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People in the NEWS Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center welcomes Melissa D. Fana, MD, a fellowship- trained breast surgical oncologist. Dr. Fana joins Brookhaven after completing advanced training at the Beaumont Health System as a John A. Ingold, MD, Distinguished Fellow in Breast Surgery. She completed her residency at North Shore-LIJ Medical Center after spend - ing a year researching surgical simulation and animation at the Institute of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at New York University School of Medicine. Dr. Fana earned her medical degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine after graduating with honors from Stony Brook University. Christina Brennan, MD, Director of Clinical Research for Cardiovascular Services at the North Shore-LIJ Health System, was re - cently named President-elect of the New York Metropolitan Chapter of the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP). ACRP is the primary source for clinical research professionals in hospital academic centers, pharmaceutical, medical device industries and biotechnology. Dr. Brennan assumes her new position on Jan. 1, 2015, and becomes president of ACRP in 2016. Victor F. Politi, MD, FACP, FACEP, NuHealth's President and CEO, an - nounced that Guitelle St. Victor, MD, and Damir Huremovic, MD, both attending psychiatrists at the Nassau University Medical Center (NUMC), have been accepted as Fellows of the American Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (APM) in recognition of their contribution to the profession of psychosomatic medicine. The ceremony took place on Nov. 14 at the annual APM meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where they were recognized by their peers for their abilities, talents and contributions to the profession. Dr. St. Victor was born and raised in Haiti, where she completed high school and college in a seven-year cycle. She then traveled to France, where she attended medical school at the University of Montpellier; she graduated from the University of Montemorelos in Mexico. She completed a residency in adult psychiatry at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital in New York and a fellowship in psychosomatic medicine at Long Island Jewish Hospital. She is currently a full-time psycho - somatic medicine attending psychiatrist at NUMC, where she also serves as Clerkship Director for medical students in Psychiatry. She is board-certified in psychiatry and also in psychosomatic medicine. In May 2014, she was inducted as a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association in recognition of her contribu - tion to the field. Dr. Huremovic is a Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs with the Department of Behavioral Health at NUMC. Originally from Bosnia, he trained at Johns Hopkins University and completed his psychia - try training at SUNY Downstate and his psychosomatic medicine (consultation-liaison psychiatry) fellowship at North Shore-LIJ. He joined NUMC in 2007 and has devoted his career to developing a psychosomatic medicine service with a goal of improving the overall level and integration of care. In 2010, he and Dr. St. Victor started an ACGME-accredited fellowship in psychosomatic medi - cine that continues to educate new generations of psychiatrists. He is an active member of the American Psychiatric Association and the APM, where he serves on the membership subcommittee. Jorge L . Gardyn, MD, CEO of Island Occupational Medical Resources and Division Chief of Occupational and Corporate Medicine at the Nassau University Medical Center, received the Long Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Chairman's Award at the chamber's 26th Annual Awards Gala on Nov. 22, 2014. The or - ganization is a resource for economic develop- ment for Long Island, helping to strengthen Hispanic businesses and providing opportunities for jobs and growth. Melissa D. Fana, MD Christina Brennan, MD (L-R) Nasrin Ahmed, Hempstead Town Clerk Catherine Gardyn, NYS Majority Leader Dean Skelos, Dr. Gardyn, J.C. Gardyn M D N E W S . CO M n MD NEWS Long Island | 1 1

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