lake Katrine Northern Dutchess Hospital Surgeons Albany Medical Center, St. Capital Region Orthopaedics 845.331.0711 Telemedicine Garnerville Peter’s Hospital - Albany Albany Northern Dutchess Hospital 845.947. 2240 Sports Injuries, Trauma 518.489.2666 Telemedicine Andrew Robinson Good Samaritan Hospital, Albany Medical Center, St. Capital Eye Care Cataract Surgery, Contact R. Maxwell Alley Peter’s Hospital - Albany Jeffrey Leen Troy lenses Capital Region Orthopaedics Spinal Surgery, Minimally Rockland Eye Physicians & 518.274.0657 Albany Invasive Spinal Surgery Surgeons Samaritan Hospital David M. Witzel 518.489.2666 Garnerville Cornea Transplant, Cataract CareMount Medical Albany Medical Center, St. William L. Davis Jr. 845.947. 2240 Surgery, Anterior Segment Poughkeepsie Peter’s Hospital - Albany Rockland Orthopaedics & Good Samaritan Hospital Surgery, Cornea & External Eye 845.592.7728 Sports Medicine, Arthroscopic Sports Medicine Pediatric Ophthalmology, Disease MidHudson Regional Hospital, Surgery, Trauma, Ligament Airmont Strabismus Vassar Brothers Medical Center Reconstruction 845.356.2900 Michael S. Sayegh Glaucoma, Telemedicine Good Samaritan Hospital Horizon Family Medical Eye Kenneth S. Austin Sports Injuries, Arthroscopic Group Northeast Orthopaedics & Surgery

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Matthew R. DiCaprio 845.425.0555 Stephen G. Maurer 845.359.1877 OTOLARYNGOLOGY Capital Region Orthopaedics Montefiore Nyack Hospital, Orthopaedic Associates of Montefiore Nyack Hospital Ryan S. 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Medici Garnet Health Medical Center 845.278.8400 Center, Northern Dutchess Northeast Orthopaedics & Jordan A. Simon Pediatric Otolaryngology, Putnam Hospital Center, Hospital Sports Medicine Northeast Orthopaedics & Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, Northern Westchester Hospital Shoulder Arthroscopic Surgery, West Nyack Sports Medicine Sleep Disorders/Apnea/ Joint Replacement, Arthroscopic Knee Surgery, Cartilage 845.358.1000 Orangeburg Snoring, Telemedicine Surgery, Sports Medicine Damage, Sports Medicine Montefiore Nyack Hospital, 845.359.1877 Good Samaritan Hospital Montefiore Nyack Hospital, Mark S. Driver Frederick J. Fletcher Scott M. Levin Sports Medicine, Joint Good Samaritan Hospital ENT & Allergy Associates OrthoNY Somers Orthopaedic Surgery & Replacement, Trauma Arthroscopic Surgery, Middletown Albany Sports Medicine Shoulder Replacement, 845.467.6998 518.489.2663 Carmel Patrick J. Murray Shoulder Reconstruction, Knee Garnet Health Medical Center, St. Peter’s Hospital - Albany, 845.278.8400 Northeast Orthopaedics & Replacement Mount Sinai Hospital Samaritan Hospital Putnam Hospital Center, Sports Medicine Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, Hip & Knee Replacement, Northern Westchester Hospital West Nyack Joachim Tenuta Balloon Sinuplasty, Allergy, Minimally Invasive Surgery Sports Medicine, Arthroscopic 845.358.1000 Capital Region Orthopaedics Laryngeal & Voice Disorders Surgery-Hip, Arthroscopic Good Samaritan Hospital, Albany Marc D. Fuchs Surgery-Shoulder, Arthroscopic Montefiore Nyack Hospital 518.489.2666 David Foyt Capital Region Orthopaedics Surgery-Knee Sports Injuries, Knee Injuries/ Albany Medical Center, St. Albany Med ENT Albany ACL/Meniscus Tears, Cartilage Peter’s Hospital - Albany Albany 518.489.2666 Jordan M. 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Abraham Chronic, Pain-Interventional Albany Disease, Celiac Disease, Hudson ENT Facial Plastic Reconstructive & Techniques, Pain-Cancer 518.489.3292 Gastroesophageal Reflux Red Hook Laser Surgery Albany Medical Center, St. Disease (GERD), Liver Disease 845.758.1456 Poughkeepsie Niraj Sharma Peter’s Hospital - Albany Columbia Memorial Hospital 845.454.8025 Cardinal Spine & Pain Medicine Fetal Cardiology, Fetal PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY- Sinus Disorders, Hearing & MidHudson Regional Hospital, Wappingers Falls Echocardiography ONCOLOGY Balance Disorders, Head & Westchester Medical Center 845.297.2225 Kanyalakshmi Ayyanar Neck Surgery Facial Plastic Surgery, Facial Vassar Brothers Medical Harm Velvis Albany Med Pediatric Rejuvenation, Rhinoplasty, Botox Center, Westchester Medical Capital District Pediatrics Hematology/Oncology Siobhan M. Kuhar Center Cardiology Albany Albany ENT & Allergy Services Robert T. 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Williams Hospital ENDOCRINOLOGY Hematologic Disorders, St. Peter’s Hospital - Albany, Williams Center for Plastic Congenital Heart Disease, Fetal Jill L. Brodsky Hemophilia, Leukemia in Albany Memorial Hospital Surgery Echocardiography, Arrhythmias, CareMount Medical Infants, Lymphoma Sinus Disorders, Laryngeal Latham Rheumatic Heart Disease Poughkeepsie Disorders, Telemedicine 518.786.7000 845.202.6059 Joanne C. Porter Albany Medical Center, Albany Michael Colon Vassar Brothers Medical Center Albany Med Pediatric Edward Rhee Memorial Hospital Capital District Pediatrics Diabetes, Pubertal Disorders, Hematology/Oncology ENT & Allergy Associates Facial Plastic Surgery, Cosmetic Cardiology Growth/Development Albany West Nyack Surgery-Face & Neck, Albany Disorders, Telemedicine 518.262.5513 845.727.1370 Rhinoplasty, Facial Rejuvenation 518.489.3292 Linda M. Riddick Albany Medical Center Good Samaritan Hospital, Albany Medical Center, St. Albany Med Pediatric Hemophilia, Bleeding/ Montefiore Nyack Hospital PAIN MEDICINE Peter’s Hospital - Albany Endocrinology Coagulation Disorders, Pediatric Otolaryngology, Charles E. Argoff Fetal Echocardiography, Albany Histiocytoma, Sickle Cell

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PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS Adolescent Medicine, Vaccines, Boston Children’s Health Hospital - Albany Developmental & Behavioral DISEASE ADD/ADHD, Autism Spectrum Physicians, Montefiore Nyack Growth/Development Disorders Holly Swanson Disorders Hospital Disorders, ADD/ADHD, Delmar Pediatrics Obesity, Preventive Medicine Julian T. Nelson Slingerlands Sharon M. Britos-Neves Sejal Dalwadi Crystal Run Healthcare 518.439.2273 CareMount Medical The Children’s Medical Group Carol L. Greenblatt Middletown St. Peter’s Hospital - Albany, Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie CapitalCare Pediatrics Troy 845.703.6999 Albany Medical Center 845.231.5600 845.452.1700 Troy Garnet Health Medical Center Travel Medicine, Meningitis Vassar Brothers Medical Center Vassar Brothers Medical 518.272.0232 Telemedicine Center Kira E. Olugebefola PEDIATRIC Marc Habert CareMount Medical OTOLARYNGOLOGY Shelley D. Carolan Esther P. Diamant The Children’s Medical Group Brewster Jason Mouzakes Crystal Run Healthcare Refuah Health Center Fishkill 845.278.7000 Albany Med Pediatric Haverstraw Spring Valley 845.452.1700 Northern Westchester Hospital Otolaryngology 845.429.3382 845.354.9300 Vassar Brothers Medical Telemedicine Albany Montefiore Nyack Hospital Infectious Disease, Preventive Center 518.262.6240 Medicine Newborn Care, Asthma, Mark E. Osborn Albany Medical Center, Albany Margaret M. Centurioni Infectious Disease, Sports St. Peter’s Children’s Health Stratton VA Medical Center Schoolhouse Road Pediatrics Ingrid M. Dodard Medicine Center Airway Disorders, Cochlear Albany CareMount Medical Albany Implants, Hearing Loss, Sinus 518.456.1211 Poughkeepsie Arnel B. Hechanova 518.525.2445 Disorders Albany Medical Center, St. 845.231.5600 Columbia Memorial Pediatrics St. Peter’s Hospital - Albany Peter’s Hospital - Albany Vassar Brothers Medical Hudson Preventive Medicine, PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY Developmental & Behavioral Center 518.828.4125 Adolescent Medicine, Robert A. Kaslovsky Disorders, Nutrition, Weight Telemedicine Columbia Memorial Hospital Developmental Disorders Albany Med Pediatric Management, Preventive Asthma Pulmonology Medicine David Fenner William Parsons Albany The Children’s Medical Group Jennifer K. Larner CareMount Medical 518.262.6880 Marc E. Childs Poughkeepsie Delmar Pediatrics Poughkeepsie Albany Medical Center CareMount Medical 845.452.1700 Slingerlands 845.471.3111 Cystic Fibrosis, Asthma Brewster Vassar Brothers Medical 518.439.2273 Vassar Brothers Medical Center & Chronic Lung Disease, 845.278.7000 Center, Northern Dutchess St. Peter’s Hospital - Albany, Telemedicine Pneumonia Northern Westchester Hospital Hospital Albany Medical Center Telemedicine Chronic Illness, Nutrition, Preventive Medicine, Barbara Payne PEDIATRIC UROLOGY Preventive Medicine Adolescent Medicine, Vaccines CareMount Medical Barry A. Kogan Danielle Cigliano Rhinebeck Albany Med Urology CareMount Medical Veena S. Gangasani Judith A. Lucas 845.202.6137 Albany Lake Katrine CareMount Medical Developmental and Behavioral Vassar Brothers Medical 518.262.3341 845.481.7804 Fishkill Pediatrics, The Bernard & Center, Northern Dutchess Albany Medical Center Vassar Brothers Medical 845.765.4990 Millie Duker Children’s Hospital Hospital Genitourinary Reconstruction, Center, Northern Dutchess Vassar Brothers Medical Albany Telemedicine Fetal Urology Hospital Center 518.262.5401 Telemedicine Albany Medical Center Douglas R. Puder PEDIATRICS Daniel H. Cohen Preventive Medicine, Clarkstown Pediatrics Kathleen Ann Brady North Rockland Pediatrics/ Todd P. Giombetti Developmental & Behavioral Nanuet Giombetti & Brady Pediatrics Boston Children’s Health Giombetti & Brady Pediatrics Disorders 845.623.7100 Delmar Physicians Delmar Asthma, Developmental 518.439.5611 Garnerville 518.439.5611 Brett M. Macaluso Disorders St. Peter’s Hospital - Albany 845.947.1772 St. Peter’s CareMount Medical Highland Lin-Lin Y. Remenar 845.481.7806 Crystal Run Healthcare Pediatrics Vassar Brothers Middletown How will COVID-19 affect the future of your Medical Center, 845.703.6999 specialty? Northern Dutchess Garnet Health Medical Center “Although none of us wish that this pandemic had occurred, it did bring some Hospital Preventive Medicine positive change in medicine. Personally, I saw that during our peak of infection Telemedicine rates, families were reluctant to leave their homes and therefore were limited in their Stacey K. Rosmarin access to healthcare. Since, Crystal Run Healthcare started using telehealth [as a means Anthony F. Malone Monroe Pediatrics to give care], I became aggressive with its use so that my patients could still have access to CapitalCare Pediatrics Troy Monroe me. I found it to be an amazing tool to counsel some of my teenage patients with weight loss Troy 845.782.8616 regimens, meeting weekly with tremendous success. 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Carrin E. Schottler-Thal Garnet Health Medical Center, Albany Memorial Hospital, St. Albany PULMONARY DISEASE Albany Med Pediatrics St. Anthony Community Peter’s Hospital - Albany 518.262.2229 Benjamin G. Chang Albany Hospital Hand Surgery, Reconstructive Albany Medical Center Rockland Pulmonary & Medical 518.262.5588 Pain-Back & Neck, Sciatica, Plastic Surgery Cosmetic Surgery, Breast Associates Albany Medical Center Complex Regional Pain Cosmetic Surgery, Body West Nyack Adolescent Medicine, Syndrome Michael A. Fiorillo Jr. Contouring after Weight Loss, 845.353.5600 Preventive Medicine Pearl River Hand Surgery Good Samaritan Hospital Amit Dholakia 845.623.6141 Sleep Disorders/Apnea, Critical Jack Sobrin CareMount Medical HackensackUMC PSYCHIATRY Care CareMount Medical Fishkill Breast Augmentation, Cosmetic William F. Cox Fishkill 845.231.5600 Surgery-Body, CoolSculpting, Pinnacle Behavioral Health Barbara Chatr-Aryamontri 845.231.5600 Vassar Brothers Medical Abdominoplasty Albany Medical Associates of the Vassar Brothers Medical Center Center, MidHudson Regional 518.689.0244, ext. 10 Hudson Valley Telemedicine Hospital Sanjiv Kayastha Psychotherapy, Kingston Pain Management, K Plastic Surgery Psychopharmacology, Forensic 845.338.7140 Valerie Sprenz Telemedicine Latham Psychiatry HealthAlliance Hospital: Mary’s CareMount Medical 518.346.0002 Avenue Campus, Northern Lake Katrine Michael D. Robinson Ellis Hospital Michael I. Levy Dutchess Hospital 845.481.7804 Northeast Orthopaedics & Highland Medical Psychiatry Sleep Disorders/Apnea, Vassar Brothers Medical Sports Medicine Joshua A. King Nyack Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Center, Northern Dutchess Airmont Albany Plastic Surgeons 845.348.2116 Lung Disease (COPD), Hospital 845.356.2900 Albany Montefiore Nyack Hospital Emphysema Asthma, Adolescent Medicine, Good Samaritan Hospital, 518.438.1434 Psychopharmacology, Telemedicine Montefiore Nyack Hospital Albany Memorial Hospital Geriatric Psychiatry, Anxiety & Steven Grundfast Pain-Neuropathic, Pain-Back & Cosmetic Surgery, Hand Surgery, Depression Crystal Run Healthcare James A. Sulzer Neck, Electrodiagnosis, Pain- Minimally Invasive Surgery The Children’s Medical Group Interventional Techniques Fishkill Karoline S. Nowillo Pulmonary Disease 845.452.1700 Jonathan A. Rudnick CareMount Medical How will COVID-19 affect Vassar Brothers Medical Center Crystal Run Healthcare Poughkeepsie the future of medicine Middletown 845.471.3111 and your specialty? Stefan A. Swicker 845.703.6999 Vassar Brothers Medical “I think it will affect changes in our St. Peter’s Internal Medicine & Garnet Health Medical Center, Center, MidHudson Regional society in a positive way. We might even Pediatrics St. Anthony Community Hospital see cold and flu seasons be minimized with Albany Hospital Breast Cosmetic & less time out of work[places] and school than in 518.618.1100 Sports Injuries, Pain Reconstructive Surgery, Body the past because of the incorporation of preventative St. Peter’s Hospital - Albany Management, Sports Injuries, Contouring after Weight measures we have been using to avoid getting COVID-19. Preventive Medicine, Obesity, Pain Management Loss, Facial Rejuvenation, Additionally, we may be able to continue to see patients Nutrition Rhinoplasty remotely with telehealth as we have seen what positive PLASTIC SURGERY impact on healthcare this tool has had because of this pandemic.” —Geoffrey E. Hulse, MD Traci A. Toll-Griffin Lucie Capek Ashit Patel CareMount Medical Latham Albany Med Plastic and Brewster 518.765.8405 Reconstructive Surgery 845.278.7000 Ellis Hospital, St. Peter’s Albany Olanrewaju (Lanre) Somorin Middletown Northern Westchester Hospital Hospital - Albany 518.262.2229 Exodus Health 845.703.6999 Telemedicine Liposuction & Body Contouring, Albany Medical Center Monroe Garnet Health Medical Center, Fillers & Injectables 845.837.1635 Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Gary B. Wenick Alain Polynice Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital CareMount Medical Jerome D. Chao Williams Center for Plastic Hospital Chronic Obstructive Lung Brewster Chao Plastic Surgery Surgery Addiction/Substance Abuse Disease (COPD), Sleep 845.279.2323 Latham Latham Disorders/Apnea, Smoking Danbury Hospital, Northern 518.203.2582 518.786.7000 Yelena Yermak Cessation Westchester Hospital Saratoga Hospital, Ellis Albany Medical Center, St. Nuvance Health Medical Pediatric Endocrinology, Hospital Peter’s Hospital - Albany Practice Leon Harris Telemedicine Liposuction & Body Burns-Reconstructive Plastic Carmel Rockland Pulmonary & Medical Contouring, Blepharoplasty, Surgery, Breast Reconstruction 845.278.5582 Associates PHYSICAL MEDICINE & Abdominoplasty, Hair & Augmentation, Liposuction & Putnam Hospital Center West Nyack REHABILITATION Restoration/Transplant Body Contouring Anxiety Disorders, Depression, 845.353.5600 Thomas J. Booker Telemedicine Good Samaritan Hospital Crystal Run Healthcare Francis Joseph Cullen Malcolm Z. Roth Middletown Albany Albany Med Plastic and

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Geoffrey E. Hulse St. Peter’s Hospital - Albany, Brachytherapy, Prostate Sleep Medicine Crystal Run Healthcare Samaritan Hospital Cancer, Breast Cancer What has been the most Middletown Sleep Disorders 845.703.6999 Camilo G. Torres exciting development in Garnet Health Medical Center, RADIATION ONCOLOGY Nuvance Health Medical medicine in recent years? “To be honest, despite being one of the Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Arvin J. Adler Practice most challenging times in our professional life Hospital Advanced Radiation Centers of Poughkeepsie as healthcare workers, I am very proud of what our Lung Cancer, Critical Care, New York 845.483.6226 organization (Garnet Health Doctors) was able to do Occupational Lung Disease, West Nyack Vassar Brothers Medical during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Asthma 845.517.1720 Center, Northern Dutchess York. 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I am so proud to have been Interstitial Lung Disease Advanced Radiation Oncology 845.765.0125 one of them during this humbling experience.” Services Northern Westchester Hospital, — Samer El Zarif, MD Boris I. Medarov Nyack Vassar Brothers Medical Albany Med Pulmonary and 845.727.0828 Center Critical Care Medicine Montefiore Nyack Hospital Infertility, Miscarriage- Bella Fradlis Good Samaritan Hospital Albany Prostate Cancer, Intensity Recurrent, Endometriosis Garnet Health Doctors Autoimmune Disease, Lupus/ 518.262.5196 Modulated Radiotherapy Middletown SLE, Sjogren’s Syndrome, Albany Medical Center (IMRT), Lung Cancer, Breast RHEUMATOLOGY 845.333.7575 Psoriatic Arthritis Pulmonary Hypertension, Sleep Cancer Farah M. Ashraf Garnet Health Medical Center Disorders/Apnea Premier Medical Group Arthritis, Lupus/SLE, SLEEP MEDICINE Dimitrios P. Papadopoulos Poughkeepsie Rheumatoid Arthritis, Vasculitis Anita Bhola Stephen Menitove Nuvance Health Medical 845.454.9500 Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Rockland Pulmonary & Medical Practice Musculoskeletal Disorders, Dorota L. Hausner-Sypek Center for Sleep Medicine Associates Poughkeepsie Autoimmune Disease The Center for Rheumatology Cornwall West Nyack 845.431.5645 Albany 845.458.4899 845.353.5600 Vassar Brothers Medical Mark J. Bele 518.489.4471 Montefiore Nyack Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital Center, Putnam Hospital Center Crystal Run Healthcare Albany Memorial Hospital, St. Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Middletown Peter’s Hospital - Albany Hospital Asaf Savir Sarada M. Reddy 845.703.6999 Fibromyalgia, Lupus/SLE, Sleep Disorders/Apnea, Sleep & CareMount Medical St. Peter’s Radiation Oncology Garnet Health Medical Center Rheumatoid Arthritis Snoring Disorders, Narcolepsy, Carmel Troy Rheumatoid Arthritis, Insomnia 845.279.2000 518.271.3775 Scleroderma, Lupus/SLE Ronen Marmur Putnam Hospital Center Samaritan Hospital CareMount Medical Samer El Zarif Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Brachytherapy, Stereotactic Suleman Bhana Brewster Garnet Health Doctors Lung Disease (COPD), Lung Radiosurgery, Intensity Crystal Run Healthcare 845.278.7000 Middletown Cancer-Early Detection, Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) Middletown Northern Westchester Hospital, 845.333.7575 Telemedicine 845.703.6999 Putnam Hospital Center Garnet Health Medical Center, John Rescigno Garnet Health Medical Center Psoriatic Arthritis, Gout, Lupus/ Garnet Health Medical Center Thomas C. Smith Advanced Radiation Centers of Rheumatoid Arthritis, Gout, SLE, Rheumatoid Arthritis – Catskills Albany Med Pulmonary and New York Spondyloarthritis, Psoriatic Sleep Disorders/Apnea Critical Care Medicine Suffern Arthritis Matthew H. Ornstein Albany 845.368.5185 CareMount Medical SPORTS MEDICINE 518.262.5196 Good Samaritan Hospital, Ludovico Frank Cavaliere Carmel Richard L. Popowitz Albany Medical Center Mount Sinai Hospital The Center for Rheumatology 845.279.2000 Northeast Orthopaedics & Critical Care, Bronchiectasis, Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Albany Putnam Hospital Center, Sports Medicine Asbestos-related Lung Disease, Lung Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer 518.489.4471 Northern Westchester Hospital Nanuet Chronic Obstructive Lung St. Peter’s Hospital - Albany, Arthritis, Musculoskeletal 845.425.0555 Disease (COPD) Duncan E. Savage Albany Medical Center Ultrasound, Telemedicine Montefiore Nyack Hospital, St Peter’s Radiation Oncology Rheumatoid Arthritis, Good Samaritan Hospital Shobharani Sundaram Albany Lupus/SLE, Fibromyalgia, Shivani Purohit Mehta Sports Injuries, Knee Surgery, Pulmonary & Critical Care 518.525.1404 Osteoarthritis Rockland Orthopaedics & Shoulder Surgery Services St. Peter’s Hospital - Albany Sports Medicine Troy Intensity Modulated Airmont

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SURGERY Center, Putnam 845.354.5000 Surgery Montefiore Nyack Hospital, David J. Conti What preventative care Hospital Center Albany Med Transplant Surgery Thoracic Cancers, Good Samaritan Hospital Albany should patients be sure not Minimally Invasive Kidney Stones, Prostate Cancer, 518.262.5614 to skip during the COVID-19 Surgery, Lung Cancer, Prostate Benign Disease (BPH), Albany Medical Center pandemic? Mediastinal Tumors Voiding Dysfunction Transplant-Pancreas, “Cardiovascular disease and cancer are the greatest threats to adult health. While some cancer screenings Transplant-Kidney, Dialysis Cleveland W. Lewis Jr. Thomas Grimaldi were delayed during the pandemic, it’s imperative for Access, Transplant Immunology Garnet Health Doctors CareMount Medical patients to schedule their annual screenings, such as Middletown Carmel mammograms and colonoscopies. These screenings are 845.790.8937 Lee S. 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Rojas Carroll Regional Hospital Albany Cardiothoracic 845.333.7575 Highland Surgical Associates CareMount Medical Breast Surgery, Breast Cancer Surgeons Garnet Health Medical Center, West Nyack Carmel Albany Garnet Health Medical Center 845.535.3362 845.279.2000 Wayne M. Weiss 518.525.2525 – Catskills Montefiore Nyack Hospital Putnam Hospital Center Tri-State Bariatrics St. Peter’s Hospital - Albany Kidney Stones, Prostate Benign Breast Surgery, Hernia, Breast Surgery, Breast Cancer, Middletown Vascular Surgery, Coronary Disease (BPH), Incontinence, Gastrointestinal Surgery, Breast Disease, Breast Cancer- 845.692.8780 Artery Surgery, Heart Valve Urologic Cancer Laparoscopic Surgery High Risk Women Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Surgery-Aortic Hospital, Good Samaritan Daniel M. Katz Andrew L. Isenberg Steven Charles Stain Hospital UROLOGY Premier Medical Group Community Care General Albany Med General Surgery Bariatric/Obesity Surgery, Mark Chang Poughkeepsie Surgery Albany Laparoscopic Surgery, Advanced Urology Centers of 845.437.5000 Latham 518.262.0940 Endoscopy New York Vassar Brothers Medical 518.783.3110 Albany Medical Center West Nyack Center, MidHudson Regional St. Peter’s Hospital - Albany Hepatobiliary Cancer, THORACIC & CARDIAC 845.354.5000 Hospital Laparoscopic Surgery Hepatobiliary Surgery, SURGERY Montefiore Nyack Hospital, Urology-Female, Incontinence, Pancreatic Surgery, Pancreatic Faiz Y. Bhora Good Samaritan Hospital Pelvic Organ Prolapse Repair, Peter H. Kwon Jr. Cancer Nuvance Health Medical Laparoscopic Surgery, Sexual Dysfunction Tri-State Bariatrics Practice Telemedicine Middletown Ryan Z. Swan Poughkeepsie Michael Perrotti 845.692.8780 Nuvance Health Medical 845.483.6920 Laura A. Chang Kit Albany Urologic Oncology Bon Secours Community Practice Vassar Brothers Medical Albany Med Urology Albany Hospital Poughkeepsie Center Albany 518.438.5300 Bariatric/Obesity Surgery, 845.483.6920 Lung Cancer, Tracheal Surgery, 518.262.3341 St. Peter’s Hospital - Albany, Laparoscopic Surgery Vassar Brothers Medical Esophageal Surgery, Robotic Albany Medical Center Urologic Cancer, Minimally Center, Northern Dutchess Surgery Urology-Female, Incontinence- Invasive Surgery, Bladder Ankesh Nigam Hospital Male & Female, Pelvic Organ Cancer, Prostate Cancer/ Albany Med Surgical Oncology Liver Surgery, Liver Cancer, Lewis W. Britton Prolapse Repair, Reconstructive Robotic Surgery Albany Pancreatic Cancer, Minimally Albany Med Cardiac Surgery Surgery 518.262.0940 Invasive Surgery Albany Paul K. Pietrow Albany Medical Center 518.262.9777 Mitchell C. Fraiman Premier Medical Group Pancreatic Cancer, Liver Guillermo Uy Albany Medical Center Bon Secours Urology Poughkeepsie Tumors, Gastrointestinal Crystal Run Healthcare Coronary Artery Surgery, Suffern 845.437.5000 Surgery, Hepatobiliary Surgery Middletown Minimally Invasive Heart Valve 845.777.3569 Vassar Brothers Medical 845.703.6999 Surgery, Aortic Surgery- Good Samaritan Hospital Center, MidHudson Regional James R. Nitzkorski Garnet Health Medical Center, Complex Prostate Cancer, Prostate Hospital Nuvance Health Medical St. Anthony Community Benign Disease (BPH), Kidney Kidney Stones, Kidney Cancer, Practice Hospital Cliff P. Connery Cancer, Kidney Stones Urologic Cancer, Minimally Poughkeepsie Thyroid & Parathyroid Surgery, Nuvance Health Medical Invasive Surgery 845.483.6920 Laparoscopic Surgery Practice John G. Giella Vassar Brothers Medical Poughkeepsie Advanced Urology Centers of Center, Putnam Hospital Center Zoe A. Weinstein 845.483.6920 New York

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