The Fairfield County Business Journal and the accounting and consulting firm Citrin Cooperman will continue their annual recognition of those in the field of medicine who go beyond the diagnosis and display exemplary dedication to their profession and patients with the 2016 Fairfield County Doctors of Distinction awards on May 3.
The Business Journal, part of the Westfair Communications media family, and Citrin Cooperman have hosted the event for three years in honor of the unsung medical heroes within the community.
“Doctors of Distinction holds a special meaning in the repertoire of Westfair”™s programs because it honors a profession, which can have a profound effect on everyone’s life,” said Dee DelBello, Westfair publisher. “Long the silent heroes within the community, we aim for well-deserved recognition to the doctors who work tirelessly here and abroad to bring good health to all. Congratulations 2016 Doctors of Distinction.”
“Citrin Cooperman is looking forward to the third annual Fairfield County Doctors of Distinction Awards,” said John P. Bryan, partner and co-leader of the firm”™s health care practice. “Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees who embody the highest standard of excellence in the Fairfield County medical community.
Beginning at 5:30 p.m. on May 3 at The Village at Waveny LifeCare Network in New Canaan, the evening will start with hors d”™oeuvres and spirits followed by the formal award ceremony, where 10 winners in seven categories will be honored.
Award recipients include:
- Kyle Bilodeau, a student at Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University, Promise for the Future award;
- Albert DiMeo, St. Vincent”™s MultiSpecialty Group, No Land Too Far award;
- Romelle Maloney, Greenwich Hospital, Female Trailblazer award;
- Noel Robin, Stamford Health, Lifetime Achievement award;
- Zane Saul, Bridgeport Hospital, Caring for All award;
- Paul Sethi, Orthopaedic and Neurosurgery Specialists PC, Cutting Edge award;
- Francis Walsh, The Nathaniel Witherell, Lifetime Achievement award;
- Craig and Linda Werner, NorthEast Medical Group/Endocrine Associates, All in the Family award; and
- Stephen Winter, AmeriCares Free Clinics, Caring for All award.
Award recipients were selected by a panel of judges including Drs. J. David Haddox, vice president of health policy for Purdue Pharma L.P., and an adjunct associate professor in the department of public health and community medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston; Marshal Peris, co-director of spine surgery at the orthopedic and spine institute at Northern Westchester Hospital and vice president of the Westchester County Medical Society, and Kira Geraci-Ciardullo, a board certified allergist who has been in private practice in Rye and Mamaroneck for 30 years and serves on staff at Westchester Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital and Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital in addition to holding academic appointments at both Weill Cornell Medical College and New York Medical College.
The event will benefit the Avielle Foundation, a neuroscience research organization dedicated to ending violence in communities such as the mass shooting in Newtown, which took the lives of 26 children and educators including young Avielle Rose Richman, for whom the foundation is named. Her father and co-founder of the organization, Jeremy Richman, will be the keynote speaker.
Dean Bruce M. Koeppen, of event sponsor Quinnipiac University”™s Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine will open the award ceremony.
“The event is excellent in that it recognizes excellence among physicians and highlights their service to the community,” Koeppen said.
The event is additionally sponsored by Greenwich Hospital and the law offices of Danziger & Markhoff LLP with support from Val”™s Putnam Wines & Liquors.
To register, visit westfaironline.com/doctors.
