St. Francis Has More Top Doctors in Cardiac Care than Any Other Hospital on Long Island

ROSLYN, N.Y., June 19, 2006 – In the areas of the Hospital's cardiac specialties, more doctors at St. Francis earned a place on the New York Magazine Best Doctors list this year than any other hospital on Long Island. New York Magazine's annual list is generated by Castle Connolly, the publishers of America's Top Doctors, which is widely recognized as one of the most authoritative guides to the best physicians in the nation. The complete list can be accessed at http://www.newyorkmetro.com/bestdoctors/index.htm.

Congratulations to the all of the physicians who made the list this year, both in cardiac and noncardiac specialties:

• Meyer H. Abittan, M.D. (Interventional Cardiology)
• Olakunle Akinboboye, M.D. (Cardiovascular Disease)
• Kenneth Crystal, M.D. (Vascular & Interventional Radiology)
• Joseph Feinberg, M.D. (Plastic Surgery)
• Jason B. Karp, M.D. (Pulmonary Disease)
• Lewis B. Lane, M.D. (Hand Surgery)
• Sean G. Levchuck, M.D. (Pediatric Cardiology)
• Joseph H. Levine, M.D. (Cardiac Electrophysiology)
• George A. Petrossian, M.D. (Interventional Cardiology)
• Newell B. Robinson, M.D. (Thoracic Surgery)
• Steve Rucker, M.D. (Internal Medicine)
• Michael Setzen, M.D. (Otolaryngology)
• Richard A. Shlofmitz, M.D. (Cardiovascular Disease)
• Robert Waldbaum, M.D. (Urology)