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39TH ANNUAL GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL

PRESENTED BY D.S. MEYER ENTERPRISES, LLC

Thank You to Our WMCHealth Network Corporate Sponsors

Thank You to Our Presenting Sponsor

Thank You to Our Platinum Sponsor

Thank You to Our Gold Sponsors

Nicole and Mitchell C. Fraiman, MD

Geanette and Douglas Katz

Thank You to Our Silver Sponsor

Thank You to Our Bronze Sponsors

Michael N. Rosenblut and Hedy Cardozo

Thank You to Our Patron Sponsors

Sandra Grannum and Henry Paul, MD

Geraldine and Nicholas DeSantis

Thank You to Our Underwriters

Centerpiece

Cocktail Reception

Sheila and Kevin Kern

Thank You to Our Underwriters

Valet Parking

Dessert

Nathan Herzog

Royal Wine Corp.

Photo Booth

Your generosity changes lives.

With your support, we can continue to provide critical care to patients who need it most. Please scan the QR code to give.

2026 Honorees

Congratulations to Our Sister Joseph Rita Award for Medical Excellence

Recipient Mitchell C. Fraiman, MD Chief of Urology

Good Samaritan Hospital

2026 Honorees

Congratulations to Our Care Champion Award Recipients

Critical Care Nursing Team

2026 Honorees

Congratulations to Our Harold J. Peterson Community Service Award

Recipient

Geanette Katz

Jacob J Katz & Company

A division of Marshall+Sterling

Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation Board Member

Congratulations to the Honorees

Sister Joseph Rita Award for Medical Excellence

MITCHELL C. FRAIMAN, MD

Thank you for your exceptional care, compassion, skill, and steady reassurance provided to me and all of your patients.

Care Champions

CRITICAL CARE NURSING TEAM

Harold J. Peterson Community Service Award

GEANETTE KATZ

Paraco and the Armentano Family are honored to support the WMCHealth Network.

We recognize and sincerely appreciate the compassionate, meaningful work you do each day to care for and strengthen the community.

With Appreciation,

Your generosity changes lives.

With your support, we can continue to provide critical care to patients who need it most. Please scan the QR code to give.

Recipient of the 2026 Sister Joseph Rita Award for Medical Excellence

Mitch, congratulations on this well-deserved honor.

You truly embody the spirit of this award with your tireless dedication to the community that we serve. You also represent a beacon of leadership within the hospital and its medical staff. We all thank you for your commitment and service to Good Samaritan Hospital. Congratulations

Advanced OB/GYN Associates to our friend and colleague, Dr. Mitchell Fraiman!

Jyotika Agochiya, MD | Henry Bareket, MD | Michele Batista, MD

Cherie Passano, MD | Patricia Pollio, MD | Daniel Vinick, MD

Sandra Heller, CNM, NP | Shari Rake, CNM, NP | Teresa Turi, CNM, NP

Congratulations to our 2026

Hors

Mitchell C. Fraiman,

Critical Care Nursing Team

Geanette

Katz

With tremendous grude and areci for all you do for our hospital and our community.

Phyllis and David Eig

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HONOREES

MITCHELL C. FRAIMAN, MD

CRITICAL CARE NURSING TEAM

GEANETTE KATZ

Douglas Graubard Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation Board Member

Thank you for all you do to support Good Samaritan Hospital and our community.

Thank you for presenting me with the Harold J. Peterson Award for Community Service.

I sincerely appreciate this recognition. It’s an honor to participate in such a meaningful event that supports Good Samaritan Hospital. I am proud to work alongside my fellow Foundation board members and staﬀ to create a lasting impact.

Congratulations to my fellow honorees! Your contributions and achievements are inspiring, and I am privileged to share this moment with you.

Thank you to my family, friends, and clients for their unwavering support. Geane e Katz

Mitchell C. Fraiman, MD Critical Care Nursing Team

Geanette Katz to the HONOREES

We are grateful for your dedication and commitment to the communities we serve.

WMC Health Network Western Region Executive Leadership Team

Andrew T. Pickens, MD, JD, MBA – Executive Director, SVP, CMO – Western Region

Marie Yezzo, RN, MPH – SVP, Chief Operating Oﬃcer – Western Region

Wilfredo M. Yap Jr., DNP, RN, AMB-BC, CENP, NEA-BC – Regional VP Nursing

Valerie Campbell – Regional VP Compliance | Richard Evans, MD – VP, Surgical Services

Brittany Drake-Koo – VP, Clinical Operations

Karen Stoohs, CPCS, CPMSM – VP, Network Medical Staﬀ Administration

Tobie Westward Milone, BS, BSN, MSN, RN – VP, Quality and Patient Safety

Tera Colavito, LCSW – AVP, Behavioral Health Services

Tina Pantis, MSN, RN – AVP, Nursing | Faith Selchick, DNP, RN – AVP, Cancer Services

Sister Joseph Rita Award for Medical Excellence

MITCHELL C. FRAIMAN, MD

Chief of Urology, Good Samaritan Hospital

Care Champions

CRITICAL CARE NURSING TEAM

Harold J. Peterson Community Service Award

GEANETTE KATZ

Jacob J Katz & Company, A division of Marshall+Sterling

Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation Board Member

Aurelius J. Licata, AAI

Congratulations and Best Wishes to the 2026

Good Samaritan Hospital Spring Ball Honorees

Sister Joseph Rita Award for Medical Excellence

Mitchell C. Fraiman, MD

Care Champions

Critical Care Nursing Team

Harold J. Peterson Community Service Award

Geanette Katz

with our gratitude for all you do for our patients and the community.

Mita and Sunandan Pandya, MD

TO THIS YEAR’S HONOREES

Mitchell C. Fraiman, MD

Our Esteemed Colleague

Recipient of the Sister Joseph Rita Award for Medical Excellence

Recipients of the Care Champions and

Recipient of the Harold J. Peterson Community Service Award

Paryush Lakhtaria, MD, MRCS, FACS | Frank Aversano, MD, FACS | Rajkumar Jeganathan, MD | Michael Jamgochian, MD

Toan Nguyen, MD | Vaishali Purohit, MD | Kristen Lima, MS, RPA-C | Tatyana Zakharenko, CNM, NP, AGN-BC | Laura Rachleff, MS, RPA-C

Congratulations to our colleague and friend

DR. MITCHELL FRAIMAN,

on receiving the 2026

Sister Joseph Rita Award for Medical Excellence.

Thank you for your contributions to the development of the Department of Urology. We appreciate the compassionate and outstanding care you've given to the patients of Good Samaritan Hospital.

POMONA

5A Medical Park Drive Pomona, NY 10970 (845) 362-0075

NEW YORK

NYPH / CUMC

161 Fort Washington Avenue

New York, NY 10032 (212) 305-3408

We would also like to congratulate

GEANETTE KATZ

on receiving the Harold J. Peterson Community Service Award.

Thank you for your many years of service to the Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation.

We are grateful for this year's Care Champions, the

CRITICAL CARE NURSING TEAM.

Rockland Thoracic and Vascular appreciates all of our nurses.

Thank you for taking excellent care of our postoperative and critically ill patients.

GOSHEN

70 Hatﬁeld Lane, Suite 202 Goshen, NY 10924 (845) 291-3656

Lyall A. Gorenstein, MD

Michael L. Schwartz, MD

Joshua R. Sonett, MD

H. Michael Choi, MD

Sean P. Wengerter, MD

Matthew F. Carpiniello, MD

Marissa Forte, RPA

Teddy Fajardo, RPA

Rebecca Pothen, FNP

Carrie Drum, RN

Chris Nobles, RVT

Vanessa Cordero, RVT

Your generosity changes lives.

With your support, we can continue to provide critical care to patients who need it most. Please scan the QR code to give.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR COLLEAGUE, MITCHELL C.

FRAIMAN, MD

CRITICAL CARE NURSING TEAM

GEANETTE KATZ

Thank you for all you do to support Good Samaritan Hospital and the community we serve.

Robert Meyerson, MD

Ken Austin, MD • Daniel Charen, MD

Chahait Singh, MD • Dilip Subhedar, MD

Congr ul ions to e Honorees

Sister Joseph Rita Award for Medical Excellence

Mitchell C. Fraiman, MD

Care Champions

Critical Care Nursing Team

Harold J. Peterson Community Service Award

Geanette Katz

Proud Supporters of Good Samaritan Hospital Congratulations to the 2026 Honorees

Mitchell,

Watching you be honored as the recipient of the Sister Joseph Rita Award for Medical Excellence fills my heart with overwhelming pride. As a urologist, you care for your patients with extraordinary skill, compassion and dignity, always taking the time to truly listen and make people feel safe in your hands.

But to our family, you are so much more than an incredible doctor. You are my best friend, my partner and the most loving father our four children could ever hope for. The same kindness, patience and selflessness you give to your patients are the very things that make our home so full of love.

Love, Nicole

I am endlessly grateful for you and am so proud of the man you are. This honor is so well deserved, and I love you more than words can ever express.

Congratulations, Dad!

Whether at home or at work, you have always selflessly put the needs of others before your own. It’s one of the many reasons we are so lucky to have you as a father and why your patients are lucky to have you as their doctor. We are especially happy to see you honored with this award — not because it comes as a surprise to anyone, but because you deserve so much for this to be about you and your extraordinary accomplishments.

At home, you have always taught us the value of hard work, sacrifice, and importantly, always doing the right thing. You exemplify these values, and this award is proof. We are so lucky to have you both as someone who has sacrificed so much just to make our lives better, and as the ultimate role model for all of us. We are especially proud of you today, as you are honored with this award, and we are always proud to call you our father.

Congratulations — no one deserves it more.

- Parker, Jayden, Mason, and Gavin

TO ALL THE HONOREES

FROM THE MOMENT WE MET IN COLLEGE, I KNEW YOU WERE SOMEONE SPECIAL.

THIRTY YEARS LATER, YOU CONTINUE TO AMAZE ME EVERY SINGLE DAY.

YOUR COMPASSION, GENEROSITY, AND HEART FOR OTHERS ARE WHAT MAKE YOU SO DESERVING OF THIS HONOR. BUT TO ME, YOUR GREATEST ROLE WILL ALWAYS BE THE INCREDIBLE WIFE AND MOTHER YOU ARE.

I AM SO PROUD TO STAND BESIDE YOU TONIGHT AND ALWAYS.

LOVE, DOUGLAS

Congratulations to all the honorees on this well-deserved recognition.

Thank you for all you do.

Michele H. Leder, MD, FACP

Thank you to Good Samaritan Hospital for the exceptional care, compassion, and dedication you provide to our community every day. Your commitment to healing and hope makes a lasting difference in the lives of countless patients and families.

Lew

and Fern Lowenfels

Thank you to the 2026 Spring Ball Honorees for their support and dedication to Good Samaritan Hospital.

Mitchell C. Fraiman, MD

Sister Joseph Rita Award for Medical Excellence

Critical Care Nursing Team Care Champions

Geanette Katz

Harold J. Peterson Community Service Award

Geanette, you are the perfect recipient of the Harold J. Peterson Community Service Award. I look back fondly on our years working together with the Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation and on fundraising events.