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Luis Perelman, Coca Cola Series, 1998, 21 parts; found materials embedded in clear resin, 7 1⁄2 x 2 1⁄4 x 2 1⁄4, Courtesy of Luis Perelman.

A MATTER OF DISCOVERY: THE ART OF LUIS PERELMAN

The Neuberger Museum of Art at Purchase College, SUNY, opened its doors to “A Matter of Discovery: The Art of Luis Perelman,” a dynamic retrospective featuring more than six decades of work by the New Yorkbased multimedia artist.

WOMEN’S HEALTH SERVICES ADVANCED

Stamford Health recently announced that it will expand access to women’s health services throughout lower Fairfield County through two significant community grants and the addition of six new physicians. Simultaneously, ongoing renovation of the Whittingham Pavilion at Stamford Hospital on the Bennett Medical Center Campus, which houses all mother baby services, a new Stamford Health Medical Group location in Harbor Point opening in 2024 and the relocation and transformation of Stamford Health’s Breast Center will further differentiate Stamford Health as a destination for women and families in the community.

Two significant grants will expand access to preventive care for patients in the community. The first, a grant from the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA), funds a Community Health Worker Program focused on serving Stamford’s Haitian community. Diana Dupey-Faustin, MHA, has joined Stamford Health as its first bilingual community health worker and she will help patients navigate the health system and educate them on the importance of screenings and prevention.

The second grant, from Fairfield County Community Foundation Fund for Women and Girls is a renewal to fund breast services such as mammograms, breast ultrasounds, breast MRI and biopsies for underinsured and uninsured patients. Other grants from the Breast Cancer Alliance, Pink Aid, Leon Lowenstein Foundation, Boehringer Ingleheim, and Stamford Ford are helping to reduce health-care disparities and bring services to women in the community who could otherwise not afford them.

To expand access to care for women at Stamford Health, the health system made a series of strategic appointments, including

Siobhan Dolan, M.D., MPH, MBA has joined Stamford Health as chair of Ob-Gyn. She was most recently vice chair of genetics and genomics in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science at Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine.

Swapna Ghanta, M.D., joins Stamford Health as Associate Breast Surgeon from NYU Langone Health where she served as breast surgical oncologist. Ghanta works with the award-winning Breast Center team at the Tully Health Center to provide surgical care to individuals with breast cancer.

Lyudmila B. Ganatra, DO, joins Stamford Health as an attending physician in Ob-Gyn after finishing her Ob-Gyn residency at Richmond University Medical Center.

Theresa Mahon, M.D., and Nikko DunLeavy, M.D., both joined Stamford Health as hospitalists providing an elevated level of care to women and birthing people in labor and delivery, maternity and the emergency department, providing 24/7 physician coverage for patients at Stamford Hospital. And, Luciana Veira, M.D., maternal fetal medicine specialist, will expand the system’s capacity to care for high-risk patients in the Women’s Specialty Center.

On the Bennett Medical Center Campus, a newly renovated Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in large part funded by a philanthropic commitment of $5 million from the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Foundation is completed, and the Whittingham Pavilion construction on the maternity unit and subsequent renovations will include updates to the labor and delivery unit, which will include adding a new operating room – all increasing Stamford Health capabilities. Additionally, a new outpatient Ob-Gyn location at 170 Washington Blvd. in Stamford’s Harbor Point neighborhood will open in 2024 and a philanthropic commitment of $10 million from the Odyssey Group Foundation will go directly toward a relocation and total transformation of Stamford Health’s Breast Center at the Tully Health Center.

Stamford Health is a nonprofit independent health-care system with more than 3,800 employees committed to caring for the community through a wide range of health and wellness services. It is a major teaching affiliate of the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and has recently expanded its relationship with Columbia to offer treatment and expertise from Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s nationally recognized heart surgeons and with the Hospital for Special Surgery it has created a center for specialty orthopedic care in Stamford. In 2020 Stamford Health’s Carl & Dorothy Bennett Cancer Center entered into an expanded collaboration with Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center.

“Luis Perelman is an artistic innovator who continues to explore, discover and reinvent himself,” said exhibition curator Patrice Giasson, the Neuberger Museum’s Alex Gordon curator of art of the Americas. “In this show, never-before-seen color, line and material studies from the artist’s private studio are presented alongside his finished works….”

Perelman may be best known for his pioneering sculptures cast in clear resin. Keys, screws and wingnuts, lightbulbs, typewriter parts, industrial objects and shredded currency from the US Treasury Department are encased in pristine obelisks, columns, pyramids and other iconic shapes.

It was these early resin sculptures that first attracted Leo Castelli, a gallerist who represented many of the most influential artists at the time, to Perelman’s work. And it was at Castelli’s gallery that Museum founder Roy R. Neuberger purchased “Industrial Petrifications #8” (1964), the first of Perelman’s objects to enter the museum’s collection when the museum was founded in 1969.

The exhibition will be on view at the Neuberger Museum from now through Nov. 5. Generous support for this exhibition is provided by the Alex Gordon Estate.

The Neuberger Museum of Art opened on the campus of Purchase College, State University of New York, in 1974 with a core collection donated by Roy R. Neuberger, one of the greatest private collectors, philanthropists and arts advocates of the 20th century.

Cmg Advises On Another Acquisition

Carter Morse & Goodrich (CMG) recently served as the exclusive financial advisor to The Nudyne Group LLC (Nudyne) for its acquisition of Warren Electric Corp. (Warren), a manufacturer of industrial electric immersion heaters in Warren, Rhode Island. The acquisition was partially financed by Nudyne’s existing lender, KeyBank. The terms of the deal, which closed on May 11 were not disclosed.

Bill Newbauer III, Nudyne CEO said, “Warren is the perfect addition to our family of companies as we strategically expand across North America. The Warren acquisition will strengthen our ability to meet the changing needs of the commercial and industrial markets as electrification expands….”

Robbie Benjamin, former owner of Warren Electric Corp., said, "I believe that Warren has found a great partner in The

Nudyne Group and I am confident the business will have continued success under new ownership….”

Ramsey Goodrich, managing partner of CMG, explained “…It is rewarding for us to help bring two multigenerational family businesses together and we are honored to play a small roll in this terrific combination.”

Newbauer added, “I have the deepest appreciation for the exceptional work CMG provided during the Warren acquisition and associated financing. Although there were many challenges, CMG approached each one with a level of expertise and professionalism that was truly remarkable.”

Located in Southport, Connecticut, Carter Morse & Goodrich is a boutique M&A advisory firm that specializes in representing founder-led and family-held businesses valued between $25 million and $250 million.

REALTOR® FOUNDATION SUPPORTS INTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY

The Hudson Gateway Realtor® Foundation, the charitable arm of the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors®, recently presented a check for $2,000 to the Mount Kisco Interfaith Food Pantry, which serves 21 communities in northern Westchester County.

Lions Welcome New Members

Joe Liberti (sponsor Diane Oldham), Gwen Salmo (sponsor Tania Weiss), Nicole Tuck (sponsor Jirandy Martinez), and Dan Zauderer (sponsor Phil Oldham) are the four new members welcomed recently by the Larchmont Mamaroneck Lions (LM) on May 22 at a member meeting in the Mamaroneck Library.

Liberti, a teacher at Mamaroneck High School, is the founder of OCRA(Original Civic Research & Action), a 4-year program at the high school.

Salmo is special events coordinator for Friends of Karen, an organization providing emotional, financial and advocacy support for critically ill children and their families throughout the tri-state area at no cost to the families.

Turk is director of development for the Community Resource Center, which was founded in 1998 to promote the integration of immigrants into the community and advocate for those in need.

Zauderer is the founder of Grassroots Grocery, an anti-hunger nonprofit. He developed a Community Refrigerator project in the Bronx, which serves hundreds of people a year and is working on bringing the project to Mamaroneck.

The LM Lions is part of Lions Clubs International, the world’s largest service organization of over 1.4 million members.

The Food Pantry has helped alleviate food insecurity in northern Westchester for over 32 years as a reliable, weekly source of nutritious food and complementary programs and services. Families in need may visit weekly and select from ample amounts of healthy grocery staples, fresh produce, eggs, frozen whole proteins like chicken and fish, shelf-stable milk and other dairy items. Free programs designed to promote health and well-being and home delivery for the homebound are also offered.

“Our Pantry has experienced a shocking surge of demand in the past few years,” explained Trina Fontaine, the Pantry’s executive director. “Prior to Covid an average of 300 households per week relied on the

Pantry, but that number has more than doubled with inflation hitting our vulnerable neighbors the hardest. We now serve over 600 families weekly.”

In 2022, nearly 64,000 individuals received the Pantry’s help and this year they anticipate serving 90,000 individuals – the

Farmers Market Opens

Norwalk Community Health Center’s .(NCHC) popular Wednesday Farmers Market, featuring Gazy Brothers Farm, has returned for the 2023 season. Open to the public, the weekly Farmers Market will operate every Wednesday until Thanksgiving, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the NCHC parking lot at 120 Connecticut Ave., Norwalk. The Farmer’s Market accepts EBT/SNAP, credit and debit cards and cash, in addition to NCHC’s own Farmers Market vouchers, a patient-only program that stretches patients’ food dollars.

In keeping with the health center’s concern for the well-being of patients and the community, visitors can also take advantage of health, wellness and nutrition information and community tables and demos.

Breaking down barriers to healthy food choices for patients and the community is one of the ways that most in its history. “We are grateful to Hudson Gateway Realtor Foundation for their generous gift, which will be used to stock our Pantry with enough nutritionally dense shelf-stable milk to serve nearly 2,000 guests, 30% of whom are children,” said Fontaine.

NCHC, a nonprofit health-care provider, is dedicated to the wellbeing of the community.

The 2023 Farmer’s Market is made possible by donations from individuals who support the program and from volunteers who help Farmer’s Market Wednesdays run smoothly.

NCHC is recognized as a Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Practice by the National Committee for Quality Assurance and ranked by the US Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) among the top 10% of health centers in the country for quality of care.

For information and updates on the Farmers Market and other ways that Norwalk Community Health Center is working to keep Norwalk and Fairfield County healthy, visit the health center website at norwalkchc. org and follow NCHC at www.facebook.com/ norwalkchc.