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On Friday, Feb. 10, at South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside, New York, family, friends, physi - cians, hospital staff and board members joined together to celebrate the naming and dedica- tion of the hospital's medical library in honor of Harbhajan Singh, MD. Dr. Singh joined South Nassau in 1977. During his more than 30 years at South Nassau, Dr. Singh held staff appointments as president of the medical staff, chief of pulmonary medicine, director of the Respiratory Therapy Department, and chair of the Respiratory Therapy Committee, among many others. A native of India, Dr. Singh began his career in medicine upon gradu - ating from Amritsar Medical College in 1963, working as an internist in New Delhi. In 1968, he migrated to the United States and completed residency training in internal medicine and a fellowship in pulmonary medicine. He was board-certified in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, critical care medicine and sleep medicine. The Harbhajan Singh, MD Medical Library offers a collection of books and print and online journals, as well as access to clinical data - bases. The library's mission is to meet the ongoing information needs of physicians and other clinical staff in support of patient care, teach - ing, learning and research. Tara Martinez, DO, has been named Director of Colon and Rectal Surgery at St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center. Dr. Martinez is a board- certified general surgeon and obtained her medical degree from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed her surgi - cal residency at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-SOM. Dr. Martinez completed a fellowship in minimally invasive colon and rectal surgery at the University of Texas, Houston. Her credentialing includes robotic colon and rectal procedures as well as minimally invasive surgery for treatment of colon and rectal diseases, including single-inci - sion laparoscopy. Dr. Martinez is a fellow in the American College of Surgeons as well as the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons. She is on committees for the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, as well as the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons. Dr. Martinez has co-authored numerous papers published in peer-reviewed journals and has given numerous talks and presentations at national conventions. Raymond Coffman, RT, RCIS, has been named Director of Cardiology at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center. Most recently, Coffman worked as the Cardiology Ser vice Line coordinator at Good Samaritan since 2013. During that time, he helped launch an elective PCI program, new hybrid lab, and cr yo and car to left side ablations. He star ted at Good Samaritan in 1996 as a radiology technologist. Coffman is working on an MBA in Healthcare Administration at Keller Graduate School of Management. He completed his Bachelor's degree in Healthcare Administration at St. Joseph's College in Patchogue and his Associate's in Applied Sciences at Nassau Community College. Fred A. Lado, MD, PhD, has been appointed Regional Director of Epilepsy for Nor thwell Health's Central and Eastern regions. After graduating from the NYU School of Medicine, Dr. Lado completed his medicine internship at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, neurology residency at the New York-Presby terian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan, and fellowship training in clinical neurophysi - ology at Montefiore Medical Center-Alber t Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx. Dr. Lado also received a Master's degree in physics from the University of California, Berkeley and a PhD in physiology from the Sackler Institute at NYU School of Medicine. Dr. Lado ser ved as an attending neurologist at Montefiore Medical Center for 17 years and achieved the academic rank of Professor of Clinical Neurology at Alber t Einstein College of Medicine. P E O P L E I N T H E N E W S Tara Martinez, DO Raymond Coffman, RT, RCIS Fred A. Lado, MD, PhD On Feb. 10, South Nassau Communities Hospital dedicated the hospital's medical library in honor of Harbhajan Singh, MD. Dr. Singh was joined by his family, (L–R: son Charnjit Singh, MD, wife Naginder, and son Sarbjit), friends, fellow physicians, hospital staff and board members, all of whom recognized and celebrated his 52- year career as a pulmonologist. Dr. Singh, now retired, spent more than 30 years at South Nassau. 1 2

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