westchester health & life april 2010

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■ A Poughkeepsie teen’s life-changing

double transplant■ Your kids and sports:How much is too much?

■ ‘I was determined to walk again’

T H E G OOD L I V I N G M A G A Z I N E f r o m W E S T C H E S T E R M E D I C A L C E N T E R

Rockin’ Moroccan in Mamaroneck

In search of:WESTCHESTER’S CUTEST BABY

HOME• A Rye Brook redo • A design pro’s

Chappaqua home• Rooms across

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April 2010

Westchester whispersEyes on the pies · What’s the scoop? · In searchof: Westchester’s cutest baby! · From Israel, withlove · “What I’m listening to ...”

Flash Captured moments around the county

Health WatchA new life, thanks to a transplant · Comeback fromparalysis · Helping damaged hearts · Young athletesoverdoing it? · Three with long service

Westchester gourmetRockin’ Moroccan Exotic decor mingles withcreative, flavorful cuisine at the lovely Zitoune in Mamaroneck.

Where to eat Your Westchester County dining guide

Be there! A listing of local events you won’twant to miss

What’s happeningat Westchester Medical Center

Faces of WestchesterA dip with some nip

At home / All in the familyRevamping her Chappaqua abode, a local designermanaged to please her whole clan.

The great indoors A couple’s rustic Catskills getaway reflects thebeauty of nature.

From blank to swankIn Rye Brook, a designer transforms a bare room into achic dining space for a family of four.

The color spectrumWant your home to make a vivid statement? Dipinto a bright palette.

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WITH SPRING UPON US AT WESTCHESTER Medical Center, we are entering an exciting season ofspecial events bringing together our staff, supporters andvolunteers, patients and families for some very specialactivities and causes.

We have launched a new, comprehensive corpo-rate sponsorship program that encourages organizationsand their employees to get involved with events benefit-ing both the Westchester Medical Center Foundationand our Children’s Hospital Foundation. Whether you,or an organization you are associated with, enjoy run-ning or cycling, golfing or tasting fine wines, our eventshave something to suit your interests, providing every-thing from competition to camaraderie, all for a greatcause: enhancing the advanced care services provided atWestchester Medical Center and our Maria Fareri Chil-dren’s Hospital. Our next event, Go the Distance, stepsoff on April 18. Visit www.worldclassmedicine.com fordetails about this walk and family fun day, and all of ourevents throughout the year.

The spring also brings the rising of the RonaldMcDonald House of the Greater Hudson Valley on ourcampus. Expected to be completed in the fall, this newstand-alone facility will provide 13,500 square feet of liv-ing space, including 12 bedrooms, for families of patientsat our Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital. This is just oneof many exciting projects that we have going on toaddress the increased need for the services we provide atWestchester Medical Center. I look forward to sharingmore news with you regarding these exciting projectsand programs in the coming months.

Spring happenings

Welcome LETTER

MICHAEL D. ISRAEL

President and CEOWestchester Medical Center

For additional information about Westchester Medical Center, visit ourwebsite at www.worldclassmedicine.com.

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When my cancer went into remissionmy earrings came back.

Brittany Beckmann, Leukemia Survivor

Brittany Beckmann was 16 when she was diagnosed with leukemia. Soon after, while waiting for a procedure, she was asked to remove her earrings—from her newly pierced ears. She looked up at her mother and said, ‘This shouldn’t be happening!’ She thought her life, as she knew it, would never be the same.

The doctors at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital answered her every question, and our nurses and staff helped her feel at ease during this very difficult time. After months of intense treatment, her cancer went into remission.

People are often surprised when Brittany tells them the time she spent at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital was one of the greatest experiences of her life. But Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital isn’t just another hospital. It’s the region’s only advanced care facility designed specifically for children.

Brittany returned to school and graduated with her high school class. But her life had changed. Inspired by her experiences at the hospital, she is now studying to be an oncologist.

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I HAVE SOMETHING OF A LOVE-HATE RELA-tionship with the home renovations we describe inWestchester Heath & Life. On the one hand, I find thesephotos thrilling and inspiring—a testament to the end-less, breathtaking possibilities of interior design. On theother hand ... they make me a bit wistful about the less-than-ideal corners of my own home.

Take the inspiring home transformation featured onpage 26. Just peering at the kitchen alone—light and airy,warm but modern—makes me imagine the divine meals Imight concoct in such a space, or what convivial dinnerparties I might throw. Styled by a Chappaqua interiordesigner for her own home, that room is just one exampleof the spaces she reimagined—with input from her creative-minded friends and family.

Having recently updated my own dining room, Ican appreciate the work that went into the makeover onpage 34. Once a bare, blank space, this room is now anelegant yet still family-friendly dining space, perfect forbustling holiday gatherings.

And the vibrant rooms in “The Color Spectrum,”page 36, are proof positive that I’m not alone in my quest toadd splashy hues to almost any space. See for yourself whata difference it can make.

The rest of our pages feature indulgences we can alltry whenever the whim strikes. In Gourmet, for instance,we detail a delicious Moroccan meal at Mamaroneck’sstylish Zitoune. In Westchester Whispers, meanwhile, weprofile a local pie emporium serving up a wealth of cre-ative, fresh-made concoctions, plus a local shop wherearea foodies flock for authentic Passover goodies.

Finally, we’re pleased to announce the launch ofour first-ever “Cutest Baby” contest. If you think your tykehas what it takes to win, turn to page 11, where we offer allthe details on how to enter. Look for the winner to beannounced in our August issue!

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RITA GUARNA

art director SARAH LECKIE

senior editor TIMOTHY KELLEY

managing editor JENNIFER CENICOLA

assistant editorKRISTIN COLELLA

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advertising account executivesLOUISE DEMMEL,MARY MASCIALE

director, internet & new media NIGEL EDELSHAIN

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communicationsKARA BENNORTH

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director editorial information

managementLESLIE MILLS

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Westchester Medical CenterANDREW LAGUARDIA

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We never advocate skipping dinner. But ... if you find your-self at GRANDMA’S COUNTRY PIES in YorktownHeights (914-739-7770) and suddenly adopt a “dessert first”philosophy—well, we can’t say we blame you.

The local institution, with its cozy dining area rem-iniscent of Granny’s parlor, is revered for its flaky quiches,hearty soups and fresh-ground burgers. But really, the buzzis all about its namesake desserts, an incredible 36 varietiesof them. While traditional apple remains the best-seller,other customer favorites include Mississippi mud, Swisschocolate almond and “bumbleberry” (apples, raspberries,blackberries and rhubarb). They’re sold by the slice to stayor go ($4.25 for most), or whole at the adjoining retail bak-ery (generally $13 to $14).

“We have pies coming out of the oven at all times,and everything is natural and fresh—we use no additives,”says owner Joan Spivak, who has run the shop with herhusband, David, for 26 years.

Ann Sickles of Yorktown cites the apple and thebanana-fudge pies as her family’s favorites. “I come everySunday with my husband and kids,” she says. “Everything ishomemade and wonderful, and the place is very friendly—it feels like you’re family.”

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Eyes PIES

Yes, you love your pooch—but do you ever miss thedays when you could roam the backyard worry-free?Mount Kisco–based DOODYCALLS of WestchesterCounty (1-800-366-3922, www.doodycalls.com) may bethe answer to your prayers.

“Our customers are busy people who’d ratherspend time with family than clean up after their dog,”says owner George Sichler of his residential service.“They have us clean so the kids can play.”

Typical customers receive service weekly and spend $25 for 15-minute cleanings.(Larger properties and more dogs affect price.)New customers can get 50 percent off theirfirst month.

Veterinarian Phillip Raclyn of BriarcliffManor, a devotee since 2008, loves giving hispups free reign in his yard—and can now doso without worrying about future mis-steps. “I couldn’t believe a service likethis actually existed!” he says. “I’mtheir biggest fan. I don’t know how Ilived without them.”

Moms and dads: Think your bundle of joy is the most

darling of them all? Submit your cutest picture of your

wee one (under age 3) at www.westchesterhealth

andlife.com/baby (at least 300 dpi, please) or by mail to:

Westchester’s Cutest Baby

Westchester Health & Life

110 Summit Avenue

Montvale, NJ 07645

Only custodial parents may submit

entries. Include your name, address,

phone number and e-mail; the baby’s

name and age; and a signed note certi-

fying you are a custodial parent. All

babies must reside in Westchester

County; deadline is May 16.

Images will be posted on our web-

site. Finalists and winners will be

published in our August issue!

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Year-round, area foodies flock to family-run YARANUSH

MEDITERRANEAN GROCERY STORE in White Plains

(914-682-8449) for a smorgasbord of authentic Greek,

Israeli, Turkish and Armenian delicacies. But when spring

starts to show its signs, another clientele comes a-calling:

local Jewish customers in search of imported

Israeli haroset (a fruit and nut paste), dried

fruits and other tasty vittles for the perfect

Passover seder.

“I was raised in Israel, and the food

reminds me very much of the things we

ate there,” says Eli Fleischer of Mount

Pleasant. “I’ve found items that are difficult

to locate anywhere else. They have foods from

Israeli manufacturers like Elite and Telma, plus

coffees from Israel.”

Dozens of barrels brim with bulk foods, including

multiple varieties of almonds, pistachios and cashews—

raw for cooking, roasted for munching. Glass cases display

fresh-made hummus, spinach pie and baklava, plus feta

and kasseri cheeses.

“It’s just fun to explore,” says Rye-based food blog-

ger Doug Yuan of www.HungryTravels.com. Among his top

picks: the shop’s dolmas (rolled grape leaves stuffed with

rice and spices) and za’atar bread (seasoned with a vari-

ety of Middle Eastern spices).

“I grew up hearing folkand blues albums mydad collected, classicalmusic my mom playedand any jazz album Icould get my handson—so I guess you cansay I love variety,” saysPeter Reit, principalFrench horn player forthe Westchester Philhar-monic in White Plains (914-682-3707,www.westchesterphil.org). “I appreciate the amazing skills that great artists of any style havedeveloped.” Here’s a sampling of his top tunes at the moment:

1. “GRACELAND,” Paul Simon, from Graceland

2. “SYMPHONY NO. 5 IN C MINOR,” Gustavo

Dudamel and Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of

Venezuela, from Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7

3. “I SEE YOUR FACE BEFORE ME,” John Coltrane,

from Settin’ the Pace

4. “SATIN DOLL,” Oscar Peterson and Clark Terry,

from Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington

5. “HARD TO SAY I’M SORRY,” Chicago, from

The Best of Chicago: 40th Anniversary Edition

6. “CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY (MARIAH’S THEME),”

Mariah Carey, from Mariah Carey: Greatest Hits

7. “DUO NO. 1, K. 423 IN G: ALLEGRO,” Itzhak

Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman, from Mozart: Duos

for Violin & Viola—Leclair: Sonata for 2 Violins

8. “TREASURE ISLAND,” Bob Belden Ensemble,

from Treasure Island

9. “VISION,” Victor Wooten, from A Show of Hands

10. “SO WHAT,” Miles Davis, from Kind of Blue

—Kristin Colella

‘What I’m listening to …’

From Israel, with love

33.8 minutes is the average daily commute time for Westchester men, versus 29 for women. Source: www.factfinder.census.gov

$74,878is the average per

capita income in

Westchester County—

the 7th highest in

the country.

Source: www.nj.com

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any or all of these

uncomfortable health problems.

Truly, a single visit to The

Gelb Center can turn these

annoyances into a faint memory.

Dr. Gelb’s practice treats

headaches, temporomandibular

joint problems, and sleep

disorders as well as providing

complex, comprehensive

dentistry.

He is a master detective

uncovering if your discomfort

is related to sleep apnea,

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points, compressed nerves,

craniosacral, auto immune

illness or head and neck

disorders. These disorders are

rarely associated with dentistry;

however, Dr. Gelb’s treatments

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How does he do it? After

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related sleep disorders, Dr. Gelb

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the patients tongue and jaw

so that the airway stays open.

Together with the use of the

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for sinus, and TMJ diagnosis,

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Are you are living with any of these disturbing, uncomfortable conditions?Do you have recurring headaches that never seem to go away?Is your neck a real pain in the neck?Is snoring ruining your time in bed? Do you stop breathing in your sleep because of Sleep Apnea?Does your jaw click and lock when you chew?Do you grind your teeth?Are you tired all day?

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FLASHIT WAS A CELEBRATION OF ALL THINGS local as the Yorktown Chamber of Commerce hosted itsannual fundraising dinner-dance and awards ceremonyat Colonial Terrace in Cortland Manor. Tappan HillMansion, meanwhile, was the site of WestchesterMedical Center’s 2010 events kickoff party, which gath-ered the teams behind the hospital’s June gala and otherfestivities. A few weeks later, Westchester Medical Centerhosted another event, its “When You Wish Upon a Star”evening of art and music to benefit the Child Life andCreative Arts Therapy Department at Maria FareriChildren’s Hospital. Finally, the Jacob Burns FilmCenter in Pleasantville held its annual Silver ScreenCircle Dinner, honoring famed actress Jessica Lange.

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CELEBRATEYORKTOWN1. Kim Arco, George Arco,

Sue Foote and Karen Cammann

2. Kellie Montagno

3. Mike Jacabacci andCaroline Murphy

4. Marianna Beck, Fred and Ellen Koelsch

5. Bob and Betty Cecere

WMC 2010 EVENTSKICKOFF PARTY6. Esther Frishman, Lynne

Wilson, Elaine Tulis andMarilyn Heimerdinger

‘WHEN YOU WISHUPON A STAR’7. Katie Grieco,

Michael Park,

Barbara Mountner and Jennifer Filardi

SILVER SCREEN CIRCLE DINNER8. Jamie Shenkman,

Lisa Hertz Apkon and Gail Shenkman

9. honoree Jessica Lange

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Westchester Health & Life, att: Flash

editor, 110 Summit Avenue, Montvale, NJ

07645; or e-mail [email protected].

Include your contact information, a short

event description and names of all who

appear. (Submissions are not guaranteed

to appear and must meet the following

image specs: 4x6 color prints or 300

dpi jpg, tif or eps files. Prints must be

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TAYLOR WIGGERS CAN’T REMEMBER MANYtimes she didn’t feel sick. The 17-year-old Poughkeepsiehigh school junior was born with a rare genetic disordercalled autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease, orARPKD, which causes problems from birth and is oftenfatal. Taylor has had two organ transplant operations,including a relatively rare kidney-liver double transplantlast fall at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at West-chester Medical Center. Now, on the brink of adulthood,she finally gets a chance to feel like a normal kid.

The Wiggers family’s life has been anything butnormal since Taylor’s mother, Bonnie, entered her sev-enth month of pregnancy. That’s when prenatal testingdiscovered Taylor’s ARPKD. “The doctors told us shehad a 2 percent chance of living,” says Bonnie, 46, whoworks in the circulation department of the PoughkeepsieJournal. “I cried every day for the next three months.”

She and her husband, Paul, 48, who is studying tobecome a medical sonographer, had a son, Christopher,now 23. All three were healthy. There was no way Tay-lor’s disease could have been predicted. It’s caused by tworecessive genes, which the parents had no idea they carried.

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after her birth on September 16, 1992. “She had one of theworst cases of ARPKD I’ve seen,” says Manuel Rodriguez-

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A life-changingdouble transplant

BECAUSE OF A RARE DISORDER, IT TOOK

GETTING TWO NEW KIDNEYS AND A LIVER

TO ASSURE A GIRL’S BRIGHT FUTURE

“We are committed to taking our transplant program

to new heights,” says Manuel Rodriguez-Davalos,

M.D., a pediatric transplant surgeon at Maria Fareri

Children’s Hospital at Westchester Medical Center.

The program is the only one of its kind in southern

New York outside New York City. Since Dr. Rodriguez-

Davalos joined the program in 2006, its volume of

patients has tripled and it has taken on more complex

cases such as Taylor Wiggers’.

He credits that success in part to communication

among the various departments within the hospital and

also with patients and their families. “We make them

part of the team,” he says. “It’s not just the doctor com-

ing in and saying, ‘This is going to happen.’”

Bonnie Wiggers confirms that Dr. Rodriguez-Davalos

practices what he preaches. “He gave Taylor his cell

phone number so she could text him questions,” she

says. “How many doctors do that?”

Taylor Wiggers, 17,

is thriving after

a double kidney-

liver transplant

in October.

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Davalos, M.D., a pediatric transplant surgeon atMaria Fareri Children’s Hospital.

Robert A. Weiss, M.D., Chief of PediatricNephrology (kidney medicine), agrees: “Shegot the worst of everything.” Over the next eightyears, there were several hospitalizations. As shegrew older, her kidneys began to fail. A trans-plant became inevitable.

“Everyone in the family volunteered todonate,” says Paul Wiggers. “I was the bestmatch.” Taylor received her father’s kidney atage 8. She led a fairly normal life for a few years,though there were problems—her gallbladderwas removed and she developed pancreatitis.

“We didn’t put her in a bubble,” says Bon-nie. “She played softball and had lots of friends.”

But by 2005, she had developed a form ofcancer called post-transplant lymphoprolifera-tive disease (PTLD). “Her cancer was caused by theEpstein-Barr virus,” says Dr. Weiss. “It’s the virus thatcauses mononucleosis. We all carry it, but it proliferateswith the use of immunosuppressant drugs.”

To cure the PTLD, Dr. Weiss had to lower thedose of her antirejection medication. She was then treatedwith chemotherapy. The good news was that the cancerwas cured. The bad news was that her new kidney beganto fail. Worse still, so did her liver.

Over the next few years, Taylor was treated fornumerous chronic liver infections as well as her kidneydisease. But it was a losing battle, and in early 2009 herdoctors decided she needed a dual liver-kidney trans-plant. In a patient so young, that is almost unheard of.

“Maybe 5 to 10 percent of ARPKD patients over-all need a combined transplant,” says Dr. Rodriguez-Davalos. “In pediatrics it’s extremely rare.”

Says Dr. Weiss: “She is the only ARPKD patientI’ve seen in 35 years who required a liver transplant as achild,” he says.

Fortunately, she was in the right place. Maria Far-eri Children’s Hospital offers pediatric liver and kidneytransplants as part of a nationally recognized programthat features gastroenterologists with special expertise inliver disease and specialized nurses experienced in thepre- and postoperative care of young transplant patients.

Taylor had her double transplant on October 21,2009. Because only a part of the liver is needed to trans-plant, the liver she received was split into two sections. The

first, about one-quarter of this liver, was used in an8-month-old baby in another procedure at the hos-pital. The rest, along with the donor’s kidney, wentto Taylor. Her operation took about 10 hours.

“She did great,” says Dr. Rodriguez-Davalos. “Her surgery went just as we planned.”Taylor left the hospital November 12. “ByDecember, she was begging to go back to school,”he says. That didn’t happen until January. Butsince then, she has been thriving.

“I feel great, better than I’ve ever felt,” shesays. “I can finally keep up with my friends. I usedto get winded just walking at the mall.” Taylor willbe on antirejection medications the rest of her life,but newer medications have fewer potential sideeffects, Dr. Rodriguez-Davalos says. “Kids likeTaylor who are back to regular activities withintwo to three months usually have completely nor-

mal lifestyles. We can give them a great quality of life.”Taylor now dreams of becoming a special ed

teacher to help children with disabilities. “I think I cando anything I want,” she says. ■

To learn more about pediatric kidney and liver trans-

plants at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at West-

chester Medical Center, please call 1-877-WMC-DOCS.

Manuel Rodriguez-Davalos, M.D.

Robert A. Weiss, M.D.

When a child needs a new liver or kidney ...

There’s no better place to turn than the Pediatric

Transplant Program at Maria Fareri Children’s

Hospital, which

• accepts organs from both deceased and living

donors. (Living-donor transplants are more com-

plex because of the need for comprehensive care

for the two patients involved.)

• has 10 transplant coordinators who work closely

with prospective recipients’ families to find matches.

• is one of only a few in the region that can split

donated livers, tailoring donated portions to the

recipient’s size.

• performs many transplant operations (almost 30

percent of the total) on babies less than a year old—

patients who require extremely delicate surgery.

• has a 2000–2010 survival rate of 100 percent.


WHO’D GUESS THAT A SIMPLE COLD COULDbe the start of a nightmare? During the holidays in 2008,Diane Velez caught a cold that led to a rare disorder calledGuillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), which paralyzed her.It took her months of persistent effort to get back to per-forming the simple movements most of us take for granted.

At first, says Velez, 39, an information technologymanager from Peekskill, “the cold evolved into badbronchitis.” Medications didn’t clear it up. Then, onJanuary 20, 2009, she fell in the bathroom.

“My legs buckled under me,” she says. That night,

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her legs were so unsteady she could barely walk. Her armsgrew weak and it was hard to breathe. She and her hus-band, Tommy, 44, a commercial driver, didn’t go to theemergency room because they didn’t want to wake andfrighten their daughter, Jasmine, now 12. The next morn-ing, she couldn’t move from the neck down.

An ambulance took her to nearby Hudson ValleyHospital, where a neurologist thought she had eitherGBS or myasthenia gravis—“two things I’d never heardof and couldn’t pronounce,” quips Velez. Both are life-threatening, and the hospital’s protocol called for trans-porting her quickly to Westchester Medical Center.

“That was surreal,” says Velez. “I will never forgetbeing in the helicopter, seeing my husband on the groundand thinking, ‘This is out of a made-for-TV movie!’”

At Westchester a lumbar puncture test confirmedshe had GBS. This rare autoimmune disorder causes theimmune system to attack the nerves connecting thebrain and spinal cord with the rest of the body, interfer-ing with muscles’ ability to respond to the brain. No oneknows what causes GBS, but it can be triggered by infec-

WORKING IN A TOP REHAB CENTER,

A WOMAN REGAINS THE MOBILITY

SHE LOST TO GUILLAIN-BARRÉ SYNDROME

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From left, Sharon Lennon, nurse

practitioner; Annsley Miller,

occupational therapist; Guy

DiSalvo, physical therapist;

Christopher Lee, M.D.,

Medical Director;

and patient Diane Velez.

Comebackfrom paralysis


tions like the viral one that evidently caused Velez’s cold.Patients are treated with high-dose immunoglob-

ulin therapy, in which doctors give intravenous infusionsof these blood proteins that can lessen the immune sys-tem’s attack on the nervous system. Most people dorecover from GBS, but it can take from weeks to years.

Velez was on a venti-lator for 10 days. “Gettingoff that was my first mile-stone,” she says. “I was a bitpanicked, because it was stillhard to breathe on my own.”

And breathing was allshe could do. Still fully para-lyzed, she spent a week inone of the medical center’s nine intensive care units.Nurses and aides had to feed and bathe her. While Jas-mine stayed with Tommy’s mother, Tommy came to West-chester daily after work to help with her care. “Like thevows say, he was there in sickness,” says Velez.

About three weeks after she entered the hospital, herbreathing was stabilized and it was time to choose a facil-ity for rehabilitation. Velez opted for Westchester’s ownAcute Rehabilitation Unit, and there she was placed underthe care of Christopher Lee, M.D., Medical Director, andphysical therapist Guy DiSalvo. “Her case was one of theworst I’ve seen,” says Dr. Lee. “But she was determined.She said from the get-go she would walk out of here.”

Velez was encouraged to hear that her prognosiswas good, but it was scary to be immobilized. “I couldn’thold a spoon,” she recalls. “It took three people to get meinto a shower.” Under DiSalvo’s daily direction, shebegan the exhausting rehabilitation process.

“The first goal was for her to become used to sit-ting,” DiSalvo says. Initially, just getting to the edge ofbed left her feeling nauseous and dizzy. But by the endof the first week, she could sit up most of the day.

Seeing her face in the mirror for the first time wasa shock: “My left side drooped; my left eye was practi-cally closed,” she says. “I just thought, ‘This is not happen-ing to me!’” Her facial muscles came back fairly quickly,however. Her breathing grew stronger too, and she couldsoon eat solid food again. With the help of an occupa-tional therapist, she learned all over again to bathe, dressand feed herself. Then Dr. Lee decided she was ready forthe gym. There she gradually built her arm and leg strengthback until she could stand with the aid of a harness, and


finally—two months after becoming ill—on her own.“That was the biggest moment,” she says. “Guy

said, ‘Lock those knees and pull up’; I stood for 30 sec-onds, then fell back into my chair. It was overwhelming.”

Slowly, standing progressed to taking a first step,then two, 10 and 20. “She was a tiger,” DiSalvo says.

“She worked hard every day.”“I was determined,

yes,” Velez recalls. “But inmy room, in the middle ofthe night ... .”

After six weeks ofrehab, Dr. Lee began plan-ning for her return home.Velez still feared climbing

the steps in her house, because she couldn’t lift her footmore than 3 inches. DiSalvo coached Tommy on how tohelp her get around the house while remaining safe.

Finally, on April 7, two months after enteringWestchester’s rehab program, Velez used a rolling walkerto walk out the front door. At home she found a bouquetof flowers from the rehab staff.

“I burst into tears,” she says. Still, Velez’s comeback wasn’t complete. She

received home therapy for three months before she couldcomfortably get around her house. Then she startedworking from home one day a week, and soon she beganoutpatient therapy. She went from needing leg and footbraces and a walker to crutches, then a cane. She couldthen be driven into Manhattan to work three days aweek. Today she uses a cane and walks with a slight limp.It’s unclear when—if ever—she’ll be fully recovered.

But Velez’s progress so far makes her a confirmedoptimist. “The doctors tell me nothing is permanentuntil two years after the illness,” she says. “So I have allof 2010 to keep getting better.” ■

“From the helicopter I sawmy husband on the groundand I thought, ‘This is out of

a made-for-TV movie!’”

Westchester Medical Center’s Acute Rehabilitation

Unit offers comprehensive 24-hour care and a full

range of rehabilitation services for stroke, injury or ill-

ness. Its team includes physiatrists; physical, occupa-

tional and speech therapists; and specialized rehab

nurses. To learn more, please call 1-877-WMC-DOCS.

To learn more about Guillain-Barré Syndrome, please

visit www.gbs-cidp.org.


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ALA

MY

HELPINGdamaged hearts

ANGELO DIMARTINO, 79, OF ORANGEBURG,has heart failure. If he were a younger man, he might bea candidate for a heart transplant—one of his brothershad one. But fortunately, he enjoys a good quality of lifetoday with the next best thing: a mechanical pump

called a left ventricular assist device, or LVAD.If the LVAD sounds familiar, it may be because

you’ve read about it in these pages before. It is implanteddirectly into the main pumping chamber of a damagedheart to help out when the heart by itself can’t create

adequate circulation. But until recently, LVADswere approved for use only as a “bridge to

transplant” treatment—that is, only to pro-vide temporary support while a patient

awaited a new organ. Now, WestchesterMedical Center is one of fewer than 20U.S. hospitals that offer LVADs as a “des-tination” therapy—one that remains inplace indefinitely to enable a person withheart failure to feel better and live a moreactive life.

DiMartino had his first heart attackback in 1992. Several surgeries followed,including a double bypass with aneurysmrepair in 1999 and a mitral valve repair in2008. “I became the talk of the town afterI got off the table, because the chanceshad been good that I wouldn’t survivethe last operation,” he recalls. But theprocedure was a success.

There’s no hard-and-fast nationalupper age limit for heart transplants,according to the National Heart, Lungand Blood Institute, but most such trans-

plants are performed on people age 70 oryounger. When DiMartino reached end-stage heart

failure in 2008, at 78, he knew he was too old for a newheart. His prognosis didn’t seem good.

“My days were limited,” he recalls.In early 2009, as a patient of Chief of Cardiology

Melvin Weiss, M.D., DiMartino was presented with theLVAD option. An LVAD is a small pump about the sizeof a “C” battery. The pump has two hoses, one that pullsblood out of the left ventricle and another that pushes itinto the aorta, the main artery leaving the heart. Cablesrun out of a port in the abdomen and attach to a batterypack the patient wears around the waist or to a battery inthe home.

The medical center’s heart specialists had beenstudying the use of LVADs to treat those who couldn’thave transplants because of age or other medical com-plications, or who declined transplants for religious or

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other reasons. Initial data collected about four years agoshowed that LVADs could provide long-term support tothese patients, says Alan L. Gass, M.D., the medical cen-ter’s Director of Heart Failure, Mechanical CirculatorySupport and Heart Transplant. “New data releasedabout six months ago showed that the LVAD improvedsurvival rates by about 40 percent,” he says.

“Dr. Gass said I could live with this condition—though my quality of life would be very low and wouldcontinue to decrease—or I could try the LVAD,” recallsDiMartino. “I chose to go for it.”

“Newer LVAD models are better than previousgenerations,” Dr. Gass explains. “They are lighter, quieter,more efficient and longer-lasting. They are also muchmore patient- and doctor-friendly to use and require lesspostoperative care.” All these factors have made themmore suitable for destination therapy, he says.

Government and private medical watchdogs agree.In January, the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationapproved using the LVAD as destination therapy. Andthe Joint Commission, a national healthcare credential-ing organization that monitors hospital practices,awarded “disease-specific” certification to Westchester’sMechanical Circulatory Support Program, assuringpatients that it meets the rigorous standards set forLVAD destination therapy.

The results have been remarkable. “I have oneLVAD patient who went snowboarding,” says Dr. Gass.“Another, a jazz singer, gave a concert at Lincoln Center.”

DiMartino’s ambitions these days are less strenu-ous. He’s just happy to enjoy more time with his wife,Mary, his three children, seven grandchildren and twogreat-grandchildren. He admits the equipment he needsto wear seems cumbersome sometimes, and he has to becareful to keep his batteries well charged. “If my powergets too low, the thing beeps like crazy,” he says with a

laugh. But that’s a small price to pay for the rewardsthe LVAD allows him.

“Four months after the implant I took all thegrandkids to the Jersey Shore,” he says. “I can take themwherever they want to go. We’re a big family and wehave lots of parties, christenings and things, and now Ican be there for these events. I’m doing well.” ■

To find out more about the left ventricular assist device

and other heart-disease treatments at Westchester

Medical Center, please call 1-877-WMC-DOCS or visit

www.worldclassmedicine.com.

A LIFESAVING TREATMENT FOR AILING HEARTS

For Westchester Medical Center, becoming one of

the first few institutions in the country to offer the left

ventricular assist device (LVAD) as “destination” ther-

apy (that is, for patients who aren’t candidates for

transplant) took preparation—and collaboration. It

required the efforts of many members of the medical

center’s cardiac care department, including Melvin

Weiss, M.D., Chief of Cardiology; Steven Lansman,

M.D., Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery; and the heart

failure, heart transplant and mechanical circulatory

support team: David Spielvogel, M.D., Program

Director; Alan Gass, M.D., Medical Director, and

Warren Rosenblum, M.D., Associate Director.

“It was a total team effort,” says Dr. Gass.

What helped was the cardiac team’s great experi-

ence in end-stage cardiac care. Westchester surgeons

have performed 31 heart transplants since the begin-

ning of 2007 with a greater than 90 percent survival

rate and have implanted a variety of mechanical assist

devices, including the LVAD, thus adding to their

expertise in end-stage heart-disease care.

The new treatment option is an important asset

for medicine in the area. “As the population ages, heart

failure is growing exponentially,” says Dr. Gass. “Five

million people in the U.S. have it and 500,000 new

cases are diagnosed every year. Until now, there was

no therapy for end-stage heart-failure patients except

transplant. But with LVAD therapy, we can not only save

lives, we can also restore an excellent quality of life.”

Alan Gass, M.D.

“New data releasedabout six monthsago showed that

the LVAD improvedsurvival rates by

about 40 percent.”


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WARM WEATHER IS BACK, AND YOU SHOULDbe glad if it beckons your children outside to play activesports, because exercise is healthy. But make sure yourkids aren’t pushing their bodies too hard, risking injury.

In a way, the danger has grown. While once kidsplayed different sports in different seasons, today’s arrayof camps, classes, programs and leagues allows youngplayers dreaming of glory to specialize in a single sportyear-round. It’s a trend the American Academy ofPediatrics has warned against, suggesting that such spe-cialization not take place before adolescence.

Damon DelBello, M.D., a pediatric orthopedicsurgeon at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at West-chester Medical Center, says research hasn’t yet estab-lished hard-and-fast guidelines on how much exercise issafe for a child (except when it comes to throwing—see“Little Leaguer’s Elbow” at right) or exactly how old a

child should be to specialize safely. “Everychild is different, and finding the right limitsis more art than science,” he reports.

But Dr. DelBello cautions parentsagainst three main ways kids get hurt:

1Overuse: Repeating the same motionwithout enough rest accounts for half of

all injuries seen in pediatric sports medicine.“If your young throwing athlete has elbowpain, get it evaluated early before it progressesto something more serious,” the doctor advises.

Lifting weights, too, bears watching—especially freeweights. “While I know of no data yet proving that itcauses a particular injury, I have seen a pattern of backinjuries that convinces me it’s a danger,” says Dr.DelBello. “So I now steer young people to weightmachines, which are safer than free weights.”

2Poor technique: “When movements are doneimproperly, over time that can lead to injuries simi-

lar to repetitive stress,” the doctor says. “For example,poor throwing technique or a bad serve in tennis makes

kids prone to elbow and shoulder injuries.”

3Carelessness: The danger of accidents is oftengreatest when the crowds aren’t watching. “I recently

treated a 13-year-old extreme snowboarder who did finein competition, then fooled around on his backyardslope and sprained his knee,” Dr. DelBello says. “I seemore silly accidents from casual play than from compe-titions.” So make sure your young athlete uses the samecorrect procedures for practice as for a game or meet. ■

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Damon DelBello, M.D.

Young athletesoverdoing it?

SURE, KIDS NEED TO BE ACTIVE IN SPORTS

AND PLAY. BUT THERE’S A LIMIT

To learn more about pediatric orthopedic services avail-

able at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at Westchester

Medical Center, please call 1-877-WMC-DOCS.

THE CONDITION: Formally called medial apophysitis,

this injury occurs when repetitive throwing creates too

strong a pull on the elbow’s tendons and ligaments.

KIDS AT SPECIAL RISK: Baseball and softball pitchers,

football quarterbacks

THE DANGER: Repeated pulling can tear tendons

and ligaments away from the bone, pulling tiny bone

fragments with them the way an uprooted plant takes

soil with it. This can disrupt normal bone growth.

SYMPTOMS: Elbow pain, restricted range of motion,

locking of the elbow joint

WHAT TO DO: Rest the affected area and apply ice

packs to bring down any swelling. If pain persists after

a few days of resting the area fully, or if it recurs when

throwing is resumed, stop the activity again until the

child gets medical treatment.

PREVENTION: It’s recommended that a child not

make more than 200 throws in a week—including

both practices and competitive play.

Source: Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America

‘Little Leaguer’s elbow’:what you need to know



THESE DEDICATED HOSPITAL PROS HAVE COME TO THE SAME WORKPLACE

FOR MORE THAN A QUARTER CENTURY

Three with long service

DIANE MCCARTHY, R.N.In January, nurse DianeMcCarthy celebrated her 52ndbirthday and her 29th anniver-

sary at WestchesterMedical Center. Forthe past 25 years, she’s worked in thePediatric IntensiveCare Unit in MariaFareri Children’s Hos-pital, where she thriveson the variety of

patients, ranging from newbornsto 21-year-olds. “There’s some-thing new every day,” she says.

McCarthy attended PaceUniversity in Pleasantville andreceived her bachelor’s degree innursing in December 1980. Just aweek later she started at WMC,joining what she calls “a tight-knit group” of Pediatric Unitstaffers. Her former head nurseeven introduced her to her hus-band, Jay, a police sergeant andan R.N. himself.

“I enjoy working withkids,” says McCarthy. “Theyappreciate anything you dofor them, even somethingsimple like changing the TVto their favorite cartoon.”

McCarthy lives inMillwood with Jay and theirfour sons, ages 17, 16, 15 and11. When she’s not working shestays active, riding her bike,walking around her neighbor-hood and downhill skiing, some-times in Canada.

ELICIA BRIGGS, R.N.Few people can say they’ve neverhad more than a 3-mile commute,but Hawthorne native EliciaBriggs, R.N., is one of them.

When Briggs graduatedfrom the Cochran School ofNursing in Yonkers in 1980, shehad a job waiting for her atanother hospital. But at a highschool friend’s urging she wentto work in Westchester MedicalCenter’s Operating Rooms.She’s been there ever since.

She began as a staffnurse, then became a headnurse and currently serves asNurse Manager for the entireunit. In that post she overseesmore than 150 staff membersand all the cases in the unit’s17 operating rooms—up fromjust eight rooms when she started.

Briggs lives in Valhalla withher husband and three daughters(ages 19, 17 and 14). Her oldestdaughter is studying pre-med.“I guess that’s what happens

when you hear enoughabout medicine aroundthe dinner table,” saysBriggs. She and herfamily volunteer as“puppy socializers” forGuiding Eyes for theBlind, caring for young

Labrador puppies before theybegin guide-dog training.

Says Briggs of the workshe’s done for three decades: “It’snot a job you get tired of.”

TAMOTSU TSUNEKAGEHelping to maintain the morethan 11,000 pieces of medicalequipment scattered throughoutWestchester Medical Center is achallenge that keeps TamotsuTsunekage, Senior BiomedicalEngineer in the BiomedicalEngineering Department, excitedabout his work.

Born and raised in Japan,Tsunekage graduated from the

Osaka Institute ofTechnology in March1972 with a degree inelectrical engineering.Since he arrived at themedical center in 1981,he says, his work herehas combined two ofhis passions: solving

problems and helping others.“I could always find chal-

lenges to improve myself throughbiomedical engineering here,”says Tsunekage.

In his younger daysTsunekage was an avid backpacktraveler, visiting more than 30countries on four continents.Today the Mohegan Lake resi-dent, a father of two grown chil-dren (a 27-year-old son and adaughter, 25) has traded his hik-ing boots for golf and bowlingshoes. He enjoys playing golfwith his wife and bowling in aweekly league.

“I can relax and forgeteverything when I’m bowling,”he says. ■


At HOME

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D e s i g n e d b y C a m i We i n s t e i n

P h o t o g r a p h y b y M a r c We i n s t e i n

familyREVAMPING HER

CHAPPAQUA ABODE,

A LOCAL DESIGNER

MANAGED TO PLEASE

HER WHOLE CLAN

THERE WERE NO FUSSY CLIENTS TO PLEASE WHEN CAMI WEINSTEIN,owner of Cami Weinstein Interior Design in Chappaqua, set about renovating a 1927Chappaqua Tudor. The home was her own, so she was free to indulge all of her whims.

“As a designer, I think you can be a little more daring with your own home thanwith a client’s,” she says.

Still, anyone with a family knows that didn’t guarantee a slam-dunk. While herhusband, Marc, and sons Jeremy, 21, and Gregory, 18, did not interfere with thedesign process, Weinstein did let them weigh in on her selections. “My husband is aphotographer, and my boys have grown up with two artistic parents, so they certainlyhave opinions,” she says. “It was all my design direction, but I listened to their inputon what they were comfortable with and whether they liked certain colors—I stillhave to live with them!”

Even with family buy-in, achieving Weinstein’s vision of “chic but inviting”was a tricky proposition. “I wanted to mix traditional and modern styles to make the rooms feel timeless and preserve the integrity of the house,” she says, “but all of the design elements had to be really comfortable because we very much live inour home.”

Happily, the finished product reflects not just the family’s aesthetic, but alsothose of many artist friends who have created pieces for the Weinsteins over the years.Take the artwork displayed in the newly refurbished living room: an oil painting ofGregory as a boy by artist Christopher Gatto is placed on the mantel, while a few ofMarc’s photographs hang above the sofa. Both help achieve the “very warm, verycomfortable” feel Weinstein sought for the space.

“This room is used a lot—we’re always, always in it, and my sons’ friends liketo come over and watch TV here,” the designer says. To create the look she wanted,Weinstein used a soothing, biscuit-colored paint by Farrow & Ball on the walls andfilled the room with cozy furniture—notably, a brown linen wing chair and a largeblue chenille sofa from O. Henry House. “Our dog seems to take over the sofa, so I

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With new, comfier

seating upholstered in an

easy-to-care-for green

suede, the designer

hoped to lure her family

to share mealtimes in

the chic, newly revamped

breakfast room.


had to make sure it could hide the occasional pet hairs!”she says.

A fireplace with a white wooden mantel, whichreplaced an original brick surround, provides a relaxingfocal point. An antique wooden coffee table placed atopa decorative Oriental rug and a porcelain antique gardenseat stay true to the home’s traditional feel, while boldthrow pillows add a contemporary twist.

For the breakfast room—a space largely unused

Bold pillows add a contemporary

twist to the cozy family room,

while a more traditional white

wooden mantel echoes the

home’s architecture.

At HOME

before the redesign—Weinstein’s objective was morethan aesthetic: “I really wanted us to actually eat in it, allthe time,” she says. Thus, comfort and ease of use wereboth paramount. So while the designer opted to keepthe large antique French cherry table that already occu-pied the space, she replaced the old seating (made ofwoven rush and wood) with cushier chairs from ArtisticFrame, upholstered in “easy-to-clean” green ultra-suedefabric from Larsen. The hardwood floor is both chic and

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Holly Hunt was no simple task: “Before, the ceiling hada very bad coffered look,” she says, “so I ripped that outand was able to push the ceiling up 3 inches so that Icould fit in the fixture.”

In the kitchen, Weinstein says her objective was a“clean and airy feel. I wanted the materials to be time-less and not too fussy, because the space is not very large.And I really wanted it to go with the flow of the house—I don’t like it when you walk into a kitchen and it lookslike it was dropped from another planet.”

To that end, the designer carried over elementsfrom the breakfast room—specifically, the white cabi-nets and grass-cloth wallpaper—to create an easy flowbetween the adjacent spaces. Stainless-steel Vikingappliances, a limestone floor and a Calcutta gold mar-ble backsplash and countertops offer practicality andeasy maintenance when preparing family meals, whilecotton-and-linen window treatments from ClarenceHouse and “playful” pendants from ArtsyLights add atouch of creativity.

With the redesign now complete, Weinstein saysshe’s earned nothing but raves from the men in her life.“My family totally enjoys these three rooms,” she says.“We all like cooking in our new kitchen and lingeringover meals in our breakfast room—plus the family roomfeels so welcoming now.”

The project has also given the designer a betterunderstanding of her clients’ experience. “Once you’vegone through a renovation yourself—particularly akitchen—you know how difficult it really is to livethrough,” she says. “But it’s so worth it.” ■

easy to sweep clean should crumbs fall underfoot.Grass-cloth wallpaper gives the room a natural

touch, while a painting by another acquaintance,Russian artist Igor Tiul’panoff, and a wood-and-copperbox, handcrafted by a friend, add spots of color. Woodcabinets painted white from Bilotta provide much-needed storage space, with shelves fashioned in the centerto display Weinstein’s collection of brown transferware.Installing the antiqued iron-and-glass chandelier from

“Clean and airy”

was the goal for

the home’s kitchen.


BEFORE THERE WAS A HOUSE, THERE WERESandra and Evan Stern’s two great loves: family (thecouple has five children and nine grandchildren) andthe outdoors (Evan is a former competitive sailor). Sowhen setting out to build their perfect weekend retreat,the pair first scouted out their ideal location: 6 acres ofland on a protected preserve, situated beside an 800-acrelake and tucked into the picturesque Catskill Mountainsin Bethel, New York. Knowing that the wealth of activi-ties available nearby—hiking, fishing, boating on theircatamaran—would surely inspire their brood to jointhem for weekend getaways, they next built a 5,950-square-foot Adirondack-style home, large enough toaccommodate the whole clan.

“We wanted literally a mountain lodge,” Sandrasays. “We wanted it to be a place for the family to con-vene and relax. And it was also important to us for it tobe one with nature as much as possible.”

The couple enlisted designer Meryl Stern ofMeryl Stern Interiors in Haworth, New Jersey, to helpexecute their vision: to reflect the home’s rustic sur-roundings while adding cozy, luxurious touches.

Stern offered her expert eye to the couple, thoughshe concedes Sandra was heavily involved in the designprocess. “She had very specific ideas of what she wanted,”says the designer.

Take, for instance, that woodsy charm: It’s evidentin the abundance of natural timber featured throughout

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The impressive view may steal the spotlight

in the great room, but its the cushy furniture

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the home. The home’s first level alone includes hickoryfloors; knotty pine ceilings finished in clear lacquer; andreal, bumpy log columns. Genuine-antler chandeliersfrom Arte de Mexico (one in the great room, one in thedining room) add eye-catching focal points while keep-ing the natural vibe.

Even the great room’s console and coffee table,both from The Adirondack Store in New Canaan,Connecticut, feature metal legs shaped like treebranches. But the room has cozy touches too, thanks toa bold red sofa and comfy chairs (also from TheAdirondack Store), all arranged around a large stonefireplace. The couple brought plenty of personal touchesto the room, courtesy of items they had acquiredabroad—among them, a large decorative carpet fromIstanbul, antique prints from Europe and a strikingcuckoo clock from the Black Forest, purchased from anantique dealer in London.

Family was clearly top of mind when designing

the dining room. It’s anchored by an oversize oak gate-leg table from the Morristown Antique Center inMorristown, New Jersey, that accommodates a full dozenoak chairs—perfect for large, convivial dinners. Atop thetable, a large custom walnut lazy Susan provides bothstyle and convenience.

That the dining area runs easily into the kitchenwas no coincidence. “I wanted the kitchen to feel includedin the living area of the house,” says Sandra. It flows styl-istically as well, thanks to even more wood—Swedishelm countertops and maple cabinets painted light blue.A farmer’s sink preserves a rural feel, while a Vikingstove is both modern and practical.

Perhaps most notable, however, is what’s missingfrom the room: any cabinetry above the sink, whichwould have blocked the spot’s breathtaking vistas. “Iwas willing to give up cabinet space to have my beauti-ful view; we built a pantry in the mudroom instead,”recalls Sandra.

In the kitchen, Swedish elm countertops

maintain the home’s woodsy feel, while a

sleek Viking stove adds a modern touch.

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In the master bedroom, the homeowners enjoypeaceful slumber on an antique bed crafted with realtree branches painted red. Pine and oak furniture fromThe Adirondack Store lend extra rusticity, while a red-and-white checkered rug from J&S Designer Flooring inMorristown echoes the hues of the space.

The master bathroom creates a luxe, relaxingambience with earth-toned hues and nature-inspiredelements, including maple cabinets, stone countertopsand flooring, oil-rubbed bronze faucets and hand-made and hand-painted tiles depicting bears, deer,acorns and pinecones—“Sandra wanted to include onlyplant and wildlife that were native to the area,” explainsthe designer.

After so much careful plotting and planning,Sandra says she and her family were thrilled with thefinal, finished home, where they have enjoyed many fun-filled weekends and holiday jaunts. “It’s just a lovelyplace to get away from it all,” she says. ■

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An antique bed made of

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Hickory floors, tree-trunk

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“WHEN WE STARTED IT WAS REALLY JUSTa blank square,” recalls designer Lara Michelle Feinsod,describing the roughly 15-foot by 15-foot room just offthe foyer in Melissa and Andrew Kaminsky’s Rye BrookColonial. The couple had moved into the home a yearand a half earlier after relocating from Manhattan withtheir two young sons, and had tackled a number of otherrenovations already. “Lara had helped us design our

powder room, bedroom and a homework room for theboys,” says Melissa. “But turning this empty space intoour dining room would be our biggest project together.”

But where to begin? “They told me they wantedsomething contemporary with blues, beiges andbrowns,” says the designer, owner of Lara MichelleBeautiful Interiors Inc. in Rye Brook. “But because thehome is a Colonial, we decided to mix in some tradi-

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tional elements. I never like to depart too much from the‘bones’ of a house.”

Adds Melissa: “We’re not real formal, so we likedthe idea of something simple yet elegant with a littlecolor and ‘pop.’”

Seeking to achieve that perfect blend, Feinsodboldly contrasted colors and styles throughout the space.To enliven the room’s walls, for instance, she juxtaposedtraditional white wood paneling with a striking chocolate-brown textured wallpaper from Larsen. The paper’sintricate woven pattern is repeated on the window cur-tains, also from Larsen, which block an undesired viewof the driveway while still allowing sunlight to filter in.

Dark and light hues are also contrasted in theroom’s key furniture pieces, all from Baker, including awalnut buffet with a limestone top and a large walnutdining-room table with matching chairs that are uphol-stered in faux crocodile leather from Dedar—a materialcleverly chosen for its durability and stain resistance.“Between our kids and golden retriever that sheds allover the house, the faux crocodile is perfect—if there’s astain I can just wipe it off,” says Melissa with a laugh.

Overhead, a bold contemporary-style fabric chan-delier from Stonegate Designs adds illumination. “Imust have shown Andrew and Melissa 20 different lightsbefore they chose this one; they didn’t want your every-day traditional chandelier,” says Feinsod.

Agrees Melissa: “A typical chandelier with crystalsjust wasn’t us; this just suited our tastes better—we wereboth instantly drawn to it.” Two fabric-shade sconceswith brushed nickel bases add extra light to the walls.

Also contributing to the homey feel is a comfywindow seat topped with a coffee-hued cushion fromGlant. A large sequined pillow from Lillian August andsmaller throw pillows upholstered in fabrics from LeeJofa, Kravet and Barbara Barry add extra panache.

Finishing touches include artwork from KathrynMarkel Fine Arts in Manhattan and a pen shell–framedmirror from Oly on the walls, plus mercury glass can-dlesticks from Oly and real animal horns from MarianiGardens in Armonk, all placed atop the dining roomtable. Now, with ample seating for entertaining, theroom has become a lively hub for holiday meals.

“We’re very happy with our new dining room,” saysMelissa. “Everyone who comes in says they love it, and ourfriends who saw the room before, when there was nothingin it, are really taken aback by its transformation.” ■

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Both modern and cozy, the once-empty dining

room gets pop from a bold light fixture,

textured chocolate brown wallpaper and

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STATEMENT? DIP INTO A BRIGHT PALETTE

Colors are the smiles of

nature,” said 19th-century

English writer Leigh Hunt—

but why should the great

outdoors have all the fun?

Our own little man-made corners of the

world can also benefit from startling swaths

of vibrant hues. Sure, dressing a room in a

brilliant shade can be a daring tact. But as

these inspiring rooms reveal, when done to

proper effect, this dazzling choice can

engender grins aplenty—a reaction that

would surely do Mr. Hunt (not to mention

our old friend Roy G. Biv) proud.

RED: In the rosy Manhattan living room of designer Miles

Redd, the all-out glamour of an oversized red-velvet couch is

tempered by a host of eclectic touches—a gallery-like wall of

artwork, floor-to-ceiling bookshelves packed with beloved

tomes and a subtly patterned parquet floor. Whimsical blue

pillows provide cushy points of contrast.

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ORANGE: Brilliant yet

soothing, this sunny sitting

room—tucked into a Hollywood

Hills villa—features a range of

juicy shades that invigorate but

don’t overwhelm. The calming

effect is further enhanced by

the room’s multitude of Asian

touches—Japanese Imari plates,

a golden statue of a Buddhist

goddess and a bamboo coffee

table among them.


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YELLOW: White trimmed with black may be

the dominant palette in this master bedroom,

but it’s the cleverly placed patches of yellow

that give the space a lemony pizzazz. In addi-

tion to contrasting colors, the owner of this

18th-century Hudson Valley home played with

lines and curves to create the just-right balance

of quirky and sleek.


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GREEN: Color us envious of the easy,

breezy beauty imbued in this Los Angeles

home by a striking oversized painting. With

such a bold statement piece taking center

stage, all that’s needed are a few cozy touches,

courtesy of a simple distressed console table,

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told you, it’s what’s on the inside that counts—

and what’s inside here is a chic bed and side

table imbued with bold purple splashes, plus a

comforter, rug and lamp that repeat the hue

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BLUE: A showstopping electric-blue silk

couch is the unabashed star of this Paris living

room. More muted but equally enticing is the

Cubist painting perched above; a pair of

simple-but-fanciful lamps and a trio of glass

candlesticks, meanwhile, provide opportunities

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classic residence by hyatt in yonkers is a distinctive retirement community that is both ideally located in a quaint Westchester County neighborhood and only 20 minutes to the many attractions of midtown Manhattan. Its convenient location makes it easy for residents to partake in enriching activities as well as for family to come visit.

There are three senior living options available in Yonkers: independent, assisted and memory support. Many of the spacious one- and two-bedroom homes have spectacular views of the Hudson River and all of the communities were designed to provide the most spirited lifestyle possible.

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programs are tailored to meet the special needs of every resident. Sans Souci Rehabilitation and Nursing Center offers residents excellence in nursing, rehabilitative, and sub-acute care in a lovely environment designed to enhance quality of life. Residents enjoy the family-like atmosphere and compassionate staff dedicated to promoting wellness and recovery.

San Souci’s comprehensive rehabilitation program, offered six to seven days a week, includes physical, occupational, and speech therapies. Each therapy is provided by a highly-motivated and experienced team of therapists who work to help residents achieve maximum functioning and independence. Programs are tailored to meet the special needs of every resident.

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the osborn picturesQue 56-acre campus in rye is a landmark in westchester county. As the region’s premier senior living community, residents have access to a continuum of excellent care and an array of beautiful residences.

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vna home health services (VNA HHS) is a not-for-profi t licensed home care agency that provides certifi ed home health aides, personal care assistants, registered nurse visits and multidisciplinary therapies for residents of Westchester & Putnam who require assistance to remain at home.

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The Moroccan seafoodstew—a riot of mussel and clamshells, plus shrimp and calamari—was also lovely. All were well-prepared, and the tomato-y brothhad a pleasant zip. Less successfulwere four slices of eggplant, lightlyfried and topped with Asiagocheese, which desperately neededsalt to tease out the flavors.

Happily, the first of ourentrées, the lamb shank, echoedthe qualities we loved in the duck.The meat was excellent, literallydropping from the bone. But it wasthe unexpected sweetness that pro-vided the “wow,” thanks to a lightjus flavored with apples, prunes,

ginger, honey and cilantro, among other flavors.We were excited by the arrival of the vegetable

tangine, served in the adorable traditional clay pot. Insiderested a stew of potatoes, carrots, peppers and other veggies.Alas, it needed ... something. We stirred in some salt, as wellas our side of buttery couscous, both of which helped.

We took a few minutes to finish our wine andwatch the shimmying of a belly dancer before we pon-dered dessert. The star of our selections was the raibi—

a decadent nearly custard-likeyogurt with nuts and fruits heapedat the bottom. Conversely, a crepefilled with bright berries anddipped in spiced honey was freshand slightly tart—certainly tasty,but less swoon-worthy than theyogurt. Small cups of Moroccancoffee (strong, spiced and deli-cious) and Moroccan tea (green,with mint and honey) hit the spot.

All told, we spent nearlythree hours in this buzzing sanc-tuary, nibbling our way through itsinventive delights. It’s an experi-ence we highly recommend. ■

I LOVE A TOUCH OF THE EXOTIC. PERHAPS IT’Smy deep-seeded longing to explore far-off lands, but takeme out of my usual suburban realm, and I’m in heaven.

So my heart did a happy little leap when I steppedinside the flickering oasis that is Mamoneck’s ZitouneMoroccan Cuisine. Dimly lit and with a tented ceiling, thespace was romantic and filled with exotic touches: pillarscovered in colorful Moorish mosaics; small, shiningMoroccan lanterns (a giant one hung from the ceiling);cushy nooks strewn with bright pillows; a futon in theback, where diners sat atop floor-level cushions, sipping cocktails.

My companion and I eyedour menu options with equal glee,intrigued by the mix of familiarand foreign. Take, for instance, theoutstanding duck b’steeya: Theingredients were all ones we knewwell, but the combination was adelightful surprise. Perfectly ten-der braised duck was stuffed insidea pocket of flaky phyllo dough,topped with cinnamon and dustedwith powdered sugar. It smelledamazing when it arrived with ourother appetizers, and its flavor did

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IHOP Leaders Visit Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at Westchester Medical CenterOn February 22, Jean Birch, President of International House of Pancakes (IHOP), cooked and served pancakes to young patients and their families. Ms. Birch donned an apron and wielded a spatula for children that could not visit an IHOP on National Pancake Day due to their treatment stay at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital. As she “dished out” IHOP’s signature food in the “kitchen” of the replica

Q | What causes bladder control problems?

A | The pelvic floor supports the bladder and reproductive organs. Normally, as the bladder stores urine, the muscles of the pelvic floor contract to contain the bladder and hold the urine without leaking. But bladder-control problems can occur if pelvic floor muscles are weakened by pregnancy, childbirth, reduced estrogen, diabetes or a neurological disease.

Q | Is urinary incontinence or an overactive bladder an inevitable consequence of aging for women?

A | No, it’s not. There are several treatments today that can improve a woman’s quality of life significantly.

Q | What types of treatments are available for women with bladder problems?

A | Bladder problems are challenging to treat because the bladder is a dynamic organ that is used many times a day. Advanced OB/GYN Associates at Westchester Medical Center offers newer treatments with excellent results. For example, botox can be injected into the bladder to paralyze and calm an overactive bladder. Some women find relief from a device called a sacral neuromodulator, which is implanted low in the back and acts as a pacemaker to calm an overactive bladder. Other patients choose surgery to treat their bladder problems. Minimally invasive techniques, either vaginally or laparoscopically through small incisions in the abdomen, have made these operations easier and lead to a quicker recovery.

To learn more about treatments for bladder problems, listen to Dr. Zhou’s podcast at www.WorldClassMedicine.com/ZhouPodcast.

firehouse in the Heroes Neighborhood lounge, Birch demonstrated for kids and their parents how to make the perfect pancake at home.

IHOP restaurants celebrated National Pancake Day on February 23, a day on which the chain offers each guest a free, short stack of pancakes and invites them to make a donation to Children’s Miracle Network hospitals. Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at Westchester Medical Center, the advanced care pediatric facility for New York’s Hudson Valley, is a member of the Children’s Miracle Network.

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Division St., Peekskill • 914-739-6380

ZEPHS’ Global soul food. • 638 CentralAvenue, Peekskill • 914-736-2159

PORT CHESTER

F.I.S.H. Mediterranean take on seafood. • 102Fox Island Rd., Port Chester • 914-939-4227

THE WILLETT HOUSE Fine steakhouse • 20Willett Ave., Port Chester • 914- 939-7500

RYE

LA PANETIÈRE Contemporary French cuisine.• 530 Milton Rd., Rye • 914-967-8140

WHITBY CASTLE American cuisine. • 330Boston Post Rd., Rye • 914-777-2053

SCARSDALE

MERITAGE New American cuisine in a chicManhattan-style setting. • 1505 Weaver St.,Scarsdale • 914-472-8484

SLEEPY HOLLOW

WASABI Relaxed atmosphere serving sushi,sashimi and hot dishes. • 279 N. Broadway,Sleepy Hollow • 914-332-7788

SOUTH SALEM

LE CHÂTEAU Classic French dishes in aTudor mansion built by J.P. Morgan. • Rts.35 and 123, South Salem • 914-533-6631

TARRYTOWN

EQUUS RESTAURANT French fare served atCastle on the Hudson. • 400 Benedict Ave.,Tarrytown • 914-631-3646

SWEET GRASS GRILL Creative local fare. • 24W. Main St., Tarrytown • 914-631-0000

THORNWOOD

ABIS JAPANESE RESTAURANT TraditionalJapanese cuisine plus steakhouse hibachi. •14 Marble Ave., Thornwood • 914-741-5100

JOHNNY’S BAR & GRILL A variety ofAmerican favorites. • 665 Commerce St.,Thornwood • 914-773-5982

TUCKAHOE

AN AMERICAN BISTRO Bright eatery featur-ing quesadillas, lamb and chicken. • 296Columbus Ave., Tuckahoe • 914-793-0807

WEST HARRISON

AQUARIO Brazilian and Portuguese cuisinespecializing in seafood. • 141 E. Lake St.,West Harrison • 914-287-0220

WHITE PLAINS

BLUE Asian-influenced American fare

ARMONK

OPUS 465 Contemporary cuisine in an unpretentious environment. • 465 Main St.,Armonk • 914-273-4676

BEDFORD

BISTRO TWENTY-TWO Romantic setting forFrench bistro fare. • 391 Old Post Rd. (Rt.22), Bedford • 914-234-7333

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GUADALAJARA Festive Mexican includingfavorites like fajitas. • 2 Union St., BriarcliffManor • 914-944-4380

TERRA RUSTICA Classic Italian with salads,pastas and seafood. • 550 N. State Rd.,Briarcliff Manor • 914-923-8300

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CRABTREE’S KITTLE HOUSE An award-winning wine cellar complements Americanfare. • 11 Kittle Rd. (off Rt. 117), Chappaqua• 914-666-8044

DON EMILIO’S AT LOBO’S CAFÉ Vibrant,upscale Mexican eatery. • 57-59 King St.,Chappaqua • 914-238-2368

CORTLANDT MANOR

MONTEVERDE Fine Continental menu witha view of the Hudson River. • 28 BearMountain Bridge Rd., Cortlandt Manor •914-739-5000

CROTON FALLS

PRIMAVERA Regional Italian cuisine. Try thejumbo shrimp parmigiana or grilled Scottishsalmon. • 595 Rt. 22, Croton Falls • 914-277-4580

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OCEAN HOUSE New England–style seashorefare including steamers, grilled wild salmonand fried clams. • 49 N. Riverside Ave.,Croton-on-Hudson • 914-271-0702

DOBBS FERRY

TOMATILLO Authentic Mexican fare featuringin-season local ingredients. • 13 Cedar St.,Dobbs Ferry • 914-478-2300

HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON

HARVEST-ON-HUDSON Mediterranean cuisine, with river views. • 1 River St.,Hastings-on-Hudson • 914-478-2800

IRVINGTON

FLIRT SUSHI LOUNGE Japanese eateryknown for provocatively named sushi rolls. • 4 W. Main St., Irvington • 866-933-5478

IRVINGTON-ON-HUDSON

RED HAT ON THE RIVER Upscale eateryfeaturing contemporary American cuisine.• 1 Bridge St., Irvington-on-Hudson • 914-591-5888

LARCHMONT

PLATES New American menu with Italian,French and Asian accents. • 121 MyrtleBlvd., Larchmont • 914-834-1244

MAMARONECK

LE PROVENCAL BISTRO French fare withflair. • 436 Mamaroneck Ave., Mamaroneck• 914-777-2324

ZITOUNE Festive Moroccan eatery. • 1127 W.Boston Post Rd., Mamaroneck • 914-835-8350

MILLWOOD

SPACCARELLI’S RISTORANTENeighborhood eatery emphasizing Abruzzesecuisine. • 238 Saw Mill River Rd., Millwood • 914-941-0105

MOHEGAN LAKE

BELLA VITA Italian spot known for home-made pumpkin ravioli. • 1744 E. Main St.,Mohegan Lake • 914-528-8233

NEW ROCHELLE

CITY CHOW HOUSE Asian-Latin fusion cuisine in a modern setting. • 1 RadissonPlaza, New Rochelle • 914-576-4141

SPADARO Inspired Italian cuisine. • 211 EastMain Street, New Rochelle • 914-235-4595

NORTH SALEM

JOHN-MICHAEL’S AT PURDY’SHOMESTEAD Inspired modern fare set in aColonial home. • 100 Titicus Rd., NorthSalem • 914-277-2301

VOX French bistro serving eclectic fare fromfoie gras to burgers. • 721 Titicus Rd., NorthSalem • 914-669-5450

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DIVISION STREET GRILL Food with a contemporary American flair. • 26 N.

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Division Street Grill, Peekskill • John-

Michael’s at Purdy’s Homestead, North

Salem • Johnny’s Bar & Grill, Thornwood •

Meritage, Scarsdale • Morton’s, The

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Croton-on-Hudson • The Olde Stone Mill,

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Manor • Opus 465, Armon

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April 30 through May 2—Browse a bounty of jewelry, décor,art and more at SPRING CRAFTS

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four months in advance of the event

and must include a phone number that

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S U P P O R T G R O U P SFor more information, visit www.worldclassmedicine.com.

■ Hepatitis C Support GroupMeets every other Wednesday, 6–8 p.m., in theCedarwood Hall conference room on the first floor. Call914-493-7641 to learn more.

■ Living With Multiple SclerosisFor information, call the Behavioral Health CenterOutpatient Department at 914-493-2621.

■ Stroke Support GroupMeets the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, 6–7:30 p.m. Call 914-493-1573 to find out more.

■ Weight-Loss Surgery Support GroupMeets twice monthly at 6 p.m. at the Medical ArtsAtrium, 19 Bradhurst Avenue, Suite 1700, Hawthorne.

L E A R N I N G F O R L I F E

Learning for Life is Westchester’s series of free educa-tional seminars. To find out more or to register, visit www.worldclassmedicine.com or call 1-877-WMC-DOCS.

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■ Weight-Loss Surgery SeminarThursdays, April 1 and 15, 4:30 p.m. If you are over-weight, you may be a candidate for bariatric (weight-loss)surgery. Join expert bariatric surgeons for a presentationon the latest minimally invasive weight-loss procedures.

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■ “Latest Advances in the Medical and SurgicalTreatment of Stroke”Wednesday, May 12, 6 p.m. Stroke is the No. 3 cause ofdeath in the United States, just behind heart disease andcancer. Learn about the acute medical treatment ofstroke, including clot-busting drugs and preventivetreatments such as anticoagulants or antiplatelet agentsand the latest surgical treatments, including aneurysmrepair and treatment of hemorrhagic stroke.

■ Kidney Transplant SeminarSunday, May 16, 1 p.m. If you or a loved one are suffer-ing from a chronic disease that may lead to kidney fail-ure, we invite you to join members of our renownedrenal transplant team, including physicians, nurses,transplant coordinators, social workers and dieticians,for an informative presentation given from both a patientand donor perspective.

■ Weight-Loss Surgery SeminarTuesday, May 18 and Thursday, May 27, 4:30 p.m. If youare overweight, you may be a candidate for bariatric(weight-loss) surgery. Join expert bariatric surgeons for apresentation on the latest minimally invasive weight-loss procedures.

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■ 100.7 WHUD Kids’ FairSaturday, April 17. Now in its 15th year, the 100.7WHUD Kids’ Fair unites thousands of families for a dayof fun and education. Besides educational displays,games and interactive exhibits, the fair also features alive radio broadcast and much more, for toddlers to pre-teens. Listen to 100.7 WHUD for more information.

■ “Go the Distance”Sunday, April 18. Join us for a walk and family fun dayto benefit pediatric programs and services at MariaFareri Children’s Hospital. Let’s all continue to fulfillMaria’s wish “for the health and well-being of all thechildren of the world.” To learn more, call 914-493-2575.

■ 31st Annual Westchester Medical Center GalaSaturday, June 5. Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers. For moreinformation, please call the Westchester Medical CenterFoundation at 914-493-2575.

■ 9th Annual Westchester Medical Center BiathlonSunday, June 27. Macy Oval, Westchester Medical CenterCampus. Are you ready to run 2 miles, bike 15 miles andrun 2 miles? You can compete alone or as a team in thisNew York Triathlon Club–sanctioned event. To register goto www.NYTRI.org. For information on sponsorshipopportunities or to volunteer, please call 914-493-2575.


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