| JUNE 1996 |
The Westchester Medical Group, P.C., forms with 15 physicians. Dr. Simeon Schwartz is president of the Rye Brook-based group. |
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| 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. |
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| 2000 |
The Westchester Medical Group installs CT Scan. |
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| 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. |
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| 2002 |
The Westchester Medical Group implements an electronic medical records (EMR) system. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| FEBRUARY 2005 |
Six physicians from Rye Brook OB/GYN join the Group, bringing the number of OB/GYNs in the Group to eight. |
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| APRIL 2005 |
The Group opens an Urgent Care Center at 210 Westchester Avenue, White Plains, the first of its kind in the area. |
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| OCTOBER 2005 |
Pediatricians Dr. Ben Glassman and Dr. Eugene Wasserman join the Group, bringing the number of pediatricians to six. |
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| MAY 2006 |
The total number of physicians in the Group totals 100. |
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| JULY 2006 |
Ophthalmologists Dr. John Ettenson and Dr. Steven Greenberg join the Group. |
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| 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.
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| APRIL 2007 |
Enocrinology Associates Dr. David K. Bloomgarden, Dr. Kenneth R. Weiser, and Dr. Jonathon Weinstein join the Group. |
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| 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.
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| FEBRUARY 2008 |
Internists Drs. Jerry Campanella, Ronald Dennett and Steven Kubersky join the Group. |
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| 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.
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| JULY 2008 |
Westchester Cardiology Associates, Scarsdale, joins the Group, including Drs. Mitchell Fishbach, Gary Gabelman, Richard Grose, Douglas Hart and Anthony Mercando. |
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| 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.
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| JUNE 2009 |
The total number of physicians in the practice is 150. |
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