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leadership and extraordinar y ser vice to hospitals in New York City's five boroughs, Long Island, the Hudson Valley, and close-by Connecticut and New Jersey. The event was held at the Waldor f Astoria New York. This is the 26th year the UHF has presented Distinguished Trustee awards. Trustees were nominated by their respective institutions, which include community hospitals, academic medi - cal centers and health systems, and public hospitals. Among the award recipients are prominent leaders in finance, law, business, real estate, adver tising, health care, public ser vice, religion, phi- lanthropy and enter tainment. Donald Teplitz, DO, CHCQM, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs for Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, was recently honored by the UJA- Federation of New York at the organization's annual event recognizing Long Island health - care professionals affiliated with Catholic Health Ser vices of Long Island. Dr. Teplitz has ser ved in various adminis- trative roles with Catholic Health Ser vices at both Good Samaritan Hospital and Mercy Medical Center since 2000. In his current position, Dr. Teplitz works with the hospital and medical staff to provide safe, effective and comprehensive health care to patients. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Miami and his medical degree from Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Nor th Miami Beach. He completed an internship at Michigan Osteopathic Medical Center in Detroit and his residency in family medicine at Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn. Rose Antilus, MD, recently joined Huntington Hospital's OB-GYN faculty. Dr. Antilus received her medical degree from State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine and completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at State University of New York Health Science Centre of Brooklyn. She joins Huntington Hospital from Maimonides Medical Center, where she practiced for over a decade. Fluent in Creole as well as English, Dr. Antilus joins Mitchell Kramer, MD, Chair of OB-GYN at Huntington Hospital, at Nor thwell Health Physician Par tners OB-GYN of Huntington and Smithtown. Her exper tise includes all of the aspects of pregnancy, including gynecologic care, preterm labor and high-risk patients who have hyper tension and/or gesta - tional diabetes. Cindy Swiskey, RN, a nurse at Eastern Long Island Hospital (ELIH), has been selected to receive the prestigious Laura Goodale Nurse of the Year Award for 2016. The Laura Goodale Award, established in 1986 by lifelong ELIH supporter Carl E. Vail Sr., and the Rotar y Clubs of Southold and Greenport, is given in the spirit of Laura Goodale, a former ELIH nurse with a 42-year ser vice record so extraordinar y, it won her recognition as the "Florence Nightingale of the North Fork." Each Rotar y Club will make a contribution to ELIH as a tribute to Swinskey's dedication and commitment to the nursing profession. Swinskey, who resides in Southold, has been at ELIH for 23 years. She helps patients with addiction disorders understand the impor - tance of maintaining a clean and healthy lifestyle and provides re- sources for remaining drug- and alcohol-free following discharge. Catholic Health Ser vices (CHS) has appointed Sam-Young Chwe, CPA, as Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller. Chwe will oversee the accounting and finance depart - ments' operations, financial reporting, budget, and planning processes, and he will ensure that the system's internal and external financial results are completed in a timely fashion. He will work closely with CHS's Chief Financial Officer. Chwe joined CHS in 2010 as the director of financial reporting. In 2013, he was promoted to assistant vice president of financial reporting. He earned his bachelor's degree for business adminis - tration in accounting from Adelphi University's School of Business, graduating magna cum laude. He is a member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and of Healthcare Financial Management Association. Chwe earned multiple KPMG Encore awards for outstanding performance when he was as an audit man - ager on multiple healthcare and public companies. Sam-Young Chwe, CPA Donald Teplitz, DO, CHCQM Cindy Swiskey, RN Rose Antilus, MD 1 7 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

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