Montefiore Nyack Hospital recently presented Pfizer”™s Research and Development Center in Pearl River with a plaque recognizing its team”™s expertise and heroic efforts for developing in record-breaking speed the Covid-19 vaccine that has saved and will continue to save countless lives worldwide.
The hospital”™s medical staff presented honorary membership to five employees selected by Pfizer to represent its team of more than 800 members. The honorary members include Adriana M. Cahill, M.S.; Philip R. Dormitzer, M.D., Ph.D.; Arman M. Fardanesh, M.S., MBA; Keri Swanson, Ph.D.; and Desiree Villaraza, who were presented with a personalized Montefiore Nyack Hospital lab coat. The Pfizer Pearl River team was also given a proclamation from New York state Sen. Elijah Reichlin-Melnick and a citation from New York state Assemblyman Mike Lawler.
“The positive difference the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine has made in the lives of so many is immeasurable. The efficacy of the vaccine has exceeded all expectations,” said Mark E. Geller, president and CEO of Montefiore Nyack Hospital. “Seeing the pandemic come full circle from the toughest times to the present, where we are administering vaccines and getting back to life as we once knew it, has been a deeply humbling and extraordinary experience.”
