NEW CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER AT LLS The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) headquartered in Rye Brook has appointed Gwen Nichols as its chief medical officer. LLS is the world’s largest voluntary health agency dedicated to fighting blood cancer. Nichols will be responsible for managing LLS’ research grants program, which funds nearly 300 projects, and its Therapy Acceleration Program that supports clinical trials and other projects through collaboraGwen Nichols tions with biotech companies. She will also supervise support services for blood cancer patients, and direct public policy and advocacy. Most recently, Nichols was oncology site head of the Roche Translational Clinical Research Center, where she worked to develop new cancer therapies, translating them from the laboratory to clinical trials. Prior to joining Roche in 2007, Nichols was at Columbia University for more than 10 years, where she served as the director of the Hematologic Malignancies Program.
HILL TO HEAD PCSB FINANCIAL Willard Hill Jr., an attorney with extensive executive leadership experience in financial services, has been elected to serve as the director of PCSB Bank’s new holding company, PCSB Financial Corp. He was also elected to the bank’s board of trustees. “Willard Hill’s expertise in corporate, insurance and financial services law, as well as government relations and strategic communications, will be a significant resource Willard Hill Jr. for PCSB Bank as we move into a new phase as a shareholder-owned company,” said Joseph D. Roberto, chairman, president and CEO of PCSB Bank. “He has a proven track record as an influential, strategic and innovative leader with public companies.” Hill has held executive positions with MBIA, ING US Financial Services and Aetna. He earned his law degree at Howard University School of Law. He serves on the board of directors of the Council for Economic Education and the Food Bank for Westchester.
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Lifting Up Westchester, the 38-year-old social services organization, serving all of Westchester County, will be holding its annual Oasis of Hope spring gala at Leewood Golf Club in Eastchester on April 20. The organization’s executive director for the past 11 years, Paul AndersonWinchell of Cornwall-on-Hudson, will be honored along with Carlos Muñoz, a White Plains resident, who was with Citibank and Dime Bancorporation and was chairman of the board of Grace Church Community Center before it became Lifting Up Westchester. The organization provides food and shelter to the homeless, runs programs for disadvantaged youth and provides home health care services to seniors. Tickets for the gala at liftingupwestchester.org and more information from Chris Schwartz at 914-949-3098.
For professors at New York Medical College, there’s more to advancing the art, science and practice of medicine than just classroom teaching. Marie T. Ascher, the Lillian Hetrick Huber endowed director of the Health Sciences Library and assistant professor of family and community medicine, was elected to serve as a director of the Medical Library Association for a three-year term. John T. Fallon III, chairman of the department of pathology and professor of medicine, received the 2017 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology at the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology’s annual meeting in San Antonio. Fallon also gave a presentation on myocarditis, a condition in which there is inflammation of the heart muscle. It often is caused by viral, bacterial or fungal infections. Michael Nesheiwat, distinguished visiting professor in the School of Health Sciences and Practice (SHSP), who also happens to be the health commissioner of Putnam County, got together with 45 field staff members of the Putnam County Department of Health to pose for a special photo marking the agency’s 50th anniversary. Several of the staff members are SHSP alumni.
Paul Anderson-Winchell
Carlos Muñoz
John Fallon with, from back left, Taliya Farooq, Faisal Saeed, Humayun K. Islam and Mnghao Zhong and front from left, Sina Zommorodian, Esther Yoon, Judy Sarungbam and Shilpa Jain.
SHEMESH NAMED TO ARC POST ARC of Rockland has designated Rachel Shemesh as managing director of residential services. She will oversee the 28 ARC houses and apartments that are home to 189 adults with intellectual and other developmental disabilities. “For the person who wants to move to a more independent setting – perhaps from a group home to an apartment with a friend, mastering cooking skills or learnRachel Shemesh ing to use public transportation may be essential,” Shemesh said. “The individual transitioning from the family home to a group home will need a different set of supports.” ARC also offers short-term overnight housing for both adults and children. In upcoming months, ARC’s residential division will focus its efforts on restructuring accommodations for an aging population.
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PERSONNEL NEWS AT WESTCHESTER LAW FIRM Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano LLP, which has offices in White Plains and Somers, has announced that Lauren C. Enea has joined the firm as an associate attorney. She will concentrate on elder law, Medicaid planning and applications, and wills, trusts and estates. Her father, Anthony Enea, is a principal of the firm. Samantha A. Lyons, who had been an associate at the firm, has been promoted to senior associate. She will continue practicing elder law, Medicaid planning and applications and guardianships. Enea had worked with U.S. Magistrate Judge Lisa Margaret Smith of the Southern District of New York as part of the Federal Judicial Honors Program at Pace Law School. She also interned with the Pace Women’s Justice Center and Judge Anthony A. Scarpino before he became Westchester County District Attorney. She received a bachelor’s degree from Quinnipiac University and earned her law degree at Pace Law School.
Lauren C. Enea
Samantha A. Lyons
westfaironline.com Michael Nesheiwat (wearing dark suit, bottom right center) with Putnam County Department of Health colleagues. Drone photo by Daniel J. Reis, Putnam County Department of Health.
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