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St. Charles Hospital is pleased to announce that Dimitrios Christoforou, MD, PC, has joined the medical staff as an orthopedic surgeon. Dr. Christoforou is board certified in orthopedics and completed a fellowship in hand, upper extremity and microsur - gery. He is a physician with Orthopedic Associates of Long Island, a 15-physician practice with which St. Charles formed a collaborative partnership in August 2014. Dr. Christoforou completed his fellowship training at Massachusetts General Hospital and performed a trauma externship at the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center. He received his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine and performed his residency at the Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York University. Dr. Christoforou most recently practiced at Crystal Run Healthcare, Middletown, New York. Dr. Christoforou accepts appointments at three of Orthopedic Associates of Long Island's six office locations — East Setauket, Patchogue, and Commack. Jeffrey Kraut, Senior Vice President for Strategy and Business Informatics at the North Shore-LIJ Health System, has been designated as Chair of the state Public Health and Health Planning Council (PHHPC). The announcement was made by New York State Health Commissioner Howard J. Zucker, MD, JD. Kraut succeeds William Streck, MD, who served as chair for the past 10 years. Kraut, a resident of East Meadow, New York, was appointed to the state Hospital Review and Planning Council in 2004 and served as its chair from 2007 through 2011, when it was merged with the Public Health Council to form the PHHPC. Since 2011, Kraut has served as its Vice Chair. Kraut received an MBA in Healthcare Management from Baruch College/Mt. Sinai School of Medicine and is a graduate of Stony Brook University. The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and the American Brain Foundation will present the 2015 Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's and Related Diseases to Peter Davies, PhD, investigator at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research. He will receive the prize on April 21 in the District of Columbia at the American Academy of Neurology's 67th Annual Meeting, the world's largest gathering of neurologists with more than 12,000 attendees and more than 2,500 scientific presentations on the latest research advances in brain disease. The Potamkin Prize honors researchers for their work in helping to advance the understanding of Pick's disease, Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. The AAN and the American Brain Foundation are awarding the 2015 Potamkin Prize to Dr. Davies and Reisa A. Sperling, MD, of the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. The $100,000 prize — Dr. Davies and Dr. Reisa will each receive $50,000 — is an internationally recognized tribute for advancing dementia research. Dr. Davies' research examines the process of Alzheimer's disease. ■ Jeffrey Kraut Feinstein Institute researcher Peter Davies, PhD, to receive Potamkin Prize for Alzheimer's Research Dimitrios Christoforou, MD, PC M D N E W S . CO M ■ MD NEWS Long Island | 1 5

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