Award Presentation - Community Care Physicians, PC to Give First Annual Excellence in Primary Care Award

LATHAM, NY (05/02/2012)(readMedia)-- Community Care Physicians, P.C. will present its first annual Excellence in Primary Care Award to Arsenio Agopovich, MD, primary care physician at Community Care Physicians. This will be the first of an annual event in which Community Care Physicians celebrates a primary care physician who embodies the quality, the compassion and the innovative spirit for which Community Care is known.

WHO:

Dr. Arsenio Gerard Agopovich is a primary care physician who practices out of Capital Healthcare Associates (Troy, NY) of Community Care Physicians. Dr. Agopovich is a Board Certified Family Practitioner who specializes in adult and geriatric medicine. A graduate of Istanbul University, he completed his internship at Samaritan Hospital in Troy, New York, and his residencies at Methodist Hospital of Central Illinois, St. Joseph’s Hospital in Chicago, and Polyclinic in New York City. He is a Charter Diplomate of the American Board of Family Physicians and a Charter Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. His distinguished career has included inpatient acute care, outpatient medical practice, and geriatric inpatient and outpatient care. He has served as a director and an advisor to the Boards of health care delivery systems and as a consultant to the New York State Health Department Office of Professional Medical Conduct. Dr. Agopovich has served at Samaritan Hospital in Troy as Chairman of the Family Practice Department, President of the Medical Staff (1972), Chairman of the Board of Directors of Samaritan Hospital and Albany Memorial Hospital, and is currently Trustee Emeritus of Northeast Health.

WHAT:

Award presentation and photo opportunity.

The First Annual Arsenio Agopovich Award for Excellence in Primary Care will be presented to Dr. Arsenio Agopovich to celebrate his unwavering commitment to patient care for the past 60 years and for his contribution to the advancement of primary care and to the community.

Prior to the award presentation, testimonials about Dr. Agopovich will be given by:

• Mr. Norman Dascher- Chief Executive Officer, Patient Care Division, Northeast Health/CEO Albany Memorial and Samaritan Hospitals at Northeast Health. Mr. Dascher collaborated with Dr. Agopovich through Dr. Agopovich’s years of service for Samaritan Hospital and the Board of Trustees of Northeast Health.

• Lee Bordick, former superintendent of Lansingburgh School District, for which Dr. Agopovich still consults. Dr. Agopovich is also Mr. Bordick’s primary care physician.

• A representative from Office of Professional Medical Conduct, who worked with Dr. Agopovich adjudicating cases brought before the office.

Shirish Parikh, MD, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Community Care Physicians will give opening remarks. Ronald Musto, MD, Executive Vice President of Community Care Physicians will serve as emcee of the award ceremony.

WHEN: Thursday May 10, 2012 at 07:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
WHERE: Franklin Plaza
Fourth and Grand Streets
Troy, New York 12180
NOTES:

The reception begins at 6:00pm with the award presentation from 7:00pm-7:30pm. Photo opportunities available during the award presentation. 

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TO REQUEST INTERVIEWS AND TO RSVP, PLEASE CONTACT ALEXIS MUSTO (AMUSTO@COMMUNITYCARE.COM, 518-213-0322) PRIOR TO THE EVENT

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About Community Care Physicians, P.C.

Community Care Physicians, P.C. is a multi-specialty medical group with over 35 practices spanning Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga and Schenectady counties of the Capital Region. Community Care Physicians offers over 19 different specialty services, including Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Pediatric Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, ImageCare Medical Imaging, Image Guided Radiation Therapy, Interventional Radiology, General Surgery, Urology, Physical Therapy, Urgent Care, Podiatry, Laboratory, Audiology, Dermatology, Diabetes Education and Nutrition, Sports Medicine, Occupational Medicine and Bariatric Medicine. For more information visit www.communitycare.com.