Greenwich - Jan/Feb 2023

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EDITOR’S LETTER

14 FOUNDER’S

LETTER

Of Making a Difference

19 STATUS REPORT

BUZZ A groundbreaking ALS study is using voice patterns for early detection; Deborah Goodrich Royce sits down to discuss her new novel, Reef Road, and the real-life events that inspired it. SHOP Go inside the jewel box that is Serpentine. GO We’ve got the advice you need for hassle-free travel (and it’s more than just Global Entry). DO Skin Solutions comes from Park Avenue to our Avenue; Our hospitals are offering innovative new technology that is great news for health screening and patient care. EAT Local mom Danielle Lutsky is giving pre-made veggie burgers the moment they deserve.

32 MONEY MATTERS

We take a look at a bear market that’s different from years past—the causes, investment strategies and possible opportunities.

34 G-MOM

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SWEET BUSINESS

The Van Leeuwen brothers have long had the entrepreneurial spirit, but little did they know where their dreams, comradery and determination would take them. Their latest Greenwich ice cream shop is just the cherry on top!

by jamie marshall

TOP DOCTORS IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY +

We present the doctors who are ranked the best in their fields by their peers.

DISAPPEARING ACT

Often swept under the rug, the topic of eating disorders in young people and adults is an important issue that needs to be discussed. We explore the warning signs and introduce the experts and organizations to turn to for help. by jill johnson mann

on the cover: pete and ben van leeuwen photography by: lacy kiernan carroll

Let’s talk love—advice on how to truly connect with the important people in your life; Our friends at the Greenwich Moms Network roundup some great cold-weather activities. 39

PEOPLE & PLACES

Breast Cancer Alliance; Abilis; Hinoki & CAVE; Greenwich Historical Society; Dana’s Angels Research Trust; Kids in Crisis

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A New Kind of Legacy

Have a Happy Healthy Holiday

HOW SWEET IT IS!

Who among us hasn’t had a wineinduced conversation about finding that great new business idea? My friends and I have gotten really good at it. (The talking part, not the implementation part.) Then there are the people who don’t look for the new thing. They look for the thing right in front of them that can simply be made better. And—this is kind of key—they actually do it.

It takes truly fearless people to risk building something from the ground up with nothing more than dedication and a dream. Greenwich boys Pete and Ben Van Leeuwen are just that— fearless. It also takes creativity. These brothers have created a brand that not only stands out in a crowded category but also stands up against mega-brands (you know, like those owned by a little company called Unilever).

Van Leeuwen Ice Cream has grown into a brand with an incredibly loyal following— from hipsters to foodies to kids with a sweet tooth. How’d they do it? Author Jamie Marshall finds that out in “Sweet Business” (page 72). She sat down with the pair as they

were preparing to christen their new shop on the Avenue, and what unfolded is an inspiring story all about friendship, familial bonds and ingenuity (knock-off Oakley sunglasses, anyone?). It’s also a story about business smarts, building a company the right way and taking setbacks in stride. Doubt may have crept in, but they didn’t let that stop them. They persevered by rolling up their sleeves and saying: “Why not us?” And the universe couldn’t argue. The hard work paid off—and the sweet reward? A thriving company.

As Ben says of their new Greenwich store, “It’s nice to come back to where you came from as a success.” And as their hometown magazine, it’s an honor for us to celebrate that success. Welcome home, guys!

Perhaps the next time we’re mulling over business ideas, we should consider grabbing a scoop of ice cream instead of a glass of wine.

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OF MAKING A DIFFERENCE

We have a powerful person in our family, except he doesn’t know it.

His name is Scott Clegg, the third child of my brother Mike and his wife, Sue, born in Cleveland on July 9, 1973, with Down syndrome. At age three he also developed leukemia—a challenge to treat with the usual medications. But now, despite flat feet, a missing spleen and other health issues, he’s a happy forty-nine; and because of Scott, amazing things have happened.

For instance:

—Mike and Sue lived close enough to University Hospitals to be able to take turns being with their little boy during his bout with leukemia and realized out-of-town parents of sick children needed a place to stay and bond. As a result, his father founded the Ronald McDonald House there.

—Scott helped keep his teenaged brother in line. When the newspaper did a story on the family, Chris said: “I’ve seen kids at school do things to their bodies with drugs and alcohol that I could never do, because I’ve watched my little brother fight so hard to live.”

—Scott carried the Olympic torch through the Public Square on its way to the 1982 games in Los Angeles, raising a lot of money for Special Olympics.

—Mike won the battle for an independent group home in a nice neighborhood where Scott now lives with three other handicapped people. It has become the model for others in Ohio.

Scott’s parents were stunned when he was born. They weren’t expecting a child who would never read a book or memorize a multiplication table. “Remember the piece by that Sesame Street writer?” Mike asked me.

“You’ve been planning for nine months to go to Italy, but when your plane touches down, the pilot comes onto the intercom and says: ‘Welcome to Holland’. You’re pissed, you’re not prepared, but then you realize Holland has tulips and windmills and isn’t all that bad.”

Raising a disabled child, Mike pointed out, you manage your expectations more realistically. Anything he does is a plus; you get excited. You don’t take things for granted; you applaud achievement. You reach out more to all kinds of people and end up embracing imperfection. “I wish Scott had been born first instead of last of our three kids,” he mused.

“Scotty is why I have so many different kinds of friends,” says his sister Tracy, “because to him everybody is the same, whether they’re old or young, Black or white, fat or skinny.”

And he certainly has a talent for making people laugh. Here are some endearing stories.

Scott was gaining too much weight so was told he couldn’t buy any wrestling comic books—a Saturday treat—if he kept sneaking snacks. One night Mike heard noises in the kitchen and found him in his pajamas reaching into the refrigerator. Looking up, he saw his father, closed the fridge door, put his arms straight out in front of him and “sleepwalked” back to his room.

Scott wanted to watch Happy Days instead of going to church on Christmas Eve, and his father was trying to get him into his blazer: “They’ll be singing all those songs you like, and candles and live animals,” noted Mike, “and you can say ‘Happy Birthday, Baby Jesus!’ ” “Oh, no,” said Scott with a groan. “Is he going to be there, too?”

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disabled people in the bleachers in a cheer for himself: “Give me an S!” (they yelled “S!”). “Give me a C!” (“C!”), and on. Finally, “What’s it spell?” And nobody knew.

Scott went next-door to visit neighbors, big tennis buffs, who were giving a dinner party. Everything was ready, the table set, the water poured. After he left, the hostess returned to the dining room to find a tennis ball floating in each glass.

Then there’ve been the real jobs. Watching through a one-way glass window while he was being interviewed for one of them, Mike and Scott’s job coach saw the people around the table suddenly start laughing, loosening their ties and sending out for Cokes. He’d answered a string of questions like where he lived and had gone to school, then stopped abruptly, commenting: “You know, I think I’ve given you entirely too much information.”

But his first job was delivering mail at Park Ohio, the company where Mike’s good friend Eddie Crawford was chairman of the board, and his son Matt, president. They were the only two names Scott knew, so when he was down in the mail room trying to sort mail, he’d throw away everybody’s mail except Eddie’s and Matt’s. Not much supervision there, but Eddie said, laughing: “What do I care? I got mine!”

It was easier taking tickets at the Shaker Square Cinema on weekends.

“Hey, Aunt, I’ve got bad news,” Scott once told me. “Billy Smith died.” “I’m sorry to hear that,” I replied, “but I didn’t know Billy Smith.” “Well,” said Scott, “it’s too late!”

After a haircut, Scott told the young receptionist at the shop, “You’re so pretty I could kiss you!” Driving home, Mike told him that was inappropriate, and he should apologize. So next time they went, he said to her: “I’m so sorry, so sorry.” She didn’t know what for until Mike explained. “Oh, that’s OK, Scott,” she said. “Don’t worry about it.” But he kept apologizing. “I’m really, really sorry—so how about lunch?”

When his mother was in the hospital with a lung problem, Scott wanted to visit her. “Sure,” Mike agreed. “When do you want to go?” “How about next Saturday?” answered Scott. “I’ve got

a very busy week.”

“I hope I go before Scott does,” my brother once told me. “I enjoy his company. Besides, how many fathers have a son who calls them every day to say I love you?”

Well, Mike got his wish. Both he and Sue are gone now, but Scott is very much alive and as buoyant as ever. In the limousine after Sue’s memorial service, he said: “I think I’m going to cry.” “That’s all right, Scotty. We’re all going to miss your mother,” I offered. “But she was really sick, and think of all the wonderful things she had in her life—like you three kids…” And Tracy added, “and she went on all these fabulous cruises…” And getting into the swing of it, he observed: “And she had a great car!”

Scott was the star of the reception at The Country Club after Mike’s service, performing an impromptu rap song in honor of his father. Afterwards brother Chris remarked, “Just think: Mom and Dad are in heaven together now. What do you suppose they’re doing?” “Making love,” Scotty answered. Somewhat taken aback, Chris asked him, “Scott, do you know what that means?” His answer: “Not really.” But his favorite soap opera is Days of Our Lives.

Scott has his own phone. Just push a button with my picture on it, and there I am. When he calls (which is a lot), I aways answer singing: “It Had to be You”. Then he chuckles and says: “Oh, Aunt, you’re such a character!” to which I respond: “So are you. It must run in the family.” He’s a very entertaining gossip, and I learn a lot.

On one visit to Cleveland Jack and I joined the Cleggs for dinner at Benihana, where Scott brought down the house doing a perfect imitation of a Japanese waiter—complete with bowing and ah-so’s. The hibachi chef thought it was hilarious and commented: “You know, if there were more people like Scott in the world, it would be a better place.”

I have a picture of Scotty from the time he walked in a fundraiser for autism, flashing the V for Victory sign at the finish line. He is indeed a victor—this guy who, with his family, has made more of an impact on all our lives than we ever expected or that he’ll ever know.

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Getting Vocal

by jamie marshall

In December of 2016, Valerie Geerer was doing her normal lunchtime walk with work colleagues when a friend noticed something off about her gait. “I remember she said, ‘Is there something the matter with your foot?’” the fifty-nine-year-old Stamford resident recalls. “I told her I felt fine. A month later I was tripping myself. It was ironic. Six months earlier, my husband Michael and I were climbing mountains in Utah. And suddenly I couldn’t walk without stumbling.”

Over the next four years, as her leg strength deteriorated, Val and Michael made the rounds of doctors, none of whom could come up with a satisfactory explanation. Because Val has Type 1 Diabetes, the first neurologist she saw assumed she had diabetic neuropathy. She knew he was wrong. “That doesn’t happen within six months. And I didn’t have the feeling of pins and needles in my feet. I needed to find another neurologist.” That led Val to a doctor in Greenwich, who treated her for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). “We did that treatment with infusions and although it helped the fatigue it

above: Valerie Geerer with friends and family at the Rhythm and Roots Music Festival in Rhode Island right: Val Geerer

HOW A GROUNDBREAKING STUDY IS USING VOICE PATTERNS TO DETECT ALS , A DISEASE THAT IS NOTORIOUSLY DIFFICULT TO DIAGNOSE

above: Val Geerer with her husband, Michael

never helped me get my strength back,” she said.

From there, Val sought a second opinion at Columbia Presbyterian in New York. “They did all these tests—EMGs, bloodwork, even a spinal tap. These didn’t identify any specific disease. It hadn’t progressed beyond my legs at that point.”

Beginning in 2020, she noticed she was having trouble with the fine motor skills in her hands, and in August she lost the strength in her arms. A month later, the doctors were able to give her a diagnosis of sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a neurodegenerative disease that affects the motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord, eventually leading to full paralysis for which there is no cure. Life expectancy after the onset of symptoms is from two to five years.

For Val, the diagnosis was a relief. “Not that it’s a great diagnosis,” she says. “But at least I knew what to expect.”

Although she is confined to a motorized wheelchair, Val is still able to work from home four days a week with the help of dictation software. She and Michael still travel, which is her passion. She is also helping move the needle forward on ALS research as a participant in a groundbreaking study conducted by EverythingALS, a nonprofit organization founded by Indu Navar, whose husband, Peter Cohen, died of the disease in 2019. The study uses AI technology to gather physiological data on the speech patterns (vocal and facial expressions), gait movements (walking and climbing stairs) and breathing of people with ALS. Val first learned about the study through her local ALS support group.

“A friend told me about it, and I was like, ‘Sure, I’ll do it if it will help.’” Once a week, Val connects with an EverythingALS avatar that walks her through several

tasks, including saying different words, repeating different phrases, and counting as high as she can in a single breath.

“I’m still in the OK range for breathing, but it’s not as good as it used to be,” she says. “It’s interesting to see how my results have changed over the course of time. I know my speech has definitely slowed since this started, and I have difficulty with certain words.” (EverythingALS has recently changed the protocol, so people only have to log in once a month.)

By gathering as much data as possible from participants at different stages of their illness, the study will provide biomarkers that will help make early detection easier and also track progression during the course of the disease, so the information can be used in clinical trials. “It’s a way to see the subtle changes that are happening,” says Navar. “Even though someone’s speech might not be impacted, the AI is seeing the change.”

For Navar, an electrical engineer with a master’s in computer science and a tech entrepreneur/investor who helped launch WedMD, Serus and other ventures, the motivation to improve diagnostic tools for ALS is personal. Her husband died a year after he was diagnosed and two and a half years after the onset of symptoms. “The hardest part was the waiting,” she recalls. “We’d go to doctors, and they’d say come back in eight months and we’ll see where we are. Wait and see on the one hand is a good thing—we thought maybe it’s not so bad. On the other hand, hope is not a strategy. And every part of our background was screaming this is wrong, this is wrong.”

Since it launched in 2020, under the auspices of the Peter Cohen Foundation, the EverythingALS research study has enrolled nearly 1,000 participants. The project is free and open to anyone in the U.S. eighteen and older, those with ALS and those without. If Navar has her way, one day preventive care for neurodegenerative diseases will be as commonplace as doing blood work for diabetes and cholesterol.

“Going through the experience of losing someone you love to ALS is a nightmare,” she says. “I don’t want to see others go through what I experienced: no hope, no cure. By creating EverythingALS I wanted to give patients an outlet where they can be proactive about their situation while also getting answers and advice from professionals.”

For information about the study and EverythingALS, visit everythingals.org.

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Fact & Fiction

GM: Reef Road is the third novel you’ve written in a relatively short period of time, and now you’re working on your fourth. Is it hard to keep coming up with new story ideas?

DEBORAH GOODRICH ROYCE: I’ve been writing for a long time, but it’s only in the last eight years that I’ve completed three novels. For the first fifty years of my life, I didn’t have that many ideas. But in the past few years, it’s been very fruitful. I like to talk about this with younger people as encouragement. I think for all of us, the exciting thing is that there are chapters to come. We have too many pressures when we’re younger. For me, it took an empty nest to free me up into the deep dive of novel-writing. And that’s been exciting. And I keep coming up with things I want to write about.

GM: This novel opens on the sands of Palm Beach with a gruesome discovery. Did the setting have personal significance?

DGR: I was in the middle of a book tour in March 2020 for the paperback release of my first book when the world came to this crashing halt because of Covid. Palm Beach was where I happened to be staying at the time, so that’s where I remained. All my engagements got canceled. I had a new window of open time with an empty nest, and I was enveloped by this heat and sense of claustrophobia. There was an eeriness, and I was taking my twilight bike rides; riding up and down the streets of Palm Beach. And somehow, this feeling of the world crashing in around us took me back to this horrifically traumatizing event.

GM: Can you give us a little background?

but I would never want to say if it’s him or not. What was more interesting to me than the facts was exploring the idea of generational trauma. How do we start addressing the effects something this horrific has on people and the way that impact can be passed down? How does it happen and how do you stop it? What do we need to do as a society and as individuals to make that happen? If you look at this kind of trauma, it’s a bit like a hamster on a wheel. How do you knock the hamster off? Is it therapy? Is it something else? This novel goes to a much darker place.

GM: Did your mother read the book?

DGR: She did and she approves, although she’s glad our lives were not as nearly as dark as the ones I imagined for the book.

GM: Reef Road relies on an unreliable narrator to give it a dark and twisty turn. Was is it fun crafting a voice that couldn’t quite be trusted?

DGR: A lot of fun! You know, I’m really intrigued by the secrets people keep. Of course, some of them are of no consequence, but every once in a while you find out something about someone and ask yourself, “How did I not see that coming?” I’ve certainly encountered a few people in my life who had some incredible backstories you never, ever would have imagined. That fascinates me. I’m a huge fan of Hitchcock films, and I love the idea of a twist and a reveal. Sometimes when your writing this stuff, you even surprise yourself. My narrator certainly did. And that’s very exhilarating.

Deborah Goodrich Royce has mined some of the darker corners of her own family history to craft her third novel, Reef Road, an intriguing murder mystery that alternates between Palm Beach at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and the unsolved murder of a twelve-year-old girl in 1948 Pittsburgh.

The Greenwich resident will officially introduce her novel at a book launch on January 7 to benefit the Avon Theatre in Stamford, which the actress, philanthropist and author renovated along with her husband and fellow historic preservationist, Chuck Royce.

When she sat down to chat with greenwich magazine about Reef Road, her page-turning whodunit had already received some early enthusiastic reviews.

DGR: My mother’s best friend was murdered in December of 1948. My mother was to go over to her house that night and didn’t for so many reasons. For my entire life, I felt the presence of that event and the impact it had on my mother’s life.

So, I decided to open my computer and really did the research on those events. There was a trove of material there. I was able to get the coroner’s report and so much more.

And now I can see the serendipity of doing the book at this exact place and time. The setting was perfect. As I was doing it all, it was a hot, hot spring. There are two women in a hot house, and there was a feeling of confinement and abandonment that permeates the book. In the end, the pandemic serves as an important setting.

GM: The true-life murder case that inspired Reef Road remains unsolved. Did you come to any conclusions about the perpetrator in your research?

DGR: Well, the case was reopened in 2008, and I do hope it is eventually solved. There has always been a lot of suspicion surrounding one person,

GM: Earlier in your life, you worked as an actress. Who would you cast to play the main Reef Road characters: “The Writer” and “The Wife”?

DGR: I have thought about the role of “The Writer” quite a bit, and I would love to see Cate Blanchett. She’s so beautiful and incredibly talented. For the wife, who has to be about fifteen years younger and incredibly beautiful, I think there are a lot of ways you could go should this ever end up on film.

GM: How about Scarlett Johansson?

DGR: Oh, I like that idea. Let’s go with her. She’d be so interesting and mysterious. I’d be very pleased to see her.

GM: What’s next for you?

DGR: I’m one hundred pages into my next book. I’m not ready to talk about the plot quite yet. I don’t know how far I’ll get before this next book tour begins, but the plan is to take it as far as I can before we have our launch for this one.

Real-life events inspired DEBORAH GOODRICH ROYCE’s latest page-turner. We sit down with the author to get the scoop

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A visit with Ali begins with a full consultation, complete with chocolates and champagne. Sun streams into the

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Just as we were going to press, the Department of Homeland Security announced plans to update its deadline requiring travelers to have a Real ID-compliant license or valid passport to fly anywhere in the U..S. Originally scheduled for 2023, the new date is now May 7, 2025 But don’t procrastinate that trip to the DMV. Book an appointment and be sure you have all the documents you need—they vary by state. Check the official website for a list of requirements. dhs.gov/real-id

Get a Pass

Don’t have Global Entry? There’s an app for that. And shockingly, very few people know about it. The free app will help you clear customs and immigration on return to the U.S., often as quickly as you would with Global Entry. Bonus: The entire family can use it at once. Scan everyone’s passport into the app ahead of time (or last minute, if you’re that type). When you land, select your port of entry and terminal on the app, and you’ll get a QR code, flash the code along with your physical passport to the agent in the dedicated mobile passport line and be on your way.

The Fast Track

Global Entry, TSA PreCheck or CLEAR?

Global Entry and PreCheck are government programs that verify you’re a reduced security risk and therefore trusted with wearing your shoes through security and leaving your laptop in your bag. Global Entry includes TSA PreCheck. Once approved for Global Entry (for international travel), you’ll receive a KTN, Known Traveler Number, that will give you TSA PreCheck (for domestic travel). It’s your job to add it to your flight reservation. TSA PreCheck is $78 for five years. Global Entry is a one-time fee of $100 but needs to be renewed every five years. Check your credit card perks. Your issuer may cover the fees.

CLEAR is a purely commercial operation. It pays the airlines a lot of money for the ability to put its clients at the front of security lines. It’s like being put at the head of the line for the hottest club in town. The standard price for CLEAR is $189 annually, but if you add family members there are discounts. Thirty-one airports and four cruise ports have CLEAR. access.cbp.gov; tsa.gov; clearme.com

Look for Mobile Passport Control in your app store. It’s free and secure. Some savvy travelers who have Global Entry also do Mobile Passport and pick the shortest line. It’s me. I’m the savvy traveler. But you already guessed that.

The More You Know

Airlines have delayed and canceled flights in record numbers over the past year. They also struggle to keep luggage on the same plane with its owner. At one point, British Airways announced it simply was no longer answering the phones.

No one can avoid inevitable travel trouble, but you can see it coming. Download an airline tracking app (I like Flight Aware) and set up notifications for your flight. If it is delayed, pull up the app and click through to the plane’s previous flight to check its status. If you think you might miss a connection or you’re worried your delayed flight will eventually be canceled, protect yourself and book the next flight. The airline or a travel advisor can do this for you. Do it quickly, because there are always limited seats. If a storm is coming and an airline puts out a weather waiver allowing customers to change flights to different days or adjust the route, take them up on it before everyone else does.

Ever wish the airport had the equivalent of the Disney Fast Pass—a magical ticket allowing you to bypass all the lines and go straight to your gate? Book yourself a VIP fast-track service at any airport in the world through a travel company. Whether you’re arriving, transferring or departing, you can hire someone to help whisk you through the chaos. We spoke with Hicham Enhaili, founder of Simply Select, a VIP travel company based in New York and London. Hicham was about to miss a connection in Johannesberg and luckily had a service provider who could help him make his connection by quickly transferring him from one plane to the other. Rates vary by airport and service but start at around $250. A fast-track agent will meet you curbside before you even enter the terminal. They will walk you to the front of the check-in or baggage drop line, escort you through security, get you lounge access and wait until they deliver you to the boarding gate.

Simply Select can be reached at 212-365-8606 or online at simplyselect.com.

by mary kate hogan

Hello, Gorgeous

SOLUTIONS COLLECTIVE OPENS ON THE AVENUE

There’s a new, elevated skin-care oasis in town, with Skin Solutions Collective recently launched on Greenwich Avenue. Led by Lauren Abramowitz, founder and master injector, this cosmetic dermatology practice is the third location for the luxe beauty medical spa. First opened twenty years ago on Park Avenue, today the group has its flagship in Tribeca, a seasonal space in the Hamptons and an office opening soon in Miami.

“We wanted to come out to the suburbs, and we thought, there’s no other suburb. So here we are,” says Lauren, who adds that Greenwich has been an attractive locale for clients from

farther afield. “Some Long Island and Westchester patients who were coming to the city now travel to Greenwich and make a day of it, do some shopping, have lunch.

This chic space features pristine treatment rooms with all the latest equipment and striking modern décor, but what really distinguishes Skin Solutions is the level of experience—and good vibes—that its providers bring. Lauren and her team of cofounders are pioneers in the field. For the collective, she joined forces with Laura and Diana Palmisano and Melissa Knudson, who between them have more than sixty-five years

of experience. Sometimes dubbed the Queen of Injectables, Lauren began her career just as Botox had been FDA-approved for cosmetic treatment. She takes a holistic approach to helping people, working closely with them to understand and achieve their goals.

“There’s an artistry to this, and the patients are our canvas,” says Lauren, who adds that beauty is subjective, and she strives for balance and symmetry. “Instead of filling in and isolating one thing [such as fuller lips], it’s about harmonizing the face.”

That starts with having fresh, clear skin, which the Skin Solutions team delivers through facials, laser treatments and excellent skin-care products (they carry the Biologique Recherche line). Then they take a full-face approach, determining what treatments will be most beneficial for skin tightening, smoothing lines, relaxing wrinkles, boosting collagen. There are body treatments available, too. The best way for a prospective client to determine how Skin Solutions can help is to set up a complimentary fifteen-minute virtual consultation.

SKIN

169 Greenwich Avenue, second floor, 203-885-1580; skinsolutions.com

Providers Diana Palmisano, Melissa Knudson, Laura Palmisano and Lauren Abramowitz

WHAT’S NEXT?

As the digital revolution continues to transform virtually every aspect of our social lives, A.I.-assisted technology is having a significant impact on hospitals and healthcare systems throughout Fairfield County.

Since the onset of the pandemic, telemedicine and remote everything—from doctor’s office visits and video consultations

with specialists to medical evaluations, diagnoses and treatment—have increased patient access to healthcare providers locally.

To explore the latest hardware, software programs and services, we turned to three prominent healthcare providers in our area.

above: Medical technology is critical to procedures, and advances open doors to treatments.

COGNITIVE CARE Nuvance Health ROBOTIC ASSISTANCE

The millions of Baby Boomers now in their seventies have ramped up the need for cognitive care as more exhibit signs of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), dementia and other issues around memory, thinking and language. To date, no medications have been approved to treat MCI.

In October, Nuvance Health became one of the first health systems in the U.S. to pilot Neuroglee Connect, a remote monitoring technology for patients with MCI. Taking a cue from current guidelines about the benefit of regular brain

stimulation and healthy lifestyle habits, staff at Nuvance’s Neuroscience Institute use the technology to provide brain-stimulating activities to patients through its iPads, then measure performance and identify signs of cognitive deterioration.

“Nuvance Health has embraced a range of technological solutions to continue providing the best care possible for our patients,” says Chief Medical Information Officer Dr. Albert Villarin. “We are constantly innovating cutting-edge care in all of our hospitals.”

ESOPHAGEAL CANCER SCREENING

Stamford Health’s Heartburn, Reflux and Esophageal Specialty Center

In September 2022, Stamford Health’s Heartburn, Reflux and Esophageal Specialty Center introduced a noninvasive earlyscreening procedure for esophageal cancer, the fastestgrowing cancer diagnosis in the U.S. Traditionally, the only screening for the cancer has been with an endoscopy, a thirty-minute procedure that requires anesthesia and still can be uncomfortable.

Called EsoGuard, the technology can

identify precancerous cells in a process that takes two minutes and is performed in an office visit. The screening is important because over-thecounter medications for heartburn and acid reflux—common preconditions for esophageal issues— can disguise cancer.

Dr. Michael Ebright, thoracic surgeon and director of the Esophageal Center, notes: “This new screening technology will expand access for potentially lifesaving early screening for patients.”

Bridgeport Hospital / Yale New Haven Health

At Bridgeport Hospital, part of the Yale New Haven Health system, A.I.-guided TUG robots are helping address the current shortage of nurses by carrying out routine administrative tasks, such as transporting specimens from the lab and monitoring patients. The robots are freeing healthcare professionals to attend to patients.

“The care we provide requires emotional impact and the human touch, neither of which can ever be replaced by technology,” says Anne Diamond, president of the hospital. But, she adds, “one of the benefits of A.I. is that these new tools

and technology will allow us to spend more time with our patients, providing the care that is critical to their wellbeing and healing.”

Elsewhere in the Yale New Haven Health system, robotic-arm technologies are enabling surgeons to perform joint replacements with more accuracy and precision. For patients, this means smaller incisions, increased saving of healthy tissue, minimal scarring and faster recovery time. Such innovations are improving care locally as well as providing a glimpse of the future of healthcare in America.

above: The entrance to Bridgeport Hospital left: A TUG robot, which can pick up administrative tasks around the hospital.

above: Stamford Health

above: The biplane angiography system, a high-tech system —unveiled at Norwalk Hospital—helps care for neuro and heart patients.

above: A doctor at Stamford Health explains how the EsoGuard device works to a patient.

“Nuvance Health has embraced a range of technological solutions to continue providing the best care possible for our patients.”

DR. ALBERT VILLARIN Chief Medical Information Officer

by mary kate hogan

Looking for a healhty, delicious and easy-to-prepare meal? Danielle Lutsky has got you covered.

PLANT POWER

We all vow to fit more vegetables into our diets, but prepping plant-based meals that the whole family will love can be challenging. That’s where Plantidote Foods comes in. Started last year by Danielle Lutsky, a Greenwich mom of two, this small business cooks up delicious vegan burgers (and other items) that are simple to prepare and made only from whole, organic ingredients such as red lentils, quinoa, onions, carrots, celery and garlic.

VEGGIE BURGERS HAVE GOTTEN A MAJOR GLOW-UP, THANKS TO THIS GREENWICH MOM

Each patty is packed with twelve grams of protein and contains no fillers or protein powder.

Danielle, who has been eating a mostly veggie-and-fruit-based diet throughout her life, experienced firsthand how plant-based eating helped her family, and that led her to create a line of plant-based foods. When her mother-in-law was diagnosed with cancer, doctors initially said she couldn’t have chemotherapy due to her overall health issues (she had been living with M.S.). During this difficult time, the family surrounded her with loving support and helped her switch to a plant-based diet, bringing her green juices and preparing healthy meals. Doctors were so impressed with how her health improved that she was able to receive treatment.

WHERE TO BUY

OLD GREENWICH FARMER’S MARKET

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You can also pick up an order from Plantidote’s kitchen in Rowayton, across the street from 314 Beer Garden. plantidotefoods.com

In 2019, Danielle’s husband, an athlete who competes internationally and teaches jiujitsu, was looking to make changes in his diet to improve performance and help his body recover from the strain of repeated workouts. He found the plant-based diet to be a game changer and hasn’t looked back. He and Danielle

worked to mix up a plant-based patty that was both nutrient-rich and very simple to prepare. Friends tasted their burgers and encouraged the pair to try selling them through the farmer’s markets. They did, and the response was huge: “We have sold out every time we’ve gone to the farmer’s market,” Danielle says.

What sets Plantidote apart from other burgers? Both the purity of ingredients and the taste, with four flavors (Original, GarlicCashew, Sesame-Ginger and Curry), plus seasonal versions based on what farmers are growing. “People get their texture fix, their protein fix, and there’s tons of fiber,” Danielle says. “I’m so happy to be able to give people a vegan patty that's not fake meat, that tastes really good and is so easy to prepare.” The patties, which are sold frozen, can be cooked in just eight minutes. For fall, the seasonal flavor tastes a bit like stuffing, with roasted veggies, sage, rosemary, parsley and onion; another seasonal blend combines beets, dill, lemon and garlic. Besides being served as burgers or as a protein on top of salad greens, the patties can be used to make veggie tacos, tossed over pasta with tomato sauce or pesto, rolled with lasagna noodles, sauce and almond ricotta and fried for a vegan rollatini, with kale and other veggies over rice, among the many ideas. Check Plantidote’s Instagram @plantidotefoods.co for more easy recipes. G

above At home with the Lutskys: Demi, Jordan, Josephine and Danielle right: Josephine enjoys her Plantidote dinner

money matters

NO PICNIC

After years of soaring up, up and away, the stock market plunged back to Earth in 2022, taking with it trillions of dollars in retirement savings, college funds and more.

At various points in the year, the Nasdaq had tumbled more than 30 percent from previous highs; the S&P 500 more than 20 percent— in other words, into a bear market, which is loosely defined as when the stock market index sinks more than 20 percent from a recent high.

“Three main drivers have upended the way people have

BY CAROL LEONETTI DANNHAUSER

PREPARING FOR ANOTHER NOT-SO-SWEET BEAR MARKET

thought about investments for the past forty years or so,” says Ed Laux, assistant vice president and financial advisor with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in Greenwich. “Interest rates have gone up considerably, the dollar has had a major move to the upside, and we’ve also had higher inflationary numbers.”

That trifecta has “caused a lot of reticence on the part of people who have had success on buying the dip,” Laux says. “Whether you think back to the crash in 1987, or you think back to a couple of years ago when we went down over 30 percent in one month, those turned out to be pretty good buying opportunities.”

Not that you should embark on a buying spree. Instead, perhaps welcome 2023 by examining your asset allocation and understanding the risks and vulnerabilities attached to your investments, so that when the bear is growling, you’re prepared.

Though younger investors haven’t experienced a bear market beyond the months-long, Covidinduced market drop in 2020, bear markets are not that unusual. Research counts more than twenty since 1928, or one about every five years or so. Market free falls happen in a hurry, and as the numbers fall, risk and fear rise. Each bear market has recovered, and grown to new heights, but over time. That’s little consolation to people nearing retirement or parents counting on investments to cover tuition payments.

The bear market that began in 2022 is a little bit different from those in the past, Laux notes. It wasn’t an economic crisis, like the dotcom bust in 2001 or the mortgage crisis in 2008, that drove the downturn. Instead, this stemmed from the Federal Reserve’s deliberate attempts to cool the economy by raising interest rates. The fear of slimmer corporate profits “caused a lot of people to sit back. They haven’t

SUDDENLY INTERESTING

been jumping in with a lot of verve like they had in the past.”

While Laux remains a “big believer in staying invested in the market,” he adds a caveat: “People should be tweaking their plans. It’s important for them to determine investment choices that are in their best interest depending on where they are in life. A thirtyfive-year-old is going to have a lot different mindset than a seventyyear-old. The younger people have a longer time frame to be aggressive, and for long-term trends, equities are a great place to be.”

Many investors have a “set it and forget it” mentality, with contributions to investment accounts and retirement accounts happening on cruise control. Whether you’re a DIY investor or you work with an advisor, you might want to revisit and refresh your financial plan, shoring up your strategies. “That’s good advice every year, whether you’re in a bull market or a bear market,” says Laux.

While there’s a whole lot of pain associated with raised interest rates, there’s also a bright side: Municipal bonds, CDs, money market funds, Treasury bonds and other income-generating investments that have languished over the past couple of years are finally paying more for your money. And don’t forget that old reliable place to stash cash you’ll be needing shortly—the credit union. Fairfield County counts more than three dozen credit union branches, many of which are open to the general public, most of which pay higher interest rates on their CDs and money market accounts than neighboring banks do.

Ed Laux

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by eileen bartels

SPEAKING OF

Ask Me Anything

These conversation starters are great ways to rekindle a relationship and are available at a variety of sources including Uncommon Goods.

Curiosity Cards

These cards focus on light topics, asking general questions. They ask participants to reflect on such things as what they think their biggest future accomplishment will be.

Intimacy Deck

A deck of 150 cards that cover six categories—intimacy, relationships, past, life, random and about you. Questions range from asking about a first kiss to how you feel supported.

WHAT’S YOUR LANGUAGE?

We all have a love language—how we show our love for others and how we prefer to receive it.

The book The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts has spawned a line of books, online quizzes and even an app. Developed by author and counselor Gary Chapman, Ph.D., the concept proposes that there are five ways of expressing and receiving love— words of affirmation, quality time, receiving gifts, acts of service and physical touch.

Sometimes in a relationship it feels like we’re speaking different languages because, well, maybe we are. For example, a husband might express love by emptying the dishwasher (a love language of service), but the wife would be more grateful for a hug (a love language of physical touch). He gets frustrated thinking his act is unappreciated, and she is frustrated because what she values most she’s not receiving. Learning more about how you express caring for others and how you like to receive love can help couples, families and coworkers bond and grow.

Dr. Chapman initially developed the concept when he was a pastor counseling couples and families. His subsequent books—The 5 Love Languages of Men,The 5 Love Languages of Children,The 5 Love Languages Military Edition and The 5 Languages ofAppreciation in theWorkplace—are all based on the framework that understanding how we communicate love and how we want to receive it will help us develop stronger more fulfilling relationships.

There is no right or wrong love language, and the key to taking the quiz is honesty—answer the questions how you truly feel, not how you think you should feel. The goal is to make sure the language you use to express appreciation to others is the one they prioritize.

LOVE LANGUAGE DIC•TION•AR•Y

Words of Affirmation

You prioritize verbal affection and want to hear "I love you," encouragement and compliments.

Quality Time

These people crave time with their family or partner fully present, actively listening and not on the phone or multitasking.

Acts of Services

This love language indicates you greatly appreciate when others do things to make your life better. You value service from others, whether it is cleaning the gutters or refilling your coffee.

Gifts

Gifts is not as shallow as it sounds. Those with this language are not so much about the monetary value of the gift but the process behind the gift-giving—thought that goes into it and time spent creating or selecting the gift. These people want a tangible sign of love and do not want birthdays, anniversaries or significant days unacknowledged by a physical item.

Physical Touch

This language prioritizes being touched and feeling most loved with physical signs of affection from holding hands to sex. For those that speak this language, physical touch serves as a way to deepen connection through proximity, whether sitting side by side on a couch or resting a hand on a partner’s leg.

Visit the website for online quizzes or to sign up for Dr. Chapman’s newsletter and podcast. And download the app, LoveNudge, which allows you to set goals and literally nudges you to fill your partners love tank. 5lovelanguages.com • LoveNudgeApp.com

A deep relationship takes time, but thanks to a 2015 New York Times Modern Love article, many couples have discovered the 36 Questions to Fall in Love Quiz that became a viral phenomenon. Developed by psychologists Arthur Aron, Ph.D. and Elaine Aron, Ph.D. in the 1990s, it explores the idea that two strangers can develop a deep connection by asking a series of increasingly personal questions. Broken into three sets of twelve questions, the concept is to accelerate the creation of a close bond through openness.

The first set of questions explores intimacy with light questions ranging from your perfect dinner guest to your ideal day. Section two goes deeper, delving into questions and reflections on life and childhood such as how you feel about your relationship with your mother and your most treasured memories. The final set of questions asks more personal questions, such as if you were to die right now, what would you regret not having said?

Whether you’ve been married for decades or just getting to know someone, consider taking the quiz over a long car ride or date night. ggia.berkeley.edu

CHILL OUT

LOOKING FOR PLANS TO HELP THE WHOLE FAMILY AVOID CABIN FEVER? HERE ARE FUN WAYS TO ENJOY THE WINTER—BOTH INDOORS AND OUT by layla lisiewski

No. 3

DINO-MITE!

Jurassic World comes to life at Total Mortgage Arena in Bridgeport. Return to Isla Nublar, and among forty-foot animatronic dinosaurs go on an action-packed adventure to save Jeanie the dinosaur. Join a team of scientists to unravel

a corrupt plan. Along the way, experience some of Jurassic World’s dinosaurs including Blue the Raptor, Stegosaurus, Triceratops and the mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex.

The show runs March 10 through 12 but get tickets now! 600 Main St, Bridgeport jurassicworldlivetour.com

No. 1

HEARTS & HOT COCOA

You and your family are invited to a Valentine’s Day Party. The family open house benefiting the Breast Cancer Alliance (BCA) will include crafts, cookie decorating, hot cocoa bar, activities and sweets for children ages four to ten (and spiked treats for adults). Join the BCA, Greenwich Moms and Local Moms Network sister sites for an afternoon full of heart. Sunday, February 5, 3 to 5 p.m. Norwalk Art Space, 455 West Avenue interland3.donorperfect.net

No. 2

HOLIDAY SPIRIT IN JANUARY

It’s not too late for some festive fun. New York Botanical Garden’s Holiday Train Show has been making memories for over thirty years. See model trains zip through an enchanting display of more than 190 replicas of New York landmarks, each re-created from natural materials such as birch bark, lotus pods, and cinnamon sticks.

Plus, take in New York City’s largest outdoor holiday light experience at the Botanical Garden’s GLOW. Thousands of dazzling, energy-efficient lights and whimsical installations create quite the spectacle. Both events feature music, food and more—making

for the ultimate night out this season.

Through January 16, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Boulevard, Bronx nybg.org

No. 4 BUNDLE UP

Bored with our local sledding hills? Plan a day trip for tubing. In two hours or less you and your littles can be flying down the mountain at these nearby resorts.

Campgaw Mountain Mahwah, New Jersey

About forty-five minutes from Greenwich

Catamount Mountain Resort Hillsdale, New York

About two hours from Greenwich

Mohawk Mountain Ski Area Cornwall, Connecticut

Just under two hours from Greenwich

Mount Peter Ski Area Warwick, New York

About an hour from Greenwich

Powder Ridge Mountain Park & Resort Middlefield, Connecticut

About an hour from Greenwich G

Every month Layla Lisiewski, Greenwich mom of four and founder of Greenwich Moms and its parent company, The Local Moms Network, shares some of her favorite things to do—from seasonal activities to can’t-miss events. Follow @greenwich_moms on Instagram, sign up for the newsletter and check out the calendar at greenwichmoms.com.

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The Power of Pink

e were blown away once again by the love and dedication that filled the tent at the annual Breast Cancer Alliance fundraiser at Westchester Country Club. Luncheon speakers Ann Caruso, celebrity fashion stylist and breast cancer survivor, and Chaunte Lowe, four-time Olympic gold medalist, world champion high jumper and breast cancer survivor, shared their courageous stories. The stunning fashion show was presented by Carolina Herrera with Creative Director Wes Gordon. The “Models of Inspiration” runway show was curated and styled by Richards. breastcanceralliance.org »

BREAST CANCER ALLIANCE / Westchester Country Club

BREAST CANCER ALLIANCE / Westchester Country

14 Gabriella Mays, Kathryn Dyke, Cristin Marandino, Jonathan Moffly, Ali Gray, Jen Danzi 15 Demetra Ganias Soterakis, Renukah Khera, Dr. Tiffany Christensen, Dr. Rose Ryan, Dr. Stacy Zarakiotis, Mary McEvoy 16 Kelly Kerwin 17 Christina Alfano, Alessandra Messineo Long, Stephanie Cowie, Sue Bodson, Anna Messineo 18 Paula Brandes, Michele Wolfarm 19 Emilie Rubinfeld, Scott Mitchell 20 Kim and Mary Jeffery 21 Designer Wes Gordon, Scott Mitchell 22 Kathy Heidt, Boo Huth, Muffy Fox 23 Kathryn Shaw, Margaret Stevens, Margo Cole, Emmy Bealle

Bob Capazzo, Sonya Keshwani »

Dance the Night Away

Dancers twirled and tangoed, did the rumba and cha-chacha at the fourth annual Dancing Stars of Greenwich charity dance-off, presented by Fred Astaire Dance Studio of Greenwich in support of Abilis. Abilis is a Fairfield Countybased nonprofit organization that provides services and support for more than 800 individuals with disabilities and their families. This year’s mirror-ball winner was Carly Samalin, age fourteen, of Greenwich. Hollywood stars came out to support as well, with celebrity judges including award-winning actor Brendan Fraser, DJ Eric Shoji and Broadway actress Meg Tolin Piper. Actress and producer Ali Wentworth served as master of ceremonies. More than $147,000 was raised to support Abilis’ programs and services throughout Fairfield County. abilis.us »

1 Melissa Levin, Christian Perry 2 Christian Perry, Brendan Fraser, Meg Tolin Piper, Ali Wentworth, Amy Montimurro, Elmar Schmidt, Eric Shoji, Clemens Lengenfelder, Afton Fraser 3 Clemens Lengenfelder, Lindsay Darrell 4 Carly Samalin, Matthew Ames, Brendan Fraser 5 Elmar Schmidt, Afton Fraser 6 Christian Perry, Trevor Crow 7 The Fraser Family 8 Dancing Stars of Greenwich

ABILIS / Tamarack Country Club

Golden Hour

Our friends at Hinoki recently added a new cocktail to the menu to welcome CAVE, the men’s salon and spa by Paulo Lanfredi on Greenwich Avenue. Attendees enjoyed the CAVE Caipirinha cocktail made with premium KZ cachaça and delicious Asian tapas. Hinoki happy hour (referred to as the Golden Hour) is available Monday through Thursday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. hinokigreenwich.com »

Ninety & Fabulous

The Greenwich Historical Society recently celebrated ninety years of service to the Greenwich community with a very special party at the Easterly Estate.

Cochairs Holly Cassin, Barbara MacDonald, Anne Ogilvy and Heather Sargent really know how to throw a bash, and the Bob Hardwick Sound Orchestra provided the perfect soundtrack. Doris Kearns Goodwin, world-renowned presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, delivered the keynote speech. Funds raised from the evening will support Historical Society educational programs, awardwinning exhibitions and stewardship of the Bush-Holley House. greenwichhistory.org »

BOB CAPAZZO AND CARA GILBRIDE

GREENWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY / Easterly Estate

1 John and Tina Anastasia, Colin and Douglas VanderHorn 2 Debra Mecky, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Susan Bevan 3 Bea Crumbine, Donna de Varona Pinto, John Pinto

4 Becky Gillan, Tracy Holton 5 David Yudain, Lily Downing 6 Michael Scully, Natalie Pray 7 Daniel Souzza, Connie Ann Harris 8 Cody and Alexandra Kittle 9 Heather Jervis, Carrie Emery, Mimi Moulton

10 Tom and Connie Clephane, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Joy Rendahl, Neal Finnegan

11 Heather Sargent, Barbara MacDonald, Holly Cassin, Anne Ogilvy 12 Catherine Tompkins, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Haley Elmlinger 13 Brian Scanlan, Cynthia Chang 14 Joshua and Nozomi Levine 15 Dance floor goals 16 Susie Park, Holly Cassin 17 Mari Stewart, Irene Shaw 18 Susan Amill, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Andy Amill 19 Cheers to ninety years! »

One Step At a Time

The fifth annual Dana’s Angels Research Trust to the Finish charity walk took place at Greenwich Point Park and virtually across the country. More than 300 participats helped raised more than $175,000, which will support crucial research into treatments, clinical trials and genetic testing for Niemann Pick type C disease (NPC), a very rare childhood disease that is often referred to as Childhood Alzheimer’s. Dana’s Angels Research Trust was founded in 2002 by Andrea and Phil Marella of Greenwich after two of their four children, Dana and Andrew, were diagnosed with NPC. Dana sadly passed away in 2013 at age nineteen. But Andrew, who turned twenty-three in June, is doing better, having been enrolled in a clinical trial to slow the progression of the disease. danasangels.org. »

DANA’S ANGELS RESEARCH TRUST / Tod’s Point

1 Welcome to DART to the Finish 2 Liesbeth Carballo, Suzanne Yale, Hannah Bible, Diane Sperduti, Chris Lazar 3 The iconic walking bridge at Tod’s Point 4 Dr. Cristin Davidson, Mitch Dickey, Dave Edwards 5 Liz Tommasino, Julia Marella 6 Edina Bickerstaff, Andrea Marella, Cindy Schaffer, Kirsti Marella, (front) Andrew Marella 7 First Selectman Fred Camillo, Senator Ryan Fazio 8 Matthew Hickman, Connecticut State Representative Steve Meskers, Andrea Hickman 9 The group on the move

Fore the Kids

It was a fun-filled day on the links for a great cause at the twenty-fifth annual Kids Challenge golf tournament at the Shorehaven Golf Club in Norwalk. The event included eighteen holes of golf, lunch, cocktails and dinner benefitting Kids In Crisis (KIC). KIC provides temporary housing and comprehensive medical, educational and therapeutic support services for children of all ages in Fairfield County. kidsincrisis.org. G

Marom, Kornina Solomon, Lauren Kratovil

KIDS IN CRISIS / Shorehaven Golf Club

Our Mission

The mission of Breast Cancer Alliance is to improve survival rates and quality of life for those impacted by breast cancer through better prevention, early detection, treatment and cure. To promote these goals, we invest in innovative research, breast surgery fellowships, regional education, dignified support and screening for the underserved.

To learn more visit breastcanceralliance.org

Breast Cancer Alliance, 48 Maple Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830

Wattenmaker, Executive Director

Seeds of Hope Benefit Luncheon

Dr. Marcie Schneider

Founder, Greenwich Adolescent Medicine

Ranya Marjieh

Nancy Armstrong

Executive Producer of ‘The Disruptors,’ ADHD Documentary

ORLOFF & JAKE GRANOFF

The setting was Syracuse University, and from the start, these two exchanged quick-witted banter—Haniya, a feisty gal from New Jersey; Jake, a coiffed lad from Connecticut. When they first learned that they came from differing commuter states, the jabs at New Jersey and Connecticut were reminiscent of middle-school teasing. Little did they know the teasing would evolve into a strong friendship. Eventually they started dating during Chanukah 2015, Judaism’s most romantic candlelit holiday. After graduation, the pair decided to put their relationship to the ultimate test: a monthlong road trip, side by side for thirty days living out of Jake’s Hyundai. They learned every quirk about each other and had a blast doing it.

Come the Covid lockdown, and Jake bought a ring and booked a cabin in upstate New York to celebrate their five-year anniversary. While on a hike, he proposed on an outcrop overlooking the Hudson Valley.

Rabbi Elliott Tepperman officiated at the ceremony at Le Chateau in South Salem, New York, where the reception followed. For the couple, one of the most memorable moments of the wedding was saying their own vows—adding a personal touch and, of course, a little humor.

The bride, daughter of Denis Orloff and Amy Wax of New Jersey, graduated from Montclair High School and Syracuse University. She is an architect in New York.

The groom, son of Rich and Jill Granoff of Old Greenwich, graduated from Masters School, Syracuse University and is currently attending graduate school at New York University, where he is pursuing a master’s degree in real estate development. He is an architect for Granoff Architects in Greenwich.

The newlyweds honeymooned in Greece. They call Brooklyn home.

HANIYA

by alison nichols gray

Lesley and Kevin were introduced by a mutual friend in Boston and knew immediately that they had found love. The pair dated for six years before getting engaged on a trip to Lesley’s family home on Nantucket. Kevin proposed at Lesley’s favorite place on the island—and in the world—Steps Beach.

Father Epifanio B. Marcaida officiated the ceremony at The Church of the Resurrection in Rye, where Lesley’s parents were also married. A reception followed at Westchester Country Club, which was also home to Lesley’s grandmother, Alma Boucher, for thirty years. The reception was held under the stars and featured many surprises, including mirrored dancers, a photo booth in a vintage VW bus and an ice sculpture modeled after Lesley and Kevin’s rescue dog, Buzz.

The bride, daughter of Douglas and Barbara Wells of Greenwich, graduated from Greenwich Academy, Boston College and Boston College Law School. She is a global finance and real estate attorney at Dechert LLP in Boston.

The groom, son of Martin and Linda Tierney of Boston, graduated from Reading High School and University of New Hampshire with a degree in electrical engineering. He is an account executive at the technology services management company, Kyndryl.

The Tierney’s honeymooned in Italy before returning home to Boston. G

LESLEY ASHTON WELLS & KEVIN MARTIN TIERNEY

Lesley with her bridesmaids

John Tierney, Shaylyn Murphy, Brian and Alejandra Wells, Douglas and Barbara Wells, Lesley, Kevin, Linda and Martin Tierney, Alexa Baldwin, Kyle Tierney, Caitlin, Peter, Jack (baby) and Catherine (flower girl) Wells

Heading to the reception 9 Rob Marks, Suzanne Peisch, Emilia Peisch, Douglas Wells, Andrew Peisch, Dick Peisch, Mary Shaw Halsey Marks

Cheers to the happy couple

Sealed with a kiss

Katherine Kiernan (maid of honor and Greenwich Academy classmate) takes a spin with a mirrored dancer

Former CT Governor Dannel Patrick Malloy (bride’s godfather)

The dessert room

Margaret Peacock, Lesley, Paige Host

Mirrored dancers with Jennifer Carretta, Agnes Hamilton, Victoria Wilson

To all of our Top Docs committed to providing the greatest of care: Congratulations.

At Yale New Haven Health, we are proud to recognize the 42 doctors representing Bridgeport Hospital, Greenwich Hospital, Northeast Medical Group, and Yale Medicine who’ve been named Top Doctors. Their compassion, talent, and dedication are exceeded only by their tireless commitment to treating each and every patient with the greatest of care.

Fairfield County’s

Health and wellness continue to be as important as ever at the global and regional level. Locally, we’re fortunate to have at our disposal so many leading physicians working in highly-ranked hospital systems throughout Fairfield County. Finding the right doctor when a health concern arises can be an overwhelming process, so we turned to the experts at DataJoe Research to compile a reliable directory of nearly 700 specialists. The firm evaluated everything from skills and credentials to peer-voting and public perception in order to deliver this year’s handy, muchanticipated, guide to our area’s top doctors. »

TOP DOCTORS TOP DOCTORS

ADOLESCENT MEDICINE

Sara B. Levine

Greenwich Adolescent & Young Adult Medicine Greenwich, 203-532-1919 greenwichhospital.org

Joanna ZolkowskiWynne Northeast Medical Group Bridgeport, 203-384-3910 bridgeporthospital.org

ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY

Aimee AltschulLatzman

Allergy & Asthma Consultants of Fairfield County Fairfield, 203-955-1461 allergyfairfield.com

Kenneth S. Backman

Allergy & Asthma Care of Fairfield County LLC Fairfield, 203-259-7070 ynhhs.org

Jonathan B. Bell Danbury, 203-357-1511 ascdocs.com

Katherine Bloom

Allergy & Asthma Care of Fairfield County LLC Fairfield, 203-830-4700 bridgeporthospital.org

Leslie R. Coleman

Allergy and Asthma Associates of Stamford PC Stamford, 203-259-7070 stamfordhealth.org

Philip H. Hemmers

Allergy Center of Connecticut Norwalk, 203-869-2080 allergyct.com

Richard J. Lee

Advanced Specialty Care Danbury, 203-838-4034 ascdocs.com

Mitchell R. Lester

Fairfield County Allergy Asthma and Immunology Associates Norwalk, 203-324-9525 fairfieldcountyallergy.com

Paul S. Lindner

Allergy and Asthma Center of Stamford Stamford, 203-870-8731 stamfordhealth.org

Mark D. Litchman

Fairfield County Allergy Asthma and Immunology Associates Greenwich, 203-830-4700 greenwichhospital.org

Aymeric E. Louit

Fairfield County Allergy Asthma and Immunology Associates Stamford, 203-838-4034 stamfordhealth.org

Agnieszka Matczuk

Fairfield County Allergy Asthma and Immunology Associates Greenwich, 203-978-0072 stamfordhealth.org

Joseph Sproviero

Fairfield County Allergy Asthma and Immunology Associates Norwalk, 203-838-4034 greenwichhospital.org

ANESTHESIOLOGY

James E. Babashak

Nuvance Health Medical Practices Norwalk, 203-852-2276 nuvancehealth.org

Mark Chrostowski Greenwich Anesthesiology Associates PC Greenwich, 203-863-3390 greenwichhospital.org

Kaili Dilts Stamford Anesthesiology Services PC Stamford, 203-348-2614 stamfordhealth.org

Karl J. Kulikowski

Nuvance Health Medical Practices Danbury, 203-739-7118 nuvancehealth.org

Edwin Oh Greenwich Anesthesiology Associates PC Greenwich, 203-863-3390 greenwichhospital.org

Brian P. Sullivan Stamford Anesthesiology Services PC Stamford, 203-348-2614 stamfordhealth.org

Paul B. Sygall Greenwich Anesthesiology Associates PC Greenwich, 203-863-3390 greenwichhospital.org

Alfonso A. Tagliavia Greenwich Anesthesiology Associates PC Greenwich, 203-863-3390 greenwichhospital.org

Cynthia Twu Greenwich

Anesthesiology Associates PC Greenwich, 203-863-3390 greenwichhospital.org

CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Murali Chiravuri Cardiac Specialists Danbury, 203-794-0090 cardiacspecialists.com

Sandhya Dhruvakumar Stamford Health Medical Group Stamford, 203-276-2321 stamfordhealth.org

Adam T. Lottick Connecticut Heart and Vascular Center Trumbull, 203-333-8800 ynhh.org

Michael R. Pittaro Cardiology Associates of Fairfield County Stamford, 203-353-1133 cafccardiology.com

Robert D. Winslow Cardiac Specialists Danbury, 203-794-0090 cardiacspecialists.com

CARDIOLOGY

Jonathan Alexander Nuvance Health Medical Practices Danbury, 203-739-7155 nuvancehealth.org

Jeffrey N. Berman Cardiology Associates of Fairfield County Fairfield, 203-254-2452 cafccardiology.com

Margaret Bond Nuvance Health Danbury, 203-739-7000 nuvancehealth.org

Alexander Delvecchio Yale New Haven Health Greenwich, 203-863-4210 northeastmedicalgroup.org

Ira Galin Danbury, 203-739-7155 nuvancehealth.org

Jeffrey Green

The Heart Center Stamford, 203-674-1810 heartcenterct.com

Robert L. Labarre Cardiology Associates of Fairfield County Stamford, 203-353-1133 cafccardiology.com

David J. Lomnitz Cardiology Associates of Fairfield County Norwalk, 203-855-3680 cafccardiology.com

Mina Owlia Stamford Health Medical Group Stamford, 203-348-7410 stamfordhealth.org

Maria C. Pavlis

Yale New Haven Health Greenwich, 203-863-4210 greenwichhospital.org

Manuel C. Pun Northeast Medical Group Trumbull, 203-333-8800 northeastmedicalgroup.org

Russell H. Stein Nuvance Health Medical Practices Danbury, 203-739-7155 nuvancehealth.org

Arshad M. Yekta Nuvance Health Medical Practices Norwalk, 203-855-3680 nuvancehealth.org

CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY

Faiz Y. Bhora Nuvance Health Medical Practices Norwalk, 203-739-6586 nuvancehealth.org

Michael A. Coady Stamford Health Stamford, 203-276-1000 stamfordhealth.org

Michael I. Ebright Stamford Health Medical Group Stamford, 203-276-4404 stamfordhealth.org

Rafael Paolo Squitieri

Hartford HealthCare Medical Group Bridgeport, 203-576-5708 hartfordhealthcare medicalgroup.org

David D. Yuh Heart and Vascular Institute Stamford, 203-276-4400 stamfordhealth.org

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

Gregory S. Bloom

Connecticut Heart and Vascular Center Trumbull, 203-333-8800 bridgeporthospital.org

Linda R. Casale

Cardiac Specialists Trumbull, 203-385-1111 cardiacspecialists.com

Venu Channamsetty Cardiology Associates of Fairfield County Trumbull, 203-445-7093 cafccardiology.com

Joonun Choi Stamford Health Medical Group Stamford, 203-348-7410 stamfordhealth.org

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Evelyn J. Cusack Stamford Health Medical Group Stamford, 203-348-7410 stamfordhealth.org

Lawrence I. Fisher Cardiac Specialists Danbury, 203-794-0090 cardiacspecialists.com

Ram Gordon Cardiac Specialists Trumbull, 203-385-1111 cardiacspecialists.com

David H. Hsi Stamford Health Medical Group Stamford, 203-276-2323 stamfordhealth.org

Steven H. Kunkes Cardiac Specialists Fairfield, 203-292-2000 cardiacspecialists.com

Craig A. McPherson Bridgeport Hospital Bridgeport, 203-384-3000 bridgeporthospital.org

Jay Lewis Meizlish Cardiac Specialists Fairfield, 203-292-2000 bridgeporthospital.org

Stephen P. Michaelson

Cardiology Associates of Fairfield County Norwalk, 203-845-2160 cafccardiology.com

Wayne H. Miller Stamford Health Medical Group Stamford, 203-348-7410 stamfordhealth.org

Robert M. Moskowitz Cardiac Specialists Fairfield, 203-292-2000 bridgeporthospital.org

Francis J. Neeson Yale New Haven Health Greenwich, 203-863-4210 greenwichhospital.org

John Novella Cardiology Associates of Fairfield County Norwalk, 203-845-2160 cafccardiology.com

Suhash Patel Cardiology Associates of Fairfield County Fairfield, 203-254-2452 cafccardiology.com

Ronald J. Raymond Cardiac Specialists Ridgefield, 203-438-9621 northeastmedicalgroup.org

Alon Ronen Northeast Medical Group Trumbull, 203-333-8800 bridgeporthospital.org

Robert D. Sackstein Connecticut Heart and Vascular Center

Trumbull, 203-333-8800 bridgeporthospital.org

Jeffrey Schmierer Nuvance Health Danbury, 203-739-7155 nuvancehealth.org

Adam E. Schussheim

Yale New Haven Health Fairfield, 203-292-2000 ynhh.org

Edward H. Schuster Stamford Health Stamford, 203-276-2323 stamfordhealth.org

Aparna Srinivasan

Cardiology Associates of Fairfield County Norwalk, 203-845-2160 cafccardiology.com

Richard L. Taikowski Cardiac Specialists Trumbull, 203-385-1111 cardiacspecialists.com

Joseph J. Tiano

Cardiology Associates of Fairfield County Bridgeport, 203-334-2100 cafccardiology.com

Anja Wagner Cardiology Associates of Fairfield County Bridgeport, 203-683-5100 cafccardiology.com

Craig S. Werner

Northeast Medical Group Trumbull, 203-333-8800 ynhh.org

Stuart W. Zarich Yale New Haven Health Bridgeport, 203-384-3844 bridgeporthospital.org

CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY

Deborah S. Lipschitz Fairfield, 203-256-9926 drdeborahlipschitz. wordpress.com

Joan F. Poll Westport, 203-222-1186 joanfpollmd.com

COLON & RECTAL SURGERY

Stuart Bussell

Nuvance Health Danbury, 203-739-7131 nuvancehealth.org

Marc J. Casasanta

Nuvance Health Danbury, 203-739-7131 nuvancehealth.org

Marilee L. Freitas Stamford Health Medical Group Stamford, 203-323-8989 stamfordhealth.org

James M. McClane

Stamford Health Norwalk, 203-852-2262 stamfordhealth.org

Scott C. Thornton

Yale New Haven Health Fairfield, 203-256-5500 bridgeporthospital.org

COSMETIC SURGERY

Keith J. Attkiss Greenwich, 203-862-2700 attkiss.com

Prashant Soni

Advanced Specialty Care Danbury, 203-830-4700 ascdocs.com

CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Sandra K. Wainwright

Yale New Haven Health Greenwich, 203-863-3000 greenwichhospital.org

DERMATOLOGY

Beth A. Buscher

Dermatology Associates of Western Connecticut PC Newtown, 203-792-4151 dermwestconn.com

Julie Cantatore

Dermatology Physicians of Connecticut Norwalk, 203-538-5682 dermatologyofct.com

Severine M. Chavel

Dermatology Center of Stamford Stamford, 203-325-3576 dermatologycenter stamford.com

Richard C. Connors Greenwich, 203-622-0808 greenwichhospital.org

Brittany G. Craiglow

Fair Haven Health Center Fairfield, 203-292-9490 dermatologyofct.com

Sarah E. Dolder

Greenwich Point Dermatology Greenwich, 203-764-2230 greenwichpoint dermatology.com

Rhett J. Drugge

Sheard and Drugge Stamford, 203-324-5719 stamfordhealth.org

Kenneth J. Egan

Advanced Specialty Care Norwalk, 203-830-4700 ascdocs.com

Kimberly M. Eickhorst

Dermatology Associates of Western

Connecticut PC Newtown, 203-792-4151 dermwestconn.com

Robin D. Evans Stamford Health Stamford, 203-323-5660 stamfordhealth.org

Rena Fortier Long Ridge Dermatology Norwalk, 203-329-7960 stamfordhealth.org

Samuel Gettler

Advanced Medical and Cosmetic Dermatology Stamford, 203-323-3376 samuelgettlermd.com

Loyd S. Godwin

Dermatology Center of Stamford Stamford, 203-538-5682 dermatologyofct.com

Rebecca Ross Hall

Dermatology Center of Stamford Stamford, 203-325-3576 dermatologycenter stamford.com

Lynne M. Haven Greenwich, 203-869-4242 lynnehavenmd.com

Omar A. Ibrahimi

Connecticut Skin Institute Stamford, 203-428-4440 ctskindoc.com

Michael A. Jacobson

Advanced DermCare Danbury, 203-797-8990 advanced-dermcare.com

Rhonda Q. Klein Modern Dermatology Westport, 203-635-0770 moderndermct.com

Jeffrey D. Knispel

Dermatology Associates of Western Connecticut PC Newtown, 203-792-4151 dermwestconn.com

Steven A. Kolenik III

Connecticut Dermatology Group Norwalk, 203-810-4151 ctdermgroup.com

Graeme M. Lipper

Advanced DermCare Danbury, 203-797-8990 advanced-dermcare.com

Leon E. Luck

Dermatology Associates of Fairfield County Westport, 203-227-0837 westportdermatology.com

Elizabeth R. Marsh

The Dermatology Center of Stamford Stamford, 203-325-3576 dermatologycenter stamford.com

Fern E. Mayer

Stamford, 203-969-0123 stamfordhealth.org

Jason C. Mcbean Fairfield Dermatology Fairfield, 203-259-7709 fairfieldderm.com

Jeremy Ethan Moss Brookside Dermatology Associates Bridgeport, 203-408-2725 brooksidedermatology associates.com

Ellen S. Naidorf Stamford, 203-964-1103 stamfordhealth.org

Kim M. Nichols NicholsMD of Greenwich Greenwich, 203-862-4000 kimnicholsmd.com

Michael P. Noonan Adult & Pediatric Dermatology Specialists PC Trumbull, 203-377-0639 bridgeporthospital.org

Mark I. Oestreicher Adult & Pediatric Dermatology Specialists PC Trumbull, 203-377-0639 bridgeporthospital.org

Robin G. Oshman Westport, 203-454-0743 derm-101.com

Robert John Patrignelli Trumbull, 203-261-0800 patrignellimd.com

Maritza I. Perez Advanced Aesthetics New Canaan, 203-972-7546 adv-aesthetics.com

Frank J. Pinto Jr Connecticut Dermatology Group Norwalk, 203-810-4151 ctdermgroup.com

Deanne M. Robinson Modern Dermatology Westport, 203-635-0770 moderndermct.com

Mitchell J. Ross Greenwich Med Spa Cos Cob, 203-779-6309 greenwichmedicalspa.com

Julia B. Sabetta

Greenwich, 203-869-6111 juliasabettamd.com

Elizabeth C. Smith

Fairfield Dermatology Fairfield, 203-259-7709 fairfieldderm.com

Debra S. Weissman Dermatology Physicians of Connecticut Norwalk, 203-538-5682 dermatologyofct.com

Rand L. Werbitt

Advanced Specialty Care Stamford, 203-830-4700 ascdocs.com

Alicia Diana Zalka Dermatology Associates of Western Connecticut PC Newtown, 203-792-4151 dermwestconn.com

Jonathan R. Zirn Advanced DermCare Danbury Danbury, 203-797-8990 advanced-dermcare.com

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY

Bradford Bottger Specialty Imaging Associates

Danbury, 203-426-3002 specialtyimaging.org

Richard R. Culver Norwalk Radiology Consultants Stamford, 203-276-2663 stamfordhealth.org

John P. Donahue

Yale New Haven Health Fairfield, 203-370-4092 ynhh.org

Jennifer Fan Yale New Haven Health Bridgeport, 203-384-3876 bridgeporthospital.org

Christopher P. Fey Greenwich Radiological Group Greenwich, 203-861-2381 greenwichradiology.com

Francis T. Flaherty Specialty Imaging Associates Danbury, 203-426-3002 specialtyimaging.org

Kirt Frederickson Specialty Imaging Associates Danbury, 203-426-3002 specialtyimaging.org

Shelley Lynn Goodstine Advanced Radiology Consultants Trumbull, 203-576-5061 adrad.com

Ian Karol Bridgeport Radiology Associates Trumbull, 203-337-9729 md.com

Lily Kernagis Stamford Health Breast Center Stamford, 203-276-7465 stamfordhealth.org

Ruben Kier Bridgeport Radiology Associates Trumbull, 203-337-9729

Linda LaTrenta Greenwich Radiological Group Greenwich, 203-863-3952 greenwichhospital.org

Ronald P. Lee Norwalk Radiology Consultants Stamford, 203-276-2663 stamfordhealth.org

Anna Mah Danbury Radiological Associates Danbury, 203-739-7000 castleconnolly.com

Erez Salik

Yale New Haven Health Greenwich, 203-863-3960 ynhhs.org

Andrew C. Shih

Norwalk Radiology Consultants Norwalk, 203-276-4311 norwalkimaging.com

Sarah Travis Stewart Advanced Radiology Consultants Bridgeport, 203-384-3876 bridgeporthospital.org

Noel Velasco Bridgeport Radiological Associates Bridgeport, 203-384-3876 bridgeporthospital.org

Adam Welber

Danbury Radiological Associates Danbury, 203-739-7532 nuvancehealth.org

Kenneth Zinn Bridgeport Radiology Bridgeport, 203-384-3876 bridgeporthospital.org

EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Robert J. Capodanno

Bauer Emergency Care Center at Norwalk Hospital Norwalk, 203-852-2281 nuvancehealth.org

Christopher M. Davison Greenwich Hospital Greenwich, 203-863-3632 greenwichhospital.org

Brian M. De La Rosa

Hartford HealthCare Medical Group Bridgeport, 203-576-6000 stvincents.org

Jason A. Fischel

Bauer Emergency Care Center at Norwalk Hospital Norwalk, 203-852-2281 nuvancehealth.org

Jean M. Hammel

Bauer Emergency Care Center at Norwalk Hospital

Norwalk, 203-852-2281 nuvancehealth.org

Bonnie J. Mcguire Wreschner

Greenwich Hospital Greenwich, 203-863-3637 greenwichhospital.org

Christopher Michael Orelup

Hartford HealthCare Medical Group Bridgeport, 203-576-6000 stvincents.org

Steven Valassis Hartford HealthCare Medical Group Bridgeport, 203-576-6000 stvincents.org

ENDOCRINOLOGY, DIABETES & METABOLISM

Mary Arden-Cordone

Northwell Health Stamford, 203-359-2444 northwell.edu

Danielle P. BenavivMeskin

Northeast Medical Group Trumbull, 203-371-7048 bridgeporthospital.org

Judith C. GoldbergBerman Greenwich, 203-622-9160 greenwichhospital.org

Ranee A. Lleva

Northeast Medical Group Stamford, 203-863-3750 northeastmedicalgroup.org

Bismruta Misra Stamford Health Stamford, 203-276-7213 stamfordhealth.org

Antonio Pantaleo Northwell Health Stamford, 203-359-2444 northwell.edu

Nancy J. Rennert

Nuvance Health Wilton, 203-852-2270 nuvancehealth.org

Joseph A. Rosa

Northeast Medical Group Trumbull, 203-371-7048 bridgeporthospital.org

Robert R. Savino

Nuvance Health Danbury, 203-794-5620 nuvancehealth.org

Glenn Siegel

Soundview Medical Associates Norwalk, 203-838-4000 soundviewmedical.com

Linda S. Werner

Hartford HealthCare Trumbull, 203-372-7200 hartfordhealthcare.org

Yi-Hao Yu

Northeast Medical Group Stamford, 203-863-3750 greenwichhospital.org

FAMILY MEDICINE

James K. Ahern

Copps Hill Family Medicine Ridgefield, 203-431-6342 coppshillfamilymedicine.com

Steven T. Benaderet

Northeast Medical Group Westport, 203-221-3030 northeastmedicalgroup.org

Jennifer Bendl

Stamford Family Practice Stamford, 203-359-9997 stamfordhealth.org

Timothy Bookas

Soundview Medical Associates Norwalk, 203-838-4000 soundviewmedical.com

Marc Brodsky

Center For Integrative Medicine and Wellness Stamford, 203-276-4777 stamfordhealth.org

Shanthi Devaraj Stamford, 203-323-8700 stamfordhealth.org

Douglas Duchen

Northeast Medical Group Trumbull, 203-372-4065 bridgeporthospital.org

Alan T. Falkoff

Hartford Healthcare Medical Group Stamford, 203-322-7070 stamfordhealth.org

Joseph Feuerstein

Stamford Health Medical Group Stamford, 203-276-4777 stamfordhealth.org

Cosmo Filiberto

Northeast Medical Group Trumbull, 203-372-4065 bridgeporthospital.org

Carol-Ann Galban

Copps Hill Family Medicine Ridgefield, 203-431-6342 coppshillfamilymedicine.com

Joshua B. Herbert

Stamford Health Medical Group Stamford, 203-276-4644 stamfordhealth.org

Anna M. Jamrozik

Stamford Health Norwalk, 203-276-7870 stamfordhealth.org

Lawrence D. Leibowitz

Matrix Personalized Medicine LLC New Canaan, 203-920-1772 larryleibowitzmd.com

Angelo Mallozzi

Stamford Health Medical Group Stamford, 203-977-2566 stamfordhealth.org

Leslie R. Miller

Bridgeport Hospital Bridgeport, 203-384-3000 bridgeporthospital.org

Seth M. Sullivan

Concierge Care of New Canaan New Canaan, 203-972-4215 nuvancehealth.org

Byron S. Thomas Dignity Memorial Danbury, 203-749-5700

Ann H. Williams Stamford Health Medical Group Stamford, 203-977-2566 stamfordhealth.org

Henry Yoon Stamford Health Medical Group Stamford, 203-359-9997 stamfordhealth.org

GASTROENTEROLOGY

Charles Adelmann

Soundview Medical Associates Norwalk, 203-838-4000 soundviewmedical.com

David Barenberg Nuvance Health Danbury, 203-739-7038 nuvancehealth.org

Henry G. Beecher

Gastroenterology/ Hepatology Associates Stamford, 203-348-5355 stamfordhealth.org

Emil J. Blanco

Gastroenterology Associates of Fairfield County Fairfield, 203-292-9000 castleconnolly.com

Steven L. Brandwein Nuvance Health Danbury, 203-739-7038 nuvancehealth.org

Bryan Burns GI Health Specialists Trumbull, 203-459-4451 northeastmedicalgroup.org

Gena M. Cobrin

Gastroenterology Associates of Fairfield County Fairfield, 203-292-9000 gidox.com

Robert M. Dettmer

Gastroenterology Hepatology Associates Stamford, 203-348-5355 stamfordhealth.org

Scott G. Estabrook

Nuvance Health Medical Practices Ridgefield, 203-797-7038 nuvancehealth.org

Joseph Fiorito Nuvance Health Danbury, 203-739-7000 nuvancehealth.org

Steven Gorelick Western Connecticut Medical Group Danbury, 203-739-7038 castleconnolly.com

Tarun K. Gupta Gastroenterology Associates of Fairfield County Trumbull, 203-452-1411 castleconnolly.com

Sarah A. Kahn Stamford Health Stamford, 203-276-8490 stamfordhealth.org

Neda Khaghan Center for Gastrointestinal Medicine Greenwich, 203-489-6900 centerforgimed.com

Chunwang Lam Gi Health Specialists Trumbull, 203-459-4451 bridgeporthospital.org

Gordon S. Latzman GI Health Specialists Trumbull, 203-459-4451 bridgeporthospital.org

Nicholas Lillo Bridgeport Hospital Fairfield, 203-392-9000 bridgeporthospital.org

Rakhee Mangla Nuvance Health Medical Practices Norwalk, 203-852-2278 nuvancehealth.org

Kenneth R. Mauer Gastrtoenterology Associates Fairfield, 203-292-9000 bridgeporthospital.org

Darlene S. Negbenebor Stamford Health Medical Group Wilton, 203-276-8490 stamfordhealth.org

Alan M. Nelson Bridgeport, 203-3744963 md.com

Miechelle L. O’Brien Nuvance Health Medical Practices Danbury, 203-739-7038 nuvancehealth.org

Neal J. Schamberg Center for GI Medicine of Fairfield & Westchester Greenwich, 203-489-6900 greenwichhospital.org

Michael K. Schiffman Nuvance Health Danbury, 203-739-7038 nuvancehealth.org

Alan E. Selkin Center for Gastrointestinal Medicine Greenwich, 203-489-6900 centerforgimed.com

Amy E. Smithline Gastroenterology Hepatology Associates Stamford Stamford, 203-348-5355 stamfordhealth.org

Julie E. Spivack Gastroenterology Associates of Fairfield County Fairfield, 203-292-9000 gidox.com

Stuart Waldstreicher Gastroenterology Consultants PC Stamford, 203-967-2100 gastro.com

Thomas P. Whelan ProHealth Physicians Gastroenterology Bethel, 203-791-2221 prohealthmd.com

Felice R. Zwas Center for Gastrointestinal Medicine Greenwich, 203-489-6900 centerforgimed.com

GENERAL SURGERY

James Bonheur AMI Surgery Stamford, 203-327-4444 stamfordhealth.org

Jeanne S. Capasse Nuvance Health Norwalk, 203-846-8885 nuvancehealth.org

Zandra H. Cheng Nuvance Health Danbury, 203-739-7040 nuvancehealth.org

Walter M. Cholewczynski Bridgeport Hospital Bridgeport, 203-384-3890 bridgeporthospital.org

Anthy Demestihas Surgical Associates of Connecticut LLC Bridgeport, 203-332-4744 hartfordhealthcare medicalgroup.org

Kevin M. Dwyer Stamford Health Medical Group Stamford, 203-276-5959 stamfordhealth.org

Artem Dyatlov Hartford HealthCare Medical Group

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Bridgeport, 203-332-4744 hartfordhealthcare medicalgroup.org

Neil R. Floch Norwalk, 203-852-3050 drneilfloch.com

Craig Lawrence Floch Hartford HealthCare Medical Group Wilton, 855-792-6258 hartfordhealthcare medicalgroup.org

Royd Fukumoto Nuvance Health Danbury, 203-739-7131 nuvancehealth.org

Richard J. Garvey General Surgeons of Greater Bridgeport Bridgeport, 203-366-3211 northeastmedicalgroup.org

Emilia Genova Hartford HealthCare Medical Group Trumbull, 203-268-5212 hartfordhealthcare medicalgroup.org

Saber Ghiassi Yale School of Medicine Fairfield, 203-418-9520 medicine.yale.edu

Mandy Greenberg Surgical Breast Care of Connecticut Norwalk, 203-846-8885 stamfordhealth.org

Peter A. Ingraldi Nuvance Health Medical Practices Norwalk, 203-852-3050 nuvancehealth.org

Andrew S. Kenler Trumbull, 203-373-9015 bridgeporthospital.org

Sajid A. Khan

Yale New Haven Health Bridgeport, 203-337-8507 bridgeporthospital.org

Kevin D. Miller Stamford Health Medical Group Stamford, 203-276-5959 stamfordhealth.org

Jeraldine S. Orlina Nuvance Health Danbury, 203-739-7131 nuvancehealth.org

Helen Pass Stamford Health Medical Group Stamford, 203-276-4255 stamfordhealth.org

Athanassios Petrotos

Yale New Haven Health Greenwich Greenwich, 203-863-4300 greenwichhospital.org

Mary Pronovost

Yale Medicine Trumbull, 516-742-3404 drankeottyoung.com

Valerie Staradub Western Connecticut Medical Group Danbury, 203-739-7040

Barbara A. Ward

Northeast Medical Group Greenwich, 203-863-4250 greenwichhospital.org

GERIATRIC MEDICINE

Vivian Argento

Northeast Medical Group Trumbull, 203-384-3388 northeastmedicalgroup.org

Mithil Choksey

Yale New Haven Health Trumbull, 203-384-3388 bridgeporthospital.org

Harsha Naik

Yale New Haven Health Trumbull, 203-384-3388 bridgeporthospital.org

Allison M. Ostroff

Stamford Health Medical Group Greenwich, 203-276-2516 stamfordhealth.org

GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY

Masoud Azodi

Bridgeport Hospital Bridgeport, 203-384-4870 bridgeporthospital.org

Karen J. Nishida Stamford, 203-998-0848 stamfordhealth.org

HAND SURGERY

Henry A. Backe

Fairfield, 203-337-2600 dr-henry-backe.com

Joseph DiGiovanni

Ortho Connecticut Danbury, 203-797-1500 myorthoct.com

Joseph DiGiovanni

OrthoConnecticut Danbury, 203-797-1500 myorthoct.com

Haik G. Kavookjian

Stamford Health Norwalk, 203-846-0040 stamfordhealth.org

John G. Lunt

OrthoConnecticut Danbury, 203-797-1500 myorthoct.com

Thomas A. Rago

The Surgical Center of Connecticut Bridgeport, 203-374-5892 surgicalcenterct.com

Ross J. Richer

Orthopaedic Specialty Group PC Fairfield, 203-337-2600 osgpc.com

Scott Wolfe Stamford, 203-705-0977 scottwolfemd.com

HEMATOLOGY

Michael H. Bar

Stamford Health Stamford, 203-276-2695 stamfordhealth.org

Daniel E. Boxer

Nuvance Health Norwalk, 203-845-4811 nuvancehealth.org

E. Andrew Duda

Hartford Health Care Fairfield, 203-255-4545 hartfordhealthcare medicalgroup.org

Glen Alan Reznikoff

Hartford HealthCare Fairfield, 203-255-4545 hartfordhealthcare medicalgroup.org

David H. Witt

Yale Cancer Center Trumbull, 203-502-8400 medicine.yale.edu

HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE MEDICINE

Marina L. Blagodatny

Yale New Haven Health Trumbull, 203-384-3388 bridgeporthospital.org

Vijay V. Desai

Nuvance Health Medical Practices Norwalk, 203-852-2665 nuvancehealth.org

Jo-Ann Maroto-Soltis

Nuvance Health Medical Practices Danbury, 203-739-6566 nuvancehealth.org

INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Maher I. Madhoun

Stamford Health Medical Group Stamford, 203-323-4458 stamfordhealth.org

Gavin X. McLeod

Yale New Haven Health Greenwich, 203-869-8838 greenwichhospital.org

Paul Nee

Nuvance Health Danbury, 203-739-8310 nuvancehealth.org

Michael F. Parry

Stamford Health Stamford, 203-353-1427 stamfordhealth.org

Jo-Anne Passalacqua

ID Specialists of Fairfield Fairfield, 203-384-0451 stvincents.org

John G. Stratidis

Nuvance Health Danbury, 203-739-8310 nuvancehealth.org

Lynda Streett Stamford Health Stamford, 203-353-1427 stamfordhealth.org

INTERNAL MEDICINE

Robert A. Altbaum Westport, 203-226-0731 imawpc.com

David H. Baum

Nuvance Health Westport, 203-571-3000 nuvancehealth.org

James J. Bivona

Stamford Primary Care Stamford, 203-325-2667 stamfordhealth.org

Thomas V. Cigno Ridgefield, 203-244-7848 cignomd.com

Frank A. Ciminiello

Northeast Medical Group Trumbull, 203-374-6162 northeastmedicalgroup.org

Peter R. Cimino

Fairfield Medical Group Fairfield, 203-255-8827 fairfieldmedicalgroup.com

Ralph J. Cipriani

Glenville Medical Concierge Care Greenwich, 203-531-1808 glenvillemedical conciergecare.com

Joseph V. Costanzo

Stamford Health Stamford, 203-348-9455 stamfordhealth.org

Carolyn M. Couture Stamford Health Wilton, 203-276-4015 stamfordhealth.org

Allen Davis

Pro Health Physicians Newtown, 203-270-1016 prohealthmd.com

Christopher M. Edelmann

Yale New Haven Health Greenwich, 203-869-0502 greenwichhospital.org

Steven A. Fisher

Concierge Choice Physicians Trumbull, 203-459-5100 choice.md

Vernetta D. Gallop

Stamford Health Stamford, 203-359-4444 stamfordhealth.org

Sarah M. Gamble

Greenwich Pure Medical Greenwich, 203-869-2800 greenwichhospital.org

Steven L. Glazer Sachem Medical Norwalk, 203-852-1300 castleconnolly.com

Rahul Gupta Fairfield, 203-254-2046 drsgra.com

Peter G. Hasapis

New Canaan Medical Group New Canaan, 203-972-4218 newcanaanmedical.com

Pamela B. Hoffman Hartford Health Care Bridgeport, 203-365-6400 stvincents.org

Richard G. Huntley Jr. Westmed Medical Group Norwalk, 203-845-4800 westmedgroup.com

Shara P. Israel Stamford Health Medical Group Stamford, 203-327-1187 stamfordhealth.org

Nina S. Karol

Concierge Physicians of Westport Westport, 203-571-3000 cpwdocs.com

Melanie Kelton

Yale New Haven Health Old Greenwich, 203-637-5406 greenwichhospital.org

Nazanine Khairkhah True Care Medical Greenwich, 203-8692304 greenwichhospital.org

Ted E. Listokin Westchester Health Northwell Physician Partners Stamford, 203-327-9321 stamfordhealth.org

Elizabeth Mckinnis Nuvance Health Medical Practices Westport, 203-226-0731 nuvancehealth.org

Steven P. Mickley

Glenville Medical Concierge Care Greenwich, 203-531-1808 glenvillemedical conciergecare.com

Charles Miner Stamford Health Medical Group Darien, 203-655-8749 stamfordhealth.org

Caleb Moore Greenwich, 203-661-2596 greenwichhospital.org

Ken J. Nori

Yale New Haven Health Trumbull, 203-374-6162 bridgeporthospital.org

Craig H. Olin Stamford Health Stamford, 203-276-4644 stamfordhealth.org

David Pazer ProHealth Physicians Gastroenterology Ridgefield, 203-438-0874 prohealthmd.com

Steven E. Phillips Wilton, 203-544-0005 stevenphillipsmd.com

Ioana S. Preda Yale New Haven Health Trumbull, 203-374-6162 northeastmedicalgroup.org

Jeffrey S. Puglisi Glenville Medical Concierge Care Greenwich, 203-531-1808 glenvillemedical conciergecare.com

David M. Radin Stamford, 203-359-4888 stamfordhealth.org

Remi M. Rosenberg Stamford Health Stamford, 203-276-4644 stamfordhealth.org

Burton R. Rubin Old Greenwich, 203-637-5406 greenwichhospital.org

James Samuel Westmed Medical Group Norwalk, 203-845-4873 westmedgroup.com

Craig D. Serin Nuvance Health Wilton, 203-762-3353 nuvancehealth.org

James Slater New Canaan Medical Group New Canaan, 203-972-4215 newcanaanmedical.com

Frederick B. Slogoff Personal Physicians of Connecticut LLC Stamford, 203-968-9500 ppcmedical.com

Neil E. Smerling

Hartford Health Care Fairfield, 203-259-7442 hartfordhealthcare medicalgroup.org

Frank Spano

Fairfield County Medical Group Trumbull, 203-459-5100 hartfordhealthcare.org

Maura Sparks Stamford Health Wilton, 203-276-4015 stamfordhealth.org

Shiela V. Subramanian

New Canaan Medical Group New Canaan, 203-972-4205 newcanaanmedical.com

Peter J. Tenicki Stamford Health Medical Group Stamford, 203-276-7298 stamfordhealth.org

Joseph Tortorello

Yale New Haven Health Trumbull, 203-374-6162 bridgeporthospital.org

Edward Martin Tristine Hartford HealthCare Medical Group Trumbull, 203-696-3550 hartfordhealthcare medicalgroup.org

Cathrine L. Troy Stamford Health Medical Group Stamford, 203-327-1187 stamfordhealth.org

Shira B. Vadel Stamford Health Medical Group Stamford, 203-327-1187 stamfordhealth.org

Julia H. Voytovich

New Canaan Medical Group New Canaan, 203-972-4204 newcanaanmedical.com

Dennis J. Williams

Yale New Haven Health Bridgeport, 203-371-5197 bridgeporthospital.org

Lu Yu Stamford Health Medical Group Stamford, 203-977-2566 stamfordhealth.org

INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY

Mitchell H. Driesman

Cardiac Specialists Fairfield, 203-292-2000 cardiacspecialists.com

Robert F. Fishman

Cardiac Specialists Fairfield, 203-292-2000 cardiacspecialists.com

Christopher J. Howes

Yale New Haven Health Greenwich, 203-863-4210 medicine.yale.edu

Robert Jumper

Cardiology Associates of Fairfield County Trumbull, 203-445-7093 cafccardiology.com

Marc Z. Krichavsky

Cardiac Specialists Danbury, 203-794-0090 cardiacspecialists.com

Charles Landau

Connecticut Heart and Vascular Center Trumbull, 203-333-8800 bridgeporthospital.org

David Lorenz

Cardiology Associates of Fairfield County Norwalk, 203-845-2160 cafccardiology.com

Victor M. Mejia

Connecticut Heart and Vascular Center Trumbull, 203-333-8800 bridgeporthospital.org

Thomas J. Nero

Cardiology Associates of Fairfield County Stamford, 203-353-1133 stamfordhealth.org

Edward Portnay

Cardiology Associates of Fairfield County Stamford, 203-353-1133 stamfordhealth.org

Jared G. Selter

Cardiology Associates of Fairfield County Fairfield cafccardiology.com

Mark K. Warshofsky

Nuvance Health Danbury, 203-739-7155 nuvancehealth.org

MATERNAL & FETAL MEDICINE

Jonathan Barnhard Nuvance Health Medical Practices Norwalk, 203-852-3354 nuvancehealth.org

Paul D. Bobby Women’s Specialty Center

Stamford, 203-276-2030 stamfordhealth.org

William Cusick

Hartford Health Care Bridgeport, 203-576-5678 stvincents.org

Gina Dunston-Boone

Bridgeport Hospital Bridgeport, 203-384-3544 bridgeporthospital.org

William Hale

Nuvance Health Norwalk, 203-852-2278 nuvancehealth.org

Gary Eleazar Kleinman

Yale New Haven Health Trumbull, 203-372-0710 northeastmedicalgroup.org

Steven Laifer

Park Avenue Perinatal Specialists

Trumbull, 203-384-3544 northeastmedicalgroup.org

Robert J. Stiller

Yale New Haven Health Bridgeport, 203-384-3544 bridgeporthospital.org

Dimitry Zilberman

Nuvance Health Norwalk, 203-852-3354 nuvancehealth.org

MEDICAL ONCOLOGY

Sandhya Dhanjal

Hartford Health Care Fairfield, 203-255-4545 hartfordhealthcare medicalgroup.org

Beverly J. Drucker

Yale New Haven Health Greenwich, 203-863-3000 greenwichhospital.org

Neal Fischbach Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center Fairfield, 203-502-8400 medicine.yale.edu

Anthony Gulati Stamford Health Stamford, 203-276-2695 stamfordhealth.org

Paul L. Weinstein Hematology Oncology PC Stamford, 203-276-2695 stamfordhealth.org

George F. Zahrah

Nuvance Health Norwalk, 203-845-4811 nuvancehealth.org

Richard S. Zelkowitz

Hartford Health Care Bridgeport, 203-382-2475 stvincents.org

NEONATAL-PERINATAL MEDICINE

Shruti Gupta Stamford Health Stamford, 203-276-7083 stamfordhealth.org

Gerald B. Rakos

Stamford Health Stamford, 203-276-7083 stamfordhealth.org

Stylianos N. Theofanidis Greenwich, 203-863-3515 greenwichhospital.org

NEPHROLOGY

Eric Y. Brown

Stamford Health Stamford, 203-324-7666 castleconnolly.com

Brenda S. Chan

Stamford Hospital Stamford, 203-276-1000 stamfordhealth.org

Irwin D. Feintzeig

Bridgeport Hospital Bridgeport, 203-335-0195 ynhh.org

James Gavin

Bridgeport Hospital Bridgeport, 203-335-0195 ynhh.org

Richard T. Gervasi

Westmed Medical Group Norwalk, 203-845-4800 westmedgroup.com

William H. Hines Stamford Health Stamford, 203-324-7666 stamfordhealth.org

William A. Hunt

Nephrology Associates PC Bridgeport, 203-335-0195 bridgeporthospital.org

Robert Kim

Nephrology Associates PC Bridgeport, 203-335-0195 ynhh.org

Marianne Monahan

Westmed Medical Group Greenwich, 914-682-6454 westmedgroup.com

Raymond Raut

Nuvance Health Danbury, 203-739-7104 nuvancehealth.org

Winston Shih

Nuvance Health Danbury, 203-739-7104 nuvancehealth.org

NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY

Khalid M. Abbed

The Ayer Neuroscience Institute Westport, 203-226-2499 hartfordhealthcare.org

Paul J. Apostolides

Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists Greenwich, 203-869-1145 greenwichhospital.org

Andrea F. Douglas

Stamford Health Medical Group Greenwich, 203-661-3333 stamfordhealth.org

Amory J. Fiore

Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists Greenwich, 203-869-1145 onsmd.com

Abraham Mintz

Trumbull, 203-372-6460 bridgeporthospital.org

Perry A. Shear Yale Medicine Trumbull, 877-925-3637 bridgeporthospital.org

Scott L. Simon

Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists Stamford, 203-487-0363 onsmd.com

Mohamed Akli Zetchi

Yale Medicine Greenwich, 877-925-3637 ynhh.org

NEUROLOGY

Robert Bonwetsch Associated Neurologists PC Danbury, 203-748-2551 associatedneurologists.com

Neil Culligan Associated Neurologists PC Danbury, 203-748-2551 associatedneurologists.com

Louis J. Cuzzone Neurology Associates of Norwalk Norwalk, 203-853-5000 norwalkneurology.com

David Greco Associated Neurologists PC Danbury, 203-748-2551 associatedneurologists.com

Eric Kung Stamford Health Medical Group Stamford, 203-276-4464 stamfordhealth.org

Peter J. McAllister New England Institutefor Neurology and Headache Stamford, 203-914-1900 neicr.com

Louise D. Resor Stamford Health Medical Group Stamford, 203-276-4464 stamfordhealth.org

Alice H. Rusk Yale New Haven Health Greenwich, 203-863-4490 greenwichhospital.org

Daryl Story Neurology Associates of Norwalk Norwalk, 203-853-5000 norwalkneurology.com

Jennifer C. Werely Neurology and Headache Center of Greenwich Greenwich, 203-900-4226 nhcgreenwich.com

NEURORADIOLOGY

Howard Liu Stamford Hospital Stamford, 203-276-2362 stamfordhealth.org

Gerard Muro Bridgeport Radiological Associates Stamford, 203-384-3000 bridgeporthospital.org

OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY

Roxanne C. Abder Women’s Health Care of Trumbull Trumbull, 203-374-1018 bridgeporthospital.org

Thomas V. Ayoub Nuvance Health Norwalk, 203-644-1100 nuvancehealth.org

Gary S. Besser Obstetrics and Gynecology Associates PC Stamford, 203-325-4321 stamfordhealth.org

Emily E. Blair Yale New Haven Health Fairfield, 203-256-3990 bridgeporthospital.org

Patrick J. Cahill Coastal Obstetrics and Gynecology Stamford, 203-353-9099 stamfordhealth.org

Ronika D. Choudhary Women’s Obstetrics & Gynecology Trumbull, 203-268-2239 bridgeporthospital.org

Deanna DelPrete Women’s Health Care of New England Norwalk, 203-644-1100 whcnewengland.com

Leslie A. Donovan Brookside Gynecology Greenwich, 203-869-7080 brooksidegynecology.com

Leonard Ferrucci Women’s Health Connecticut Stamford, 203-325-4665 womenshealthct.com

Vito Ferrucci Women’s Health Connecticut Stamford, 203-325-4665 womenshealthct.com

Caroline Filor Brookside Gynecology Greenwich, 203-869-7080 brooksidegynecology.com

Shieva L. Ghofrany Coastal Obstetrics and Gynecology Stamford, 203-353-9099 stamfordhealth.org

Daniel S. Gottschall Women’s Health Connecticut Bridgeport, 203-374-0404 womenshealthct.com

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Donna J. Hagberg Cos Cob, 203-742-1150 donnahagbergmd.com

Pierre Hage Women’s Health Connecticut Bridgeport, 203-374-0404 womenshealthct.com

Julianne Yantachka Icatar Southwest Community Health Center Bridgeport, 203-576-5131 hartfordhealthcare.org

Edward Jacobson Hormone Replacement Therapy Center Greenwich, 203-580-6383 greenwichhormone replacementtherapy.com

Irene I. Komarynsky Stamford Health Medical Group Stamford, 203-325-9920 stamfordhealth.org

John A. Morris Ferrucci Ferrucci & Morris Stamford, 203-325-4665 womenshealthct.com

Sujata Pendyala Women’s Health Care of New England Norwalk, 203-644-1100 whcnewengland.com

Michael D. Schechter Westmed Medical Group Greenwich, 203-210-2880 westmedgroup.com

Beth J. Simon Northeast Medical Group Greenwich, 475-240-8222 northeastmedicalgroup.org

Helena T. Squicciarini Women’s Health Connecticut Trumbull, 203-374-1018 womenshealthct.com

Marina C. Torbey Women’s Health Connecticut Trumbull, 203-374-1018 womenshealthct.com

Russell F. Turk Stamford Health Riverside, 203-637-3337 stamfordhealth.org

Caterina Violi Obstetrics & Gynecology for Women-By Women Greenwich, 203-861-9586 greenwichhospital.org

Christine E. Waldron Women’s Health Care of New England Norwalk, 203-644-1100 whcnewengland.com

ONCOLOGY

D. Barry Boyd

Yale New Haven Health Greenwich, 203-863-3700 greenwichhospital.org

Richard C. Frank Norwalk Hospital Norwalk, 203-852-2000 castleconnolly.com

OPHTHALMOLOGY

Bruce S. Altman

Connecticut Eye Consultants PC Danbury, 203-791-2020 danburyeye.com

Ora Burstein

Allergy and Asthma Center of Stamford Stamford, 203-978-0072 stamfordhealth.org

Christienne F. Coates Ridgefield Ophthalmology Ridgefield, 203-894-9700 ridgefieldophthalmology.com

Joseph L. Conway Jr Greenwich Ophthalmology Associates Stamford, 203-869-3082 greenwicheye.com

Donna Densel

CT Eye Specialists LLC Stamford, 203-869-3082 greenwicheye.com

Leslie C. Doctor Doctor & Associates PC Westport, 203-227-4113 ynhh.org

Shelley K. Driesman

Ophthalmic Surgeons of Greater Bridgeport Fairfield, 203-371-0141 ophthalmicsurgeonsof greaterbridgeport.com

Joan T. Gewirtz Stamford, 203-348-0868 stamfordhealth.org

Gina F. Gladstein

CT Eye Specialists LLC Stamford, 203-869-3082 greenwicheye.com

Anisha Jangi

Danbury Eye Physicians & Surgeons PC Danbury, 203-791-2020 danburyeye.com

Archna Johar

Connecticut Eye Consultants PC Danbury, 203-791-2020 danburyeye.com

Jeffrey N. Kaplan

Eye Group of Connecticut LLC Bridgeport, 203-374-8182 eyegroupct.com

Wendy A. Klein

Ophthalmic Associates PC Trumbull, 203-378-3224 bridgeporthospital.org

Flora Levin Westport, 203-814-1438 drfloralevin.com

Suresh Mandava Greenwich Ophthalmology Associates Stamford, 203-869-3082 greenwicheye.com

Delia M. Manjoney

Hartford Health Care Bridgeport, 203-576-6500 stvincents.org

Robert J. Noecker

Ophthalmic Consultants of Connecticut Fairfield, 203-366-8000 ocli.net

Glenn E. Ostriker

Stamford Health Stamford, 203-348-6300 stamfordhealth.org

Philip A. Piro

Retina Associates of Connecticut Stamford, 203-325-4481 drpiromd.com

Stephen M. Rabinowitz

Ophthalmic Surgeons of Greater Bridgeport Fairfield, 203-371-0141 ophthalmicsurgeonsof greaterbridgeport.com

Vincent S. Reppucci Danbury, 203-792-6291 reppucci-vincent-s-md. business.site

Kim P. Robbins

Robbins Eye Center Fairfield, 203-371-5800 robbinseyecenter.com

Joanna Lumba

Sarracino Ophthalmic Surgeons of Greater Bridgeport Fairfield, 203-371-0141 ophthalmicsurgeonsof greaterbridgeport.com

Richard Scartozzi

Connecticut Eye Consultants PC Danbury, 203-791-2020 danburyeye.com

Scott Seo

Merritt Medical Center Bridgeport, 203-372-4211 scottseomd-com/home

Elizabeth Siderides

Stamford Opthalmology Stamford, 203-327-5808 stamfordeye.com

Mahsa A. Sohrab Greenwich, 914-200-1405 drmahsasohrab.com

Jerry W. Tsong

Yale New Haven Health Stamford, 203-869-3082 greenwichhospital.org

Esteban C. Vietorisz Stamford Opthalmology Stamford, 203-327-5808 stamfordhealth.org

Eric L. Wasserman Eye Care Center of Stamford Stamford, 203-978-0800 stamfordhealth.org

Richard B. Weber Stamford Health Stamford, 203-353-1857 stamfordhealth.org

James M. Weisz

Retina Consultants LLC Bridgeport, 203-365-6565 ctretina.net

Marc L. Weitzman

Ophthalmic Surgeons of Greater Bridgeport Fairfield, 203-371-0141 ophthalmicsurgeonsof greaterbridgeport.com

Andrew Wolf Stamford Ophthalmology Stamford, 203-327-5808 stamfordeye.com

Katherine J. Zamecki

Connecticut Eye Consultants PC Danbury, 203-791-2020 danburyeye.com

Stephen J. Zuckerman

Danbury Eye Physicians & Surgeons PC Danbury, 203-791-2020 danburyeye.com

ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

Jonathan L. Berliner

Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists Greenwich, 203-869-1145 onsmd.com

David F. Bindelglass

Orthopaedic Specialty Group PC Fairfield, 203-337-2600 osgpc.com

Michael Brand

OrthoConnecticut Danbury, 203-797-1500 myorthoct.com

Dante A. Brittis

Orthopaedic Specialty Group PC Fairfield, 203-337-2600 osgpc.com

Adam Brodsky

Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine New Canaan, 203-323-7331 ossm.net

Jeffrey Brooks

Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine New Canaan, 203-323-7331 ossm.net

David B. Brown

Ortho Care Specialists Bridgeport, 203-372-0649 orthocarespecialists.net

Mark H. Camel

Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists Greenwich, 203-869-1145 onsmd.com

Curtis Lyle Campbell

The Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Center Trumbull, 888-676-3627 hartfordhealthcare.org

Russell J. Cavallo

Stamford Health Medical Group Stamford, 203-614-8888 stamfordhealth.org

Angelo M. Ciminiello

OrthoConnecticut Danbury, 203-797-1500 myorthoct.com

Michael R. Clain

Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists Greenwich, 203-869-1145 onsmd.com

James G. Cunningham

Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists Greenwich, 203-869-1145 onsmd.com

Demetris Delos

Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists Greenwich, 203-869-1145 onsmd.com

Jeffrey V. Deluca

Ortho Connecticut Norwalk, 203-845-2200 myorthoct.com

Francis A. Ennis

Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists Greenwich, 203-869-1145 onsmd.com

James J. Fitzgibbons

Orthopaedic Specialty Group PC Fairfield, 203-337-2600 osgpc.com

Mark J. Fletcher

Ortho Connecticut Norwalk, 203-845-2200 myorthoct.com

Joshua B. Frank Ortho Connecticut Norwalk, 203-845-2200 myorthoct.com

Andrew Haas

Westmed Medical Group Stamford, 203-210-2830 westmedgroup.com

D. Ross Henshaw

Ortho Connecticut Danbury, 203-797-1500 myorthoct.com

Steven E. Hindman

Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists Greenwich, 203-869-1145 onsmd.com

Peter W. Hughes Westmed Medical Group Stamford, 203-210-2830 westmedgroup.com

Brian F. Kavanagh

Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists Greenwich, 203-869-1145 onsmd.com

T. Jay Kleeman

Hartford Health Care Darien, 203-845-2200 hartfordhealthcare.org

Marc S. Kowalsky

Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists Greenwich, 203-869-1145 onsmd.com

Michael M. Lynch Ortho Connecticut Norwalk, 203-845-2200 myorthoct.com

Daniel S. Markowicz Hospital For Special Surgery Stamford, 203-705-0715 hss.edu

Seth R. Miller Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists Greenwich, 203-869-1145 onsmd.com

Sean C. Peden Yale Medicine Stamford, 203-785-2140 yalemedicine.org

Nicholas V. Polifroni Nuvance Health Norwalk, 203-845-2200 nuvancehealth.org

William T. Schmidt Westmed Medical Group Stamford, 203-210-2830 westmedgroup.com

Paul M. Sethi Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists Greenwich, 203-869-1145 onsmd.com

Marc Silver Stamford Health Stamford, 203-210-2830 stamfordhealth.org

Michael Soojian Ortho Connecticut Norwalk, 203-845-2200 myorthoct.com

James I. Spak Connecticut Orthopaedics

Fairfield, 203-601-5237 ct-ortho.com

Karen M. Sutton Hospital For Special Surgery Stamford, 203-705-0725 hss.edu

Samuel A. Taylor Hospital For Special Surgery Stamford, 203-705-0750 hss.edu

Craig Tifford Yale Medicine Stamford, 203-470-9253 yalemedicine.org

Allen I. Troy Specialty Surgery Center Stamford, 203-325-4087 specialtyascct.com

Katherine B. Vadasdi Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists Greenwich, 203-869-1145 onsmd.com

Corinne VanBeek Stamford Health Stamford, 203-276-2277 stamfordhealth.org

Mark A. Vitale Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists Stamford, 203-869-1145 onsmd.com

Mark E. Wilchinsky Connecticut Orthopaedics Trumbull, 203-601-5238 ct-ortho.com

ORTHPAEDICS

John D. Dowdle Stamford Health Medical Group Stamford, 203-276-2277 stamfordhealth.org

Gerard Girasole Connecticut Orthopaedics Trumbull, 203-601-5235 ct-ortho.com

Andrew W. Grose Hospital For Special Surgery Stamford, 203-705-0935 stamfordhealth.org

David Jon Martin Connecticut Orthopaedics Trumbull, 203-601-5236 ct-ortho.com

OTOLARYNGOLOGY/ EAR, NOSE & THROAT

Adam Arguello

Connecticut Ear Nose Throat Medical and

Surgical Specialists PC Trumbull, 203-452-7081 entdoctorsct.com

Michael C. Bard

Advanced Specialty Care Danbury, 203-830-4700 ascdocs.com

Dov Bloch

Advanced Specialty Care Stamford, 203-830-4700 ascdocs.com

Steven A. Bramwit Greenwich Ear Nose & Throat - Head & Neck Surgery PC Greenwich, 203-869-2030 greenwichhospital.org

Stephen D. Breda Bridgeport, 203-371-5166 bredamd

Jacquelyn M. Brewer

Ear Nose and Throat Center LLP Stamford, 203-353-0000 stamfordhealth.org

Bradford S. Chervin

Ear Nose & Throat Allergy and Facial Plastic Surgery Specialists Southport, 203-256-3338 drbchervin.com

Steven M. Feldman

Westmed Medical Group Greenwich, 203-210-2870 greenwichhospital.org

Lawrence J. Fliegelman Fairfield, 203-259-4700 bridgeporthospital.org

Neil A. Gordon Retreat at Splitrock Wilton, 203-834-7700 retreatatsplitrock.com

Jay Klarsfeld

Advanced Specialty Care Stamford, 203-830-4700 ascdocs.com

Jason R. Klenoff

Ear Nose and Throat Center LLP Stamford, 203-353-0000 stamfordentcenter.com

Biana Lanson

Ear Nose and Throat Center LLP Stamford, 203-353-0000 stamfordhealth.org

Richard Levin

ENT of Fairfield Fairfield, 203-259-4700 entoffairfield.com

Michal A. Manaster

Pediatric Practice Associates Stamford, 203-323-8171 pediatricpractice associates.com

Michelle Siegel Marrinan

Greenwich Ear Nose & Throat - Head & Neck Surgery PC Greenwich, 203-869-2030 greenwichent.com

Andrew J. Parker

Parker Ear Nose & Throat Norwalk, 203-866-8121 parkerent.com

Sara Richer

Northeast Medical Group Trumbull, 203-459-2666 bridgeporthospital.org

Stephen J. Salzer

Greenwich Ear Nose & Throat - Head & Neck Surgery PC Greenwich, 203-869-2030 ynhhs.org

Heather H. Waters

CT Ent Sinus Center | Hearing & Balance Norwalk, 203-716-6008 ct-ent.com

Robert Lawrence Weiss

CT Ent Sinus Center | Hearing & Balance Norwalk, 203-716-6008 ct-ent.com

PAIN MANAGEMENT

Rahul S. Anand

Connecticut Pain & Wellness Center LLC Fairfield, 203-319-9355 bridgeporthospital.org

Arghiris Barbadimos Stamford Health Stamford, 203-276-1000 stamfordhealth.org

Vincent R. Carlesi Pain Management Associates of CT PC Stamford, 203-325-5700 paindoctors.net

Cristina Tamasdan Hartford HealthCare Medical Group Bridgeport, 203-382-2350 hartfordhealthcare medicalgroup.org

PATHOLOGY

Robert C. Babkowski

Stamford Pathology Group PC Stamford, 203-276-7420 stamfordhealth.org

Raymond A. Baer

Stamford Pathology Group PC Stamford, 203-276-7420 stamfordhealth.org

Paul N. Fiedler

Nuvance Health Medical Practices Danbury, 203-739-7453 nuvancehealth.org

Eugene Lewis

St. Vincent’s Medical Center

Bridgeport, 833-431-0013 stvincents.org

Steven C. Sieber

Nuvance Health Medical Practices Danbury, 203-739-7453 nuvancehealth.org

Bo Xu

Stamford Pathology Group P.C. Stamford, 203-276-7420 stamfordhealth.org

PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY

Allison B. Levey Stamford Health Darien, 203-662-0313 doctors.columbia.edu

Michael S. Snyder Stamford Health Darien, 203-662-0313 stamfordhealth.org

PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY

Patricia Eagan

Pediatric Healthcare Associates Bridgeport, 203-452-8322 pha4kids.com

Mary Sarrantonio

Pediatric Healthcare Associates Norwalk, 203-229-2090 pha4kids.com

PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY

Mark S. Glassman Yale New Haven Health Norwalk, 203-853-7170 greenwichhospital.org

Sarah Lusman Cohen Children’s Specialty Center Stamford, 203-276-1000 stamfordhealth.org

PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Nimrod E. Dayan

Pediatric Healthcare Associates Trumbull, 203-452-8322 bridgeporthospital.org

PEDIAT RIC OTALARYNGOLOGY ENT

James S. Batti Advanced Specialty Care PC Danbury, 203-830-4700 ascdocs.com

PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY

Jacob Hen Pediatric Specialty Center Trumbull, 877-925-3636 northeastmedicalgroup.org

Hossein Sadeghi Pediatric Pulmonology LLC Stamford, 203-276-5949 stamfordhealth.org

PEDIATRIC SURGERY

Gerard Weinberg Stamford Health Medical Group Stamford, 203-276-5912 stamfordhealth.org

PEDIATRICS

Robin Abramowicz Village Pediatrics Westport, 203-221-7337 villagepedi.com

Nicole Abramowitz Bay Street Pediatrics Westport, 203-227-3674 baystreetpediatrics.com

Peter J. Acker Westmed Medical Group Greenwich, 203-210-2815 westmedgroup.com

Amy Agoglia Doctors’ Pediatric PC Wilton, 203-762-3363 drspedi.com

Jamie L. Alon Pediatric Associates of Western Connecticut LLC Danbury, 203-744-1680 pediatricassociatesct.com

Joanne Angiello Ridgefield Pediatric Associates Ridgefield, 203-438-9557 childrenshospital.org

Maura Angiello-Smith Stamford Pediatric Associates Stamford, 203-324-4109 stamfordpediatrics.com

Karen E. Beckman

Riverside Pediatrics LLC Riverside, 203-629-5800 stamfordhealth.org

Marivic Botta Pediatric Healthcare Associates Bridgeport, 203-452-8322 pha4kids.com

Jane M. Brotanek Ridgefield Pediatric Associates Ridgefield, 203-438-9557 childrenshospital.org

Sofia Chiocconi

Summer Pediatrics Stamford, 203-388-8668 summerpediatrics.com

Loretta Cody Children’s Medical Group of Greenwich Greenwich, 203-661-2440 childrenshospital.org

Bruce W. Cohen

Pediatric Associates of Western Connecticut LLC Danbury, 203-661-6430 pediatricassociatesct.com

Erik L. Cohen

Next Generation Pediatrics Greenwich, 203-744-1680 ngpeds.com

Jay V. D’Orso

Nuvance Health Medical Practices Ridgefield, 203-438-6541 nuvancehealth.org

Jason M. Davis New England Pediatrics LLP New Canaan, 203-972-5232 nepeds.com

Arthur E. Dobos

The Center for Advanced Pediatrics Norwalk, 203-229-2000 thecenterforadvanced pediatrics.com

Richard M. Freedman

Pediatric Healthcare Associates Fairfield, 203-452-8322 pha4kids.com

Lambros G. Geotes Stamford Pediatric Associates Stamford, 203-324-4109 stamfordpediatrics.com

C. Nicole Gorman Village Pediatrics Westport, 203-221-7337 villagepedi.com

Debra K. Gotz Stamford Pediatric Associates Stamford, 203-324-4109 stamfordpediatrics.com

Stephen Grevious Park Street Pediatrics LLC Norwalk, 203-840-7566 pspkids.com

David B. Gropper

Pediatric Associates of Western Connecticut LLC Danbury, 203-744-1680 pediatricassociatesct.com

Jennifer B. Gruen Village Pediatrics Westport, 203-221-7337 villagepedi.com

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Eva L. Grunberg

New Canaan Pediatrics New Canaan, 203-972-4250 stamfordhealth.org

Andrew S. Hart Stamford Pediatric Associates Stamford, 203-324-4109 stamfordpediatrics.com

Jennifer F. Henkind Stamford Pediatric Associates Stamford, 203-324-4109 stamfordpediatrics.com

Thomas P. Homa Pediatric Healthcare Associates Southport, 203-452-8322 bridgeporthospital.org

Maria Ieni

New Canaan Pediatrics New Canaan, 203-972-4250 stamfordhealth.org

Susanna K. Jalkut Pediatric Healthcare Associates Fairfield, 203-452-8322 pha4kids.com

Paul Juan Valley Pediatrick Greenwich, 203-622-4301 valleypediatricsof greenwich.com

Rosemary E. Klenk New England Pediatrics LLP New Canaan, 203-972-5232 stamfordhealth.org

Elizabeth Z. Krowitz Greenwich Pediatric Associates Old Greenwich, 203-637-3212 greenwichhospital.org

Susan E. Lasky Stamford Health Medical Group Stamford, 203-327-1055 stamfordhealth.org

Rebecca L. LePage Doctors’ Pediatric PC Wilton, 203-762-3363 drspedi.com

Christine E. Macken Doctors’ Pediatric PC Wilton, 203-762-3363 stamfordhealth.org

Laura Marks Willows Pediatrics Group Westport, 203-319-3939 willowspediatrics.com

Melanie G. Mier Doctors’ Pediatric PC Wilton, 203-762-3363 drspedi.com

Katherine Mini Children’s Medical Group of Greenwich Greenwich, 203-661-2440 childrenshospital.org

Jennifer Moore

The Center for Advanced Pediatrics Norwalk, 203-229-2000 thecenterforadvanced pediatrics.com

Alan H. Morelli Stamford Health New Canaan, 203-972-5232 stamfordhealth.org

Alyssa Newman

New Canaan Pediatrics New Canaan, 203-972-4250 stamfordhealth.org

Katherine Kelly Noble Stamford Health Stamford, 203-363-0123 stamfordhealth.org

Karen Nordberg Summer Pediatrics Stamford, 203-388-8668 summerpediatrics.com

Laura Nowacki Newtown Center Pediatrics Newtown, 203-426-3267 newtowncenterpediatrics. com

Nancy H. O’Hara New England Center for Health Wilton, 203-834-2813 castleconnolly.com

Thomas I. Odinak Pediatric Healthcare Associates Fairfield, 203-452-8322 pha4kids.com

Jeffrey A. Owens Willows Pediatric Group Westport, 203-319-3939 willowspediatrics.com

Todd Robert Palker New England Pediatrics LLP New Canaan, 203-972-5232 stamfordhealth.org

Kathryn J. Quinn

Trumbull Pediatrics Trumbull, 203-268-1766 trumbullpediatrics.com

Henry M. Rascoff

Sound Beach Pediatrics Stamford, 203-363-0123 soundbeachpediatrics.com

Meredith M. Renda

Doctors’ Pediatric PC Wilton, 203-762-3363 drspedi.com

Dara Thomas Richards

Southwest Community Health Center Bridgeport, 203-330-6000 swchc.org

Marisa B. Rommeney Stamford Pediatrics Associates Stamford, 203-324-4109 stamfordpediatrics.com

World-eminent

surgeons

caring for you, their neighbors

Robert E. Michler, MD

Surgeon-in-Chief, Chairman & Professor, Surgery and Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery, Montefiore Einstein

Robert Michler, MD, is an internationally acclaimed heart surgeon who specializes in complex heart surgery, aortic and mitral valve repair, and management of the failing heart. He has lived in Greenwich, Connecticut, for over 30 years.

Dr. Michler has focused his career on the development of new knowledge and surgical techniques for the treatment of complex heart disease. Dr. Michler lectures extensively, both nationally and abroad; is a regular expert opinion author; and has provided regular commentary to NBC’s Nightly News,

the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Dr. Michler is a frequent contributor to the finest medical journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, and he has long been an NIH-funded investigator.

Dr. Michler has been named a “Mitral Valve Repair Reference Surgeon” by the American Heart Association and the Mitral Foundation for the quality of his mitral valve surgery. This commendation is held by only a handful of U.S. heart surgeons.

1455 East Putnam Ave. | Greenwich, CT 203-SURGEON (203-787-4366) specialtysurgeons.org

Rachel R. Rothschild

Pediatric Associates of Western Connecticut LLC Danbury, 203-744-1680 pediatricassociatesct.com

Alicia A. Salas

Stamford Pediatric Associates Darien, 203-655-3307 stamfordpediatrics.com

Steven Schiz Children’s Medical Group of Greenwich Greenwich, 203-552-5276 childrenshospital.org

Sarah Siegel Village Pediatrics Westport, 203-221-7337 villagepedi.com

Jonathan E. Sollinger

Willows Pediatric Group Westport, 203-319-3939 willowspediatrics.com

George V. Tsimoyianis

Darien Pediatric Associates LLC Darien, 203-655-9741 stamfordhealth.org

Mark H. Vincent Black Rock Pediatrics Fairfield, 203-337-5333 blackrockpeds.com

Amy S. Weinrib

Pediatric Healthcare Associates Fairfield, 203-452-8322 pha4kids.com

Beth Wittenberg Black Rock Pediatrics Fairfield, 203-337-5333 blackrockpeds.com

Janet Woodward Willows Pediatrics Group Westport, 203-319-3939 willowspediatrics.com

PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION

Beth S. Aaronson

Nuvance Health Medical Practices Danbury, 203-794-5605 nuvancehealth.org

Michael J. Brennan

Yale New Haven Health Fairfield, 203-255-3451 bridgeporthospital.org

Alice Chen Stamford, 212-606-1000 hss.edu

Janet E. Freedman

Greenwich Hospital Greenwich, 203-863-4290 greenwichhospital.org

Linda F. Grant

Greenwich Hospital Greenwich, 203-863-4290 greenwichhospital.org

Jeffrey M. Heftler

Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists Greenwich, 203-869-1145 onsmd.com

Tamar Kessel

Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists Greenwich, 203-869-1145 onsmd.com

Stephen J. Massimi Stamford, 212-606-1000 hss.edu

Edwin Richter Stamford, 203-316-0610 doctorrichter.net

Angela H. Ryan Rehabilitation Consultants PC Norwalk, 203-523-0100 rehabmdconsultants.com

Christopher S. Sahler

Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists Stamford, 203-869-1145 onsmd.com

Halina M. Snowball Integrated Pain Solutions Stamford, 203-263-1683 castleconnolly.com

Gary Solomon

Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists Greenwich, 203-869-1145 onsmd.com

David Lee Tung Core Medical Group Bridgeport, 203-373-1593 coremedgroup.com

PLASTIC & RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY

Harvey Jay Bluestein

Yale New Haven Health Fairfield, 203-254-8557 bridgeporthospital.org

Gregory F. Brucato

Brucato Plastic Surgery Center Ridgefield, 203-431-7644 brucatoplasticsurgery.com

Harold S. Gewirtz Harold S Gewirtz MD Stamford, 203-325-1381 stamfordhealth.org

Boris Goldman Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Center Westport, 203-222-3700 westportplasticsurgery.com

Sohel Islam Advanced Specialty Care Danbury, 203-830-4700 ascdocs.com

Anya Kishinevsky Norwalk, 203-388-9919 anyakishinevskymd.com

Joseph B. O’Connell

Total Aesthetics LLC Westport, 203-454-0044 plasticsurgeryct.com

David Passaretti Darien, 203-450-4384 davidpassarettimd.com

Elsa M. Raskin Greenwich, 203-861-6620 greenwichhospital.org

Arthur R. Rosenstock Stamford, 203-359-1959 arosenstockmd.com

Alfred Sofer Fairfield, 203-336-9862 drsofer.com

Tito L. Vasquez

Connecticut Plastic Surgery Group LLC Southport, 203-652-8272 ctpsg.com

PSYCHIATRY

Linus Abrams Greenwich, 203-861-2654 abrams-linus-s-md. business.site

Jeremy B. Barowsky Greenwich, 203-340-1115 drjeremybarowsky.com

Joseph F. Goldberg Norwalk, 203-854-9607 josephgoldbergmd.com

Charles R. Herrick Nuvance Health Medical Practices Danbury, 203-797-7420 nuvancehealth.org

Daniel Kelleher Danbury Psychiatry Consultants Danbury, 203-616-5234 danbury-psychiatryconsultants.com

Javier Lopez Bridgeport Hospital Bridgeport, 203-551-7350 northeastmedicalgroup.org

Laurence S. Lorefice Old Greenwich, 203-637-4006 laurenceloreficemd.com

Charles J. Morgan Ridgefield, 203-293-0343 charlesjmorganmd psychiatry.com

Joshua C. Pollack Greenwich Hospital Greenwich, 203-863-4373 greenwichhospital.org

Bruce Shapiro Stamford, 203-327-4144 castleconnolly.com

John S. Tamerin Greenwich, 203-661-8282 castleconnolly.com

Mark Waynik Fairfield, 203-254-2000 thewaynikgroup.com

PULMONOLOGY

Amy M. Ahasic Nuvance Health Medical Practices Norwalk, 203-852-2392 nuvancehealth.org

Michael A. Bernstein Stamford Health Stamford, 203-348-2437 stamfordhealth.org

John J. Chronakos Nuvance Health Danbury, 203-739-8330 nuvancehealth.org

James S. Krinsley Stamford Health Medical Group Stamford, 203-348-2437 stamfordhealth.org

Caroline P. Kurtz Nuvance Health Norwalk, 203-855-3888 nuvancehealth.org

Christopher Manfredi Nuvance Health Norwalk, 203-855-3888 nuvancehealth.org

Dominic J. Roca Pulmonary Associates of Stamford Stamford, 203-348-2437 stamfordhealth.org

Daniel J. Rudolph Pulmonary & Internal Medicine Associates PC Trumbull, 203-261-3980 bridgeporthospital.org

Paul Sachs Stamford Health Medical Group Stamford, 203-348-2437 stamfordhealth.org

Adil Salam Pulmonary & Internal Medicine Associates PC Trumbull, 203-261-3980 bridgeporthospital.org

Robyn N. Scatena Nuvance Health Medical Practices Norwalk, 203-852-2392 nuvancehealth.org

Philip Simkovitz Hartford HealthCare Medical Group Trumbull, 203-365-0577 hartfordhealthcare.org

Ian Weir Norwalk Hospital Norwalk, 203-852-2392 castleconnolly.com

RADIATION ONCOLOGY

Sean W. Dowling Bennett Cancer Center Stamford Stamford, 203-276-7886 stamfordhealth.org

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Deborah X. Fang St. Vincent’s Medical Center Bridgeport, 475-210-5085 hartfordhealthcare medicalgroup.org

Christopher M. Iannuzzi St. Vincent’s Hospital Bridgeport, 203-576-6000 stvincents.org

Frank A. Masino Bennett Cancer Center Stamford, 203-276-7886 stamfordhealth.org

Bruce McGibbon Bridgeport Hospital Bridgeport, 203-863-3701 bridgeporthospital.org

Pradip M. Pathare Nuvance Health Norwalk, 203-852-2719 nuvancehealth.org

Seema Sanghavi Radiation Oncology Danbury Danbury, 203-739-7190 nuvancehealth.org

John Spera Nuvance Health Danbury, 203-739-7190 nuvancehealth.org

REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Joshua M. Hurwitz RMA of Connecticut Norwalk, 203-750-7400 rmact.com

Mark Peter Leondires RMA of Connecticut Norwalk, 203-750-7400 rmact.com

Andrew J. Levi Park Avenue Fertility Trumbull, 203-372-6700 parkavefertility.com

Cynthia Murdock Reproductive Medicine Associates of Connecticut Norwalk, 800-865-5431 rmact.com

Ilana Belle Ressler RMA of Connecticut Stamford, 800-865-5431 castleconnolly.com

Spencer S. Richlin RMA of Connecticut Norwalk, 203-750-7400 rmact.com

Barry Witt Greenwich Fertility and IVF Center Greenwich, 203-863-2990 greenwichivf.com

RHEUMATOLOGY

Lana I. Bernstein Northeast Medical Group Greenwich, 203-302-4181 greenwichhospital.org

Sharon Karp

Westchester Health Northwell Physician Partners Stamford, 203-327-9321 stamfordhealth.org

Joao M. Nascimento

Yale New Haven Health Bridgeport, 203-371-0009 bridgeporthospital.org

Stuart N. Novack

Western Connecticut Medical Group Norwalk, 203-852-2290 castleconnolly.com

Roberta Rose Nuvance Health Norwalk, 203-852-2290 nuvancehealth.org

Alla G. Rudinskaya Nuvance Health Danbury, 203-794-5600 nuvancehealth.org

Michael Spiegel Danbury Hospital Danbury, 203-794-5600 castleconnolly.com

Jessica Rachel Stein

Rheumatology Norwalk Norwalk, 203-852-2290 nuvancehealth.org

Marcie Lynn Wolinsky-Friedland Soundview Medical Associates Norwalk, 203-838-4000 hartfordhealthcare.org

SPINE SURGERY

John N. Awad

Orthopaedic Specialty Group PC Fairfield, 203-337-2600 osgpc.com

David A. Bomback

Connecticut Neck and Back Specialists LLC Danbury, 203-744-9700 ctneckandback.com

David Lawrence Kramer

Connecticut Neck and Back Specialists LLC Danbury, 203-744-9700 ctneckandback.com

SPORTS MEDICINE

Brian Bast

OrthoConnecticut Darien, 203-845-2200 myorthoct.com

LIFE-SAVING CARDIAC SURGERY. NOW IN THE HEART OF WESTCHESTER.

Advanced Cardiac Care at White Plains Hospital.

Your heart is in the Hudson Valley. So how you care for your heart should be too. That’s why internationally-renowned surgeons from Montefiore Einstein are now performing open-heart surgery at White Plains Hospital. This makes us one of the only hospitals in the county providing this advanced level of cardiac care. Visit wphospital.org/cardiacsurgery to learn more about our award-winning care.

WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL MONTEFIORE-EINSTEIN

UROLOGY

Milton Frank Armm

Tallwood Urology & Kidney Institute Bridgeport, 203-338-8760 stvincents.org

Michael E. Karellas

Stamford Health Medical Group Stamford, 203-276-8545 stamfordhealth.org

Nicholas Viner Northeast Medical Group Trumbull, 203-375-3456 bridgeporthospital.org

Joseph Robert Wagner

Tallwood Urology & Kidney Institute Bridgeport, 203-338-8760 hartfordhealthcare medicalgroup.org

Matthew S. Wosnitzer

Northeast Medical Group Fairfield, 203-256-5500 northeastmedical group.org

VASCULAR SURGERY

Paul J. Gagne

Vascular CT PLLC Darien, 203-548-7858 nuvancehealth.org

Brian King Connecticut Vascular Surgical Associates PC Fairfield, 203-382-1900 ctvascular.com

DataJoe Research is a software and research company specializing in data collection and verification, and it conducts various nominations and research campaigns across the United States on behalf of publishers. To create the "top doctors" list, DataJoe Research facilitated an online peer-voting process, also referencing government sources. DataJoe also conducted media analysis through Internet research to factor in public perception. DataJoe then tallied the votes per category for each doctor to isolate the top nominees in each category. After collecting nominations and considering additional information from the media analysis, DataJoe checked and confirmed that each published winner had a current, active license status with the state regulatory board. If we were not able to find evidence of a doctor’s current, active registration with the state regulatory board, that doctor was excluded from the list. In addition, any doctor who has been disciplined, up to the timeframe of the review process for an infraction by the state regulatory board, was excluded from the list. Finally, DataJoe presented the tallied result to the magazine for its final review and adjustments.

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The doctors featured on the following pages are some of our area᾿s best medical professionals. Learn about their practices and what drives them.

MEDICAL PROFILES MEDICAL PROFILES

Lynne M Haven, MD D ermatology & Laser Center

5 Oak Street, Greenwich, CT 203.869.4242

LynneHavenMD.com

DR. LYNNE HAVEN IS A BOARD CERTIFIED DERMATOLOGIST in Greenwich who specializes in cosmetic dermatology and laser treatments. Dr. Haven graduated from Harvard University and received her medical degree from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. She completed her internship at Massachusetts General Hospital and her dermatology residency at New York University.

Dr. Haven strives to provide state-of-the-art skin and laser treatments in a warm, caring environment. She offers Botox, injectable fillers, Diamond Glow, and a wide range of lasers including Picosure, Exel V+, Hair laser, PDT, and Aviclear for acne. Dr. Haven is one of the first physicians in the country to introduce the Emface and Ellacor, two innovative procedures designed to noninvasively lift and tighten. Dr. Haven says “Emface is an exciting new noninvasive way to tighten the face. It not only builds collagen and elastin but also works on the muscle to lift and improve the overall muscle tone of the face without surgery. Ellacor is a game changing technology, which uses fractionated micro-coring to remove microscopic cores of skin to improve wrinkles, remove excess skin on the face or other areas of the body.” Dr. Haven offers Emsculpt Neo for body contouring which can build muscle by 25% and decrease fat by 30% after a series of treatments.

Dr. Haven is consistently ranked in the top 1% of injectors nationwide, and she personally performs 100 percent of all Botox and filler treatments. Dr. Haven was once again selected as one of America’s Top Cosmetic Dermatologists.

Dr. Haven believes in designing an individualized anti-aging treatment plan for each patient to ensure desirable results. With a focus on noninvasive rejuvenation, Dr.Haven helps her patients look younger and more radiant. Her expertise gained from working in private practice for more than 22 years allows her to customize each treatment session to offer optimal results to every patient. In August 2021, Dr. Haven moved into a brandnew office with state-of-the-art technology. Dr.Haven says, “Patients have plenty of privacy coming to our spacious stand-alone building-and as always, excellent personalized care.”

Glenville Medical Concierge Care

7 Riversville Road, Greenwich, CT | 203-531-1808 |

AN AWARD-WINNING CONCIERGE PRACTICE

Greenwich’s top concierge medical team continues to grow as Glenville Medical welcomes prominent local physician Dr. Cerrah Mendelsohn to the team in early 2023. As an Emergency Room doctor for the past 15 years, Dr. Mendelsohn has earned a stellar reputation in the community for her exceptionally skilled and highly compassionate care.

Founded in 2015 to provide the highest quality patient care, Glenville Medical blends the best of modern medicine with a return to personalized care in a small practice setting. Patients benefit from readily available appointments and extended office visits with a strong emphasis on preventive care and wellness.

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“Our team works together to ensure every patient receives thorough and individualized attention to address their health concerns.”

DR. JUDITH SHEA

“Patients have the time to tell me about their work and life stressors, all of which profoundly help guide their medical care.”

DR. JEFFREY PUGLISI

“If patients have a concern or question they can reach us quickly and easily, which provides tremendous peace of mind.”

DR. RALPH CIPRIANI

Glenville Medical’s team of physicians have earned multiple honors from peers and patients for their commitment to providing outstanding medical care with empathy and compassion. Most recently, Glenville Medical physicians were recognized as Castle Connolly Top Doctors, representing the top 7% of all US practicing physicians.

Specialties Include:

• Internal Medicine

• Infectious Disease

• Women’s health

• Men’s health

• Emergency medicine

• Cardiovascular disease prevention

• Genetic testing

• Functional Medicine

• Metabolic & Nutritional Medicine

• Preventive Medicine

“It is so essential to prevent disease before it begins. I use my background in functional medicine to help optimize my patients’ health and wellness. I take time to talk with my patients in depth about their sleep, stress levels and eating habits.”

DR. ERIKA KRAUSS

“Concierge medicine allows me to place the patient-physician relationship at the forefront of my work. My patients can be confident in receiving the highest quality of care in a warm and caring environment.”

DR. CERRAH MENDELSOHN

Our deepest gratitude to retiring Glenville Medical co-founder Dr. Steven Mickley, for more than 50 years of dedicated service to the Greenwich community. We wish him a healthy and happy retirement!

Greenwich Point Dermatology

20 East Elm Street, 2nd Floor | Greenwich, CT 203.764.2230 | greenwichpointdermatology.com

Sarah Dolder, MD, Board-Certi ed Dermatologist and Founder

Dr. Sarah Dolder is a board-certi ed dermatologist and the founder of Greenwich Point Dermatology. She is dedicated to excellence in comprehensive medical and cosmetic dermatological care, with a speci c focus on acne, skin cancer, and photoaging. She provides exceptional expertise in all facets of aesthetic enhancement and facial rejuvenation, including Botox, injectable llers, and laser treatments and resurfacing procedures.

Dr. Dolder attended the University of Melbourne, in Australia, earning her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery with Honors. She also completed her Bachelor of Medical Science at the University of Cambridge, UK. After moving to New York, Dr. Dolder completed her residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York.

Jacqueline Berliner, MD, Board-Certi ed Dermatologist and Mohs Surgeon

Dr. Jacqueline Berliner is a board-certi ed dermatologist with clinical expertise in cutaneous oncology and the management of skin cancers with Mohs surgery, excisions, or other modalities. She also excels at reconstructions, benign excisions, laser surgery, and cosmetic procedures.

Dr. Berliner earned her medical degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. She was awarded the James Felt Memorial Prize for Highest Overall Standing. She then completed an internal medicine internship at Stanford University. She completed her residency training at the prestigious University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Department of Dermatology. She continued at the UCSF Dermatologic Surgery and Laser Center for fellowship training in Mohs Micrographic Surgery and procedural dermatology.

Meghan O’Brien, MD, Board-Certi

ed Dermatologist

Dr. Meghan O’Brien is a board certi ed dermatologist specializing in comprehensive medical and cosmetic dermatology. Her areas of expertise include in ammatory conditions of the skin, full body skin exams, skin cancer diagnosis and treatment, pediatric dermatology, photo rejuvenation, and cosmetic procedures including injectables such as Botox and llers as well as laser and resurfacing treatments.

Dr. O’Brien attended Harvard University where she graduated cum laude. She earned her medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. O’Brien completed her training in medicine and advanced training in dermatology at Hahnemann Hospital and Drexel University College of Medicine. During her last year at Drexel she was named chief resident as well as resident of the year amongst all specialties. She is currently a Clinical Instructor at Weill Cornell Medical College.

Elizabeth Gaines-Cardone, MD, Board-Certi ed Dermatologist

Dr. Elizabeth Gaines-Cardone is a board certi ed dermatologist who specializes in medical and cosmetic dermatology. Her approach to care combines cutting edge treatments backed by science with a detailed understanding of her patients needs. Her medical expertise includes acne and skin cancer screenings, along with diagnosing and managing dermatological conditions. In addition to her interest in medical dermatology, Dr. Gaines is passionate about aesthetics and offers the most innovative techniques in cosmetic dermatology.

A native to Fair eld County, Dr. Gaines graduated with distinction from the University of Virginia and received her medical degree from New York University. She completed her residency training at SUNY Downstate, where she was selected as Chief Resident. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Maureen P. McEvoy, MD

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Ben (left) and Pete Van Leeuwen give us the scoop from their newest location on the Avenue.

On a raw October morning, a half-hour before opening time, the line outside a strawberry pink storefront along Greenwich Avenue stretches nearly a block.

The crowd isn’t here for the latest Apple product or pricey sneaker drop. They are here for ice cream. Van Leeuwen ice cream—the boutique brand that was launched nearly fifteen years ago by two brothers from Riverside and a third cofounder, who originally hailed from Australia. True, some of those waiting are hoping to snag one of the cute Van Leeuwen tote bags promised to the first 100 customers. But mostly it is the promise of “really good ice cream” that has drawn the mix of singles, couples, families with young children and—this being Greenwich—many sweater-sporting dogs, all of whom seem unbothered by the gray skies and splatter of raindrops.

Whether you’re a cup or cone enthusiast, the brothers have you covered.

While the crowd congregates outside, the sounds of hammering and sawing drowns out conversations inside, as workmen apply finishing touches to the cheerful space: strawberry-pink walls accented with scoop-shaped circles of blue, purple and yellow, pink tile wainscoting and pithy sayings (“Heavy Cream is Kale for the Soul”). Prominently displayed in the front, is a sign touting Raphaël’s Bakery, whose signature canelé pastry inspired Van Leeuwen’s newest limited-edition flavor, a brown sugar ice cream with vanilla and rum notes and pieces of the pastry tucked inside.

Amid the mayhem, cofounders Ben and Pete Van Leeuwen check their watches and their phones, sip coffee and monitor the weather. “Is it raining?” Ben asks.

Yes.

At 11:45 the door opens, letting in a flood of cool air, as members of the Van Leeuwen corporate team arrive from the train station, everyone greeting each other with hugs and smiles, as if they hadn’t all seen each other the day before at the Brooklyn-based headquarters—among them, Laura O’Neill, the third cofounder and Ben’s former wife. With their arrival, the mood lightens, taking on a festive, anticipatory air. “When we open new stores, the corporate team comes along, and it’s a great morale booster to see all our work in action.” says Pete.

“OK, guys, let’s open the doors!” Ben says. And then, “Is it really raining?”

Yes.

But, by some weird narrative twist, the clouds part as the line moves forward, and a sliver of blue peeks through. Ben and Laura usher each person inside with a big welcoming smile and hand them a tote bag. Inside, a team of scoopers stands at the ready, Pete among them. “Scooping ice cream is my favorite thing to do,” he says. “It never gets old.”

It’s a fitting moment for the Van Leeuwens. After fifteen years, six ice cream trucks (three are now retired), more than thirty urban scoop shops and a thriving wholesale business, the brothers had come full circle, back to where their ice cream odyssey began.

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AND SO IT BEGINS

t all started with a summer job.

Ben is the youngest of the four Van Leeuwen children, “the straggler” as his mother Ellin says good-naturedly. “I had three children within five years of each other, and then five years after that, Ben came along. He was like a little toy for the other kids,” she says. That includes Jenny, forty-seven, an asset manager, his Van Leeuwen cofounder, Pete, forty-five (also a gifted musician), and Josh, forty-three, who runs a dogwalking business.

“Ben is a born extrovert. He was so adaptable and had such a good time and always had people to play with and do things with,” Ellin says. He also had an amazing work ethic. “All my kids do.” From shoveling snow to managing a paper route to being a boy scout, she says Ben thrived most when he had a lot to do—so it’s no surprise that he answered a newspaper ad for Good Humor truck drivers as he was about to graduate from high school in 2002 and spent the summer selling popsicles and ice cream bars to kids all over town.

“He worked all the time,” says Ben Colombo, one of his best friends then—and now. “It’s summer and you’re always looking for the next party. Not Ben. He was out there selling ice cream. It was long hours and hard work, and for weeks on end he’d work every single day.”

The job suited his temperament. “I was always an entrepreneurial kid,” he says, recalling the time he hopped a train into Manhattan, took the subway to Chinatown and scooped up a bunch of fake Oakley sunglasses, which he sold for $10 a pair to his middle-school pals. He was eleven.

Ben drove the truck for three years total, the last of which he was joined by Pete. He banked $40,000 that summer and spent the next six months backpacking abroad. It was a transformative experience.

“I was shocked by how good food is in most of Europe and Southeast Asia,” he says. “I was always obsessed with the way things tasted. It was easier to discover that while traveling.” His experience of eating food made with simple, fresh, locally sourced ingredients in countries as diverse as Italy and Vietnam made a lasting impression, one that he would call upon for inspiration a few years down the line.

“Ben always had a passion for food,” Colombo recalls. “My father is from England, and he always enjoyed Indian food, and it was somewhat unique at the time, and Ben loved coming over for dinner. He was always excited about that stuff.”

“My siblings and I have good palates,” says Ben. “We really do care about the way things taste. I think it must be partially genetic. We are all really into food. But I think it was easier to discover that traveling around Europe where I tried foods that I’d tried before but were just better. Not in a fancy way.”

“I’m not a foodie, and all my kids are crazy about food,” Ellin adds with a laugh.

In 2004, Ben went off to Skidmore College, where he majored in business. Meanwhile, Pete had moved to Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and was pursuing his dream of playing music, gigging a few nights a week with two bands. By day, the Santa Fe art school graduate earned money as an art handler.

“Peter is more self-contained than his brother,” Ellin says. “Growing up he would spend hours playing by himself, with his Star Wars guys and LEGOs fueling his imagination. His greatest love was baseball. His greatest strength is music.”

If the journey to building an ice cream company started with a high school summer job, it was a chance encounter with a Mister Softee truck on a midtown Manhattan street corner that set the wheels firmly in motion. The spring of his senior year Ben was in New York City for a job interview. “It was a perfect blue-sky day,” he recalls. “I was walking across Bryant Park, and I saw a Mister Softee truck

For Ben and Pete, the decision to open in their hometown was partly emotional.

“It’s nice to go back to where you came from as a success,” says Ben.

Danielle Molina, NYC area manger, at the Greenwich store

Through the years

The truck’s inaugural outing in 2008 • Pete and sister, Jenny • Pete and Ben making music together

• All aboard: Pete, Laura and Ben atop one of the original trucks in 2011 • The trio enjoying the fruits of their labor at the East Village shop in 2013 • Ben and the Good Humor truck that started it all • Jenny, Josh and Pete at Riverside School • Buddies from the start—Pete and Ben • Greenwich opening day!

• Laura and Pete in 2012

• Ben, Josh, mom Ellin and Pete at family friend

Susannah Chase’s annual memorial run • Pete and his dad, Louis • Pete and Ben

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VILLAGE: SIDNEY BENSIMON; ORIGINAL TRUCK: JOANNA TRIMBLE; LAURA AND PETE 2012: JEFFREY FURTICELLA

and I was like, that’s it—we’re going to make good ice cream and sell it off a truck.” But not just any ice cream—really good ice cream. “I called Pete and Laura. I said, ‘I have this idea. Let’s start an ice cream truck selling ice cream made with the best ingredients.’”

“I thought it was a brilliant idea,” recalls Pete. “We are obsessed with ice cream. It made perfect sense.”

Soon after, Ben’s Australian girlfriend moved to New York to help launch the business. The two had met in London during his semester abroad. Laura had been working as an event producer in Melbourne for a couple of years and was burned out and ready for a new adventure. “I was super excited at the prospect of doing something really different,” says Laura. It turned out her background was tailor-made for starting a small business. “It was building an event that would last forever.” Though none of them had ever started a business before, they were passionate about their idea and had the determination to see it through. “We were—and are—very scrappy,” she adds.

Together the trio set out to bring Ben’s idea to life. They started their business on a shoestring, raising $60,000 from family and friends. They bought two 1980s decommissioned postal trucks off eBay, retrofitted them inside and out, and painted the exteriors a creamy yellow that Laura found in a vintage-car paint book. “It felt ice creamy, bright and sun shiny,” she says.

Next up: the ice cream. Though Ben and Pete love ice cream, they didn’t actually know how to make ice cream. Ben turned to one of his favorite cookbooks, Thomas Keller’s Bouchon, where he found a recipe for a classic vanilla. He followed the directions precisely and to his surprise discovered that “making ice cream is easy.” More important, “It was far better than anything I’d ever had, and I made it myself.”

Living and working out of Pete’s apartment, they spent the next six months tweaking the recipe, perfecting the base layers and sourcing ingredients for each of the eight flavors they planned to sell: pistachios from Sicily, chocolate from Ecuador, vanilla beans from Papua New Guinea, strawberries from Oregon, cinnamon from Ceylon. What separates

Van Leeuwen ice cream from other niche brands is its ingredients—fresh cream, whole milk, eggs, pure cane sugar, no preservatives, and no artificial flavors. In fact, Van Leeuwen ice cream contains five times the amount of egg yolks than the industry standard, which is why it carries the label, “French-style.”

When it came time to name the product, Ben favored “CHURN,” but Laura lobbied for something more memorable: Van Leeuwen. “They felt funny about it. It’s such a classic name. It has a European feel, it’s a gift that it’s actually authentic, and I pointed out, ‘it’s your name.’”

Ben and Laura got married on June 20, 2008. The couple separated in 2011, and although they are now divorced, they remain best friends. “Running a business is hard,” she says. “It’s such a unique founder group to have siblings and exes. It probably works because we don’t really have boundaries or filters with each other. We’re like a modern family business. We can become spirited and passionate and carry on, but we still have this common goal.”

The day after their wedding, the first Van Leeuwen truck hit the streets. Although some might have questioned the timing, with the financial crisis in full swing and the economy in meltdown, maybe not the most auspicious time to launch a small business? “They say ice cream is recession proof,” says Ben with a playful smile.

“Right now, it doesn’t sound like that novel idea or a concept,” says Pete. “But at the time, it was before the food truck boom hit.”

Their first day out, they parked on a cobbled street in SoHo, sold 500 scoops and made $2,000. The icing on the cake—or jimmies on the scoop—“A woman from Whole Foods came up to Laura and me and said, ‘This ice cream looks incredible. Do you sell pints to stores?’ We laughed and said, ‘We’ve been in business for one hour.’ She gave us her card and said we should follow up with her,” says Pete.

That winter, when ice cream sales were flat, the threesome sat in their apartment figuring out what to do next, and the answer was obvious: design pint packaging for Whole Foods.

From the outset, the founders envisioned a fleet of trucks—“hundreds, then thousands”— operating in cities on both coasts. But they

soon realized the truck model was going to be difficult to sustain. “It was challenging from an operational standpoint,” says Ben. “Trucks break down a lot.”

“It was one thing in the summer,” Pete says. “But come January we’d be shivering in the truck at 1 a.m. trying to get the hot water to work.”

That was the impetus to open their first scoop shop in Greenpoint in 2010. They shared a space with a bar called the Manhattan Inn. “The area was starting to become super popular,” says Pete. “It was a very hot spot at the time. After the bar closed, our friends would come in for ice cream. It was a very fun time.” (Eventually, they moved the store a few doors down after the ownership changed and they lost the lease.)

Within a few days of opening the Greenpoint shop they realized brick and mortar was the way to go. “A store is always going to be there,” says Ben. “It’s not going to break down. There are no competing businesses telling you to get lost. It’s funny, it all worked so perfectly without having planned it that way.”

GROWING PAINS

fter Greenpoint, they opened shops in Manhattan, added more wholesale outlets and in 2013 introduced a vegan line. In 2014 Pete moved out to L.A. to focus on establishing the company’s footprint there. In 2015 they hired the pros at one of the country’s top design agencies, Pentagram, to revamp the original packaging, ditching the superlatives and adopting a more minimal approach that incorporates vivid hues, inspired by the flavors. The goal, says Ben, was to let the product speak for itself. Altogether, the company has scoop shops in seven states, with more in the pipeline (including Darien, which is scheduled to open in March), a presence in more than 9,000 grocery stores nationwide and a thriving online business.

In recent years, the cofounders hit on a successful marketing strategy that involves collaborating with bigger brands. “By American company standards, we’re a small company,”

If the bright pink exterior doesn’t give it away, the sweet smell of homemade cones cooking and the line of eager customers out front will let you know you’re in the right spot.

says Ben. “We have a small marketing budget and virtually zero media budget. Collaborations are a super capital-efficient way to grow brand awareness. We also like doing it, because it delights the customers in unexpected ways.” One such collaboration with Kraft raised a few eyebrows, but the end result—Macaroni and Cheese—has proved to be a hit. So, too, has BIGFACE coffee affogato in partnership with NBA All-star Jimmy Butler.

That gives them the latitude to partner with smaller artisanal companies—like Greenwich’s Raphael’s bakery, for instance. “Every new store we open has a special flavor,” says Pete. “We partner with local brands who have the same ethos and focus on quality ingredients that we do. The Greenwich shop is maybe the greatest we’ve ever done, because it’s with Raphael’s, which is truly extraordinary and rivals probably any bakery in the world.”

Along the way there have been a few misses. “I really wanted to make licorice ice cream,” Ben recalls. “Most brands use anise. But in the early days we were so militant in our sourcing that I was determined to get real licorice. It’s a medicinal root that’s wild-harvested in the Himalayas. I found it and made this licorice-infused flavor, and it was terrible.” Ben’s tarragon ice cream was a miss, too, as was the peach habanero sorbet. “Everyone said it tasted like salsa.”

As for their favorites? “Praline and butter cake,” says Laura. “Honeycomb,” says Ben. “Sicilian pistachio, definitely,” says Pete.

And there have been challenges. Chief among them—keeping the lights on. “Cash is always a problem in the food business, where you’re operating on a lean margin” says Ben. “We grew rapidly, it was terribly stressful.” He recalls a time about seven or eight years ago, halfway into their journey: “It was December twenty-third or twenty-fourth, and I realized we were going to run out of cash in three days. We needed a quarter of a million dollars. I went online and found a loan service. It was thirty-eight percent interest,

but it saved the business.”

In 2018, the company initiated its first major fundraising round, which garnered a multimillion dollar cash infusion that enabled them to expand both their wholesale and retail businesses while also putting a management team in place. That in turn freed up Ben, Pete, and Laura from much of the minutiae of the day-to-day operations, giving them a chance to focus more on big picture goals. A second round of fundraising in 2020 brought in $18.7 million, part of which they used to build a new 5,000-squarefoot manufacturing facility in Greenpoint with all the bells and whistles, and a production capacity of 32,000 pints of ice cream a day.

Which brings the story back to Greenwich. For Ben and Pete, the decision to open in their hometown was partly emotional. “It’s nice to go back to where you came from as a success,” says Ben. But mostly practical. “The demographics make sense now,” he says. “The customers are the same here as they are in New York in terms of age, income and education level. The pandemic created an exodus, and Greenwich has a more cosmopolitan feel to it.”

Looking back, Ben says the experience of driving a Good Humor truck changed the course of his life. “It shaped me in two ways. The more profound way was it empowered me,” he says. “It was like ‘Wow, I can do this. I can start a business.’ More tactically, it gave me experience in the food and ice cream business and gave me the idea to elevate mobile vending in terms of product and the branding of the truck.”

As for the idea itself? “It felt completely obvious,” Ben adds. “The only reason we succeeded and continue to succeed is that we’re curious people, and we like good food and want to know about new products and how to make food better and give people a delightful, memorable sensory experience. From the outside, you say, ‘Whoa, look at this business,’ but there’s like no brilliance in it, not even anything novel about. We make good ice cream, and we serve it in a nice environment. And we give great service to our guests.” G

“It was one thing in the summer. But

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT

EA ING DISORDERS T

For those of us who have been around since the 1970s, it was chart-topping singer Karen Carpenter who brought the term “anorexia nervosa” into our vocabulary. Her velvety contralto voice was the soundtrack of the era, but those rich, full notes she sang were in stark contrast to her frail body, wasting away before the world’s eyes until not much more than a ghoulish clothed skeleton remained. Carpenter died of a heart attack in 1983, at the age of thirty-two. Without treatment, up to 20 percent of all eating disorder sufferers do not survive. Knowing the warning signs and where to turn for help can be a matter of life and death. Fortunately, in Fairfield County we have some of the best doctors and treatment centers to support patients and their loved ones in understanding and overcoming the various eating disorders that can devastate young people and adults. »

by jill johnson mann

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TYPES OF EATING DISORDERS

ANOREXIA NERVOSA

Characterized by an intense fear of gaining weight, severe calorie restriction to the point of starvation, distorted body image and abnormally low body weight.

BULIMIA

Characterized by cycles of binging and purging: bouts of extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting, purging, fasting or excessive exercising. Sufferers often have a normal or above average body weight.

BINGE EATING DISORDER (BED)

Frequently binge large amounts of food and feel unable to stop eating.

EXERCISE BULIMIA/ ANOREXIA ATHLETICA

Characterized by excessive and obsessive exercising. May focus more on exercise performance than body image.

AVOIDANT/RESTRICTIVE FOOD INTAKE DISORDER (ARFID)

Aversion based on sensory characteristics of food, not body dysmorphia. Can cause disturbance in growth, nutritional deficiencies and significant weight loss.

ORTHOREXIA

Uber clean eating and obsessing about nutrition to the point that it becomes damaging. Can be a forerunner of anorexia.

DIABULIMIA

Affects Type 1 diabetics who reduce or stop taking insulin with the goal of losing weight.

OTHER SPECIFIED FEEDING OR EATING DISORDER (OSFED)

A blanket term to catch all other eating disorder variations.

Something Seems Off WARNING SIGNS

“Our daughter, Leah*, was eleven when we realized something was off,” says local mom Tina Collins. “She was a ballet dancer and had always been tiny, so it didn’t occur to us until she sent me a text saying: ‘I don’t want to eat. I think I’m fat.’ By then, she was already fully delusional with body dysmorphia.”

Looking back, Tina realized there had been signs: Leah had become obsessed with food in a strange way—she was compulsively cooking but not really eating, she was moving her food around on her plate, she could not casually talk and eat, she was struggling in school because her brain wasn’t functioning, and she had lost weight. “It’s a tricky disease,” says Collins. “Your child disappears. This disordered brain takes over. She went from being a joyful little imp to a nonperson who didn’t communicate with us for months. For a little while, you lose them. The hardest part is that panic.”

Collins turned to Westport psychotherapist Dr. Noni Eden, whom she describes as the “gold standard” in the area for eating disorders. In addition to the telltale signs that Collins had noted, Dr. Eden adds, “If a child is active and open and starts retreating, staying in bed and not wanting to see friends, that’s concerning. Changes in academics or eating habits, or if out of the blue they become vegan, a red light goes off for me. A drop or gain in weight out of nowhere, change in mood, change in dress; they start wearing baggy clothes or layers, so parents won’t see their bodies. They eat in their room by themselves, avoid restaurants or run to the bathroom after eating. They are like turtles that go in the shell.”

Westporter Mark Baker remembers the day he and his wife realized something was desperately wrong with their teenage daughter. They had gone to a dance recital and noticed she was blossoming into a young woman. “A few months later, at the next recital, she had lost her entire shape. We were crushed,” says Baker. “We didn’t know what to do. She had disappeared, and it felt like overnight. We saw it on stage in front of all these people.”

Looking back Baker realized “she’d been hiding in massive sweatshirts, and there’s no question we missed how little she was eating.

Some fictitious names have been used in this story.

We don’t sit down and eat family dinners, none of my kids eat breakfast and we don’t know what they are eating at lunch. On vacations, she’d order a big meal and eat a few bites. We took it as a positive that she was being health conscious.”

Dr. Ingi Soliman, a clinical psychologist in Westport, advises parents to also look out for: “elimination diets [even vegetarianism sometimes], irritability around food or body or weight, a sudden change in your child’s growth chart percentile, depression and over exercising.” It is not only girls battling these demons—20 to 30 percent of her patients are boys. “We see it a lot with athletes, especially wrestlers and runners who have to maintain their weight,” says Soliman. Eating disorders also affect adults, especially those who had issues in their youth—whether diagnosed or percolating below the surface. College-age young adults are particularly at risk.

Dr. Joanna Bronfman, the director of Backcountry Wellness for Eating Disorders, mentions a few more disconcerting warning signs: “inflamed parotid glands in purgers, cut knuckles on hands from putting them in their mouths, thinning hair, a chronic chill, lanugo [a downy layer of body hair like babies have to provide warmth], frequent weighing, water loading and use of diuretics.”

Why Is This Happening CAUSES

“The truth of the matter is that eating disorders are caused by a perfect storm. It’s never one thing. It’s bio-psycho-social,” says Dr. Bronfman, affectionately known as “Dr. B.” to her patients. “It’s brain based, temperament, family, heritability, stress response, cultural. The cultural piece is big and loud and has reared its head through social media.”

Media imagery touting the slender “perfect body”—from Twiggy to the heroin-chic look to Victoria’s Secret angels—has been ubiquitous for half a century. But Dr. B. noticed two tipping points in recent years that caused an already bad situation to “morph into a beast.” First, in 2007, a camera was added to the iPhone. Second, Covid hit and life moved onto Zoom. “Seeing your reflection with that degree of frequency creates a loop in the mind that you have to change this or that about your look,” says Bronfman.

Eating Disorders: Warning Signs, Causes, Treatment and Curbing the Trend

Dr. Eden, psychotherapist

“Identical twins, just by the very nature that they are identical, have a 33 percent higher risk of developing an eating disorder,” she explains. “If that’s the case, what is it? They are seeing themselves in the other, and they are always auto-correcting. We have treated hundreds of twins. If that is so with the twins, then so it is with Zoom and selfies.”

That doesn’t mean every kid with an iPhone is going to develop an eating disorder. The problem often comes on in tandem with “other biological inherent illnesses like anxiety or obsessive-compulsive disorder, when those are in the family,” says Dr. Soliman.

“My mom was bulimic her whole life and still battles anorexia,” says Mark Baker.

Genetics are likely a factor in his daughter’s case, but he also blames social media. “She was obsessed with it. On vacation, she’d be taking 200, 300 photos for Instagram,” he recalls. “Then she disappeared on social media overnight. Clearly something happened in that space, some cyberbullying. Once kids start down that rabbit hole, the algorithms amplify the content that makes them feel less secure.”

Trauma can be a factor as well. Dr. Eden became intrigued by eating disorders when she stumbled upon cases in the Orthodox community in Israel thirty years ago. “There was a lot of incest in that community and other trauma.” Dr. Eden often finds trauma, such as rape, triggering eating disorders in college-age

patients. But often “the thought was there before,” she says. Issues with eating had been brewing.

Collins suspects trauma from an assault was a trigger for her daughter, but so were the overachieving, perfectionist traits that are so common among anorexics. “Kids who are eating disordered, it’s like a competition for them,” she says. “Who can be skinniest, who can not eat the longest.” Social media amps up the playing field.

While the average onset age Dr. Eden sees is fifteen to twenty-five, she has patients as young as seven and as old as sixty-five. “The young ones are sometimes mimicking behavior they are seeing at home or sometimes it is rooted in trauma. There are pre-teens comparing belly fat on the bus. They are feeling a lot of pressure. When kids can’t control anything else, they control food.” Dr. Eden saw a sharp uptick in cases during the pandemic. “I was getting up to twenty referrals a week,” she says. “People were feeling trapped and using food as a substance to give them relief. Food was something they could control and manage when the world felt out of control.”

Dr. Soliman also notes that controlling people in a patient’s life can be a contributing factor: a harsh gymnastics coach or perfectionist parents. “Also, mothers who are anorexic in pregnancy often have babies who are overeaters,” says Soliman. “There seems to be a constant need to compensate for the lack of nutrition in utero.”

Where to Find Professional Help TREATMENTS

“It’s really hard to find people who are deeply trained in this,” says Dr. Eden, who has been treating patients with eating disorders for thirty years. Her practice in Westport utilizes a multidisciplinary approach, with a therapist, nutritionist, psychiatrist and, for children, involvement of the parents and pediatrician. “With kids, we must have family therapy. If you don’t work with parents, no change will happen,” she says. “We have to direct the parents and give them the same language to use at home. Parents become part of the team. This is really the key to success.”

Dr. Eden’s approach is unique to each patient and may involve: cognitive behavioral therapy;

“ if a child is active and open and starts retreating, staying in bed and not wanting to see friends, that’s concerning. changes in academics or eating habits, or if out of the blue they become vegan, a red light goes off for me. ”

deep work to get to the source; developing healthy coping skills; getting in touch with their feelings; “purging feelings rather than food”; narrative work to “rewrite the story of their life to become a hero, not a victim”; body and somatic approaches to trauma.

“If none of this works, safety always comes first. I will use an outpatient or inpatient program at a treatment center,” says Dr. Eden, who mentions Center for Discovery, Monte Nido, Clementine and Balance. “I have to use a lot of judgment. There can be benefits, but also patients can go and learn more tricks. I try to do programs that prepare them for real life. Life is about using food as a social event; eating should be fun. They need to make friends with food.”

Center for Discovery offers programs for various ages (ten and up) and levels of care in Southport, Fairfield and Greenwich. Northeast Regional Director Elizabeth Damon says, “Our residential treatment programs are located in homes, and our treatment process is set up to encourage ‘real life’ recovery. Our patients are involved in their own meal planning and preparation, and we don’t use measuring cups or scales. We know the work patients are doing in their psycho-educational groups and individual sessions is difficult, so we allow for down time, outings off-site and family visitation. Our partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs are physically set up similarly, to create a home-like environment.”

Damon continues, “We know eating disorders develop as a way to help people cope with something. Our goal is to uncover the source and replace the eating disorder with healthy, life-fulfilling coping skills. We work collaboratively with families and loved ones to give them the tools they need to support the patient at home.” Anyone concerned they or a loved one may be suffering from an eating disorder can call and set up a free consultation: 888617-0072. An online quiz (centerfordiscovery .com) can help determine if a consultation is warranted.

Leah Collins tried Center for Discovery and Clementine at Briar Cliff Manor in New York, which her mom describes as “a wonderful, beautiful residence for fourteen girls,” but she still wasn’t eating. Victims are “basically killing themselves, and there’s no silver bullet treatment,” says Tina. Ultimately, Leah went to Eating Recovery Center in Dallas, where

Dr. Bronfman, Backcountry Wellness

she could be intubated. Thankfully, she pulled through and returned to Clementine and then several years at a therapeutic school. “We put all kinds of restrictions on her social media after treatment,” Tina notes. “She will always have body image stuff, but she’s functioning normally and getting ready to go to college.”

A year into trying different therapists, Baker says, “We found Backcountry Wellness in Greenwich. They were so instrumental, as was my wife who dropped everything else for the better part of two years.” Baker is overjoyed that his daughter is now “doing great. She is so mentally strong, and that is why she beat it. You battle it your whole life, don’t get me wrong, but I’m stunned by her progress in the past year.”

Dr. Bronfman at Backcountry Wellness has focused exclusively on eating disorders for twenty-five years. “We are small and more boutique, with a six-bed adolescent residential program, only eight kids per section in our other programs, deeply compassionate caregivers and skilled clinicians. We really take the time to know our kids and get them better,” she says. “We are about health and wellness. There are days for kale and days for cupcakes in life— that’s balance. Food is joyous. Food and love are one and the same; a baby in it mother’s arms nursing or being given a bottle cannot distinguish between the two.”

Dr. B. believes Backcountry is the best in the county for treating ARFID. “We have really cracked the code,” she says. Dr. B. also notes

“we can enjoy the food we eat for all it brings us—nutrients, energy and social connection. we can move our bodies because we enjoy doing so, instead of worrying that we need to exercise because of something we ate . ”

a trend in many more boys suffering with these disorders now than in the past and, not surprisingly, many transgender people. “They are experiencing not only gender dysmorphia, but also body dysmorphia,” she explains. “There are all sorts of eating issues subsequent to that.”

Dr. Soliman emphasizes that catching the signs early and seeking treatment early gives the best chance of recovery. Six months prior to a girl getting her period is the average onset age she is seeing—and that is an easier age for parents “to swoop in and manage food intake” than later on. “They are starting to become an adult, their bodies are doing things they aren’t comfortable with, and they literally try to stop their body from developing,” she explains. “Parents need to treat them like a two-yearold; if your toddler is sick, you figure out a way to get the medicine into them. Treat the food as medicine. I have had parents sit in the car with their child at lunch time at school; you really have to supervise every meal. It’s really hard for parents, taking away their teen’s autonomy, but the physical piece comes before the emotional. Once the weight is up, it’s easier to address the emotional issues and figure out what the obstacles are.”

Dr. Soliman likes working with the Center for Discovery, Yale’s program (Child Study Center and Intensive Outpatient Program) and Greenwich Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, and she suggests checking out the virtual offerings and resources offered by Monte Nido (montenido.com) and The Renfrew Center (renfrewcenter.com).

The potential long-term effects of eating disorders—including heart disease, osteoporosis, amenorrhea, infertility, dental problems from stomach acid, cancer of the esophagus, abdominal bleeding from laxatives—are frightening, but Dr. Eden says, “We have a good rate of success of recovery. There may always be a hesitation or fear of food, but many people can have a healthy life.”

What Parents and Society Can Do

and what accounts they’re following, especially if you suspect your kid is struggling,” advises Collins.

Baker adds: “We have to have the uncomfortable conversations with our kids. We have to stay on them. You have to look in their drawers and closets. You have to monitor their social media.”

Dr. Eden advises, “Don’t minimize kids’ feelings. Listen, don’t judge, and offer help. You can’t have the attitude: ‘Oh c’mon, get over it, just eat.’ It’s an illness like drugs or alcohol, except that we need food. Get informed.” She adds, “Never comment on looks or weight. Don’t talk about ‘bad foods.’ Kids need to learn balance in food and balance in life. Try to cook together.”

Dr. Soliman notes a change society can make: “Some countries have outlawed airbrushing to make people look thinner in the media. With the body-positive movement, we are seeing more of an athletic body ideal. Actors of different body types are being cast.” We have to keep pushing the needle. She reiterates for parents not to “comment on body or weight or eating—yours or theirs” and for binge eaters, to “encourage an active lifestyle.” Binge eaters can refer to Yale’s POWER program for support (@yaleteenpower on Instagram).

“I think a shift in the way we talk about our bodies, food and exercise is a little way to make a big difference,” says Damon. “We can stop labeling food as ‘good’ or ‘bad.’ We can stop commenting on other’s bodies, especially refraining from commenting on someone’s assumed weight gain or loss. We can enjoy the food we eat for all it brings us—nutrients, energy and social connection. We can move our bodies because we enjoy doing so, instead of worrying that we need to exercise because of something we ate.”

Dr. Bronfman recommends having dinners together. “If schedules are busy, pick one time during the week to eat together; it could be Sunday brunch. Food is family.”

She adds, “The way to talk about food is not to talk about food, except ‘Yum, this is so good! You have to try it.’ ”

Health at

Size by Linda Bacon Body Respect by Linda Bacon and Lucy Aphramor Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch

The Parent's Guide to Eating Disorders by Marcia Herrin and Nancy Matsumoto

SITES

allianceforeatingdisorders.com anorexiafamily.com edininstitute.org immaeatthat.com laurathomasphd.co.uk marcird.com self-compassion.org sizediversityandhealth.org themindfuldietician.com.au thereallife-rd.com

CURBING

THE TREND

“Social media is awful for kids. Parents need to be vigilant about what their kids are watching

For comprehensive, compassionate guidance, Dr. Bronfman finds the National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA) to be outstanding (nationaleatingdisorders.org, helpline: 800-931-2237). G

Gertrude White Gallery

Tucked downstairs in the Greenwich YWCA is a very special gallery named the Gertrude White Gallery. This February, local artist Stacey Faulk will be showing her work. Faulk lives in Greenwich with her husband and two sons. She uses a mixed media (graphite, ink and collage) but predominantly paint on canvas with acrylics, using simple shapes such as flowers or hearts. “I look at the hearts like people, all beautiful and unique, and they come to life over the course of the painting. Rarely are two the same, and they create more beauty together than apart.” We could not agree more, Stacey: United not divided. 259 E. Putnam Ave.

ART & ANTIQUES

ALDRICH MUSEUM, 258 Main St., Ridgefield, 438-0198. Tues.–Sun. aldrichart.org

AMY SIMON FINE ART, 1869 Post Rd. East, Westport, 259-1500. amysimonfineart.com

BRUCE MUSEUM, 1 Museum Dr., 869-0376. brucemuseum.org

CANFIN GALLERY, 39 Main St., Tarrytown, NY, 914-332-4554. canfingallery.com

CARAMOOR CENTER FOR MUSIC AND THE ARTS, Girdle Ridge Rd., Katonah, NY, 914-232-1252. Caramoor is a destination for exceptional music, captivating programs, spectacular gardens and grounds, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. caramoor.org

CAVALIER GALLERIES, 405 Greenwich Ave., 869-3664. cavaliergalleries .com

CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING, 299 West Ave., Norwalk, 899-7999. contemprints.org

CLAY ART CENTER, 40 Beech St., Port Chester, NY, 914-937-2047. clayartcenter.org

DISCOVERY MUSEUM AND PLANETARIUM, 4450 Park Ave., Bridgeport, 372-3521. discoverymuseum.org

FAIRFIELD MUSEUM AND HISTORY CENTER, 370 Beach Rd., Fairfield, 259-1598. fairfieldhistory.org

FLINN GALLERY, 101 W. Putnam Ave., 622-7947. flinngallery.com

GERTRUDE G. WHITE GALLERY, YWCA, 259 E. Putnam Ave., 869-6501. ywcagreenwich.org

GREENWICH ARTS COUNCIL, 299 Greenwich Ave., 862-6750. greenwichartscouncil.org

GREENWICH ART SOCIETY, 299 Greenwich Ave. 2nd fl., 629-1533. A studio school that offers a visual arts education program for kids and adults. greenwichartsociety.org

GREENWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 47 Strickland Rd., 869-6899. greenwichhistory.org

KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART, Rte. 22 at Jay St., Katonah, NY, 914-232-9555. katonahmuseum.org

KENISE BARNES FINE ART, 1947 Palmer Ave., Larchmont, NY, 914-834-8077. kbfa.com

LOCKWOOD-MATHEWS MANSION MUSEUM, 295 West Ave., Norwalk, 838-9799. lockwoodmathewsmansion.com

LOFT ARTISTS ASSOCIATION, 575 Pacific St., Stamford, 247-2027. loftartists.org

MARITIME AQUARIUM, 10 N. Water St., S. Norwalk, 852-0700. maritimeaquarium.org

NEUBERGER MUSEUM OF ART, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase, NY, 914-251-6100. neuberger.org

PELHAM ART CENTER, 155 Fifth Ave., Pelham, NY, 914-738-2525 ext. 113. pelhamartcenter.org

ROWAYTON ARTS CENTER, 145 Rowayton Ave., Rowayton, 866-2744. rowaytonarts.org

SAMUEL OWEN GALLERY, 382 Greenwich Ave., 325-1924. samuelowen.org »

Ombre Hearts by Stacey Faulk

SummerFare

Looking for fun and engaging summer activities for the kids? Or perhaps your teen is looking for an internship or summer job? The annual Greenwich High School PTA’s SummerFare will be held on Wednesday, February 1 at GHS from 6 to 8:00 p.m. with a snow date of February 2. The event is an evening for exhibitors to present materials and talk with public and private elementary, middle and high school students and their parents about summer programs, internships and camp opportunities. For high school students there will be a showcase of summer sports and STEM programs. Last year over eighty-five exhibitors and a record-breaking 625 attended the fare. For more information visit greenwichschools.org.

SILVERMINE GUILD ARTS CENTER, 1037 Silvermine Rd., New Canaan, 966-9700. silvermineart.org

SANDRA MORGAN INTERIORS & ART PRIVÉ, 135 East Putnam Ave., 2nd flr., Greenwich, 629-8121. sandramorganinteriors.com

SOROKIN GALLERY, 96 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, 856-9048. sorokingallery.com

STAMFORD ART ASSOCIATION, 39 Franklin St., Stamford, 325-1139. stamfordartassociation.org

STAMFORD MUSEUM & NATURE CENTER, 39 Scofieldtown Rd., Stamford, 977-6521. stamfordmuseum.org

UCONN STAMFORD ART GALLERY, One University Pl., Stamford, 251-8400. artgallery.stamford.uconn.edu

WESTPORT ARTS CENTER, 51 Riverside Ave., Westport, 226-7070. westportartscenter.org

YALE CENTER FOR BRITISH ART, 1080 Chapel St., New Haven, 432-2800. britishart.yale.edu

YALE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, 1111 Chapel St., New Haven, 432-0611. artgallery.yale.edu

CONCERTS, FILM & THEATER

ARENA AT HARBOR YARD, 600 Main St., Bridgeport, 3452300. websterbankarena.com

AVON THEATRE FILM CENTER, 272 Bedford St., Stamford, 661-0321. avontheatre.org

CURTAIN CALL, The Sterling Farms Theatre Complex, 1349 Newfield Ave., Stamford, 329-8207. curtaincallinc.com

DOWNTOWN CABARET THEATRE, 263 Golden Hill St.,Bridgeport, 576-1636. dtcab.com

LECTURES, TOURS & WORKSHOPS

FAIRFIELD THEATRE COMPANY, On StageOne, 70 Sanford St., Fairfield, 259-1036. fairfieldtheatre.org

GOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE, 6 Main St., East Haddam, 860-873-8668. goodspeed.org

GREENWICH LIBRARY, 101 W. Putnam Ave., 622-7900. greenwichlibrary.org

JACOB BURNS FILM CENTER, 364 Manville Rd., Pleasantville, NY, 914-7737663. burnsfilmcenter.org

LONG WHARF THEATRE, 222 Sargent Dr., New Haven, 787-4282. longwharf.com

RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE, 80 East Ridge, Ridgefield, 438-9269. ridgefieldplayhouse.org

RIDGEFIELD THEATER BARN, 37 Halpin Ln., Ridgefield, 431-9850. ridgefieldtheaterbarn.org

SHUBERT THEATER, 247 College St., New Haven, 800-228-6622. shubert.com

STAMFORD CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic St., Stamford, 325-4466. stamfordcenterforthearts.org

WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE, 25 Powers Ct., Westport, 227-4177. westportplayhouse.org

ALDRICH MUSEUM, 258 Main St., Ridgefield, 438-0198. aldrichart.org

AUDUBON GREENWICH, 613 Riversville Rd., 869-5272. greenwich.audubon.org

AUX DÉLICES, 231 Acosta St., Stamford, 326-4540, ext. 108. auxdelicesfoods.com

BOWMAN OBSERVATORY PUBLIC NIGHT, NE of Milbank/East Elm St. rotary on the grounds of Julian Curtiss School, 869-6786, ext. 338

BRUCE MUSEUM, 1 Museum Dr., 869-0376. brucemuseum.org

CLAY ART CENTER, 40 Beech St., Port Chester, NY, 914-937-2047. clayartcenter.org

Flinn Gallery

The Flinn Gallery’s newest exhibit Self, assembled is an exploration of identity through the medium of collage by artists Rodriguez Calero, Kevin Hetzel and Jason Noushin curated

Special events include an Artist Talk on Saturday, January 14 at 2 p.m. And on Friday, January 20 at 5 p.m., as part of the Library’s Friday Film Series, there will be an Art Lounge in the gallery, followed by a 7 p.m. screening of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis in the Berkley Theater. The Flinn Gallery is located on the second floor of the Greenwich Library, 101 West Putnam Avenue. flinngallery.com. »

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EPIPSYCHIDION by Jason Noushin

Juliette Zabel, Brennan Zabel, Douglas Dozier, Anna Dozier

CONNECTICUT CERAMICS STUDY

CIRCLE, Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Dr. ctcsc.org

FAIRFIELD MUSEUM AND HISTORY CENTER, 370 Beach Rd., Fairfield, 259-1598. fairfieldhistory.org

GREENWICH BOTANICAL CENTER, 130 Bible St., 869-9242. gecgreenwich.org

GREENWICH LIBRARY, 101 W. Putnam Ave., 622-7900. greenwichlibrary.org

KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART, 26 Bedford Rd., Chappaqua, NY, 914-232-9555. katonahmuseum.org

STAMFORD MUSEUM & NATURE CENTER, 39 Scofieldtown Rd., Stamford, 977-6521. stamfordmuseum.org

Greenwich Symphony Orchestra

On Saturday, January 28 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, January 29 at 3 p.m., Greenwich Symphony Orchestra, with Music Director Stuart Malina conducting, will offer a program of orchestral music at the Performing Arts Center at Greenwich High School. The featured soloist will be William Hagen playing Violin Concerto in D by Tchaikovsky. Adult tickets are $40, students $10. Call 203-869-2664 or visit greenwichsymphony.org.

KIDS’ STUFF JANUARY

ALDRICH MUSEUM, 258 Main St., Ridgefield, 438-4519. aldrichart.org

AUDUBON GREENWICH, 613 Riversville Rd., 869-5272. greenwich.audubon.org

AUX DÉLICES, (cooking classes), 23 Acosta St., Stamford, 326-4540 ext. 108. auxdelicesfoods.com

BEARDSLEY ZOO, 1875 Noble Ave., Bridgeport, 394-6565. beardsleyzoo.org

2023

BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREENWICH, 4 Horseneck Lane, 869-3224. bgcg.org

BRUCE MUSEUM, 1 Museum Dr., 869-0376. brucemuseum.org

DISCOVERY MUSEUM AND PLANETARIUM, 4450 Park Ave., Bridgeport, 372-3521. discoverymuseum.org

DOWNTOWN CABARET THEATRE, 263 Golden Hill St., Bridgeport, 576-1636. dtcab.com

EARTHPLACE, 10 Woodside Lane, Westport, 227-7253. earthplace.org

GREENWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 39 Strickland St., 869-6899. hstg.org

GREENWICH LIBRARY, 101 W. Putnam Ave., 622-7900. greenwichlibrary.org

IMAX THEATER AT MARITIME AQUARIUM, 10 N. Water St., S. Norwalk, 852-0700. maritimeaquarium.org

KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART, Rte. 22 at Jay St., Katonah, NY, 914-232-9555. katonahmuseum.org

MARITIME AQUARIUM, 10 N. Water St., S. Norwalk, 852-0700. maritimeaquarium.org

NEW CANAAN NATURE CENTER, 144 Oenoke Ridge, New Canaan, 966-9577. newcanaannature.org

RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE, 80 East Ridge, Ridgefield, 438-5795. ridgefieldplayhouse.org

STAMFORD CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic St., Stamford, 325-4466. palacestamford.org

STAMFORD MUSEUM & NATURE CENTER, 39 Scofieldtown Rd., Stamford, 977-6521. stamfordmuseum.org

STEPPING STONES MUSEUM FOR CHILDREN, 303 West Ave., Mathews Park, Norwalk, 899-0606. steppingstonesmuseum.org

WESTPORT ARTS CENTER, 51 Riverside Ave., Westport, 222-7070. westportartscenter.org

WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE, 25 Powers Ct., Westport, 227-4177. westportplayhouse.org G

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postscript

SKATING THROUGH WINTER

They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. But it’s a truly special one that captures stillness and quiet sounds. In this photo taken by local photographer Ben Crowther, you can almost hear the gentle snow coating the rink and the blades of the players’ skates gripping the ice at Greenwich Skating Club. While it wouldn’t be a New England winter without complaints about the snow, it also wouldn’t be one without beautiful nights like this. G

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