Important Alerts
Updates

Starting Wednesday, September 3, the Town of Fishkill will be closing and paving the portion of Merritt Blvd that connects to Route 9.

Important Detour Information:

  • This road closure will require patients to take a detour that may add at least 20 minutes to travel time.
  • The detour route passes through school zones, and local schools will be in session starting next week. Please plan accordingly and drive safely.

Effective September 15, 2025, Plainview CardiologyGastroenterologyPrimary Care at 1181 Old Country Rd and Primary Care at 789 Old Country Rd will be relocating to a new, state-of-the-art multi-specialty center at 1600 Old Country Road in Plainview.

Recording/Photography Not Permitted on Premises

Office and Urgent Care Closures

The Croton-on-Hudson lab is temporarily closed until further notice.

COVID-19 Information and Updates
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Department Chairs

For more information about Optum’s department chairs, view their full profiles.

Allergy/Immunology: 

Chair – Paula Brown, MD FAAAAI

Chair – David Lewis Wertheim, MD, Vice Chair – Steven Jay Weiss, MD

Anesthesiology:

Chair – Robert Rauch, MD

Chair – Cory Baker, MD, Vice Chair –  Sharyn Sokol, MD

Cardiology: 

Chair – A Garvey Rene, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Chair – Jaffar Raza, MD

Dermatology:

Chair – Laurie J. Levine, MD

Chair –  Mark Lichtenberg, MD

Chair – Ross S. Levy, MD FAAD

Ear, Nose & Throat (Otolaryngology) 

Chair – Shari Reitzen-Bastidas, MD

Chair – Kenneth Anthony Scioscia, MD

Ear, Nose & Throat (Otolaryngology)/Plastic Surgery 

Chair – Jeffrey Keller, MD FACS FAAP

Medical Subspecialties (Endocrinology, Nephrology & Rheumatology)

Chair – Eric A. Rudin, MD 

Family Medicine

Regional Medical Director – Elizabeth August, MD

Chair – Marc Schechter, MD

Gastroenterology

Chair – Gagan  Beri, MD

Hospitalists

Chair – Rostislav Tabak, MD

Chair – Wellington Veras, MD 

Internal Medicine (Infectious Diseases, Rheumatology, Sleep Medicine and Pulmonology)

Internal Medicine 

Chair – Steven M. Goldberg, MD

Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases 

Chair – Nader Moaven, MD

Adult Primary Care (Internal Medicine/Family Medicine, Infectious Disease & Pulmonology)

Co-Chair – Ingrid Van Hollebeke, DO, Co-Chair – Jeffrey D. Gross, MD

Rheumatology

Chair – Michael Guma, MD

Neurology

Chair – Rina Caprarella, MD 

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Chair – Christine Herde, MD FACOG, Vice Chair – Megan Pierce, MD, FACOG

Chair – Nicholas J. Tarricone, MD

Oncology

Chair – Francisco Antonio Garcia-Moreno, MD

Chair – Jeffrey L. Halaas, MD PhD 

Ophthalmology

Chair – Roger Husted, MD, FAAO

Chair – Adam J. Flug, MD

Orthopedics

Chair – Bryan Char-Hoa Ding, MD

Chair –Evan H. Karas, MD FAAOS

Chair –  Paul Rothenberg, MD

Pediatrics 

Regional Medical Director – Bruno Basil, MD

Chair – Jay Berger, MD, Vice Chair – Lisa A. Forgione, MD and Carl A. Soranno, MD 

Pediatrics/Pediatric Gastroenterology, Peds Endocrine, and Peds Neurology

Chair –Olamide Odubogun, MD, Vice Chair – Amy Amin-Patil , MD

Phychiatry

Chair – Bahar Hadjiesmaeiloo, MD 

Podiatry

Chair – Eric J. Abrams, MD

Chair – Duyet Bui,  DPM

Chair – Joseph A. Larsen, MD 

Radiology

Chair – Jennifer H. Menell, MD

Surgery

Chair – Dan Reiner, MD

Surgical Specialties  (ENT,  General Surgery, Breast Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Urology)  

Chair – Lyda E. Rojas Carroll, MD FACS

Urgent Care

Chair – Daniel M. Rothberg, MD

Urology

Chair – Jeffrey Howard Lumerman, MD, Vice Chair –  Gary Scott Oshinsky, MD