The Association for Healthcare Risk Management of New York, Inc. P.O. Box 4200-Grand Central Station New York, NY 10163 P: 973-641-5311 F: 347-402-2953 [email protected] www.ahrmny.com Spring 2015 Officers Gehan Soliman, President Robert D. Martin, President-elect Dear Members and Friends, Francine Thomas, Past President We hope that you are as happy as we are to have the cold winter months behind us and are looking forward to the warmer months ahead. We closed out the winter season with a successful webinar on Epidemic and Pandemic Readiness: A Review of the Response to Ebola in the United States, its Applicability to Preparedness for Similar Events in the Future and the Threat of Bioterrorism given by Dr. Joseph Masci, Director of Medicine for Elmhurst Medical Center. Because of Dr. Masci’s leadership in handling Ebola preparedness for New York City, the information he provided in the webinar was quite beneficial for our listeners. With regard to our spring conference, the Officers and the Board of Directors of AHRMNY would like to extend our sincerest apologies for not hosting a spring evening networking event as in previous years. Scheduling issues beyond our control did not permit us to move forward with the event. We hope that the NY healthcare risk management community understands and we are ensuring that this upcoming annual conference will be enjoyable. Lesli Giglio, Secretary Robert Marshall, Treasurer Directors Theresa Boland Bonnie Boone Michael Brendel Leanora DiUglio Linda Foy Jose L. Guzman Karen J. Halpern CaraMia Hart Naeem Holmes Victor Klein, MD Grace R. Langan Diane Longo Michael S. Midgley With that being said, don’t forget to save the date of Friday, June 5, 2015 from 8am to 4pm for our Annual Full Day Conference. We are pleased to be hosting the event at a new location, TKP New York Conference Center, located near Bryant Park. The day will include exciting and informative programs with topics ranging from cyber breach, robotics, the medical liability crisis, mitigating damages from the ACA and more. During the conference we will also hold our annual business meeting in addition to welcoming the newly elected officers and directors and honoring the outgoing officers and directors for their service to the organization. We look forward to seeing you there! Sincerely, Ruth Nayko Lois Ottombrino Jonathan D. Rubin Barbara A. Ryan Alvin Safran Mary K. Steffany Emeritus Board Members Robin Maley Pamela Monastero Samuel Senders Margaret Sullivan Carolyn Reinach Wolf Gehan Soliman President Founded in 1982 “Committed to Health Care Risk Management and Patient Safety in New York”