Sound Shore Medical Center is pleased to announce the inclusion of twenty six of our physicians as 2009 Most Distinguished Doctors by Westchester Wag Magazine – 2009 M.D.D. Awards.

In naming its choices for the 2009 M.D.D. Awards, the Magazine considers excellence in medical and surgical skills, education, training, and experience to determine who is named to their annual list. They commented that the M.D.D. list is the men and women they trust with their health and that of their families.

The following SSMC medical staff members received Westchester Wag’s 2009 M.D.D. Award:

Allergy & Immunology
Kira Geraci-Ciardullo, MD

Anesthesiology
Stanimir Bozic, MD

Cardiology
Marshall Matos, MD
Donald Miller, MD
Lynne Perry-Bottinger, MD

Endocrinology
David Blum, MD

Gastroenterology
Joseph McNelis, MD
Sanford Taffet, MD

Hematoloogy & Oncology
Bernard Bernhardt, MD
Elizabeth Phillips, MD

Internal Medicine
John Giampietro, MD
Maria Wing, MD

Otolaryngology
Mark Fox, MD
Paul Gittelman, MD

Pediatrics
Cindi Hartz, MD

Pediatric - Cardiology
Bernard Fish, MD

Pediatric – Hematology & Oncology
Judith Marcus, MD

Pediatric - Orthopeadics
Robert Cristofaro, MD

Surgery – Bariatrics
Leonard Maffucci, MD
Madhu Rangraj, MD

Surgery – Breast
Peter Fauci, MD

Surgery – Colon and Rectal
Richard Burg, MD

Surgery – Pediatric
Leif Holgersen, MD

Surgery – Plastic
Richard Garvey, MD
Andrew Kleinman, MD