MDNews - Mid Hudson

The Greater Hudson Valley Health System, made up of Catskill Regional Medical Center and Orange Regional Medical Center, announces the appointment of Jonathan Schiller to the position of CEO of Catskill Regional Medical Center. He assumed the role on June 26 from current CRMC CEO Gerard Galarneau. Schiller joined Orange Regional in 2004 as administrator of revenue cycle management and was later promoted to vice president and site administrator of the Arden Hill Campus. In 2009, he was promoted to vice president of hospital operations. In 2011, he was promoted to chief operating officer and managed the daily operations of Orange Regional. Prior to joining Orange Regional, Schiller was the director of patient accounting at New York University Medical Center and a member of Capgemini, Ernst & Young's national healthcare consulting practice, with specific areas of focus in hospital revenue cycle management and financial turn- around projects. Schiller earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Social Services from Le Moyne College and a Master's degree in Health Systems Administration from Rochester Institute of Technology. He is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and Healthcare Financial Management Association. He volunteers as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Heart Association's Hudson Valley Chapter as well as the Board of Directors for Leadership Orange and Christ Health Care Ministry. A board-certified orthopedic surgeon special - izing in spine surgery, Yigal Samocha, MD, FAAOS, has been appointed to the medical staff at MidHudson Regional Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network. Dr. Samocha will assist in developing a dedicated multispecialty spine care center in the Mid Hudson Valley to treat a wide variety of neck and back problems. Prior to returning to the Hudson Valley, Dr. Samocha spent six years as a spine surgeon in private practice in Houston. He earned his Bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin and his medi - cal degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas before serving his residency at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla. He also completed a prestigious one-year fellowship at the re - nowned Texas Back Institute. Orange Regional Medical Center announces the appointment of Mohammad Siddiqui, MD, as Trauma Program Medical Director and Director of Surgical ICU. Dr. Siddiqui is a trauma surgeon with Orange Regional Medical Group, part of the Greater Hudson Valley Health System. He completed his medical training in Pakistan before relocating to the United States, where he has spent the past 17 years working in a variety of trauma and surgical critical care leadership positions in both academic and community medical centers. In addition, Dr. Siddiqui completed his MBA in healthcare administration. Crystal Run Healthcare announces that endocrinologist Matthew Leone, MD, has joined its multispecialty group medical practice as of June 5. Dr. Leone earned his medical degree from SUNY Downstate Medical Center at Brooklyn and completed his residency in internal medicine at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. He is board-certified in endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, and completed fellowship train - ing in endocrinology at New York University Medical Center. Leveraging the latest treat- ments and medical therapies, Dr. Leone evalu- ates, diagnoses and treats a variety of diseases, from adrenal and thyroid disorders to diabetes and osteoporosis. Jonathan Schiller Yigal Samocha, MD, FA AOS Mohammad Siddiqui, MD Matthew Leone, MD PEOPLE IN THE NEWS 1 2

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