Putnam Hospital Transformation

Putnam Hospital is undergoing a series of exciting changes to expand primary and specialty care. To ensure a vibrant future, these enhancements will modernize the campus and services to meet the needs of the community you call home.

Our latest updates are listed below, as of February 2025.

Women’s Health

• Birthing Center reopened in January 2024
• Rapid growth in GYN/GYN ONC referrals
• Welcomed Laura Twist, MD, an OB/GYN, in August 2023.
• Practice is rapidly growing.
• Gynecologic oncology services started in April 2023 with Linus Chuang, MD, network system chair of OB/GYN, seeing patients at Putnam Hospital.
• Gynecologic oncology surgical services started in June 2023
• Nuvance Health Medical Practice OB/GYN at Putnam Hospital is now seeing patients on the hospital campus, suite 110.
• New York Children’s Medical Provider Services, P.C., a specialist group associated with Connecticut Children’s, to provide neonatal/pediatric coverage of labor and delivery.

Primary Care

Welcomed Karl Ng, MD and Harry O'Shea, PA, to Nuvance Health Medical Practice Primary Care - Mahopac in Fall of 2024
Welcomed Teena Thomas, MBBS, to Nuvance Health Medical Practice Primary Care - Brewster in Fall of 2024
Nuvance Health GoHealth Urgent Care - Carmel opened in February 2024
Nuvance Health Medical Practice Primary Care - Mahopac opened in December 2023
Welcomed Gisell Vega, MD, to Nuvance Health Medical Practice - Mahopac in January 2024
Both Carmel and Mahopac Primary Care offices are currently arranging schedules with various Nuvance Health-based specialists to see patients at their respective sites. Specialties include neurology, GI and specialty surgery.
Welcomed Valerie Zarcone, DO in April 2023 to Nuvance Health Medical Practice - Putnam Valley. Since late 2024, she has been seeing patients at Nuvance Health Medical Practice Primary Care - Mahopac 
Gastroenterologist Daniel Kaufman, MD, sees patients at the Nuvance Health Medical Practice - Mahopac

Surgical Services

• Welcomed General and Bariatric Surgeon Daniel Stephens, MD,  in January 2025
• Total Joint Replacement Program implemented in September 2024
• Welcomed General and Bariatric Surgeon Craig Floch, MD, in January 2024
• Welcomed General Surgeon Shani Fruchter, DO, in January 2024
• Surgical subspecialty offices at Putnam Hospital (hepatobiliary, surgical oncology and bariatrics) opened in spring 2023
• The surgeons’ offices are at Putnam Hospital in suite 110
• Northwell Anesthesiology providing anesthesiology services since January 2023

Cancer Institute

• Welcomed Lev Davidson, MD in March 2023. His practice continues to grow.
• Infusion center opened in August 2024
• All cancer services are now located on the ground floor to have continuity in medical oncology, radiation oncology and infusion. 

Behavioral Health

• Welcomed Nadav Klein, MD, who specializes in psychiatry and palliative medicine
• Refurbishments to the Behavioral Health unit are underway
• Welcomed Patient Care Manager Christopher Rumsey in November 2023
• Plans underway to expand Partial Hospitalization Program
• Instituted Behavioral Health Nursing Residency Program in January 2023. Nursing graduates have been hired.
• Welcomed Vikram Duvvi, MD as Medical Director

Heart and Vascular Institute

• Cardiac surgeon Richard Kaplon, MD, is seeing patients at Putnam Hospital

Leadership

• Welcomed Quality Director, Catherine Lane in January 2024
• Welcomed Financial Planning Director Jesse Fortes in January 2024
• Welcomed Regional Vice President of Finance for New York Brenda Farrell 

Laboratory

• Marked growth in scope and volume of services in both basic core lab and phlebotomy needs.
• Welcomed Suja Abraham as Laboratory Manager
• Construction and equipment enhancements completed in April 2023. Received full state of certification upon completion.

Facilities

• Upgrades to OR, including flooring and lighting underway
• Continued focus on investing in the facilities and infrastructure at Putnam Hospital for patient care.
• Improvements to helipad completed

Emergency Department

• Welcomed ED/Critical Care Patient Care Manager Danielle Ayala in October 2024
• We continue to collaborate with EMS leadership regarding hospital infrastructure improvements and patient transport to and from the hospital
• In 2022, Putnam Hospital instituted the ED Nursing Residency Program. Continued success in hiring graduates.
• Maintaining emergency care 24/7/365

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

• Welcomed Outpatient Supervisor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Conor O’Brien in 2024
• Welcomed Inpatient Supervisor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Liza Feraco
• Welcomed Regional Director of Outpatient Rehabilitation Catherine Leonard in October 2023
• We offer comprehensive services including speech, occupational and physical therapies in the hospital and at three satellite locations including in Katonah, Jefferson Valley and Pawling.

Imaging and Radiology

Welcomed Radiology Manager David Natoli in October 2024 
Upgraded Radiology and Fluoroscopy Suite in December 2024
Outpatient 128 Slice CT Scanner will be installed in April 2025
Inpatient 128 Slice CT Scanner will be installed in May of 2025
Welcomed Director of Radiology Paul King in December 2023
We offer comprehensive inpatient and outpatient imaging services including mammography, ultrasound, interventional radiology, CT scans, MRI and PET scans.

Neuroscience Institute

• Earned the American Heart Association’s Get with the Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Award in 2024
• Putnam Hospital received stroke certification from the American Heart Association in March 2023.

Digestive Health Institute

• Welcomed Gastroenterologist Daniel Kaufman, MD, in November 2023. Practice continues to expand.
• Bariatric Surgery Program earned a Low Acuity Center Accreditation in December 2024. This three-year designation comes from the Metabolic andBariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP), following a rigorous evaluation of its practices and protocols.
• Plans underway to expand OR services