Choy joins Beebe board
The Beebe Healthcare Board of Directors announces that orthopaedic surgeon Wilson C. Choy, MD, is a new member of the Board.
Choy joined the Beebe Medical Staff shortly after completing a fellowship in adult joint reconstruction at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. He also was an associate clinical professor at Harvard Medical School and served as a research fellow for Smith & Nephew Company, Inc., looking into the specific causes of implant failure.
Choy is Board certified in Orthopaedic Surgery and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He has been named a “Top Doc” for several years by Delaware Today magazine, and remains an active member of the Beebe Medical Executive Committee.
He replaces Robert J. White on the Board. White served from 1988 to 2014. From 1990 to 1998, he served as Treasurer, and then continued as a member of the finance committee until his retirement. He also served on the Beebe Physician Network Board (now Beebe Medical Group) since its inception in 1997, and was Secretary until 2007.
Maxwell president elect
Lisa Maxwell, M.D., Family Medicine program director, was elected national president-elect of the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors.
Since its founding in 1990, the number of residency training programs represented has increased from 20 to more than 400 today. Maxwell joined the association in 2008. She currently serves as chair of the association’s Program Director Development Committee, responsible for the direction of any educational projects, including preceptorships, webinars and the National Institute for Program Director Development.
At Christiana Care, Maxwell is the director of the Family Medicine residency program, co-director of the Emergency Medicine-Family Medicine residency program, and assistant DIO and director of undergraduate medical education in the Department of Academic Affairs. She oversees the Delaware branch campus of Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. Maxwell has an appointment as assistant professor in Family and Community Medicine from Sidney Kimmel Medical College.
Maxwell was voted Teacher of the Year in 2014 by the Delaware Academy of Family Physicians. Recent awards she has received include a Christiana Care Rising Star Award from the Medical-Dental Staff of Christiana Care Health System in 2012 and an Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors Program Director Recognition Award, Bronze Level, in 2013.
Maxwell completed a fellowship in faculty development at Christiana Care in which she focused on taking care of the needs of an underserved population within and around Wilmington. She finished her residency training in family medicine at the Crozer Keystone Health System in Pennsylvania in 2005.Maxwell received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry.
Zoo director named
The Delaware Zoological Society, the non-profit organization that supports the mission of the Brandywine Zoo, announced the appointment of Michael T. Allen as Executive Director. Allen has been serving as interim executive director since December 2014. He replaces William “Bill” Montgomery, who will remain involved as a board member of the Delaware Zoological Society. Allen is an experienced international businessman with a background in growing organizations, products, and brands. His leadership and business acumen have already helped to modernize the Society’s business practices and infrastructure.
Allen began his involvement in zoos in 1998, as a volunteer at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, WA, while earning his Bachelor’s degree in Zoology at the University of Washington. He worked at Zoo Atlanta as a Reptile Keeper and Research Associate, including a four month assignment to study giant pandas in Chengdu, China. Allen realized that the tools and frameworks that have helped businesses succeed were critical to achieve the missions of zoos. He moved into the for-profit world and earned his Master’s in Business Administration from the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington. He looks forward to continuing to improve the operations of the Delaware Zoological Society so that it can better assist the Brandywine Zoo in achieving its mission.
The Delaware Zoological Society runs the basic business enterprise of the zoo which includes, but is not limited to; memberships, admissions, marketing, advertising, fund-raising (sponsorships, events, annual fund, capital campaign, etc.) and the Zootique gift shop and snack bar.
Belfint, Lyons announces promotions, adds principal
Belfint, Lyons & Shuman, P.A., announced the promotions of David W. Jennings, CPA to Director and Anne Mary Kluska, CPA to Principal.
BLS also welcomes George G. Fournaris, CPA to the firm as Principal.
Jennings was promoted to Director in the firm’s Tax & Small Business department. He provides specialized tax and financial strategic planning for small businesses, including the construction, nonprofit and legal industries, and their owners. He offers consulting on financing, succession planning and tax issues. Jennings is the go-to guy for technical questions from both clients and BLS team members.
Jennings is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, the Delaware Society of CPAs, Wilmington Tax Group, and the Construction Financial Management Association’s Delaware chapter board. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Delaware.
Anne Mary Kluska, CPA, was named Principal in the firm’s Tax & Small Business department. She specializes in the preparation and review of tax returns and financial statements for a wide variety of small business clients in the local community, including law firms, contractors, medical practices and automobile dealerships.
Kluska is a member of the Delaware Society of CPAs, the American Institute of CPAs, and Wilmington Tax Group. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Drexel University in Philadelphia.
Fournaris joined BLS as a Principal in the Accounting and Auditing department. He specializes in accounting and assurance services with a focus on government and nonprofit sectors. He also serves small business, maritime, water utility, and low-income housing sectors. His experience encompasses financial audits, reviews, compilations; compliance audits under the Single Audit Act and under regulations of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; investigations of fraud and waste, and appraisal of privatization options.
Fournaris is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, the Delaware Society of CPAs, and the Association of Government Accountants. He has served on the Wilmington board of Pensions and Retirement, Wilmington Housing Partnership, the Wilmington Planning Commission and the board of Odyssey Charter School as well as a committee member in the economic development and the state affairs sections of the New Castle County Chamber of Commerce. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Delaware.
McGowan nominated for US Marshal
U.S. Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) announced that Michael McGowan, has been nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as United States Marshal for Delaware.
McGowan currently serves as the New Castle County Director for U.S. Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), a position he has held since 2011. Previously, McGowan spent 22 years with the New Castle County Police Department, from which he retired in 2011 as the Department’s Chief of Police.
Biddle named vice president at Aristans’
Artisans’ Bank announced that Laura A. Biddle, Assistant Vice President, Branch Operations has been promoted to Vice President, Branch Sales and Operations in the Bank’s Retail Banking Division. Biddle will provide operational and sales support for the entire branch network.
Her new responsibilities will include implementing new and updated policies and procedures, monitoring/coaching branch sales, overseeing branch staffing, providing tracking and reporting on branch sales, and overseeing operations and controls for all branch banking activities.
Biddle joined the Bank in 1995 and has held a variety of positions within the Bank’s Operations and Branch Administration departments. She earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration from Goldey-Beacom College.
She is a member of Alpha Chi National College Honor Society and is a member of the New Castle County Chamber Of Commerce.
Nanticoke Health Services and the Nanticoke Physician Network welcomed Tarek Waked, MD, a board certified general surgeon who performs weight loss surgery.
He is accepting new patients at Nanticoke Physician Network General and Bariatric Surgery located at 121 South Front Street in Seaford.
Waked graduated from the American University of Beirut in Beirut, Lebanon in 2006. He completed residency in General Surgery at Inova Fairfax Hospital, VCU Campus in Virginia and a fellowship in Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota in 2013. Dr. Waked is a Fellow of the Association of Metabolic & Bariatric Surgeons.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, REALTORS Newark Office, welcomes Saday M. Barrett as a Sales Associate. Licensed since 2003, in both Delaware and New Jersey, Barrett works with both buyers and sellers, including first time homebuyers. Prior to real estate she was in sales and was a marketing manager with several well-known companies including AT & T and Lucent Technologies, where she received sales performance awards. She is a member of the New Castle County Board of REALTORS® and Middletown Chamber of Commerce.
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