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Medical Staff News
Newsletter for the Medical Staff of Greenwich Hospital | October 2020
Chief Medical Offcer
Karen Santucci, MD From the desk of the CMO
Medical Staff Offcers New Beginnings
Chief of Staff
Felice R. Zwas, MD Karen Santucci, MD, Chief Medical Ofcer
Assistant Chief of Staff I started in the role of CMO on September 1. I have met many of
Mark Chrostowski, MD you and hope to meet all of you very soon. I would like to extend a
heartfelt thank you to Dr. Spike Lipschutz for all of his assistance
Secretary during the transition.
Erez Salik, MD
Being new is pretty exciting for many reasons, and for the purpose of this newsletter I will
Treasurer share one. When I round on the foors at the hospital (yes, even the lower level) it is a bit
Paul B. Sygall, MD like being a secret shopper. No one knows who I am, so I get to round on the foors and at
the ambulatory sites having a wonderful opportunity to recognize folks for all their hard
Medical Executive Committee work, but also to remind everyone that we have to be vigilant about wearing our masks
Chair appropriately and social distancing especially while on much-deserved breaks. Please be
Michael S. Canter, MD careful when eating and drinking to keep at least six feet between you and your colleague.
Te number of hospital-acquired COVID19 infections are increasing dramatically across
Herbert M. Archer, MD
our health system. When contact tracing is performed, cafeterias and break rooms seem
Patricia T. Calayag, MD
Anna Cerra, DNP, MSN, MS
to be the “hot spots.” Chairs have been removed (not Department Chairs!) from tables to
Mark Chrostowski, MD limit seating to help to keep YOU safe and limit the potential spread of the virus. Please
Christopher M. Davison, MD resist the urge to move the few remaining chairs close together. Tank you for your
Christopher P. Fey, MD vigilance – it seems we are in this battle for the long haul.
Joseph D. Flynn, MD
Steven J. Glasser, MD
Again, I look forward to meeting those of you who I have not had the opportunity to meet
Steven E. Hindman, MD just yet. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me with comments, questions or concerns.
Christopher Howes, MD
Tank you.
Neda Khaghan, MD
Spike Lipschutz, MD
Romelle Maloney, MD
Bruce A. McGibbon, MD Cures Act and transparency of clinical data to patients
Philip J. McWhorter, MD
Athanassios Petrotos, MD Starting Nov. 2, 2020, new federal rules require YNHHS to release all clinical notes and all
Kisha Mitchell Richards, MD lab, diagnostic imaging, pathology and genetics results in Epic to patients via MyChart.
Norman G. Roth
Erez Salik, MD Te 21st Century Cures Act was designed to promote interoperability between electronic
Steven Schiz, MD health records to ease patient access to healthcare data. Our Medical Information Ofcers
Paul B. Sygall, MD and ITS have been working to implement workfows to meet these legal requirements. Some
Alfonso Tagliavia, MD of the changes will be invisible to clinicians, but others, especially the transparency of notes,
Felice R. Zwas, MD
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may require some workfow changes, and conversations Other vaccination options
between providers and patients regarding how to manage
this transparency. You may also receive your fu shot from:
– Your primary care provider. Vaccinations must be
Several organizations are already fully compliant with the received on or afer August 1, 2020.
Cures Act. Despite initial trepidation, their experience
has been positive and there is no evidence that patients’ – A participating pharmacy in the CVS Caremark
increased access to their data adds to front-line clinical vaccination network if you are enrolled in a YNHHS
workload. Nevertheless, these changes represent a cultural medical plan.
shif for our patients and practices. As such, our ITS – A participating CVS Minute Clinic if you are enrolled
clinical leaders, Patient Experience leadership team, and in the Lawrence + Memorial medical plan.
Marketing and Communications teams have been working
YNHHS-employed physicians who choose to receive the
to communicate that patients will be able to view results
fu vaccination from any of these sources must attest to
immediately, in some cases before their clinicians have
allowing your vaccination record to be transferred to
reviewed them. Te experience of practices that have
Yale New Haven Health by visiting Employee Self Service
already adopted these changes is that patients are more
(accessible through Infor) and select Health, then Flu
proactive and feel more in control of their health.
Consent/Scheduling from the top of the page and agreeing
Additional information will be shared in the coming to the Epic Flu Consent. You may then log out.
weeks via email, marketing materials, Epic screens and our
Non-YNHHS employed physicians will not be able to access
clinical workstations to help inform everyone afected by
this portal and will need to provide documentation or attest
these changes. In the interim, send specifc questions to
via a survey that will be distributed afer Dec. 15.
nitu.kashyap@ynhh.org or allen.hsiao@yale.edu.
Mandatory fu vaccination Pain Management services expand
program underway In addition to the interventional and cancer pain
services currently ofered, the Greenwich Hospital
To help protect patients and the community, YNHHS has Pain Management Team has re-started its chronic pain
implemented the mandatory fu vaccination program for management service. Tis service, previously provided by
the medical stafs at each health system hospital, including Steven Bennett, DO, is now available for both inpatient
physicians afliated through Northeast Medical Group and outpatient settings. Please call 203-863-3579 to
and Yale Medicine. Te deadline for all fu vaccinations is schedule a visit for a patient.
December 15, 2020.
Members of the medical staf can receive the fu vaccine,
free of charge, by appointment at multiple locations GH offers interventional oncology, the
across the health system. Given current social distancing
requirements, members of the medical staf must schedule
fourth pillar of modern cancer care
an appointment for their fu vaccination. Te Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center in Greenwich
How to schedule an appointment at a nearby location has expanded its arsenal of tools to fght cancer with
the addition of interventional oncology, which is ofen
YNHHS-employed members of the medical staf (including called the fourth pillar of modern cancer care along
Northeast Medical Group): with medical oncology, radiation oncology and surgical
oncology. Interventional oncology is a rapidly growing
Make your appointment online: Go to Employee Self
feld that uses minimally invasive, targeted procedures to
Service (accessible through Infor) and select Health, then
deliver treatment directly to the tumor, while sparing the
Flu Consent/Scheduling from the top of the page.
surrounding healthy tissue. Interventional oncologists
All other Licensed Independent Providers (including Yale perform these procedures guided by images produced by
Medicine), visit: Fluvaccination.YNHH.org or ultrasound, CT scans and real-time X-rays.
ynhhs.org/GetVaccinated to schedule your vaccination. Continued on page 3
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For example, Y90 radioembolization is an efective register as donors. Greenwich Hospital was one of 1,700
outpatient treatment for liver cancer that targets tumors organizations to participate in the 2020 campaign. Tis
with a high dose of radiation while sparing healthy tissue. year’s campaign added more than 59,000 registrations
Y90 refers to the radioactive isotope Yttrium-90, which is to state registries. For information on how to become an
attached to tiny particles that deposit radiation directly organ donor, visit www.ynhh.org/organdonation.
into tumors via catheters. Tese are inserted through
a tiny nick in the skin with less discomfort and side
efects than many alternative therapies. Y90 treatment
can be used in combination with traditional treatments,
Deadline approaching to participate in
including surgery, chemotherapy and immunotherapy. Annual Wellness Survey
Another procedure, known as transarterial Physicians and advanced practice providers across Yale
chemoembolization (TACE), is a minimally invasive New Haven Health and Yale School of Medicine have until
procedure to restrict a tumor’s blood supply. Small Tuesday, Oct. 27 to participate in the annual wellness
particles coated with chemotherapy drugs are injected survey, “Engage and Empower, Belong and Believe.”
selectively through a catheter into an artery directly
Designed to help identify issues of stress and burnout
supplying the tumor, while high doses of chemotherapy
experienced among caregivers, especially during the
remain in the tumor.
COVID-19 pandemic, the survey is for physicians,
advanced practice providers, fellows and residents,
including academic, employed, community private practice,
medical faculty and staf.
Participants can access the brief, online, confdential
survey from an email sent by Kristine Olson, MD, chief
wellness ofcer, Yale New Haven Hospital, via surveys@
sullivanluallingroup.com.
Addiction Recovery Center marks a
milestone with a virtual open house
Benjamin May, MD, interventional oncologist, uses real-time X-ray In recognition of its 40th anniversary, Greenwich Hospital’s
fuoroscopy during a Y90 radioembolization
Addiction Recovery Center (ARC) will host a virtual
open house for physicians, social workers, psychiatrists,
psychologists and other mental health providers. Te event
Greenwich Hospital recognized for will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 11 at noon and again at
promoting organ, eye and tissue donation 4:30 pm. It will include information on the population that
ARC serves, services provided, telehealth opportunities
Greenwich Hospital has earned platinum-level recognition and a Q&A. Look for an invitation with the Zoom link and
for participation in the Workplace Partnership for Life registration information that will be distributed soon.
(WPFL) Hospital Organ Donation Campaign, which aims
to increase organ, eye and tissue donor registrations.
Te WPFL is a national initiative that unites the U.S. Newsletter submissions
Department of Health and Human Services, Health
Resources and Services Administration and the organ Deadline for submission of content for the November
donation community with workplaces nationwide. GH 2020 issue of Medical Staf News is Monday, Nov. 2. Please
was recognized for educating staf, patients, visitors submit items for consideration to Karen Santucci, MD, at
and communities about the critical need for organ, Karen.Santucci@greenwichhospital.org or Myra Stanley,
eye, and tissue donation, and ofering opportunities to Yale New Haven Health at 203-688-1531 or
myra.stanley@ynhh.org.
3Medical Staff Changes (August – September 2020)
Appointees
Todd Anderson, MD Meredith Pesce, MD
(Pathology) (Pediatrics – Cardiology)
Greenwich Hospital – Pathology Department Pediatric Specialty Center
5 Perryridge Road 500 West Putnam Ave.
Greenwich, CT 06830 Greenwich, CT 06830
Phone: 203-863-3532 Phone: 203-785 -4081
Fax: 203-863-3846 Fax: 203-737-7635
Aydin Arici, MD Christina Schubert, PA
(Obstetrics/Gynecology) (Obstetrics/Gynecology)
Greenwich Fertility WESTMED Medical Group
55 Holly Hill Lane 1 Theall Road
Greenwich, CT 06830 Rye, NY 10580
Phone: 203-863-2990 Phone: 914-848 -8800
Fax: 203-863-2980 Fax: 914-848 -8801
Eleanore Black, MD David Shapiro, MD
(Medicine) (Anesthesiology)
Greenwich Hospital Greenwich Anesthesiology Associates, PC
5 Perryridge Road 5 Perryridge Road
Greenwich, CT 06830 Greenwich, CT 06830
Phone: 203-863-3923 Phone: 203-863-3376
Fax: 203-863-3924 Fax: 203-863-3391
Mary Chandy, MD Nancy Velasco, APRN
(Medicine) (Neurosurgery)
Northeast Medical Group Family Medicine Yale Medicine Neurosurgery
90 South Ridge Road 55 Holly Hill Lane
Rye Brook, NY 10573 Greenwich, CT 06830
Phone: 914-305 -9090 Phone: 203-737-2096
Fax: 914-481-5448 Fax: 203-863-4496
Christine Crana, MD Erol Verter, MD
(Pediatrics – Nephrology) (Ophthalmology)
Pediatric Specialty Center New England Retina Associates
500 West Putnam Ave. 1445 East Putnam Ave.
Greenwich, CT 06830 Old Greenwich, CT 06870
Phone: 203-785 -4081 Phone: 203-698 -8880
Fax: 203-737-7635 Fax: 203- 698-9178
Tamara DiNolfo, MD Tara White, CRNA
(Obstetrics/Gynecology) (Anesthesiology)
Brookside Gynecology Greenwich Anesthesiology Associates
159 West Putnam Ave. 5 Perryridge Road
Greenwich, CT 06830 Greenwich, CT 06830
Phone: 203-869-7080 Phone: 203-863-3390
Fax: 203-869-7034 Fax: 203-863-3391
Kristin Elias, MD
(Radiology) Resignation/Non-Renewal of Privileges
Greenwich Hospital – Radiology Department
5 Perryridge Road Branden Cord, MD (Neurosurgery)
Greenwich, CT 06830 Angelica Garcia, MD (Pediatrics)
Phone: 203-863-3045 Rachele Khadjehturian, APRN (Urology)
Fax: 203-863-4712
Isaac Leader, MD (Medicine)
Avital Ludomirsky, MD Disha Makanji, PA (Orthopaedics)
(Pediatrics – Hospitalist) Hereen Makanji, MD (Orthopaedics)
Greenwich Hospital
5 Perryridge Road Jonah Mandell, DO (Pediatrics)
Greenwich, CT 06830 Elizabeth Odierna, MD (Medicine)
Phone: 203- 688 -5303 Rajat Sekhar, MD (Anesthesiology)
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Change in Status Offce Move
William Brown, MD (Urology) was granted a return from leave of Laura Meyer, MD
absence to the Referring Medical Staff (Obstetrics/Gynecology)
Reproductive Medicine Associates of Connecticut
Loretta Cody, MD (Pediatrics) was granted a leave of absence from
260 Long Ridge Road
the medical staff
Stamford, CT 06902
Phone: 203-595-5455
Fax: 203-595-5460
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