Putnam Hospital Transformation

Our latest updates are listed below, as of February 2025.

Women’s Health

• Birthing Center reopened in January 2024
• Rapid growth in GYN/GYN ONC referrals
• Welcomed Laura Twist, MD, an OB/GYN, in August 2023. Practice is rapidly growing.
• Gynecologic oncology services started in April 2023 with Linus Chuang, MD, network system chair of OB/GYN, seeing patients at Putnam Hospital.
• Gynecologic oncology surgical services started in June 2023
• Nuvance Health Medical Practice OB/GYN at Putnam Hospital is now seeing patients on the hospital campus, suite 110.
• New York Children’s Medical Provider Services, P.C., a specialist group associated with Connecticut Children’s, to provide neonatal/pediatric coverage of labor and delivery. 

Primary Care

• Welcomed Karl Ng, MD and Harry O'Shea, PA, to Nuvance Health Medical Practice Primary Care - Mahopac in Fall of 2024
• Welcomed Teena Thomas, MBBS, to Nuvance Health Medical Practice Primary Care - Brewster in Fall of 2024
• Nuvance Health GoHealth Urgent Care - Carmel opened in February 2024
• Nuvance Health Medical Practice Primary Care - Mahopac opened in December 2023
• Welcomed Gisell Vega, MD, to Nuvance Health Medical Practice - Mahopac in January 2024
• Both Carmel and Mahopac Primary Care offices are currently arranging schedules with various Nuvance Health-based specialists to see patients at their respective sites. Specialties include neurology, GI and specialty surgery.
• Welcomed Valerie Zarcone, DO in April 2023 to Nuvance Health Medical Practice - Putnam Valley. Since late 2024, she has been seeing patients at Nuvance Health Medical Practice Primary Care - Mahopac 
• Gastroenterologist Daniel Kaufman, MD, sees patients at the Nuvance Health Medical Practice - Mahopac 

Surgical Services

• Welcomed General and Bariatric Surgeon Daniel Stephens, MD,  in January 2025
• Total Joint Replacement Program implemented in September 2024
• Welcomed General and Bariatric Surgeon Craig Floch, MD, in January 2024
• Welcomed General Surgeon Shani Fruchter, DO, in January 2024
• Surgical subspecialty offices at Putnam Hospital (hepatobiliary, surgical oncology and bariatrics) opened in spring 2023
• The surgeons’ offices are at Putnam Hospital in suite 110
• Northwell Anesthesiology providing anesthesiology services since January 2023

Cancer Institute

• Welcomed Lev Davidson, MD in March 2023. His practice continues to grow.
• Infusion center opened in August 2024
• All cancer services are now located on the ground floor to have continuity in medical oncology, radiation oncology and infusion. 

Behavioral Health

• Welcomed Nadav Klein, MD, who specializes in psychiatry and palliative medicine
• Refurbishments to the Behavioral Health unit are underway
• Welcomed Patient Care Manager Christopher Rumsey in November 2023
• Plans underway to expand Partial Hospitalization Program
• Instituted Behavioral Health Nursing Residency Program in January 2023. Nursing graduates have been hired.
• Welcomed Vikram Duvvi, MD as Medical Director

Heart and Vascular Institute

• Cardiac surgeon Richard Kaplon, MD, is seeing patients at Putnam Hospital

Leadership

• Welcomed Quality Director, Catherine Lane in January 2024
• Welcomed Financial Planning Director Jesse Fortes in January 2024
• Welcomed Regional Vice President of Finance for New York Brenda Farrell 

Laboratory

• Marked growth in scope and volume of services in both basic core lab and phlebotomy needs.
• Welcomed Suja Abraham as Laboratory Manager
• Construction and equipment enhancements completed in April 2023. Received full state of certification upon completion.

Facilities

• Upgrades to OR, including flooring and lighting underway
• Continued focus on investing in the facilities and infrastructure at Putnam Hospital for patient care.
• Improvements to helipad completed

Emergency Department

• Welcomed ED/Critical Care Patient Care Manager Danielle Ayala in October 2024
• We continue to collaborate with EMS leadership regarding hospital infrastructure improvements and patient transport to and from the hospital
• In 2022, Putnam Hospital instituted the ED Nursing Residency Program. Continued success in hiring graduates.
• Maintaining emergency care 24/7/365 

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 

• Welcomed Outpatient Supervisor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Conor O’Brien in 2024
• Welcomed Inpatient Supervisor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Liza Feraco 
  
  Welcomed Regional Director of Outpatient Rehabilitation Catherine Leonard in October 2023
• We offer comprehensive services including speech, occupational and physical therapies in the hospital and at three satellite locations including in Katonah, Jefferson Valley and Pawling. 

Imaging and Radiology

• Welcomed Radiology Manager David Natoli in October 2024 
• Upgraded Radiology and Fluoroscopy Suite in December 2024
• Outpatient 128 Slice CT Scanner will be installed in April 2025
• Inpatient 128 Slice CT Scanner will be installed in May of 2025
• Welcomed Director of Radiology Paul King in December 2023
• We offer comprehensive inpatient and outpatient imaging services including mammography, ultrasound, interventional radiology, CT scans, MRI and PET scans.

Neuroscience Institute

• Earned the American Heart Association’s Get with the Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Award in 2024
• Putnam Hospital received stroke certification from the American Heart Association in March 2023.

Digestive Health Institute

• Welcomed Gastroenterologist Daniel Kaufman, MD, in November 2023. Practice continues to expand.
• Bariatric Surgery Program earned a Low Acuity Center Accreditation in December 2024. This three-year designation comes from the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP), following a rigorous evaluation of its practices and protocols.
• Plans underway to expand OR services