Westchester County Newsmakers, 9.23.13

NEW STATEN ISLAND SITE FOR ENTA

ENT AND ALLERGY ASSOCIATES L.L.P. (ENTA) has embarked on an ambitious expansion of its Staten Island office. In March 2014, the Staten Island office of ENTA will relocate to 1 Teleport Drive from its current address at 1887 Richmond Ave. The new, larger office will include 16 exam rooms, three of them for allergy. The in-house audiology suite will include two audiology booths, an advanced audiology testing room and a hearing aid dispensary. To enhance the range of available services, ENTA also announced that its four-bed sleep lab will be at the new 1 Teleport Drive location, ensuring that the practice maintains comprehensive care at all of its 40 facilities. “When the opportunity to relocate our Staten Island office arose, we leapt at the chance to provide more exam rooms, more technology and further space for growth,” said Dr. Wayne Eisman, ENTA president.

FULL STEAM AHEAD IN BROOKLYN

ENT AND ALLERGY ASSOCIATES L.L.P. (ENTA) headquartered in Tarrytown, confirmed that its brand new 12,000-square-foot clinical site at 1 Pierrepont Plaza in Brooklyn Heights will be opening shortly; construction is scheduled to begin by mid-October.

This development ”“”“ which will allow ENTA, an advanced ear, nose, throat, allergy and audiology medical practice to better serve the communities of Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, downtown Brooklyn, Park Slope, Dumbo, Carroll Gardens, Clinton Hill, Fort Greene and Boerum Hills, ”“”“ is the result of a lease signed with the building”™s landlord, Forest City Pierrepont Inc., as well as the primary tenant, Mount Sinai Hospital. ENTA has an affiliation with Mount Sinai across the practice”™s 40 offices throughout New York and New Jersey particularly for the screening and treatment of diseases of the head, neck and esophagus.

Members of the practice at the site include Ramez Habib, otolaryngologist; Sheldon Palgon, otolaryngologist; Christopher Song, otolaryngologist; Francisca Yao, otolaryngologist; Roheen Raithatha, fellowship trained rhinologist and skull base surgeon; Milo Vassallo, allergist and immunologist; and Sofya Shlafman, audiologist. Tahl Colen, fellowship trained neuro-otologist from the Bay Ridge East office, will see patients on a part-time basis.

ENTA is also recruiting a board-certified, fellowship-trained pediatric otolaryngologist for this location to further bolster the range of services provided.

For more information, visit entandallergy.com.

TWO DOCTORS JOIN WESTMED

DR. GAIL M. DELASHO of Ridgefield, Conn., and DR. JULIANNE MARIE DUNNE of White Plains with offices at 1230 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains, have joined WESTMED Medical Group, a Purchase-based multispecialty medical practice.

DeLasho has been in private practice in White Plains since 2001. In her gynecology- only practice, she sees women of all ages, with a special emphasis on perimenopause and menopause. She is board certified and is a Fellow, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists. After receiving her medical degree from St. George”™s University School of Medicine, DeLasho completed her residency training at Boston City Hospital and an ultrasound fellowship at King”™s College Hospital in London, England. She was previously attending staff at Saint John”™s Episcopal Hospital, where she supervised residents and house physicians. After that, Dr. DeLasho was a staff physician with Kaiser Permanente and served as the OB/GYN department”™s acting chief.

She is affiliated with White Plains Hospital and The Rye Ambulatory Surgery Center.

Dunne is board certified and a Fellow, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She has been in practice in the White Plains area since 1999 and in private practice since 2008. She sees women of all ages in her gynecology-only practice and has a special interest in adolescent gynecology. After completing a pre-med program at Columbia University, she received her medical degree at Cornell University Medical College and went on to do her internship and residency training at The New York Hospital. Dunne is affiliated with White Plains Hospital and The Rye Ambulatory Surgery Center.

CAREERS WELCOMES NEW MEMBER

SUSAN LAUER, principal of Aspire Consulting in Hyde Park, was named to Careers for People with Disabilities Inc. Board of Directors. Located in Valhalla, Careers”™ mission is to insure disabled individuals find sustained, meaningful employment in the communities in which they live. Aspire Consulting offers companies creative, effective ways to meet strategic planning, leadership development and process improvement challenges.

A resident of Briarcliff Manor, Lauer is a member of a number of community organizations, including Ossining Communities that Care, Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce, Affiliate Resource Associates Corp., Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Healthcare Industry Foundation and the American College of Healthcare Executives.

For more information about Careers programs for disabled individuals or employers in need of qualified help, contact the Valhalla office at 741-8500, or the Carmel office at (845) 225-8007 or visit careersforpeoplewithdisabilities.org.

PACE STAFF MEMBER ELEVATED

SOPHIE R. KAUFMAN, DPS, has been appointed to the position of assistant dean for grants and strategic initiatives at Pace University College of Health Professions. Kaufman started at Pace in 2002 as administrative director and in 2011 was appointed to executive director of ALPS (Advancing Leadership, Partnerships and Scholarship) at the College of Health Professions”™ Center of Excellence.

During her time at Pace, Kaufman has facilitated the acquisition of millions of dollars of external grant funding, overseeing endowed student scholarships and other endowed accounts, assisting faculty to seek internal and external grant funding, coordinating the work of graduate assistants, fostering international partnerships for CHP faculty and students and more. During the past few years she also pursued the Doctor of Professional Studies degree at Pace/Lubin, which she received at the May commencement.

SUPER LAWYERS RECOGNIZE PARTNERS

JON A. DORF AND JONATHAN B. NELSON partners at Dorf & Nelson L.L.P., headquartered in Rye, were recognized by “Super Lawyers” for their excellence in the practice of law. They will be included in the list of 2013 New York Metro Super Lawyers.

Managing partner Dorf, was selected for his work in his primary practice area, business and corporate law. Nelson was recognized for his work in the area of business litigation.

A PARTNERSHIP IS LAUNCHED

SOUND SHORE MEDICAL CENTER”™S LUDINGTON ADULT DAY PROGRAM in New Rochelle is partnering with two, local not-for-profits facilitated by Mary Jo Jacobs, a candidate for Westchester County Legislature.

During an August visit to Ludington, Jacobs sought input from her potential constituents about their needs and concerns. In addition to their concerns about emergency preparedness for seniors living alone and transportation to food pantries, the registrants mentioned a renewed need for materials to continue one of their cherished activities, sewing. A group of registrants have several ongoing projects that include making hats for newborns in Sound Shore”™s neonatal intensive care nursery as well as creating patchwork quilts for area homeless shelters. Without material these creative outlets would be lost. Jacobs put her networking skills to work and reached out to Operation Prom and Family Services of Westchester”™s The Sharing Shelf.

With the donation of dresses from Noel D”™Allacco of Operation Prom, eight skirts have already been created and donated back to the community. In addition, the seamstresses at Ludington will be helping Deborah Blatt the coordinator of The Sharing Shelf mend clothing.

UNITED WAY AWARD WINNER

NEW ROCHELLE DAY NURSERY is a 2013 Local Presence Program grant recipient of the United Way of Westchester and Putnam located at 336 Central Park Ave., White Plains. More than $2,000 was awarded following the recommendations of the Sound Shore United Way Local Presence Committee led by Angela Brock-Kyle and attorney Frederick P. Wiener.

These modest grants awarded by United Way”™s Local Presence Program help fund community-based health and human service organizations that do not currently receive United Way funding. Organizations that receive funding share with United Way the fundamental belief that all people deserve a chance at a quality education, enough income to support a family, and opportunities for a healthy lifestyle.

United Way and New Rochelle Day Nursery are aligned in a desire to make sure young children have quality early childhood educational experiences to set the stage for learning.

“The donation that we received from United Way will help the New Rochelle Day Nursery with daily operating expenses, so that we can provide a safe, nurturing and educational environment for the children that we care for,” said Sabrina Delgado, executive director. “In these tough economic times, this grant will allow us to continue operating our nursery.”