Gene Giliotti, 71, of New Dorp, Staten Island Discharged After Spending 5 Weeks On A Ventilator January 20, 2021 – Richmond University Medical Center provided a warm send-off this afternoon to recovered COVID-19 patient Gene Giliotti, 71, of New Dorp, Staten Island. Giliotti was admitted to the hospital on Thanksgiving morning and spent nearly eight […]
Mary Cochran of West Brighton, Staten Island, Receives First Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine January 14, 2021 – Today at 4:30 PM, Mary Cochran, 98, of West Brighton receive her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, taking one step closer to immunization against the virus. The nonagenarian was accompanied to Richmond University Medical Center (RUMC) by […]
Front line healthcare workers who have been treating COVID-19 patients since March of last year received the first inoculations of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine today at Richmond University Medical Center. The recipients will receive a booster injection three weeks from today on January 4, 2021. Following guidance from the New York State Department of Health, […]
Richmond University Medical Center has announced the appointment of Johnathon LeBaron, DO, FACEP, as its new Chair for the Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. LeBaron takes the helm of the hospital’s Level I Adult Trauma and Level II Pediatric Trauma emergency department, which treats close to 65,000 patients annually. “Dr. LeBaron brings a wealth of […]
Richmond University Medical Center has announced David Murray, MBA, FHFMA, as its new Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Murray brings over 25 years of healthcare finance expertise to RUMC. He replaces Joseph Saporito who held the same position at the hospital for the past 5 years and retired in September of this year. […]
Richmond University Medical Center has announced the appointment of Keith Diaz, MD, to Chief of the Division of Pulmonary Medicine. Since 2011, Dr. Diaz has worked as an intensivist and consulting pulmonologist at RUMC, and he also serves as director of the hospital’s lung screening program. He is also part of the medical leadership team […]
Richmond University Medical Center has announced the hiring of Tom Pagano as Vice President of Information Technology and Support Services. Pagano comes to RUMC with over two decades of successful IT experience and a proven record of successfully transforming technology operations in healthcare, educational, and government institutions. “We are extremely excited to have Tom join […]
