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New York Methodist Hospital, where he had also completed his post- doctoral training and served as chief resident. Dr. Tang has been an emergency medicine attending physi- cian for more than 10 years and is highly regarded by physicians, nurses and ancillar y staff within the emergency depar tment. A graduate of New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dr. Tang ser ved as chief resident at Saint Barnabas Hospital, where he completed a combined residency in emergency medicine and family practice. Mar vin Berg, RN, CEN, EMT, Injur y Prevention/Outreach Coordinator at Nassau University Medical Center was invited by The Long Island Coalition for the Aging to make a presenta - tion at the Bristol in Westbur y on Jan. 20. Berg provided insight on traumatic brain injur y and dis - cussed some of the mechanisms of these injuries. The presentation included demographics, statistics and the method with which NUMC's Level I Trauma Center receives patients with traumatic brain injur y and how they progress through the facility and on to rehabilitation. Also discussed was the fall prevention program, through which seniors are educated on home safety. Joshua Kugler, MD, FACEP, FA AEM, South Nassau Communities Hospital's Chair of the Depar tment of Emergency Medicine, was pre - sented the Mar y Pearson Award during the hospital's 2015 annual Carnation Ball, which raised a net total of $607,763 in suppor t of South Nassau's "Emergency Depar tment (ED) Expansion Campaign." The Mar y Pearson Award is presented to an individual for extraordinar y effor t and contributions that significantly advance South Nassau's commitment to compassionate care and standard-setting healthcare ser vices. Dr. Kugler has been deeply involved in the successful launch of South Nassau's ED in Long Beach while overseeing the hospital's ED in Oceanside. South Nassau re - stored emergency medical healthcare ser vices to the residents of Long Beach and surrounding communities with the opening of the South Nassau ED at Long Beach on Aug. 10. The facility is Long Island's first off-campus, hospital-based ED. Meanwhile, the ED at South Nassau's main campus in Oceanside, which is also under Dr. Kugler's guidance, has cemented its status as one of Long Island's most efficient and advanced facilities. Northwell Health announced the ap - pointment of Gerin Stevens, MD, PhD, as the network's Director of Heart Failure Services. Dr. Stevens specializes in advanced heart failure, mechanical circulatory support and cardiac trans - plantation. Before joining Northwell Health, she was medical director of the Mechanical Circulatory Support Program for the Johns Hopkins Division of Cardiology. Prior to that, Dr. Stevens served as an attending physician in the Center for Advanced Cardiac Therapy at Montefiore Medical Center. A fellow of the American College of Cardiology, Dr. Stevens' sub - specialty training spans 10 years, including fellowships in cardio- vascular medicine, advanced heart failure and cardiac transplanta- tion. She is an assistant professor at the Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine. Dr. Stevens has a particular interest in clinical research and evidence-based therapies. At Johns Hopkins, she worked to expand services for patients with ventricular assist devices as a principle investigator of an industry-sponsored clinical trials. Dr. Stevens received her PhD from Northwestern University and her MD from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. She completed her residency at Boston University Medical Center and fellowships at Mount Sinai Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center, both in New York City. n Joshua Kugler, MD, FACEP, FA AEM Gerin Stevens, MD, PhD Marvin Berg, RN, CEN, EMT M D N E W S . C O M /// M D N E W S L O N G I S L A N D ■ 2 016 1 5

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