WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER: Some of the members of the Organ and Tissue Donor Council at Westchester, front row - from left: Kathy D’Aquila, clinical nurse specialist for neurosciences and donor council co-chair; Judy Kovalak and Diane Sarrusco, liver recipient coordinators; and Maggie Holden, emergency medicine nurse manager. Back row - from left: Carmela DeLuca, The Eye Bank for Site Restoration; Sharon Marino, emergency medicine assistant nurse manager; Patricia Sheiner, M.D., donor council co-chair; Monica James, Donor Network in-house transplant coordinator; Michael Marvin, M.D. and Manuel Rodriquez, M.D., liver and kidney transplant surgeons; and Lisa Yarusso, nurse manager of the 4th floor transplant unit.

 

Deborah Benzil, M.D., F.A.C.S., the chair of Westchester’s donor council in 2005.