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No Stings Attached! Gannon PEST CONTROL Gannon.5H.058200016N.indd 1 6/19/13 3:37 PM for Seasonal Updates & Specials Like us on SOUTHERN TIER HEALTHLINK WELCOMES NEW BOARD MEMBER Southern Tier HealthLink (STHL) has announced that Marybeth McCall, MD, Chief Medical Officer CNY and Southern Tier, Excellus is joining the STHL Board of Directors. Dr. McCall joined Excellus Healthcare in July 2007 as utilization management medical direc - tor in the Utica office. In addition to medical case review, she has been active in streamlin - ing review processes and has been a clinical expert for Medicare. In December 2009, Dr. McCall was selected as Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for the Central New York and Southern Tier regions. Dr. McCall is a native of Yonkers, New York, and obtained her bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Manhattan College in Riverdale, New York, where she graduated magna cum laude. After completing medical school at Georgetown University, she completed her residency in internal medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. She then was assigned active duty to Offutt AFB in Omaha, Nebraska, where she was promoted to Major in the Air Force Reserves. She fulfilled a research fellowship in allergy/immunology at Creighton University before moving to Central New York. Initially a member of Slocum Dickson Medical Group, Dr. McCall obtained an added qualification in geriatric medicine in 1990. She became medical director of St. Luke's Memorial Hospital in 1995 and began her administrative career. She completed her mas - ter's in medical management in 2001 and was chief medical officer at Crouse Hospital during the turnaround from 2001 to 2005. Dr. McCall also served as CMO of Rome Hospital prior to joining Excellus. She and her husband, Frank Dubeck, MD, live in Utica, New York, and have two grown children, Beth and Tom. She is active in many professional and community activities, including current board membership with the Boy Scouts of America and the American Heart Association, previously serving as chair for the Go Red for Women Campaign. She is also on the advisory committee for Golisano Children's Hospital in Syracuse and is a trustee of Manhattan College in Riverdale, New York. She has previously served as a director for Partners Trust Bank, the YWCA, Hospice and Palliative Care, American Lung Association, and the Fort Schuyler Club. Of her appointment to the Southern Tier HealthLink Board of Directors, Dr. McCall com - ments: "I am privileged to represent Excellus BlueCross BlueShield on the STHL Board of Directors. I look forward to helping STHL improve the safety, quality and efficiency of health care as well as access to health care through the efficient application of health information technology." Christina Galanis, Executive Director of STHL, adds the following comment: "Southern Medical Briefs 2 2 | Central New York MD NEWS ■ M D N E W S . CO M

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