Bath Beach
Put your hands together for New York’s boys in blue. Cops from the 62nd Police Precinct in Bath Beach were medaled and rewarded for going above and beyond the call of duty at ceremonies at St. Finbar’s Msgr. Scanlon Center on Nov. 15.
It is no surprise that the officers were commended with medals because, not only do they stand at the forefront of protecting the members of the community every day, but they go way above what the shield requires.
Our roving photog Steve Solomonson — friend to the Finest and to Standing O — was present to snap away and congratulate the awardees.
Standing O offers thanks to the officers for their dedication and commitment to keeping the streets of Bath Beach safe for all.
62nd Police Precinct [1925 Bath Ave. at Bay 22nd Street in Bath Beach, (718) 236–2611].
Bay Ridge
He says goodbye
Standing O bids a happy retirement to Dr. Laszio Biro, after 57 years of treating the community at Bay Ridge Skin and Cancer Dermatology, the firm he founded more than 40 years ago.
The good doctor will be trading his white coat and stethoscope in for a set of irons and a natty golf sweater, and heading to warmer climes in sunny Florida. In his long and storied career, Dr. Biro pioneered cryosurgery — the use of extreme cold in surgery to destroy abnormal or diseased tissue — and has lectured around the country on the topic.
He was the former president of the Bay Ridge Medical Society, and a professor of dermatology at the Statue University of New York Health Science Center, and Lutheran Medical Center.
He leaves the practice in the very capable hands of his son, Dr. David Biro, and hopes that one of his grandsons will follow in the family business as well.
“He will be greatly missed,” said a staff member. “It is an end of an era.”
Standing O wishes Dr. Biro a bogey, eagle, and hole in one.
Bay Ridge Skin and Cancer Dermatology [9921 Fourth Ave. at 99th Street in Bay Ridge, (718) 833–7616].
East Flatbush
Welcome, snip, snip
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center’s Department of Psychiatry snipped the ribbon and held its grand-opening of the new 25-bed Adult Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit. Festivities were held on Nov. 14 at the hospital’s campus.
The new unit boasts a state-of-the-art inpatient psychiatric unit specifically designed for the treatment of younger adults with acute psychiatric illnesses in need of hospitalization. The new unit will expand the department’s range of care.
Helping to cut the ribbon were Dr. Stephen Mark Goldfinger, Dr. Linda Brady, Councilman Mathieu Eugene (D–Flatbush), Dr. Ellen Tabor, Jane Lederer, and Robert Dubicki.
The psychiatric program includes an entire multi-disciplinary team of board-certified psychiatrists, registered nurses, psychiatric technicians, recreational therapists, behavioral health associates and clinical social workers, who remain committed to providing the highest quality of patient and family-centered care.
Mental disorders are among the most common causes of disability in our country, with almost 20 percent of our population, around 61.5 million Americans, suffering mental illness in any given year, and approximately four percent of our adult population, or 13 million American adults, being chronically disabled by mental illness, said Dr. Tabor.
This new unit will provide an invaluable service for the community, and Standing O extends the welcome mat.
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center’s Department of Psychiatry [585 Schenectady Ave. at Rutland Road in East Flatbush, (718) 604–5000].
Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Take a seat, Mr. Chairman
We hear that Dr. Aam Baqui has been appointed the new chairman and medical director of the department of Pathology and Laboratories at Interfaith Medical Center.
Hospitals president Dr. Steven Korf told Standing O that he is delighted with the appointment of Dr. Baqui, who has more than 30 years experience in the field and will provide vital diagnostic and assessments services to the community.
Prior to joining Interfaith, Dr. Baqui served as assistant medical director, and director of microbiology and cytopathology in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Coney Island Hospital, and as medical director for anatomic and clinical pathology at Precise Diagnostics in New Hyde Park, N.Y.
The physician has also served as as a pathology resident at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, N.Y., completed a fellowship in cytopathology at Louisiana State University in Shreveport, L.A.; and completed a clinical post-doctoral fellowship in medical microbiology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Hospital in Baltimore, M.D.
Dr. Baqui is a member of the American Society for Microbiology, the American Society of Clinical Pathologists, and the College of American Pathologists. He is a resident of Elmont, N.Y.
Standing O is delighted to welcome Dr. Baqui, and wishes him a very long tenure.
Interfaith Medial Center [1545 Atlantic Ave. at Albany Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, (718) 613–4000].
