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People in the NEWS Crystal Run Healthcare is pleased to announce that Judith A. Stavis, MD, and Helen Hostin, MD, both formerly of Comprehensive Obstetrics & Gynecology, have joined its multispecialty group medical practice. Drs. Stavis and Hostin have been providing the residents of Pomona and Nyack and surrounding areas with high-quality obstetrics and gynecological care for many years. They join Crystal Run along with certified nurse midwife Tara Scaglione, allowing them to offer their patients the ease and convenience of Crystal Run's comprehensive, coordinated model of care. Dr. Stavis, Dr. Hostin and Scaglione will con - tinue to see patients in their offices located at 26 Firemens Memorial Drive, Suite 120 in Pomona and at 160 North Midland Avenue in Nyack. The phone number will remain 845-362-5900. Drs. Stavis and Hostin join Crystal Run's ob/gyn and women's health division that has several of - fices in Orange and Sullivan Counties. American Medical Group Association (AMGA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Scott Hines, MD, as Chair of the AMGA Public Policy Committee. Dr. Hines serves as Chief Quality Officer and Medical Director of Crystal Run Healthcare's medical specialties division in Middletown, New York. He is board certified in internal medicine, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism. He received his medical degree from Wake Forest University, completed his residency in internal medicine at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and completed his endocrinology fellowship at the University of Maryland Medical Center. AMGA's Public Policy Committee sets the advocacy and policy agenda for AMGA and works closely with AMGA Public Policy Department to develop policy and to advocate for the medical group model. Orange Regional Medical Center's Rowley Family Birthing Center is pleased to announce Deborah Vermilyea, BSN, RN, IBCLC, has been promoted to Manager of Lactation Services. Vermilyea joined Orange Regional in 2010 as the lactation education specialist for the Birthing Center, educating nearly every patient about the benefits of breastfeeding and providing one-on-one support and assistance to those interested in breastfeeding. In Vermilyea's new position, she and her team coordinate, oversee and participate in the expert management of the breastfeeding mother-baby dyad within the Rowley Family Birthing Center, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Pediatrics and Children's Emergency Department. Vermilyea earned her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from University of Massachusetts at North Dartmouth. She is an international board certified lactation consultant, and her clinical experience includes neonatal intensive care nursing and leadership responsibilities in maternal child health at various organizations within the Hudson Valley. Crystal Run Healthcare is pleased to announce that Viral Sheth, MD, MPH, FACC, and Themistoklis Nissirios, MD, FACC, both formerly of Orange Cardiology, have joined its multispecialty group medical practice. Orange Cardiology has been providing cardiovascular care for the residents of Goshen and surrounding communities for many years, and is the latest practice to join Crystal Run and offer their patients the ease and convenience of Crystal Run Healthcare's comprehensive, coordinated model of care. Dr. Sheth and Dr. Nissirios will continue to see patients in their office located at 70 Hatfield Lane, Suite 203 in Goshen, New York. The phone number will remain 845-294-7700. Drs. Sheth and Nissirios join Crystal Run's already establish cardiology division, which has office locations in Orange County in Middletown, Monroe, New Windsor and Warwick; in Sullivan County in Rock Hill; in Rockland County in Valley Cottage and West Nyack; and in Manhattan as well as Northvale New Jersey. Tara Scaglione, CNM Scott Hines, MD Helen Hostin, MD Deborah Vermilyea, BSN, RN, IBCLC Judith A. Stavis, MD 1 2 | Mid Hudson MD NEWS ■ M D N E W S . CO M