WESTMED adds to its roster
WESTMED Medical Group, based in Purchase, has added five providers to its staff:
Ӣ Kalpana Konda, M.D., is a board-certified dermatologist.
Ӣ Susan A. Kaminski, M.D., is a board-certified ophthalmologist.
Ӣ Harry Zemon, M.D., is a board-certified general surgeon with expertise in minimally invasive surgery and all types of hernia repairs.
Ӣ Claudia Quinonez, M.D., is a new hospitalist at White Plains Hospital.
Ӣ Joan Harris, LCSW-R, is a clinical social worker.
Time for financial awareness
WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE FINANCIAL EDUCATION DAY will be held March 22 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Gateway Center on the college”™s main campus. The fourth annual conference features keynote speaker Sharon Epperson, CNBC senior commodities and personal finance correspondent.
Hosted by the college”™s Center for Financial and Economic Education and the WCC Alumni Association, the event offers workshops by some of the Hudson Valley”™s leading financial experts. Partnering with the college to organize this event is the Westchester Financial Education Alliance and the Public Private Partnership for Aging Services of Westchester.
Trustco adds another branch
TRUSTCO BANK has opened a branch at 18 Woods Ridge Road in Katonah. The opening was marked with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at noon Friday, Feb. 21. Trustco Bank is a 5-Star Bauer bank, which was founded in 1902. It has 139 branches in New York, Florida, Massachusetts and Vermont.
Pictured are Trusty, the bank mascot; Jonathan Henry, head teller; Jesse Manginelli, manager; Robert Carlock, assistant manager; and Amy Anderson, regional branch administrator.
MKMG adds three doctors
MOUNT KISCO MEDICAL GROUP in Mount Kisco has added the following physicians to its group:
Ӣ VIVIAN M. SONE, received her M.D. from New York Medical College. She will be practicing at the Fishkill and Cortlandt Manor locations.
Ӣ DANIELLE MCNEIL, received her D.P.M. from the New York College of Podiatric Medicine. She will be practicing in the Mount Kisco Podiatry Department.
Ӣ BENJAMIN A. SPENCER, received his M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University. He will be practicing in the Mount Kisco Urology Department.
Driving school opens
FRESH GREEN LIGHT, a driving school for new teen drivers, opened March 1 at GRAND PRIX NEW YORK in Mount Kisco.
Laura Shuler and co-founder and husband Steve Mochel launched their company in 2009, with the opening of their first Driver Training Center in Rye. They have since opened centers in Greenwich and Darien, Conn.
For more information, visit freshgreenlight.com or call (914) 921-8888.
Call for Hunger Heroes
THE FOOD BANK FOR WESTCHESTER is seeking nominations for the Hunger Heroes Awards Breakfast, which will be held June 5 at the Abigail Kirsch Tappan Hill Mansion in Tarrytown. Nomination applications and guidelines can be downloaded at foodbankforwestchester.org and are due April 1. They are accepted in the following categories:
Ӣ The Volunteer Award: A volunteer or group of volunteers who have provided outstanding service in helping to alleviate hunger in the community.
Ӣ The Service Provider Award: An agency or program that has provided outstanding hunger relief service to its community.
Ӣ The Donor Award: An individual or corporation who has been generous in the fight against hunger in Westchester County.
White Plains Hospital adds staff
White Plains Hospital has added four physicians to its staff.
Ӣ DANILA DELIANA, M.D., is a specialist in internal medicine.
Ӣ AGASTIN MICHAEL, M.D., is board certified in internal medicine with a subspecialty in nephrology.
Ӣ JOSEPH ROGERS, M.D., is a specialist in radiology.
Ӣ TARA VANDERBURG is a physician assistant specializing in orthopedic surgery.
New nursing dean at CNR
DR. H. MICHAEL DREHER has been appointed the new dean for THE COLLEGE OF NEW ROCHELLE SCHOOL OF NURSING.
Dreher, who has worked in the field of nursing for 30 years and at Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions in Philadelphia for the past 17 years, is a graduate of the University of South Carolina. He received his Ph.D. in nursing science from Widener University. Dreher continued as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. At Drexel, he served as associate director of BSN programs and director of MSN programs. As the founding chair of the Doctoral Nursing Department, Dreher developed one of the first Doctor of Nursing Practice programs in the country in 2005. In 2012, he was inducted as a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and for outstanding achievements in the discipline.
