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Chief Academic Officer for NewYork-Presby terian Hospital. She earned both her Master of Applied Science degree in industrial / organizational psychology and her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Waterloo (Canada). Her current research focuses on personalized (N-of-1) trials to identify precise therapies that improve a single patients' symp - toms, conditions or behaviors. Davidson has been the principal investigator of more than 22 federally funded grants and authored over 200 peer reviewed articles. She was recently awarded a Transformative R01 grant to accomplish this vision of re-imagining the process by which therapies are tested in the clinical encounter, which helped identify maximal benefit and minimal harm for each individual patient. For more than 25 years, she has served in leadership roles with diverse teams focused on improving scientific and educational mis - sions. Davidson is joining the Feinstein Institute at a critical time of expansion. Mercy Medical Center, a member of Catholic Health Services, re - cently announced appointments to its Pharmacy Department. Mark Macchia, Pharm D Mark Macchia, PharmD, has been appointed Pharmacy Director at Mercy Medical Center. He is a registered pharmacist with extensive experience in hospital pharmacy administration at various New York facilities, most recently serving as Associate Director of Pharmacy at Mercy. His accom - plishments include improving regulatory compliance, re-engineering medication distribution processes, and implementing new clinical services and pharmacy informa - tion systems. Macchia holds a Master of Business Administration degree from St John's University and a doctorate in pharmacy from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Anne-Marie Kesicier has been named Assistant Director of Pharmacy. She's been at Mercy since 2007 and served as the Manager of Clinical Pharmacy Services since 2010. While at Mercy, she ex - panded the clinical pharmacy services, chaired the Catholic Health Services system-wide Diabetes Management Committee, standard- ized the hospital formulary within the CHS system, developed the smart infusion pump drug library and initiated Mercy's Antimicrobial Stewardship Program. Prior to joining Mercy, Kesicier held various positions at Mount Sinai Medical Center. South Nassau Communities Hospital has appointed Clifford Feiner, DO, FACP, Chief, Division of Geriatric Medicine within the Department of Medicine. Dr. Feiner is Assistant Professor in the Departments of Geriatrics/Palliative Care and Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He served as Founding Chief of the Division of Geriatric Medicine at Queens Hospital Center (QHC). While leading the expansion of South Nassau's geriatric inpatient, outpatient and nursing home services, Dr. Feiner will also be actively involved in the geriatrics component of South Nassau's new internal medicine residency program beginning in July. As Chief of QHC's Geriatric Medicine program, Dr. Feiner spear - headed the reorganization of the hospital's community-based off- site facilities and was instrumental in the planning, development and implementation of a 4,400-square-foot outpatient geriatric clinic. He also established a geriatric medicine curriculum for residents in internal medicine and OB/GYN and medical students. A Fellow in the American College of Physicians and invited speaker at medical seminars throughout the New York metro area, Dr. Feiner has practiced both internal medicine and geriat - rics for 31 years. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Area Geriatrics Society where he organized confer- ences and mentored geriatricians-in-training. Dr. Feiner graduated from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine at the New York Institute of Technology in 1987, completed an internal medicine residency at Long Island College Hospital and trained at the world- renowned Mount Sinai Medical Center geriatrics fellowship training program. In addition to geriatric medicine, Dr. Feiner also specializes in internal medicine. n Clifford Feiner, DO, FACP Anne-Marie Kesicie M D N E W S . C O M /// M D N E W S L O N G I S L A N D ■ 2 019 1 5

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