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Sharon Geidel, DNP, RN-BC, has been appointed Nursing Unit Director for 2 North and the Outpatient Infusion Center at Orange Regional Medical Center. Geidel has an exten - sive nursing background and has worked as a clinical nurse, nurse educator, clinical instructor and, most recently, the manager for Connect Care Education with the Bon Secours Charity Health System. Geidel received her Master of Science degree in nursing from Excelsior College in 2009 and recently earned a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from Capella University. Janice Klostermeier, FACHE, received a CFO of the Year Award for Best Growth Manager from NJ Biz magazine. Klostermeier serves as the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer for Emergency Medical Associates. In three short years, she has helped grow patient visits by half a million, streamline record-keeping, predict better cash flow and negotiate major contracts with multihospital systems to gener - ate $3 million in shared savings. Prior to joining Emergency Medical Associates, Klostermeier held financial and administrative roles with health organizations in Texas, including Parkland Health and Hospital System. Her last role was chief financial officer at a physician- owned hospital in Dallas. She has more than 25 years of administrative and finan - cial leadership at major hospital systems. Klostermeier holds a bachelor's de- gree in accounting from the University of Texas at Arlington and has been a certified public accountant in Texas since 1989, with reciprocity in New York and New Jersey. In addition to her financial background, she also holds a master's degree in health services administration and is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Amber N. Mitchell, MD, a neurologist special - izing in adults with seizures, recently joined Health Quest Medical Practice's Division of Neurology at Kingston Neurological Associates. She also joins the medical staff at Northern Dutchess Hospital. Dr. Mitchell earned her doctorate in medicine from Albany Medical College. She completed a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology and epilepsy and a four- year residency in neurology at Albany Medical Center, where she rose to the high rank of chief resident of neurology in the 2012–13 academic year. Her passion for research led her to study the death of brain cells in neurodegenera - tive conditions such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, and she has written medical articles about migraine drugs and fibromyalgia pain management. Fluent in French, she holds a bachelor's degree in biology with a minor in psychol - ogy from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where she enrolled in the accelerated physician-scientist biomedical program. Nili Gujadhur, MD, joined Health Quest Medical Practice's Division of Infectious Diseases Oct. 6. Dr. Gujadhur has been practicing in the Hudson Valley for the past 12 years. Her expertise is in hospital- based general infectious disease consultations with special interest in travel medicine, HIV, chronic hepatitis C and antibiotic stewardship. Dr. Gujadhur received her medical degree from the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. She completed her internal medicine residency at St. Peter's University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She completed her fellowship in infectious disease at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. She is board-certified in infectious People in the NEWS Sharon Geidel, DNP, RN-BC Amber N. Mitchell, MD Nili Gujadhur, MD Janice Klostermeier, FACHE 1 0 | Mid Hudson MD NEWS ■ M D N E W S . CO M