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second-largest physician group in the United States. Membership includes more than 137,000 internists, related subspecialists and medical students. Board-certified in both internal medicine and infectious diseases, Dr. Glatt earned a bachelor's degree from Yeshiva University, where he was class valedictorian, and a medical degree from New York's Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. After completing an internship, residency and chief residency in internal medicine at the Brookdale Hospital Medical Center in Brooklyn, he completed a fellowship in infectious diseases at the State University of New York Health Sciences Center in Brooklyn. He is also an ordained rabbi and is the Associate Rabbi at the Young Israel of Woodmere. Edna Kapenhas, MD, of Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, was awarded a fellowship in the American College of Surgeons. Edna Kapenhas, MD, a staff breast surgeon at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, was awarded a fellowship in the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Kapenhas leads the Hospital's Breast Surgical Oncology Program and has been the Medical Director of The Ellen Hermanson Breast Center at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital since its inception in 2009. The Center has grown into a state-of- the-art facility serving the South Fork community for women's and breast health. Dr. Kapenhas attended Queens College and earned her medical degree from State University at Buffalo. She completed her surgical residency training at New York Hospital of Queens, followed by a yearlong clinical fellowship in breast surgery at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center and Beth Israel Medical Center. She is actively involved in clinical research. Luz Fonacier, MD, Head of Allergy at NYU Winthrop Luz Fonacier, MD, Head of Allergy and Allergy Training Program Director at NYU Winthrop Hospital, was elected President of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), a professional medical organization with more than 6,000 allergists-immunologists and allied health professionals. Dr. Fonacier is the fourth female and the first Asian American President of the ACAAI. She is also a Professor of Medicine at NYU Long Island School of Medicine. Dr. Fonacier, a resident of Mineola, New York, previously served as President of the Long Island Allergy Society. Dr. Fonacier is Chair-Elect of the American Board of Allergy and Immunology and serves on the ACAAI Executive Committee, Board of Regents, International Committee and Foundation Board. She completed residencies in dermatology and internal medicine, a fellowship in allergy and immunology in New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, and a fellowship in dermal immunology at New York University Medical Center. Jaime Nieto, MD, appointed Director of Neurosurgery at Long Island Jewish Forest Hills Jaime Nieto, MD, has been appointed Director of Neurosurgery at Long Island Jewish Forest Hills. Dr. Nieto's clinical expertise focuses on the treatment of all spinal disorders, but also includes tumors of the brain and spine, hydrocephalus, cerebral hemorrhages and chiari malformation. Dr. Nieto most recently served as Section Chief of neurologic and spine surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital and as a clinical assistant professor of neurological surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine. Earning his medical degree from SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York, Dr. Nieto went on to earn a Master of Business Administration at the Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management and a Master of Science at the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences. He completed an internship in general surgery at the University of Connecticut and a neurosurgery residency at the University of California, Los Angeles. In addition, Dr. Nieto completed fellowship training in spinal surgery at the Cleveland Clinic. Daniel Polatsch, MD Daniel Polatsch, MD, Co-Founder and Co- Director of the New York Hand and Wrist Center of Lenox Hill, has been appointed President of the New York Society for Surgery of the Hand (NYSSH). In this executive role, Dr. Polatsch will lead the organization's network of 130 members in advancing the practice of hand surgery through research, education and training programs. Before being named President of the NYSSH, Dr. Polatsch held the positions of President Elect, Vice President and Secretary. Dr. Polatsch, who is double-board certified in orthopedic surgery and surgery of the hand, joined Lenox Hill Hospital Northwell Health in 2015 to establish and lead its hand surgery center. He previously served as the Director of the orthopedic hand surgery fellowship program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel. Kevin Shah, MD, received the 2020 Resident Award from the American Academy of Neurological Surgery. Kevin Shah, MD, a neurosurgery resident at North Shore University Hospital, has received the 2020 Resident Award from the American Academy of Neurological Surgery (AAcNS). The AAcNS recognized Dr. Shah for a submitted abstract titled, "Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation (TNS) as a Novel Therapeutic Approach to Vasospasm," co-authored by Dr. Shah and his colleagues at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research and the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. The authors of the abstract are Dr. Shah; Yi-Chen Wu, MS; Keren Powell, BA; Ping Wang, MD; Chunyan Li, PhD; and Raj K. Narayan, MD. n 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 0 21 1 5

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