Tribute to Hospital Trustees | Archived

The 19th annual Tribute to Hospital Trustees recognizes the dedication and leadership of the volunteer leaders who govern not-for-profit hospitals in the metropolitan New York region. This year's luncheon, on May 8, 2009, at the Waldorf-Astoria, will honor trustees nominated by hospitals throughout New York City and across the metropolitan region.

The 2009 honorees are:

John W. Alexander Staten Island University Hospital

Victor A. Ayala Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center

Peter R. Barra, MD Flushing Hospital Medical Center

Richard A. Berman Westchester Medical Center

Edgar M. Cullman The Mount Sinai Medical Center

Caroline A. Davis Lenox Hill Hospital

Joan DePrizio New York Methodist Hospital

Hector Estepan, MD Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

Lizanne Fontaine The Brooklyn Hospital Center

Livingston S. Francis North General Hospital

Lai Wah Fung New York Downtown Hospital

Jonathan N. Grayer Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Eugene P. Heslin, MD The Kingston Hospital

Arthur Kalish North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System

David H. Komansky NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Reverend Diane E. Lacey New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation

William A. LeDoux Benedictine Hospital

Howard H. Lee New York Hospital Queens

Royden A. Letsen, Esq. St. John's Riverside Hospital

Susan Liebowitz The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary

Gerald Luterman Lutheran Medical Center

Carol R. Maslow Continuum Health Partners, Inc.

George W. Miner, MD Nassau Health Care Corporation

Joseph Muré, Jr., Esq. Peninsula Hospital Center

Bishop Dr. R.C. Hugh Nelson The Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center

John Nikas New York Community Hospital

Steven D. Oppenheim Maimonides Medical Center

Douglas A. Phillips, CPA NYU Langone Medical Center

Victor M. Richel Trinitas Regional Medical Center

Vincent L. Riso St. Mary's Healthcare System for Children

Kathryn Krause Rooney, Esq. Richmond University Medical Center

Susan W. Rose Hospital for Special Surgery

Howard Safir St. Barnabas Hospital

Joseph Semidei Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center

Joseph Simunovich Hackensack University Medical Center

Gerald C. Tobin, Esq. Calvary Hospital

The Right Reverend Orris G. Walker, Jr. Episcopal Health Services Inc. Interfaith Medical Center

Kenneth D. Weiser Montefiore Medical Center

Vaughn C. Williams Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers