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New York, NY - July 21, 2008 - Hon. Louis L. Levine, President & CEO of the New York College of Podiatric Medicine, was honored recently by Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation, an independent, 527-bed, not-for-profit institution located in New Hyde Park, NY. (Pictured, left to right) Louis L. Levine, President & CEO, New York College of Podiatric Medicine; Stephan Kamholz, MD, Chairman of the Department of Medicine, North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center; Henry T. "Pat" Schwaeber, Chairman of the Board, Parker Jewish Institute; Michael N. Rosenblut, President and CEO, Parker Jewish Institute; and Jeffrey P. Rosenfeld, Ph.D., Director of the Gerontology Program at Hofstra University.
President Levine was honored by Parker Jewish Institute's Associate Board of Trustees not only for his leadership and vision during his ongoing, seventeen-year tenure as President & CEO of NYCPM, but also for his long career in public service, which has included serving under three governors of New York State as Commissioner of Labor Affairs and as Industrial Commissioner of the State of New York. He also served as Corporate Vice-President for Governmental and Public Affairs at Empire Blue Cross-Blue Shield, and as Chairman of the Executive Committee and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Group Health, Incorporated.
Also honored at Parker Jewish Institute's Dinner Dance and Celebrity Auction, held at The Garden City Hotel, in Garden City, NY, were Stephan L. Kamholz, MD, MACP, FCCP, Chairman, Department of Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center and North Shore University Hospital, and Jeffrey P. Rosenfeld, Ph.D., Director, Hofstra University Gerontology Program.
Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation offers sub-acute care/short term rehabilitation, long term care, and community health programs, including adult day health care, Alzheimer's day care, home health care and hospice programs.
The New York College of Podiatric Medicine
The New York College of Podiatric Medicine, established in 1911, is the first and largest of the eight U.S. schools of podiatric medicine. Its clinical affiliate--Foot Clinics of New York--is the world's largest foot health center, recording nearly 30,000 patient visits a year. NYCPM has graduated more than twenty-five percent of all practicing podiatrists in the nation, and is at the forefront of podiatric care in terms of education, public awareness, government legislation and professional advancement.
