PRESS RELEASE

BOARD APPOINTMENTS APPROVED AT NEW ENGLAND SINAI
HOSPITAL ANNUAL MEETING AND DINNER

    

STOUGHTON, MA —Appointments to the Board of Directors and Hospital Board of Trustees were approved by Hospital Board Members at New England Sinai Hospital’s annual Board Meeting and Dinner, held June 5, 2008 at the Hospital’s main campus in Stoughton.

Sinai Board of Directors

Appointed in 2005 as Chairman of the Board of Directors, Richard Blankstein of Waban was reappointed to the chairman position. The following people were appointed as officers of New England Sinai Hospital:

Stanley Hatoff, Vice Chairman, Boston
Ira Kaplan, Vice Chairman, Sharon
Herbert Shivek, Vice Chairman, Chestnut Hill
George Small, Treasurer, Sharon
Joseph Ludwig, Assistant Treasurer, Sharon
Harris Stone, Past Chairman, Westwood
Norman Spector, Chairman Emeritus, Beverly

Blankstein has been a member of the Sinai Board of Directors since 1976 and has served as Vice Chairman and Chairman Elect. A principal in the law firm of Posternak, Blankstein & Lund, Boston, Blankstein is an active leader in non-profit community and volunteer organizations. He is a past president and member of the boards of Jewish Family & Children's Service of Boston and the Association of Jewish Family & Children’s Agencies, and a member of the Board of the National Human services Assembly, an organization based in Washington, DC, whose members include some of the country’s largest non-profit, health and human service providers.

Stephen De Cesare of Sharon was newly appointed to the Board of Directors for a one-year term.  He previously held a seat on the Hospital Board when serving as Chairman of the Sinai Foundation (June 2005 - June 2008).

Members of the Hospital Board reappointed for a three-year term are:

Richard Blankstein, Waban
Barry Goverman, North Easton
Ira Kaplan, Sharon
Kenneth Schlossberg, Chestnut Hill
Norman Spector, Beverly
Judith Woolfson, Chestnut Hill

Sinai Board of Trustees

Les Brown and Larry Lencz of Sharon and James Kenney of Stoughton were newly appointed to three-year terms as members of the Sinai Board of Trustees, a support and advisory group to the hospital. Many members of the Board of Trustees serve on hospital and board committees.

                                               
Members of the Board of Trustees reappointed to a three-year term:

Mr. Richard Ashworth, Needham
Ms. Faye Berzon, Sharon
Mr. David Clifton, South Easton
Ms. Kathleen Cronin, Stoughton
Mr. Maurice Epstein, Chestnut Hill
Mr. Earl Gashin, Sharon
Mr. Gerald Goulston, Stoughton
Ms. Rhonda Hoffman, Sharon
Mr. Terrance Huggard, Osterville
Mr. Ryan Kinkade, East Taunton
Mr. Arnold Kublin, Sharon
Ms. Deborah Levitz, Stoughton
Ms. Lynne Marshall, Stoughton
Mr. William Marshall, Stoughton
Professor Frances Miller, Wellesley
Dr. Milton Okun, Milton
Dr. Melvin Pearlson, Canton
Ms. Nanci Peters, Boston
Mr. Murray Sandler, Watertown
Ms. Marjorie Stanzler, Wellesley
Mr. Dan Tollins, Hyde Park
Mr. David Wluka, Sharon
Ms. Nancy Wluka, Sharon

 

 

New England Sinai Hospital is a 212-bed, non-sectarian, not-for-profit, long-term acute-care hospital with its main campus in Stoughton, MA and inpatient satellite units at Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston and Caritas Carney Hospital in Dorchester. Recognized as a regional leader in pulmonary and medically complex care, Sinai also offers a wide range of outpatient programs and services.  Sinai is a teaching affiliate of Tufts University School of Medicine.  

Contact:
Carole Herrup
Public Relations Director
New England Sinai Hospital
150 York Street
Stoughton, MA 02072

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FAX: 781-297-7509