Kira A. Geraci-Ciardullo, an allergist and immunologist in private practice in Mamaroneck, was re-elected speaker of the Medical Society of the State of New York at the organization”™s 210th annual House of Delegates meeting this month in Tarrytown. She is only the second woman elected to two terms in the post, according to the medical society.
In private practice for more than 30 years, Geraci-Ciardullo is on staff at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Westchester Medical Center, Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital and White Plains Hospital, where she recently completed a five-year term as chief of allergy. She holds academic positions at both Weill Medical College of Cornell University and New York Medical College.
Geraci-Ciardullo earned her medical degree from the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and received her residency training in pediatrics at New York Hospital, where she then completed a two-year fellowship in allergy/immunology. She earned a master”™s degree in public health from the New York Medical College School of Public Health.
In addition to her work for the state medical society, Geraci-Ciardullo has served as president of the Westchester County Medical Society, the Westchester Academy of Medicine and the Westchester Allergy Society. She has been part of the state medical society”™s American Medical Association delegation for 11 years and serves on the AMA Council on Science and Public Health.
Geraci-Ciardullo”™s husband, plastic surgeon Robert Ciardullo, is also an active member of the Medical Society of the State of New York and served as a delegate to its recent annual meeting in Westchester.