COVID-19 Response Team, Suffolk County Department of Health Services

• Kate Abazis, Public Health Sanitarian; Brenda L Ali, Office Assistant - Bilingual; Elizabeth Alicea, Public Health Nurse I; Moshira Amer, Pharmacist I; Laura S Anos, Sr Public Health Sanitarian; Diana Argote, Medical Records Clerk; Lorraine Artis, Office Assistant; Ryan Attard, Assistant To The Commissioner; Helmy Badr, Public Health Sanitarian; Laura Balkam, Account Clerk; Lauren C Barlow, Public Health Nurse IV; Jeanne Barry, Public Health Nurse I; Maricon Bas, Clinical Nurse Practitioner; Frank Basile, Well Driller; Joyce Bazoge, Principal Office Assistant; Patricia Bergmann, Registered Nurse; Marisol Blanco, Public Health Sanitarian - Bilingual; Linda Bohman, Public Health Educator; Lauren Bohrer, Public Health Sanitarian; Jacqueline Bolta, Public Health Nurse III; Catherine Bonta-Roskos, Special Education Coord; Christine Bouchard, Public Health Sanitarian; Mary Pat Boyle, Public Health Nurse IV; Michael Boyle, Office Assistant (Part-Time); Danielle L Brechter, Public Health Nurse IV; Marie J Brevet, Registered Nurse; Scott Campbell, Chief ABDL; Cynthia Campbell, Associate Public Health Sanitarian ; David Canady, Health Facilities Manager; Theresa Canavan, Public Health Sanitarian; Christina Capobianco, Deputy Commissioner; Nicole Caputo, Public Health Sanitarian; Lisa Carbone, Asst Coor Of Special Education; Frederick E Caston, Physician III; Erin Clancy, Jail Medical Attendant; Emalee Clark, Intern; Kathleen Collins, Public Health Nurse III; Pamela J Combs, Dental Dir-Health Srvcs; Allison J Connor, Special Education Coord; Bill Connor, Systems Analyst; Lynn Constantinou, Senior Office Assistant; Elizabeth M Cooke, Registered Nurse; Jillian Cosentino, Senior Office Assistant; Jacqueline Coven, Health Program Analyst II; Denise Coyle, Special Education Srvcs Provd; Nicole Crawford, Public Health Sanitarian; Michael Cromwell, Public Health Sanitarian; Jennifer Culp, Assistant Commissioner; James C Deutcsh, Emergency Med Svcs Officr; Lourdes Diaz, Reg Nurse Supvr-Clinic; Suzan Didonna, Public Health Sanitarian; Darlene J Dierlam, Registered Nurse; Karen L Diffley, Public Health Nurse III; Guy Dipietro, Correctional Health Svcs Coor; Amera F Dos, Public Health Nurse I; Fallon Dougherty, Special Education Coord; Michael Downey, Public Health Nurse I; Mayra Dross, Registered Nurse; Owen M Durney, Program Examiner; Emily Efstration, Environmental Analyst; Patrick Egan, Intern; Michael A Estevez, Chemist I (Public Health); Aubrey C Evans, Public Health Nurse I; Barbara Falkman, Publ Relations Specialist; Thomas J Fealey, Ambulance Svcs Consultant; Madelaine Feindt, Associate Public Health Sanitarian; Gail Feldman, Senior Drug Abuse Educator; Jennifer Fernandes, Public Health Sanitarian ; Suzanne Fiumano, Public Health Sanitarian; Theresa A Foley, Administrator II; Deborah A Frallicciardi, Special Education Coord; Cynthia Friedman, Medical Program Admin; Lynn Garvey, Public Health Nurse I; Debra Gavin, Public Health Nurse I; Shannon R Gavney, Health Program Analyst I; Vincent Geraci, Medical Program Admin; Laura Giardino, Clinical Nurse Practitioner; Brian Gibbins, Public Health Sanitarian; Kimberly W Gierasch, Health Program Analyst II; Susan Ginley, Office Assistant; Luedell Giron, Jail Medical Attendant; Elizabeth A Gonzalez, Public Health Nurse I; Jean Gordon, Registered Nurse; Kathie Governale, Public Health Sanitarian; Gail Graf, Senior Public Health Sanitarian; Kelly Grandinette, Public Health Sanitarian; Matt Gravina, Senior Public Health Sanitarian; Nicholas Guarino, Public Health Sanitarian; Myungja J Hahn, Public Health Nurse I; Pamela Hallock, Public Health Nurse I; Ethan Helgans, Public Health Sanitarian; Nancy R Hemendinger, Director, Office Health Education; Phyllis G Henry, Neighborhood Aide; Lauren Herrera, Public Health Sanitarian - Bilingual; Susan B Hodosky, Chief Financial Analyst; Jessica L Hodosky, Office Assistant; Ruth E Howard, Office Assistant - Bilingual; Sandra Iasevoli, Registered Nurse; Hanaa Ibrahim, Director Of Medical Support Services; Shaheda Iftikhar, Chief Deputy Commissioner; Stefany T Inacio, Office Assistant - Bilingual; Bruce Johnson, Senior Public Health Sanitarian; Olivia Joiles, Intern; Amy Juchatz-Camanzo, Environmental Toxicologist; Christopher Kandell, Senior Public Health Sanitarian; Olivia Kane, Intern; Stephen Kane, Principal Public Health Sanitarian; Lauinger Kathleen, Public Health Nurse III; Raegin Kellermann, Secretarial Assistant; Grace Kelly-Mcgovern, Public Relations Director; Sherri Kemp, Account Clerk Typist; Francesca King, Public Health Sanitarian; Jaimee Koch, Registered Nurse; Lisa Kolody, Senior Public Health Sanitarian; Ellen Komosinski, Emergency Med Svcs Officr; Gunter Kopf, Senior Public Health Sanitarian; Adam Kuemmel, Senior Public Health Sanitarian; Sara Kurtz, Public Health Sanitarian; Alanna Laino, Public Health Sanitarian; Marco Lally, Public Health Sanitarian; Anthony Lalonde, Public Health Sanitarian; Meghan Lavery, Public Health Sanitarian; Sharon A Lieberman, Public Health Nurse I; James D Macdonell, Emergency Med Svcs Officr; Michelle Mack-Harrell, Office Assistant; Vanessa Maldonado-Dimarco, Clinic Administrator; Patricia A Manfredonia, Emergency Med Svcs Officr; Laura Mansi, Office Assistant; Barbara Marano, Exec Asst For Fin & Admin; Paul Marra, Coordinator Of Emerg Med Svcs; Joe Martin, Public Health Sanitarian; John T Martin, Supervising Public Health Educator; Lorna Martinez-Cruz, Office Assistant (Part-Time); William Michael Masterton, Emergency Med Trn Officer; Susan Matias, Medical Assistant - Bilingual; John Mcadam, Registered Nurse; Amanda Mcdonnell, Senior Public Health Sanitarian; Isabelle Mckee, Public Health Sanitarian; Laura S Mckellar, Public Health Nurse I; Robert J Mclaughlin, Dental Dir-Health Srvcs; Ryan M Mctiernan, Assistant To The Commissioner; Lindsay Meltzer, Public Health Sanitarian; Nick Meyers, Public Health Sanitarian; Yvonne Michalski, Pharmacist II; Gina M Milillo, Pharmacy Aide; Jeffrey Minder, Associate Public Health Sanitarian; Teresa Minnick, Aids Counselor I; Chris Monahan, Public Health Sanitarian; Sheena Moore, Public Health Nurse I; Roseann Moran, Public Health Nurse IV; Katrina A Morgillo, Public Health Nurse I; Tuere T Morton, Clinical Nurse Practitioner; Nina Mukhtar, Account Clerk; Astha Muttreja, Medical Program Admin; Darlicia Nichols, Medical Records Clerk; Melissa J Niegocki, Senior Account Clerk; Christopher Nuccio, Emergency Med Services Officer; Jaclyn Orlan, Public Health Sanitarian; Wanda Ortiz, Senior Office Assistant; Denise Palermo, Senior Office Assistant; Brian J Pedersen, Assistant Hydrogeologist; Frank A Pernice, Pharmacist II; Gregson Pigott, Commissioner ; Luz Mery Poblano, Public Health Nurse I; Lisa Potopsingh, Senior Public Health Sanitarian; Tiffany Powers, Medical Assistant; Karen Powers, Special Education Services Provider; Kelly Ralph, Asst Coor Of Special Education; Gerianne M Ray, Special Education Coord; Sean Reagan, Intern; Mikeisy Reyes, Medical Records Clerk - Bilingual; Olivia Richter, Public Health Sanitarian; Edward R Riegel, Transportation Coord; Debora A Rippel, Sr Public Health Educator; Nancy Rivera, Neighborhood Aide; Catherine Rodriguez, Public Health Nurse I; Nadine Roe, Associate Public Health Sanitarian; Chris Romano, Entomologist; Ricardo Rota, Pharmacy Aide; Madalyn Rovalino, Special Educ Coord - Bilingual; Linda Rulon-Busch, Special Education Srvcs Provd; Teresa Ryther, Assoc Pub Hlth Sanitarian; Enoc Salcedo, Comm Svc Worker - Bilingual; Mike Santoriello, Lab Director; Trisha L Sarli, Public Health Nurse I; Joy Sauer, Environmental Analyst; Gina Scammon, Senior Public Health Sanitarian; Salvatore C Scarpitta, Forensic Scientist III (Tox); Patricia Schecher, Public Health Nurse II; Catherine Schmanski, Office Assistant; Jessica L Schoen, Public Health Nurse I; Andy Seal, Public Health Sanitarian; Eric Seebeck, Public Health Sanitarian; Thel M Shepski, Community Service Worker; Sandra Siegal, Public Health Nurse Coord; Christine Slee, Administrator I; Karen L Smith, Public Health Nurse I; Maria Sommo, Pharmacist II; Christopher Sortino, Chief Public Health Sanitarian; Anne Spooner, Public Health Sanitarian; Diane Stambler, Senior Office Assistant; Mark T Stark, Emergency Medical Instr; Giovanni Stillone, Public Health Sanitarian; Lynne Stoesser, Senior Public Health Sanitarian; Larissa Stubbs, Office Assistant; John J Szczecina, Special Education Coord; Laura Tanzer, Public Health Sanitarian; Nadia Tintera, Senior Public Health Sanitarian; Ciro Tous, Medical Records Clerk Sp; Diane Towle, Senior Office Assistant; Danny Towle Jr., Clerical ; Myloan L Tranthi-Mai, Principal Stenographer; Sheila M Ventrice, Dir Of Svcs T/Children W/Spec N; Adesuwa Watson, Health Program Analyst I; Dina Wayrich, Emergency Med Svcs Officr; Dolores Welch, Public Health Nurse II; Johanna Wells, Registered Nurse; Alexis White, Entomologist; Emily Wilvert, Public Health Sanitarian ; Jason A Winslow, Medical Director Ems; Bruce Wladyka, Principal Financial Analyst ; Joe Worell, Public Health Sanitarian; Linda Zajicek, Clinical Nurse Practitioner; Melissa Zanini, Public Health Sanitarian; Anastasia Zoas-Haining, Principal Account Clerk

Suffolk County is honored to nominate a diverse team of Health Department staff who led and participated in our COVID-19 case investigation, contact tracing, and vaccination efforts. This team represents employees from a variety of divisions who contributed in a meaningful way to reduce transmission of COVID-19 through interviewing cases, eliciting contacts, providing education and wrap around services during isolation/quarantine periods. Approximately 200,000 calls were made to COVID-19 cases by this committed team who provided education and support, appropriate housing for isolation/quarantine, arranged telemedicine visits and delivery of medication and necessary supplies such as masks, thermometers, and emergency food. Commissioner’s Orders, educational materials and supplies were delivered to 37,196 individual addresses, including 18,633 boxes of emergency food. Team members were engaged in training and supervising new case investigators, responding to public inquiries, and providing support to skilled and assisted nursing facilities, school districts, and daycare centers. Our nursing, EMS, and jail medical staff also administered rapid COVID-19 tests for first responders, school staff and students, and County staff, as needed. Finally, this team also led and staffed vaccination Point of Dispensing (POD) sites, helping to vaccinate over 146,650 residents at County vaccination clinics, including our homebound residents.