MDNews - Mid Hudson

Har vinder K. Chaudhr y, MD, has joined its staff of primar y care physicians and will continue to see patients at her current of - fice in Montgomer y, New York. Dr. Chaudhr y is board-cer tified in internal medicine and brings nearly 20 years of experience in pri- vate practice to the internal medicine team at Middletown Medical. She is a member of the AMA and the American College of Physicians. Dr. Chaudhr y is also board-cer tified in geriatrics and is a member of The American Geriatrics Society. Thomas O'Grady, MD, has joined its grow - ing team of medical specialists as a board- cer tified psychiatrist. He has been working as a psychiatrist in California, Oregon and Arizona for various hospitals. His background includes working with patients suffering from traumatic brain injur y and substance abuse, among other conditions. He is a New York state-licensed psychiatrist and a member of both the AMA and the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. O'Grady received his Bachelor of Ar ts degree in psychology from the State University of New York in Marcy, New York. He then attended the American University of the Caribbean in St. Maar ten, Netherlands Antilles, where he received his medical degree. He is now available for appointments and will see patients at Middletown Medical's 726 E. Main St. location in Middletown, New York. Samantha Adriaans, PA, has joined as a primar y care and urgent care provider. Adriaans is a board-cer tified physician assis - tant and a recent graduate of Mercy College in Bronx, New York, where she received her master's degree in physician assistant stud - ies. Through the collegiate program at Mercy College, Adriaans completed nine rotations in nine areas of medicine. Prior to her time at Mercy, Adriaans attended Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in microbiology. She is also BLS/ACLS-cer tified and is proficient in conversational Spanish. Amy Berretta, RN, MSN, FNP, has joined its team of medical professionals and will see patients at the Middletown Urgent Care location, while also treating patients at Orange Regional Medical Center. Berretta, a board-cer tified family nurse practitioner, has experience in a multitude of medi - cal settings. With clinical experience as a nurse practitioner in pediatric, primar y adult and geriatric care, Berretta has been afforded the oppor tunity to care for patients in all stages of life. Berretta joins Middletown Medical from Hackensack University Medical Center, where she worked as par t of the Mother-Baby Unit, caring for new mothers and their newborn babies. Previously, she was an RN at NewYork- Presby terian Hospital in New York, in Labor and Deliver y and the Medical-Surgical Unit. Berretta earned her RN status at SUNY Rockland. She attended Chamberlain College of Nursing in Downers Grove, Illinois, where she graduated with her Bachelor of Science in nursing with honors. She continued her studies toward an advanced degree at Dominican College in Orangeburg, New York, where she earned her Master of Science in family nurse practitioner with honors, and as a member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. Crystal Run Healthcare welcomes Sunitha J. Moonthungal, MD, internist, to the practice. Dr. Moonthungal earned her medical degree from St. George's University School of Medicine in Grenada, West Indies. She completed an internal medicine residency at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, and a nuclear medicine residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York.¦Dr. Moonthungal is board-certified in nuclear and internal medi - cine and is seeing patients at the Crystal Run office in West Nyack (2 Medical Park Drive, Suite 5) in Rockland County. Joseph R. Maldonado Jr., MD, of Rome, New York, has been elected President of the Medical Educational & Scientific Foundation (MESF) of New York. The organization is a not-for-profit sub - sidiar y of the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) and is focused on the development of education and leadership training programs for physicians and other healthcare provid - ers. Dr. Maldonado had previously ser ved as president of the MSSNY.¦He is a urologist and President of the Mohawk Glen Urgent Care in Rome. A graduate of the Alber t Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Dr. Maldonado received his residency training in general surger y and urology at the Einstein/Montefiore Medical Center.¦This included urological oncology training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He then moved to Canada's Dalhousie University for a fellowship in urologic oncology. Dr. Maldonado received an MSc in major programme manage - ment and a Master's in Business Administration and diploma in evidence-based health care from the University of Oxford. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, where he previously ser ved as assistant clinical dean. ■ Sunitha J. Moonthungal, MD Thomas O'Grady, MD Samantha Adriaans, PA Amy Berretta, RN, MSN, FNP Harvinder K. Chaudhry, MD M D N E W S . C O M /// M D N E W S M I D H U D S O N ■ 2 016 1 3

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