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Meeting of the Board of Regents | October 2007

Monday, October 1, 2007 - 8:00am

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THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK / ALBANY, NY 12234


 

TO:

The Higher Education and Professional Practice Committee

 

FROM:

Frank Muñoz

 

SUBJECT:

Appointments and Reappointments of Members to the State Boards for the Professions; Reappointments of Members to the State Board for Professional Medical Conduct; and Appointments and Reappointments of Extended Members to the State Boards for the Professions for Service on Licensure Disciplinary and/or Licensure Restoration and Moral Character Panels

 

DATE:

October 10, 2007

STRATEGIC GOAL:

Goal 3

AUTHORIZATION(S):

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Issue for Decision (Consent Agenda)

 

Should the Regents approve the proposed Appointments and Reappointments of Members to the State Boards for the Professions; and Reappointments of Extended Members to the State Boards for the Professions for Service on Licensure Disciplinary and/or Licensure Restoration and Moral Character Panels?

 

Proposed Handling

 

The question will come before the Higher Education and Professional Practice Committee at its October meeting where it will be voted on and action taken.  It will then come before the full Board at its October meeting for final action.

 

Procedural History

 

Approval of board members by the Board of Regents is required by Section 6508(4) of the Education Law.

 




Background Information

 

              Information on the proposed appointees is noted on the attachment.

 

Recommendation

 

              The Regents should approve the proposed appointments.

 

Timetable for Implementation

 

              If the Regents approve these appointments, members’ terms will go into effect as noted on the attachment.

 

 


Table 1 of 2

Proposed Appointments and Reappointments of Members to the State Boards for the Professions

 

Board Name, Type of Proposed Action, Candidate's Name, Residential Address,

and Judicial District

 



Candidate's Current Employer, Address and Judicial District



Proposed

Term

 

Highest and/or Professional

Degree(s) Earned,

Member Type, and

Licensure Specifics

State Board for Acupuncture

(Reappointments)

 

Deborah Cromarty Hallahan

New York, NY 10016

 

Judicial District I

 

 

 

 

Cromarty Associates

P. O. Box 56

Copiague, NY 11726

 

Judicial District X

 

 

 

 

October 1, 2007

to

September 30, 2012

 

 

 

 

Degree: B.A. (Psychology), Boston College

Public Member

 

Susan F. Groberg

Brooklyn, NY 11201

 

 

 

Judicial District II

(Self-Employed)

16 Court Street

31st Floor

Brooklyn, NY 11201

 

Judicial District II

October 1, 2007

to

September 30, 2012

Degree: J.D. (Law), Hofstra University; B.A. (History), Georgetown University

Public Member

 

Betty Ming Liu

Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706

 

 

Judicial District IX

(Self-Employed)

243 Farragut Pkwy

Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706

 

Judicial District IX

October 1, 2007

to

September 30, 2012

Degree: M.S. (Journalism), Columbia University; B.B.A. (Accounting), Baruch College, CUNY

Public Member

State Board for Dentistry

(Appointment)

 

Steven H. Cho

New York, NY 10022

 

 

 

Judicial District I

 

 

 

(Self-Employed)

121 E. 60th Street

Suite 7A

New York, NY 10022

 

Judicial District I

 

 

 

November 1, 2007

to

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Degree: D.D.S. (Dentistry), Columbia University; B.A. (Biology), Colgate University

Profession: Dentistry

Licensed in 1990

License #042710

State Board for Landscape Architecture

(Reappointments)

 

James F. Rathmann

West Seneca, NY 14224

 

 

 

 

Judicial District VIII

 

 

 

 

Kideney Architects

200 John James Audubon Parkway

Suite 303

Amherst, NY 14228

 

Judicial District VIII

 

 

 

 

November 1, 2007

to

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

 

Degree: B.L.A. (Landscape Architecture), University of Georgia; A.A.S. (Landscape Development), SUNY-Alfred

Profession: Landscape Architecture

Licensed in 1979

License #000764

Leland Weintraub

Yonkers, NY 10705

 

 

 

 

 

 

Judicial District IX

City College of NY School of Arch., Urban Design & Landscape Arch.

138 Street & Convent Avenue

New York, NY 10031

 

Judicial District I

November 1, 2007

to

October 31, 2012

Degree: B.S. (Landscape Architecture), City College of New York

Profession: Landscape Architecture

Licensed in 1979

License #000749

State Board for Medicine

(Appointments)

 

Jerry Ray Balentine

Rye, NY 10580

 

 

Judicial District IX

 

 

 

St. Barnabus Hosp.

4422 Third Avenue

Bronx, NY 10457

 

Judicial District XII

 

 

 

November 1, 2007

to

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Degree: D.O. (Osteopathic Medicine), Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine; Internship at St. Joseph’s Hospital; Emergency Medicine Residency at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center

Profession: Osteopathic Medicine

Licensed in 1989

License #181012

Monica Michele Dweck

Brooklyn, NY 11201

 

 

 

 

Judicial District II

SUNY Downstate Medical Center

450 Clarkson Avenue, Box 58

Brooklyn, NY 11203

 

Judicial District II

November 1, 2007

to

October 31, 2012

Degree: M.D. (Medicine), SUNY Downstate Medical Center; A.B. (Psychology), Princeton University; Internship at Hartford Hospital; Residency at New York Eye & Ear Infirmary; Fellowship at The Cleveland Clinic

Profession: Medicine

Licensed in 1987

License #173216

Ronald V. Uva

Oswego, NY 13126

 

 

Judicial District V

(Self-Employed)

42 Montcalm Street

Oswego, NY 13126

 

Judicial District V

November 1, 2007

to

October 31, 2012

Degree: M.D. (Medicine), University of Bologna, Italy; B.A. (Biology), SUNY-Buffalo

Profession: Medicine

Licensed in 1978

License #134241

(Reappointments)

 

Richard H. Alfred

Delmar, NY 12054

 

 

 

 

Judicial District III

 

 

Capital Region Orthopaedic Group

1367 Washington Avenue, Ste. 200

Albany, NY 12206

 

Judicial District III

 

 

September 13, 2007

to

September 12, 2012

 

 

Degree: M.D. (Biochemical Sciences), Albany Medical College; A.B. (Biochemical Sciences), Harvard College

Profession: Medicine

Licensed in 1982

License #151371

Alfred T. Frontera

Kingston, NY 12401

 

 

 

Judicial District III

Kingston Neurological Assocs.

365 Broadway

Kingston, NY 12401

 

Judicial District III

September 13, 2007

to

September 12, 2012

Degree: M.D. (Biology), SUNY Downstate Medical Center; B.A. (Biology), Fordham College

Profession: Medicine

Licensed in 1971

License #108801

Dhiren K. Shah

East Amherst, NY 14051

 

 

 

Judicial District VIII

Cancer Treatment Services

2121 Main Street

Buffalo, NY 14214

 

Judicial District VIII

September 13, 2007

to

September 12, 2012

Degree: M.D. (Medicine), Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; B.S. (Electrical Engineering), Lehigh University

Profession:  Medicine

Licensed in 1995

License #200420

Committee for Professional Assistance

(Reappointments)

 

George W. Delamar

Rensselaer, NY 12144

 

Judicial District III

 

 

 

 

(Retired)

 

 

Judicial District N/A

 

 

 

 

November 1, 2007

to

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

 

Degree: B.A. (Social Sciences), SUNY Binghamton

Public Member

 

John W. Mullen

Troy, NY 12180

 

Judicial District III

(Retired)

 

 

Judicial District N/A

November 1, 2007

to

October 31, 2012

Degree: Diploma, Cardinal McClosky Memorial H.S.

Public Member

 

State Board for Professional Medical Conduct

(Reappointments)

 

Richard V. Lee

Orchard Park, NY 14127

 

 

 

Judicial District VIII

 

 

 

 

 

R&B Medical Group

55 Spindrift Drive Suite 110

Williamsville, NY

 

Judicial District VIII

 

 

 

 

 

October 1, 2007

to

September 30, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

Degree: M.D. (Medicine), Yale University; B.S. (Biology), Yale University

Profession: Medicine

Licensed in 1976

License #127471

Ravinder Mamtani

Hopewell Junction, NY

 

 

 

 

Judicial District IX

New York Medical College

Munger Pavilion

Room 512

Valhalla, NY 10595

 

Judicial District IX

October 1, 2007

to

September 30, 2010

Degree: Ph.D. (Preventive Medicine), University of Delhi, India; M.B., B.S. (Pre-Med), University of Delhi, India Profession: Medicine

Licensed in 1987

License #172363

Theodore A. Spevack

Yonkers, NY 10701

 

 

 

 

Judicial District IX

St. Barnabus Hosp.

Dept. of Emergency Medicine

3rd Ave. & 183rd St.

Bronx, NY 10457

 

Judicial District VII

October 1, 2007

to

September 30, 2010

Degree: D.O. (Osteopathic Medicine), Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine; M.A. (English), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; B.A. (English), Temple University

Profession: Medicine

Licensed in 1990

License #181318

State Board for Veterinary Medicine

(Appointment)

 

Laura R. Shafer

Vestal, NY 13850

 

 

 

 

Judicial District VI

 

 

 

 

(Self-Employed)

Vestal Veterinary Hospital

2316 Vestal Pkwy E. Vestal, NY 13850

Judicial District VI

 

 

 

 

January 1, 2008

to

December 31, 2013

 

 

 

 

Degree: D.V.M. (Veterinary Medicine), NYS College of Vet Med at Cornell; B.S. (Biology), SUNY-Stony Brook

Profession: Veterinary Medicine

Licensed in 1984

License #005153-1




Table 2 of 2


Proposed Appointments and Reappointments of Extended Members to the

State Boards for the Professions for Service on Licensure Disciplinary and/or

Licensure Restoration and Moral Character Panels

 

Board Name, Type of Proposed Action, Candidate's Name, Residential Address,

and Judicial District

 

 

Candidate's Current Employer, Address and Judicial District

 

Proposed

Term

 

Highest and/or Professional

Degree(s) Earned,

Member Type, and

Licensure Specifics

State Board for Chiropractic

(Appointments of Extended Members)

 

Benjamin M. Bartolotto

Johnson City, NY 13790

 

 

 

Judicial District VI

 

 

 

 

 

(Self-Employed)

381 Conklin Avenue

Binghamton, NY 13903

 

Judicial District VI

 

 

 

 

 

October 1, 2007

to

September 30, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

Degree: D.C. (Chiropractic), National College of Chiropractic; B.S. (Human Biology), National College of Chiropractic; A.A.S. (Environmental Health, Broome Community College

Profession: Chiropractic

Licensed in 1977

License #X001956

Vincent F. Loia

Baldwinsville, NY 13027

 

 

 

 

Judicial District V

New York Chiropractic College

2360 State Rt. 89

Seneca Falls, NY 13148

 

Judicial District VII

October 1, 2007

to

September 30, 2012

Degree: D.C. (Chiropractic), NY Chiropractic College; B.A. (Biology), SUNY-Buffalo

Profession: Chiropractic

Licensed in 1981

License #X002797

State Board for Engineering and Land Surveying

(Reappointment of Extended Member)

 

Joanne D. Crum

Cobleskill, NY 12043

 

 

Judicial District III

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Self-Employed)

479 West Main St.

Cobleskill, NY 12043

 

Judicial District III

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 1, 2007

to

November 30, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

Degree: M.B.A. (UB Arts), SUNY-Albany; B.A. (UB Arts), SUNY-Cobleskill

Profession: Land Surveying

Licensed in 1985

License #049673

State Board for Medicine (Appointment of Extended Member)

 

Benjamin Robinson

Manhasset, NY 11030


 

Judicial District X

 

 

 

 

(Self-Employed)

25 West 43rd Street

Suite 711

New York, NY 10036

 

Judicial District I

 

 

 

 

November 1, 2007

to

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

 

Degree: J.D. (Law), Brooklyn Law School; B.A., Brooklyn College

Public Member

 

(Reappointment of Extended Member)

 

Stanford A. Roman, Jr.

New York, NY 10024

 


 

Judicial District I

 

 

 

CUNY Medical School

138th St. & Convent Ave., Box J909

New York, NY 10031

 

Judicial District I

 

 

 

October 1, 2007

to

September 30, 2012

 

 

 

Degree: M.D. (Medicine), Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons; A.B. (Psychology), Dartmouth College

Profession: Medicine

Licensed in 1969

License #104102

State Board for Nursing (Appointments of Extended Members)

 

Rena Aggen

Schenectady, NY 12303

 

Judicial District IV

 

 

 

 

(Retired)

 

 

Judicial District N/A

 

 

 

 

January 1, 2008

to

December 31, 2012

 

 

 

 

Degree: M.S. (Nursing), C.W. Post, Long Island University; B.S. (Nursing), Empire State College; A.A.S. (Nursing), Maria College

Profession:  Nursing

Licensed in 1972

License #242106

Barbara H. Boursiquot

New York, NY 10038

 

 

 

Judicial District I

New York Downtown Hospital

170 William Street

New York, NY 10038

 

Judicial District I

January 1, 2008

to

December 31, 2012

Degree: M.S. (Community Health/Administration), Long Island University; B.S.N. (Nursing), Skidmore College; Diploma (Nursing), Rockland State School of Nursing

Profession:  Nursing

Licensed in 1973

License #248811

(Reappointment)

 

Melba S. B. Ramos

New York, NY 10025

 

 

 

Judicial District I

 

 

St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center

1000 10th Avenue

New York, NY 10019

 

Judicial District I

 

 

December 1, 2007

to

November 30, 2012

 

 

Degree: M.Ed. (Nursing), Teachers College; B.S.N. (Nursing), St. Paul College of Manila

Profession:  Nursing

Licensed in 1978

License #306180

State Board for Veterinary Medicine (Reappointments of Extended Members)

 

James E. Apostolides

West Hampton, NY 11977

 

 

 

 

Judicial District X

 

 

 

 

 

AIA Veterinary Hospital

23 Sweet Grass Rd.

West Hampton, NY 11977

 

Judicial District X

 

 

 

 

 

December 1, 2007

to

November 30, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

Degree: D.V.M. (Veterinary Medicine), Cornell University; (Biology/Chemistry), Hofstra University

Profession: Veterinary Medicine

Licensed in 1960

License #002276

Paul G. Schneible

Perry, NY 14530

 

 

 

 

Judicial District VIII

Perry Veterinary Clinic

3180 Perry Center Road

Perry, NY 14530

 

Judicial District VIII

December 1, 2007

to

November 30, 2012

Degree: D.V.M. (Veterinary Medicine), Cornell University; B.S. (Poultry/Husbandry), NYS College of Agriculture

Profession: Veterinary Medicine

Licensed in 1969

License #2996

Ellsworth B. Thorndike

Mamaroneck, NY 10543

 

 

 

 

Judicial District IX

Miller-Clark Animal Hospital

1621 Harrison Ave.

Mamaroneck, NY 10543

 

Judicial District IX

January 1, 2008

to

December 31, 2012

Degree: D.V.M. (Veterinary Medicine), University of Pennsylvania; (Pre-Veterinary Medicine), Rutgers University

Profession: Veterinary Medicine

Licensed in 1967

License #002554