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SHARE YOUR NEWS MD NEWS IS now accepting submissions for our new People in the News section, which highlights physicians, executives and organizations making news in our region. Submissions may include: + New appointments/elected positions + New initiatives and partnerships + Newly published research + Awards and achievements + Topics of local interest Please keep your submissions brief. Publication of submis- sions and/or headshots/photos is on a space-available basis. Please email submissions and high-resolution images to Paula Slater at pslater.mdn@verizon.net with the subject field "People in the News." A new study led by Alan B. Ettinger, MD, MBA, Director of the Epilepsy Center at Neurological Surgery, P.C. and Professor of Clinical Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, finds that nearly one in five adult epilepsy patients reports attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms. This is four times higher than the approxi - mate 4.4 percent rate of ADHD diagnosis in the general adult population. Participants in the study who experienced ADHD symptoms also reported higher rates of anxiety and depression and worse seizure frequency. Those who reported ADHD symptoms were nine times more likely to have depression and eight times more likely to have anxiety symptoms. They were also far less likely to be employed than others who did not have such disorders. The study, which involved 1,361 adult epilepsy patients, is published online in Epilepsia, a journal of the International League Against Epilepsy, and will appear in a future print issue. St. Charles Hospital has appointed Sunil Dhuper, MD, FCCP, as Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Dhuper is board certified in pulmonary, critical care and internal medicine. He has been an attending physician in St. Charles Hospital's Intensive Care Unit since 2010. Dr. Dhuper has more than 30 years experi - ence in clinical medicine and has served as telemedicine ICU physician for a network of 15 hospitals in four states. He has spent more than 20 years mentoring and educating medical students, medical residents, and pulmonary and critical care fellows. An author of more than 40 publications, he has received more than $100,000 in re - search grants and is the owner of numerous medical device patents. Dr. Dhuper gained healthcare administrative experience at New York-area academic medical centers, where he held senior positions. He has served in a dual role as the chief operating officer and chief medical officer of New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation. The North Shore-LIJ Health System announced that Patricia A . Porter has been appointed Executive Director of The Long Island Home — which operates South Oaks Hospital and Broadlawn Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center — effective immediately. She succeeds Robert Detor, who retired as president and chief executive officer Jan. 2. Sunil Dhuper, MD, FCCP Alan B. Ettinger, MD, MBA Porter has spent more than 35 years in the healthcare industry and has been at The Long Island Home since l996. In 2003, she was named chief financial officer (CFO) and continued to serve in that position when she was appointed chief operating officer (COO) in 2007. As COO, she was responsible for overall operations with direct oversight of engi - neering, environmental services, finance, information technol- ogy, security, corporate administration, community relations and performance improvement. Prior to becoming CFO, she was chief administrative officer. She previously held a series of senior administrative and financial positions in Texas. Three recognized leaders in the field of behavioral health and substance abuse have assumed new key roles in the North Shore-LIJ Health System, the health system announced today. Brian Keefe, MD, will become acting Medical Director of the Zucker Hillside Hospital; Blaine Greenwald, MD, has as - sumed the role of Executive Director and Vice President of the health system's Behavioral Health Service Line; and Jon Morgenstern, PhD, has joined the health system as Director of Addiction Services and Associate Vice President of Substance Abuse Services. ■ Patricia A. Porter M D N E W S . CO M ■ MD NEWS Long Island | 1 7

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