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PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Harold "Hal" Paz, MD, MS, named Executive Vice President for Health Sciences at Stony Brook University Stony Brook University President Maurie McInnis announced that Harold "Hal" Paz, MD, MS, currently Executive Vice President and Chancellor for Health Affairs at The Ohio State University and Chief Executive Officer of The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, has been named Executive Vice President for Health Sciences at Stony Brook University, effective Oct. 4. Dr. Paz will report to President McInnis and is a member of her senior leadership team. As EVP for Health Sciences, he will work in partnership with academic, hospital and clinical leadership and with community partners to ensure the continued development of a premier academic medical center and health system. As Executive Vice President and Chancellor for Health Affairs at The Ohio State University, where he is a Professor of Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Dr. Paz is responsible for seven health science colleges including more than 20 research institutes and an NCI- designated comprehensive cancer center. He also serves as CEO of The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, a health system that includes seven hospitals, 16 network hospitals, more than 100 outpatient sites, a multispecialty practice, an accountable care organization and a health plan. Currently serving on the National Academy of Medicine's Leadership Consortium and the board of directors of Research!America, Dr. Paz brings nearly 25 years of leadership in health care and academic medicine to Stony Brook University. Prior to joining Ohio State, he was the Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for CVS Health/ Aetna. He was also an adjunct professor of internal medicine at Yale University School of Medicine. Prior to his experience in the private sector, Dr. Paz served as Senior Vice President for Health Affairs, Dean of the College of Medicine at Pennsylvania State University and CEO of the Penn State Hershey Medical Center. Dr. Paz received his bachelor's degree from the University of Rochester, a Master of Science in life science engineering from Tufts University and his medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. He completed his residency at Northwestern University, where he served as Chief Medical Resident. Dr. Paz was a Eudowood Fellow in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins Medical School. In addition, he was a postdoctoral fellow in environmental health science at Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. Dr. Paz succeeds Kenneth Kaushansky, MD, who retired from his position as Senior Vice President of the Health Sciences in June. Frank Schwab, MD Frank Schwab, MD, has been appointed Chair of Orthopedic Surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital, System Chief of Orthopedic Spine Surgery at Northwell Health, and Vice President of Orthopedic Surgery for the health system's western region, which includes Manhattan, Staten Island and Westchester County. Through these roles, Dr. Schwab will drive program development and volume growth efforts across all orthopedic subspecialties, while ensuring exceptional quality and patient experience outcomes. He'll also play a key leadership role in the strategic expansion and enhancement of spine services at Northwell through innovative clinical, digital, academic and research initiatives. Dr. Schwab received his bachelor's degree from Princeton University and earned his medical degree from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. After medical school, he pursued a year-long postdoctoral fellowship sponsored by the National Science Foundation-NATO at Hospital Lariboisiere-St. Louis in Paris. He then completed a general surgery internship at NewYork-Presbyterian (NYP) Medical Center, an orthopedic surgery residency at the New York Orthopedic Hospital at NYP, and an advanced spinal training fellowship at Maimonides Medical Center. Dr. Schwab is certified in orthopedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery. Adhi Sharma, MD Adhi Sharma, MD, an experienced emergency medicine physician-leader who helped steer Mount Sinai South Nassau's response to the COVID-19 pandemic as Chief Medical Officer, has been appointed the hospital's new President. Dr. Sharma succeeds Richard J. Murphy, who is retiring at the end of 2021 after serving nine years as the hospital's President and CEO and working in the healthcare field in leadership roles for more than 40 years. During the past 18 months, Dr. Sharma was the clinical quarterback of Mount Sinai South Nassau's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under his guidance, the hospital surged capacity to 500 beds as it cared for more than 4,890 COVID-19 patients over the course of the pandemic. Dr. Sharma also helped devise strategy to meet daily unforeseen 1 2

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