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Company History

JUNE 1996

The Westchester Medical Group, P.C., forms with 15 physicians. Dr. Simeon Schwartz is president of the Rye Brook-based group.


 
MAY 1999

Eighteen physicians with the White Plains-based Northeast Permanente Medical Group, PC, join the 26 physicians with The Westchester Medical Group, P.C., and lease the 80,000-square-foot medical office, which was owned and operated by Kaiser Permanente. The group has a total of six sites and extensive in-house laboratory services. Dr. Simeon Schwartz, President and Dr. Barney Newman, Medical Director, jointly lead the Group.


 
2000

The Westchester Medical Group installs CT Scan.


 
MAY 2001

Six physicians with the Mamaroneck-based Medical Pulmonary Associates of Westchester join The Westchester Medical Group, P.C., bringing the total to 50 physicians at six sites.


 
2002

The Westchester Medical Group implements an electronic medical records (EMR) system.


 
2003

The Group expands to include physicians in nephrology, radiology, neurology, and internal medicine, bringing the total to 70 physicians, 60 FTEs since some physicians are part-time. The physicians practice in six sites with over 20 specialties represented.


 
2004

The Group adds PACS, a film-less X-ray system, MRI and Nuclear Medicine.  In the last quarter, a secure Web site is piloted in internal medicine at 210 Westchester Avenue to enable patients to communicate with their physicians and schedule appointments online.


 
FEBRUARY 2005

Six physicians from Rye Brook OB/GYN join the Group, bringing the number of OB/GYNs in the Group to eight.


 
APRIL 2005

The Group opens an Urgent Care Center at 210 Westchester Avenue, White Plains, the first of its kind in the area.


 
OCTOBER 2005

Pediatricians Dr. Ben Glassman and Dr. Eugene Wasserman join the Group, bringing the number of pediatricians to six.


 
MAY 2006

The total number of physicians in the Group totals 100.


 
JULY 2006

Ophthalmologists Dr. John Ettenson and Dr. Steven Greenberg join the Group.


 
AUGUST 2006
  • Internists Dr. Sandy George, Dr. Mandira Gharekhan and Dr. David Herzog (formerly of DOCs Larchmont) join the Group.
  • Mid-Westchester Medical Associates joins, including Drs. Sheldon Alter, David Cziner, Martin Feingold, Steven Fink, Peter Muehlbauer, Zorayda Pretto, Jonathan Rie, Herbert Ross, Michael Silver, Jonathan Wynn and Sanford Zevon.

 
APRIL 2007

Enocrinology Associates Dr. David K. Bloomgarden, Dr. Kenneth R. Weiser, and Dr. Jonathon Weinstein join the Group.


 
NOVEMBER 2007
  • Vascular Surgeons of Westchester, including Dr. Kenneth Schwartz, Dr. George Piccorelli, and Dr. Neil Weintraub of Westchester, join the Group.
  • The Group’s 2nd Urgent Care Center opens at 1 Theall Road, Rye.

 
FEBRUARY 2008

Internists Drs. Jerry Campanella, Ronald Dennett and Steven Kubersky join the Group.


 
MARCH 2008
  • The OB/GYN practice of Drs. Diane Ainsworth, Maria Abbattista, Jennifer Meyer and Celina Ponce, become part of the Group.
  • The total number of physicians in the Group is 134.

 
JULY 2008

Westchester Cardiology Associates, Scarsdale, joins the Group, including Drs. Mitchell Fishbach, Gary Gabelman, Richard Grose, Douglas Hart and Anthony Mercando.


 
SEPTEMBER 2008
  • Associates for Women’s Care, an OB/GYN practice in Scarsdale, becomes part of the Group, bringing physicians Drs. Joshua Waldman and Dr. Jordan Hirsch.
  • Dr. David Xiong, a pain management specialist, joins Dr. Stephen Andrus in the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department at 210 Westchester Avenue.

 
JUNE 2009

The total number of physicians in the practice is 150.


 

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