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PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Richard T. Margulis Long Island Community Hospital President and CEO Richard T. Margulis was recently recognized by Long Island Business News (LIBN) as the recipient of their Achievements in Health Care Leadership Award for his outstanding guidance as the community hospital battled through the COVID-19 pandemic. Margulis quickly stood up a COVID-19 task force and spent the next 12 months leading the team in an active daily role to ensure the safety of both patients and staff. His leadership and commitment were evident in the oversight of all aspects of staff safety and patient care, and in making sure the community continued to have access to the care they needed. Still maintaining his COVID-19 task force oversight, he is now enthusiastically overseeing the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine process for LI Community Hospital to further protect his front line heroes and bring the community back to safety. The LIBN Achievements in Health Care Awards aims to recognize excellence, promote innovation and highlight professionals and organizations whose tireless work, contributions and dedication to health ensure the well-being of everyone on Long Island. In selecting Margulis, LIBN recognizes his unwavering determination and resourcefulness along with his compassion for his staff, patients and community. Prior to assuming the role of President and CEO on April 1, 2013, Margulis was the Hospital's Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer. He joined Long Island Community Hospital in 1982 and in 1986, assumed the position of Program Manager of Mental Health and Alcoholism at the South Brookhaven Family Health Centers, and, from 1990 to 1996, as Senior Administrator of the Centers. In 1996, he was named Hospital Vice President of Operations and in 2006, Senior Vice President/Chief Operating Officer. Ziad Ali, MD, DPhil Catholic Health's St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center has appointed Ziad Ali, MD, DPhil, Director of the hospital's DeMatteis Cardiovascular Institute. Prior to joining St. Francis, Dr. Ali was with Columbia University Medical Center, where he served as Director of Intravascular Imaging and Physiology, Director of Cardio-nephrology and Associate Director of Translational Science. Also at Columbia, he served as the Victoria and Esther Aboodi Cardiology Researcher, Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Scholar and Associate Professor of Medicine. In his new role, the Harrison, New York resident will continue to treat patients with cardiovascular disease, practicing general and interventional cardiology at St. Francis Hospital with a focus on patients with chronic kidney disease. He will also lead the hospital's research initiatives as the Director of the DeMatteis Cardiovascular Institute and Director of Investigational Interventional Cardiology. A graduate of The University of Sheffield in Sheffield, England, where he earned with honors and distinction his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, Dr. Ali continued his education at the University of Oxford in England where he received his doctorate. He completed training at several highly regarded medical institutions, including the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, Stanford University in California, Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and the University of Oxford. "Ongoing research is vital to developing new cardiovascular treatment methods that will further enhance care for patients and allow those with heart problems to live longer, healthier lives," says Catholic Health's St. Francis Hospital's Chairman of Cardiology Richard Shlofmitz, MD. "Dr. Ali's expertise will further those efforts here at St. Francis." Michael Sapraicone Michael Sapraicone, the founder and owner of Squad Security, Inc. and a retired NYPD First Grade Detective, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Mount Sinai South Nassau. "Through his efforts as a member of the hospital's Advisory Board, Mike has already made significant contributions to Mount Sinai South Nassau's mission and vision to provide advanced healthcare services to the South Shore," says Joseph J. Fennessy, Chair of Mount Sinai South Nassau's Board of Directors. "His expertise as an entrepreneur and successful business owner and security expert will help us in our strategic planning as we expand services for our communities." The members of Mount Sinai South Nassau's Board of Directors are volunteers who lend their professional, private-sector expertise and experience to provide oversight and give input on the hospital's operations. Including Sapraicone, there are 22 board members, all of whom actively participate in the hospital's capital campaigns and serve on various board committees that provide strategic oversight and direction for the hospital functions, including finance, building projects and development. 1 8

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