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Meeting of the Board of Regents | December 2008

Monday, December 1, 2008 - 9:20am

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


 

TO:

The Professional Practice Committee

 

FROM:

Frank Muñoz

                                                       

SUBJECT:

Appointments and Reappointments of Members to the State Boards for the Professions, Board for Professional Medical Conduct, and Committee on Professional Assistance, 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:

November 26, 2008

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, Board for Professional Medical Conduct, and Committee on 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 Professional Practice Committee at its December 2008 meeting where it will be voted on and action taken.  It will then come before the full Board at its December 2008 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 (re)appointees is noted on the attachment.  The three appointments to the State Board for Social Work were submitted in October with an incorrect term of appointment and are being resubmitted in December with the revised term of appointment. 

 

Recommendation

 

              The Regents should approve the proposed (re)appointments.

 

Timetable for Implementation

 

              If the Regents approve these (re)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 for Professional Medical Conduct, and Committee on Professional Assistance

 

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

Board for Professional Medical Conduct

(Reappointments)

 

Walter M. Farkas

Melville, NY 11747

 

 

 

 

 

 

Judicial District X

 

 

 

 

(Self-Employed)

Ryan Medical Arts Bldg.

200 North Village Ave., Suite 207

Rockville Centre, NY 11570

 

Judicial District X

 

 

 

 

July 1, 2008

to

June 30, 2011

 

 

 



Degree: M.D. (Medicine), Bologna University, Italy

Profession: Medicine

Licensed in 1968

License #07469

Steven V. Grabiec

Grand Island, NY 14072

 

 

 

 

 

Judicial District VIII

Asthma and Allergy Assoc. of Western New York

6930 Williams Road

Niagara Falls, NY 14304

 

Judicial District VIII

February 1, 2008

to

January 31, 2011

Degree: M.D. (Medicine), SUNY Buffalo-School of Medicine; A.B. (Pre-professional), University of Notre Dame

Profession: Medicine

Licensed in 1971

License #109038

Stephen W. Hornyak

Staten Island, NY 10304

 

 

 

Judicial District II

(Self-Employed)

1130 Victory Blvd.

Staten Island, NY 10301

 

Judicial District II

March 1, 2008

to

February 28, 2011

Degree:  M.D. (Medicine), SUNY – Downstate; B.A. (Chemistry), Columbia University

Profession: Medicine

Licensed in 1980

License #126870

Lois A. Jordan

New York, NY

 

Judicial District I

(Retired)

222 East 93rd Street

New York, NY 10128

 

February 1, 2008

to

January 31, 2011

Degree:  B.A. (Speech Pathology/Education), City College of New York; M.B.A. (Marketing/Management), New York University

Public Member

Eleanor C. Kane

Rhinebeck, NY 12572

 

Judicial District IX

(Retired)

77 East Market St.

Rhinebeck, NY 12572

 

March 1, 2008

to

February 28, 2011

Degree:  M.D. (Medicine), Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania; B.A. (Biology/ Psychology), Swarthmore College

Profession:  Medicine

Licensed in 1959

License #082051

Florence Kavaler

New York, NY 10021

 

Judicial District I

(Retired)

150 East 61st Street

Apt. 10G

New York, NY 10065

 

March 1, 2008

to

February 28, 2011

Degree:  M.D. (Medicine), SUNY-Downstate; M.S. (Biostatistics), Columbia University; B.A. (Math), Barnard

Profession:  Medicine

Licensed in 1982

License #151363

Rafael Lopez

New York, NY 10033

 

Judicial District I

(Retired)

140 Cabrini Blvd.

Apt. 114

New York, NY 10033

 

February 1, 2008

to

January 31, 2011

Degree:  M.D. (Medicine), University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine; B.S. (Chemistry), Seton Hall University

Profession:  Medicine

Licensed in 1954

License # 082299

Ralph J. Lucariello

Bronxville, NY 10708

 

 

Judicial District IX

(Self-Employed)

4234 Bronx Blvd.

Bronx, NY 10466

 

Judicial District XII

March 1, 2008

to

February 28, 2011

Degree:  M.D. (Medicine), Georgetown University

Profession: Medicine

Licensed in 1952

License #072852

Committee for Professional Assistance

(Reappointments)

 

David W. Bowie

Albany, NY 12203

 

Judicial District III

 

 

 

 

(Retired)

22 Orchard Avenue

Albany, NY 12203

 

 

 

 

 

January 1, 2009

to

December 31, 2013

 

 

 

 

Degree: M.A. (Urban Studies), Occidental College; B.A. (Sociology), California State University at Los Angeles

Public Member

Suzanne A. Stanton

Syracuse, NY 13205

 

Judicial District V

(Retired)

172 Stonefield Road

Syracuse, NY 13205

 

January 1, 2009

to

December 31, 2013

Degree: B.S. (Community Health – emphasis on Alcoholism), Empire State College; RN (Nursing), Rochester Psychiatric Center School of Nursing

Public Member

State Board for Social Work

(Appointments)

 

Patricia W. Blau

9 Centre Ave.

Larchmont, NY 10538

 

 

 

Judicial District IX

 

 

 

 

Liberty Partnership Program

Bellevue Hospital 461 First Avenue

New York, NY 10016

 

Judicial District I

Revised to 5-year terms

 

 

November 1, 2008

to

October 31, 2013

 

 

 

 

Degree: Certificate (Bioethics), Montefiore; MSW (casework), Syracuse Univ. School of Social Work

Profession: Social Work

Licensed in 1970 (CSW); 2004 (LCSW)

License #011828

Christopher John Callahan

Rochester, NY 14609

 

 

Judicial District VII

(Retired)

691 Paul Street

Rochester, NY 14605

 

Judicial District VII

November 1, 2008

to

October 31, 2013

Degree:  M.S.W. (Social Work), Syracuse University; B.S. (Human Services), Empire State College

Profession:  Social Work

Licensed in 1993 (CSW); 2004 (LMSW)

License #046427

Virginia Lee Whitford

Frankfort, NY 13340

 

 

Judicial District V

Kids Oneida, Inc.

1500 Genesee St.

Utica, NY 135602

 

Judicial District V

November 1, 2008

to

October 31, 2013

Degree:  M.S. (Social Work), Syracuse University; B.A. (Sociology), Hamilton College

Profession:  Social Work

Licensed in 2005 (LMSW)

License # 071827


Table 2 of 2


Proposed 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 of Dentistry

(Reappointment of Extended Member)

 

Reneida E. Reyes

Brooklyn, NY 11217

 

 

 

Judicial District II

 

 

 

 

(Self-Employed)

One Hanson Place

Suite 2204

Brooklyn, NY 11243

 

Judicial District II

 

 

 

 

June 1, 2008

to

May 30, 2013

 


 

 

Degree: M.P.H. (Public Health), Harvard School of Public Health; D.D.S. (Dental Medicine), SUNY Stony Brook

Profession: Dentistry

Licensed in 1980

License #035002

State Board of Midwifery

(Reappointments of Extended Members)

 

Patricia Burkhardt

Brooklyn, NY 11231

 

 

Judicial District II

 

 

 

 

NYU Midwifery Prog.

246 Greene Street

New York, NY 10003

 

Judicial District I

 

 

 

 

January 1, 2009

to

December 31, 2013

 

 

 

 

Degree: DPh, MPH (Public Health), Johns Hopkins University; B.S. (Nursing), St. Louis University; Diploma (CNM), Catholic Maternity Institute, Diploma (Nursing), Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital

Profession: Midwifery

Licensed in 1987

License #000005

Caroline Burtner

Rochester, NY 14622

 

 

Judicial District VII

Unity Hospital

1555 Long Pond Rd.

Rochester, NY 14626

 

Judicial District VII

January 1, 2009

to

December 31, 2013

Degree: CNM (Midwifery), Univ. of Medicine & Dentistry; M.S. (Education), Lehigh Univ., B.S. (Nursing), Cedar Crest College; Diploma (Nursing), St. Lukes Hospital

Profession: Midwifery

Licensed in 1994

License #000003

Andrew Mezey

Ardsley, NY 10502


 

 

Judicial District IX

Maimonides Infants and Children’s Hospital of Brooklyn

4802 Tenth Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11219

 

Judicial District II

 

January 1, 2009

to

December 31, 2013

Degree: M.D. (Medicine), New York University; M.S. (Health Management), New York University; B.S. (Zoology), University of Wisconsin; Pediatric Internship/Residency, Bronx Memorial Hospital

Profession:  Medicine

Licensed in 1961

License #087128

Elaine Mielcarski

Jamesville, NY 13078

 

 

Judicial District V

(Private Practice)

770 James Street

Syracuse, NY 13203

 

Judicial District V

January 1, 2009

to

December 31, 2013

Degree: M.S. (Midwifery), SUNY Stony Brook; Certificate (CNM), Medical University of South Carolina; B.S. (Health Services), SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse; Certificate (CNP), Community General Hospital; Diploma (Nursing), St. Mary’s Hospital

Profession: Midwifery

Licensed in 1994

License #000002