Dr. Kira A. Geraci-Ciardullo Re-Elected Vice Speaker Of State Medical Society

WESTBURY, NY (04/23/2012)(readMedia)-- Saratoga Springs, NY (4/23/2012) – Mamaroneck allergist Kira A. Geraci, MD, MPH, was re-elected Vice Speaker of the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY), at MSSNY's 206th annual House of Delegates (HOD) meeting in Saratoga Springs, NY, on April 21. Only one other woman has achieved this honor.

Dr. Geraci-Ciardullo earned her MD degree from the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. She received her residency training in pediatrics at New York Hospital, where she then completed a two-year fellowship in allergy/immunology. She subsequently earned board certification in both disciplines and has voluntarily recertified in her specialty of allergy/

immunology twice. Now she also has a master's degree in public health (MPH) in health care policy and management from the New York Medical College School of Public Health.

Dr. Geraci-Ciardullo has been in private practice for the past 26 years and is listed as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor Metro New York and Westchester County. She is on staff at New York Presbyterian Hospital, at Westchester Medical Center and at White Plains Hospital Center, where she recently completed a five-year term as Chief of Allergy. She teaches at both Weill Medical College of Cornell University and at New York Medical College.

Dr. Geraci-Ciardullo has been a dedicated member of MSSNY for over eleven years and has held many leadership positions, including chair of MSSNY's emergency preparedness committee and vice-chair of MSSNY's rural subcommittee. She currently serves on MSSNY committees for quality improvement, health system reform, and preventive medicine and family health. She is also a member of MSSNY's Medical, Educational and Scientific Foundation.

Dr. Geraci-Ciardullo has served organized medicine as president of the Westchester County Medical Society, the Westchester Academy of Medicine and the Westchester Allergy Society. She has been part of MSSNY's AMA delegation for seven years and represents MSSNY at the AMA-sponsored Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement. In her community, she volunteers for asthma education programs and serves on the Hudson Valley Asthma Coalition Steering Committee.

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