Westchester County Newsmakers 8.12.13

Medical group teams with PR Agency

Amari Medical which specializes in medical weight loss, bio-identical hormones, the latest nonsurgical body sculpting treatments, Botox and facial fillers, has engaged 5W public relations as its agency of record. Amari Medical was founded by Chief Medical Officer J Shah, a double board-certified international expert in obesity and hormonal imbalance, with more than 40 years of medical experience, Shah focuses his practice on disease prevention and health optimization. He specializes in anti-aging and weight-loss medicine and is a national authority on mesotherapy. He completed his medical training in 1978 from Misericordia Medical Center (now Montefiore Medical Center).

Shah and his staff provide treatments with state-of-the-art, technology and techniques in Scarsdale.

Business Banking Team Leader promoted

Alicia Brockway was promoted to vice president and business banking team leader for Rockland and Westchester County regions of M&T Bank. Brockway brings 23 years of experience to her new role. She previously served as business banking relationship manager for the Mohawk Valley region. Brockway will be responsible for leading and managing a group of six business banking relationship managers.

She received a Bachelor of Science degree in organizational management from Keuka College. While working in the Mohawk Valley region, Brockway was involved in several organizations, including board member positions with The United Way of the Valley and Greater Utica Area, Leadership Mohawk Valley and Herkimer BOCES. She also was co-chairperson for The United Way of the Valley and Greater Utica Area”™s 2012 campaign.

DeCicco Family Markets food festival

Three Dogs Bakery, based in Briarcliff Manor, offered gluten-free dessert samples to shoppers at DeCicco Family Markets”™ second annual Food Festival held at its Brewster location July 27. Cross River-based Treat Frozen Yogurt provided samples of several flavors of frozen yogurt, Mamaroneck-based Plaza Sweets provided a variety of delicious dessert samples for shoppers and Rye Brook-based 12NtM provided samples of its chef-designed sparkling beverages.

The all-day food festival celebrated the best in local fare, featuring more than 50 vendors of produce, grocery, dairy, frozen goods, meat, cheese and beers.

Night and Day

Night and Day Sleep Services”™, a division of ENT and Allergy Associates L.L.P.,   Sleep Lab in Garden City recently received program accreditation from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), signifying  that Night and Day has fulfilled all the standards required for sleep disorders center designation. ENT and Allergy has more than 140 physicians in 40 office locations in Westchester, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess, Rockland, Nassau and Suffolk counties, New York City, Long Island and northern and central New Jersey.

The Garden City Sleep Lab, which opened in 2011 and is operational six nights a week, is a four- bed state-of-the-art facility located at 901 Stewart Ave, Garden City.

Gastroenterologist Joins White Plains Hospital

Seth Gendler, M.D. a gastroenterologist with a practice in New Rochelle, has joined White Plains Hospital Physician Associates, a division of the hospital aligning physicians with hospital services

Gendler received his medical degree from Rush Medical College in Chicago and went on to complete his residency and fellowship at St. Luke”™s Roosevelt Hospital in New York City. After fellowship, Gendler spent one year studying therapeutic biliary endoscopy at the University of Brussels in Belgium. He specializes in digestive diseases and pancreatic/biliary endoscopy (ERCP) and has performed more than 17,000 endoscopies in his 25-year career.

He is board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology and has served as the chief of the division of gastroenterology at Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester since 1992, where he also held the title of director of the division of gastroenterology fellowship program.

Gendler is an associate professor of clinical medicine at the New York Medical College/Westchester Medical Center and is also an active member of the faculty at New York Medical College, where he teaches second-year medical students and where he has twice been selected as Teacher of the Year by the medical residents.

M&T adds to Westchester team

James Pfeifer has been named vice president and business banking relationship manager for the northern Westchester region by M&T Bank. Pfeifer comes to M&T Bank from First Niagara Bank, where he served as a vice president and regional small business banker.

Pfeifer will be responsible for strengthening existing business-client relationships while fostering the growth of new business clients. He will also evaluate credit information and requests.

Pfeifer received a Bachelor of Arts degree in accounting and finance from Pace University. He currently serves as a member of The Greater Mahopac Carmel Chamber of Commerce, as well as the Putnam County Chambers of Commerce. Pfeifer was also a committee member for the 2013 Shop Putnam Business & Home Expo, a recent volunteer for SCORE Putnam and was recognized in Putnam County Chambers of Commerce”™s 40 Under 40 awards.

Hospital”™s Chief Residents named

Sound Shore Medical Center (SSMC) Department of Medicine announced its medical residency program selection of chief residents for the 2013-2014 academic year. They are Resmi Premji and Marie Lamsen, who will serve as co-chief residents.

Lamsen and Premji will oversee the activities of the residents of the internal medicine and transitional training programs, which include planning resident schedules, in compliance with the American Board of Internal Medicine Guidelines; meeting educational goals; organizing educational conferences; and actively participating in the supervision of medical and transitional residents in both inpatient and outpatient settings.  In addition, they will serve as departmental representatives at various professional organizations, including the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine.

SSMC Director of Medicine Stephen Jesmajian, MD said, “Our internal medicine residency program has two exceptional doctors serving as co-chiefs for the 2013-14 academic year.  Both Drs. Lamsen and Premji are well qualified to perform the duties of this important position.”

Lamsen received her Bachelor of Science degree in medical technology, cum laude, from St. Louis University in the Philippines before earning her medical degree from the Saint Louis University School of Medicine as a Nellie Kellog Van Shaick Scholar.

Premji received her medical degree from Amrita School of Medicine in Kochi, India, before pursuing a research assistantship at St. Luke”™s Roosevelt Hospital, where her focus was risk and medical management of cardiac inpatients.

Hospital”™s Diabetes Self-Management Education Program wins again

Sound Shore Medical Center (SSMC) has received continued certification for its diabetes self-management education program from the American Diabetes Association (ADA), a distinction held by SSMC since January 1995.  SSMC”™s award-winning program qualified for the maximum four-year renewal assuring the public that it has met the National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education and that the program provides health care professionals with expertise in providing state-of-the-art information about diabetes management.

Sound Shore Medical Center”™s Diabetes Education Program, with the invaluable support of the SSMC Diabetes Advisory Committee, represents the cornerstone of its newly opened Jacee Lynn Cappelli Diabetes Center, featuring the Elaine and Melvin Merians Education and Conference Center.  This state-of-the-art comprehensive diabetes center ”“ treating and educating individuals with juvenile and adult diabetes all under one roof ”“ is the only one of its kind in Westchester.  The center provides juvenile and adult endocrinologists as well as certified diabetes educators for both groups.

New name reflects growth 

Leslie Tayne, a financial attorney at the debt management/resolution law firm, The Law Office Of Leslie H. Tayne P.C., with locations in Mount Kisco and White Plains, has changed its name to Tayne Law Group P.C., effective Aug.1. Tayne says the new name reflects the company”™s continual growth and efforts to strengthen its personal brand and marketing.

“As a businesswoman, I am always looking for ways to streamline and enhance our company”™s image and brand as we continue to expand and grow,” explained Tayne. “After more than 10 years in business, I felt now was the right time to give our company name a facelift. It is my hope that in making our company name a bit shorter and simpler, our firm will be that much easier for clients and prospects to remember, contact and utilize.”

In addition to revamping the company”™s moniker, the firm has also redesigned its company logo and changed its website url.

For more information, call (631) 470-8204 or visit TayneLaw.com.

WESTMED adds to radiology team

Dr. Lawrence I. Gold, of Katonah, has joined WESTMED Medical Group, a Purchase-based multispecialty medical practice. Most recently, he was a radiologist with Northeast Radiology in Brewster. Gold received his medical degree at New York Medical College. He completed his residency and a fellowship in body imaging ”“ CT/MR/US at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset.