MSSNYPAC REPORT TO THE MSSNY COUNCIL
Thomas Lee, MD, Co-Chair & Rose Berkun, MD, Co-Chair
Michael Brisman, MD, Co-Vice Chair & Inderpal Chhabra, MD, Co-Vice Chair
April 15, 2021
This report reflects the financial status of MSSNYPAC during the 2021 fiscal year period of 1/1/21 through
4/14/21. We have collected $50,310.48 from 216 individual supporters. Each dollar contributed to MSSNYPAC
is split between operating expenses and contributions to candidates in a ratio of 2:8. For comparison, prior year
collections for the same time period are as follows:
2020: $32,483.11 from 188 supporters
2019: $56,299.02 from 251 supporters
2018: $121,734.88 from 453 supporters
2017: $67,339.12 from 343 supporters
MSSNYPAC’s income as compared to other industry PAC revenues during the 2-year period January 1, 2019
through December 31, 2020.
MSSNYPAC respectfully requests that leaders of MSSNY and County Medical Societies support our ongoing work
to build relationships with the members of the NYS Legislature. Your membership in MSSNYPAC and
encouragement of your colleagues within your circle of influence strengthens the physician’s collective voice in
the political arena. A strong PAC is a critically important tool of our profession. Considering the many policy
initiatives that potentially impact healthcare delivery, it is vital that we work together toward our mutual goals.
Therefore, we ask all leaders of MSSNY, all county medical society leaders, all members of MSSNY
$135,743
$388,275
$580,601
$601,715
$884,500
$1,238,805
$1,558,434
$0
$250,000
$500,000
$750,000 $1,000,000 $1,250,000 $1,500,000 $1,750,000
Pharmacists
MSSNY
Nurses
HANYS
Empire/United/Fidelis
Dentists
Trial Lawyers
Industry PAC Revenue
1/1/2019-12/31/2020committees to support MSSNYPAC at the highest level you are able and take one further action to
encourage a colleague to support as well.
MSSNYPAC would like to thank the following individuals and corporations for their generous support. These
donors have made a contribution since 9/14/20 and are included in the contest data below.
Color Indicators:
President’s Circle donors
Councilor’s Club donors
High Donors
Dutchess County Medical Society
NY Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
Alliance with the Medical Society of the State of NY, Inc.
Jihad Hassan Abialmouna, MD (Erie) Irwin Abraham, MD (New York) Manoj T. Abraham, MD (Dutchess) Peter Jeffrey Acker, MD (Westchester) Matthew C. Ackert, MD (Nassau) Jones Addoh, MD (Queens)
Natalie J. Adler, MD (Saratoga)
Georges Khalil Akl, MD (Oneida) Richard Pollard Ames, MD (New York) Michael Philip Angelucci, MD (Warren) Jeffrey A. Ascherman, MD (New York) Chandana Attoti, MD (Bronx)
Lance I. Austein, MD (Kings) Morris Auster
Neal A. Baillargeon, MD (Columbia) Jodi S. Ball, MD (Erie)
Merita A. Bania, MD (New York)
Gaetano Raymond Barile, MD (New York) Clement Michael Barone, MD (New York) Jill R. Baron, MD (New York)
Edward Kelly Bartels, MD (Erie) Maria A. Basile, MD (Suffolk) William Bauer, MD (Warren) Ksenija Belsley, MD (New York)
Garrett Howard Bennett, MD (New York) Robert Berke, MD (Chautauqua)
Rose Berkun, MD (Erie) Cathy J. Berry, MD (Onondaga) Sana L. Bloch, MD (Bronx) Daniel N. Blum, MD (Queens)
David Allan Blum, MD (Westchester)
Samantha Georgina Boardman, MD (New York) Ani Bodoutchian, MD (Suffolk)
Jennifer Lynn Bonheur, MD (New York) Roger A. Bonomo, MD (New York) Michael Borecky, MD (New York) Michael J. Borodkin, MD (New York) Ted Brezel, MD (Queens)
Cynthia A. Briglin-Mavady, MD (Chenango) Eric Buchalter, DO (Nassau)
Mary Ruth Buchness, MD (New York) W. Douglas Bunn, Jr., MD (Onondaga) James Paul Burdick, MD (Erie)
Orsuville G. Cabatu, MD (Westchester)
Joseph Carfi, MD (Nassau)
Sixto Ramon Caro, MD (New York) Chaim Charytan, MD (Bronx) Michael Chase, MD (Warren) Saad B. Chaudhary, MD (New York) Howard Jan Chavis, MD (New York) Elaine Cheon-Lee, MD (Schenectady) Hee-Joo Cheon-Schingo, MD (Schenectady) Stephen Richard Chernay, MD (Dutchess) Stefan Chevalier, DO (Orange)
Inderpal S. Chhabra, MD (Nassau)
Bennie W. Chiles, III, MD (Westchester) Jean Marguerite Chin, MD (New York) Zahid M. Chohan, MD (Cattaraugus) Daniel E. Choi, MD (Suffolk) John M. Cilnyk, MD (Erie)
Terence Joseph Clarke, MD (Schenectady) Chris Clifford, MD (New York)
Jerome Craig Cohen, MD, FACP (Broome)
Joshua M. Cohen, MD, MPH, FAHS (New York)
Neil D. Cohen, MD (Richmond) Brian I. Collet, MD (Queens) John M. Coombes, MD (Warren) Arthur Cooper, MD, MS (New York) Terese A. Copeland, MD (Saratoga) Michael Correa, MD (New York) Ms. Shirley Cosgriff (Broome) Susan A. Danahy, MD (Monroe) Iris Rose Danziger, MD (Erie)
Jose M. David, MD (Albany)
Edwin A. Davison, Jr., MD (Saratoga) William L. Davis, Jr., MD (Rockland) Maria Arsyl D. De Jesus, MD (Montgomery) Dale L. Deahn, MD (Wyoming)
William Dean, Jr., MD (Yates)
Albert M. DeFabritus, MD (New York) Sona Irene Degann, MD (New York) John V. Dellosso, M.D. (New York)
Howard Bertram Demb, MD (Westchester) Anthony John DePlato, MD (Erie)
Christopher R. Depner, MD (Allegany) Ankur M. Desai, MD (Oneida)
Regina M. Di Giovanna, MD (Kings) Connie L. Di Mari, MD (New York) Sharon B. Diamond, MD (New York) Janis DiPietro, MD (New York) Alan Ditchek, MD (Kings)
Steven Marc Divack, MD (Kings) Jeannine L. Dolan, MD (Wayne) Christine M. Doucet, MD (Suffolk)
Frank G. Dowling, MD (Suffolk)
Paul Andrew Dura, MD (Broome) Robert L. Eberle, MD (Clinton) Kenneth H. Eckhert, III, MD (Erie) Gary Walter Ehlert, MD (Erie)
Erick A. Eiting, MD,MPH (New York) Aimana ElBahtity (Erie)
Naji El-Khoury, MD (Oneida) Thomas Robert Elmer, Jr., MD (Erie) Susan G. Emerson, MD (Schoharie) Lawrence Jay Epstein, MD (Westchester) Julia Barber Faller, DO (Erie)
Sherrill L. Fay, MD (New York)
Joseph Michael Feczko, MD (New York) Tracey Fein, MD (New York)
Dominic Joseph Ferro, MD (Rockland) David H. Fields, MD (New York) Pamela L. Foresman, MD (Cayuga) Sharon A. Foster, MD (Queens)
Arthur C. Fougner, MD (Queens)
Robert Allan Frankel, MD (Kings) Sanford James Friedman, MD (New York) Dennis Gage, MD (New York)
Jonathan Stephen Gal, MD (New York) Madhur Kumar Garg, MD (Bronx) Andrew W. Garner, MD (Warren) Julie Ann Gavin, MD (Erie) Kenneth Lee Gayles, MD (Erie) Karen G. Gennaro, MD (Westchester) Joseph D. Gentile, MD (Erie)
Daniel Ira Ginsberg, MD (Westchester) Phillip Charles Gioia, MD (Cayuga) Lorraine Maria Giordano, MD (Queens) Carmen Giuliano, MD (Albany)
Lauren A. Giustra, MD (Oneida) Kevin Michael Glassman, MD (Nassau) Robert B. Goldberg, DO (New York) Robert David Goldstein, MD (Bronx)
Sriharsha Mannava Gowtham, MD (Onondaga) William Graber, MD (Madison)
Aaron S. Greenberg, MD (Kings)
Loren Wissner Greene, MD, MA (New York) Leslie Green, MD (Orange)
Norma Ruth Green, MD (Kings) Joel Greenspan, MD (Westchester) Karen L. Griffith, DO (Oneida) Joseph M. Grisanti, MD (Erie) Fred Grunseid, MD (Kings)
Gabriel R. Guardarramas, MD (New York) Elizabeth Jane Haines, DO (Kings) Jonathan Halpert MD
Barry Jay Hartman, MD (New York)
William M. Hartrich, MD (Erie) Frederic Jon Hellwitz, MD (Albany) Kevin J. Herlihy, MD (Warren) Dyan Sharone Hes, MD (New York) Robert Alan Hesson, MD (Tompkins) Zachary Lee Hickman, MD (Queens) Gary Stuart Hirshfield, MD (Queens) Herbert A. Hochman, MD (New York) Nina I. Huberman, MD, MPH (Bronx) Mary Hu, MD (Queens)
Leonard Ingber, MD (Nassau)
Malene K. Ingram, MD (Schenectady) Joanne Intrator, MD (New York) David G. Inwood, MD (Kings) Israel J. Jacobowitz, MD (Kings) Elliot William Jacobs, MD (New York) Mokarram H. Jafri, Jr., MD (Albany)
David M. Jakubowicz, MD, FACS (Bronx)
Jai Jalaj, MD (Dutchess)
Joseph Carl Jean-Francois, MD (Kings) Murray Jonas, MD (Kings)
Douglas Greg Kahn, MD (Niagara) Russell Scott Kamer, MD (Westchester) Steven M. Kaner, MD (Kings)
Eugene Daniel Kaplan, MD (Saratoga) Mandes R. Kates, MD (Orange)
Julia Dinah Katz, MD (New York) Victor Katz, MD (Nassau)
Lawrence S. Kaufman, MD (Albany) James F. Kenny, MD (Richmond) Angela D. Kerr, MD (Kings)
Kayvan Keyhani, MD (Westchester) John C. Killian, MD (Nassau)
Seung K. Kim, MD (Queens) Tobi B. Klar, MD (Westchester)
Andrew Y. Kleinman, MD (Westchester) Mitchell A. Kline, MD (New York) Alan K. Klitzke, MD (Erie) Joanna G. Knobler, MD (Kings) Eric J. Koch, DO (Erie)
Simon George Kokkinakis, MD (Richmond) Melvin D. Koplow, DO (Kings)
Daniel Joel Koretz, MD (Wayne)
Roy J. Korn, Jr., MD (Schoharie)
Mohamed Abdillahi Kourtu, MD (Chautauqua) Orest J. Kozicky, MD (Westchester)
Paul Kuperschmid, MD (Nassau) Keith A. LaScalea, MD (New York) Peter C. Lascarides, DO (Suffolk)
William R. Latreille, Jr., MD, FACP, AME (Franklin)
William Lee, MD (Westchester) Blair S. Lewis, MD (New York) Linda Donelle Lewis, MD (New York) Emerald Lin, MD (New York)
Raymond Lorenzoni, MD (Bronx) Esther Serwadda Lubinga, MD (Oswego) Shari I. Lusskin, MD (New York)
Dragos Macelaru, MD (Franklin) Laurence F. Mack, MD (Nassau) Julie A. Madejski, MD (Erie)
Thomas J. Madejski, MD, FACP (Erie)
Kirsten P. Magowan, MD (Onondaga) Michael Joseph Mahelsky, MD (New York) Cheryl Malone (New York)
Sidney Mandelbaum, MD (New York) Eric R. Marcus, MD (New York) Carlos L. Martinez, MD (Erie)
Andrew Joseph Martorella, MD (New York) Robert Matalon, MD (New York)
Catherine Anne McGovern, MD (Westchester) Brian R. McMahon, MD (Richmond)
John Antonino Mecenas, MD (Tompkins) Lawrence Aron Melniker, MD (Kings) Faith A. Menken, MD (New York) Ronald B. Menzin, MD (Nassau) Gregg A. Miller, MD (Queens) David Andrew Milling, MD (Erie) Dvorah Milner, MD (Tompkins) Mark J. Milstein, MD (New York)
Sathish Reddy Modugu, MD (Westchester) Maureen O'Brien Moomjy, MD (New York) Esther M. Moon, MD (Schenectady) Donald E. Moore, MD (Kings) Geoffrey E. Moore, MD (Tompkins) Harrison T. M. Mu, MD (Queens)
Somasekhara Rao Mukkamala, MD (Erie) Karla L. Mulligan, MD (Livingston) Michael J. Mulvaney, MD (Albany) Peter Namkoong, MD (Albany) Donald J. Nenno, II, MD (Erie) Nancy H. Nielsen, MD, Ph.D. (Erie) Sonya Sarah Noor, MD (Erie) Susumu Ohkawa, MD (Queens) R. John Ordway, MD (Ulster)
Paul Norman Orloff, MD (New York) Yefim Ornstein, MD (Kings)
Stuart I. Orsher, MD, JD (New York)
Gerald J. Ortiz, MD (Montgomery) Gordon Michael Ortiz, MD (Saratoga) Viola Ortiz, MD (Richmond)
Robert John Ostrander, MD (Ontario) Gary Leonard Ostrow, DO (New York) Bradley Holmes Paddock, MD (Fulton) Vito Palumbo, DO (Erie)
Teddy D. Pan, MD (Albany)
Bradford Owen Parsons, MD (New York) Doris Renee Pastore, MD (New York) Caryn S. Pearlstein, MD (Richmond) Michael A. Pell, MD (Erie)
Frederick A. Pereira, MD (Queens) James Edward Perle, MD (Steuben) Mark Franklyn Perry, MD (Erie)
Gregory L. Pinto, MD (Saratoga) Paul Anthony Pipia, MD (Nassau)
Simone B. Piraino, MD (Schenectady)
Michael Anthony Pisacano, MD (Bronx)
Alan Plumer, MD (Orange) David Podwall, MD (Nassau)
Barry Rabin, MD, MPH, MBA (Onondaga) Stanley Lewis Rabinowitz, MD (Nassau) Seema Dinker Rai, MD (Nassau) Thakor C. Rana, MD (Bronx)
Paula Ann Randolph, MD (New York) Tal Raviv, MD (New York)
Amed A. Rawanduzy, MD (New York) Iwona Rawinis, MD (Nassau)
Bonnie S. Reichman, MD (New York) Gene D. Resnick, MD (Westchester) William B. Rosenblatt, MD (New York) Jesse Samuel Rosenthal, MD (New York) Lawrence Rosman, MD (Queens)
Charles Rothberg, MD (Suffolk)
Malcolm Zachary Roth, MD (Albany) Adam Lance Rubinstein, MD (Dutchess) Richard Joseph Ruh, MD (Erie)
Peter Gordon Sack, MD (Bronx) Virginia Sadock, MD (New York) Paul D. Salzberg, MD (Sullivan) Tristan Timothy Sands, MD (New York) Bharat Sanghavi, MD (New York) Noaman Sanni, MD (Jefferson) Sateesh K. Satchidanand, MD (Erie) Richard Andrew Saunders, MD (Warren) Ann E. Schapiro, MD (Erie)
Lawrence Leslie Scharer, MD (New York) Howard L. Scheiner, MD (Richmond) Karen W. Schick, MD (Saratoga) Freya Ruth Schnabel, MD (Kings)
Ann Whitney Schongalla, MD (New York) Steven D. Schwaitzberg, MD (Erie) Steven S. Schwalbe, MD (Queens) Steven D. Schwartz, MD (Ulster) Luis Enrique Seija, Jr., MD (New York) Alexander Z. Selioutski, MD (Chautauqua)
Joseph R. Sellers, MD,FAAP,FACP (Schoharie)
William Joseph Sellers, DO (Suffolk) Jose I. Serruya, MD (Queens)
Gavin Setzen, MD (Albany) Nancy A. Shaheen, MD (Oneida) Charles A. Shapiro, MD (Bronx)
Gabrielle Leslie Shapiro, MD (New York) Nella Shapiro, MD (Bronx)
Chandra M. Sharma, MD (New York) Jay R. Shayevitz, MD (Nassau)
Bernadette L. Sheridan, MD (Kings) Tara L. Sherman, MD (New York) Kent Shinbach, MD (New York) Abraham Shulman, MD (Queens) Robert M. Siegel, MD (New York) Peter Todd Simonson, MD (Rockland) Meriamne B. Singer, MD (New York) Allen C. Small, MD (Queens)
Neal Todd Smith, MD (Wayne) Barney Softness, MD (New York) Ronald Solomon, MD (Kings) Peter L. Sosnow, MD (Albany) John Forrestel Sperling, MD (Oneida) Gary Spierer, MD (Richmond)
Elbert K. St. Claire, III, MD (New York) Mark Stamm, MD (Orange)
Cynthia A. Steinem, MD (Onondaga) David Hugh Stemerman, MD (Westchester) William H. Stephan, MD (Erie)
Michelle A. Stern, MD (Bronx)
Penny Maureen Stern, MD MPH (Queens) Anne Marie Stilwell, MD (Richmond) Richard Robert Stout, MD (Ontario) Scott Robert Strumpfler, MD (Nassau) M. Monica Sweeney, MD MPH (Kings)
Zebulon Charles Taintor, MD (New York)
Joseph John Tartaglia, MD (Westchester) Jay D. Tartell, MD (Queens)
Kevin Tehrani, MD (New York)
Anthony John Terraciano, MD (Bronx) Kimberly Ann Clare Ticknor, MD (Dutchess) Beatrice H. Tsao, MD (Schenectady)
Sam Louis Unterricht, MD (Kings) Brenda L. Van Nest
Michele P. Verga, MD (New York) Franco E. Vigna, MD (Erie) David Vilabrera, MD (Queens) Frank J. Voelker, MD (Erie) Brian L. Vogel, MD (Nassau) Stacey A. Watt, MD (Erie)
Peter K. Wayne, MD (Westchester) Steven J. Wein, MD (New York)
Paul Stevens Whitehead, MD (Ontario) Wayne Whitmore, M.D. (New York) Jennifer Wilks
Richard Marc Wind, MD (New York) Duncan Forbes Winter, MD (Franklin) David Jeffrey Wlody, MD (New York)
Thaddeus Stephen Wojcik, MD (Cattaraugus) Kevin Earl Wright, MD (New York)
Amir Yamani, MD (Westchester) George Chi-Chiao Yang, MD (New York) Ira L. Zackon, MD (Rensselaer)
Les A. Zakrzewski, MD (Erie) Luis Carlos Zapata, MD (Queens) Su Zhan, MD (Erie)
Michelle J. Zweifler, MD (New York) Jonathan Zwerling, MD (Queens)
County PAC Members '20 08/01/19 -09/30/20 PAC Members '21 09/14/20 - 07/31/21 Member Change '21-'20 Society Members 2021 (04/14/21) Ratio of Members to Potential 2019-2020 20 Revenue M & NM 21 Revenue M & NM (4/14/21) Revenue Change '21-'20 Albany 6 11 5 399 3% $ 4,275 $ 2,013 $ (2,262) Allegany 0 1 1 5 20% $ - $ 175 $ 175 Bronx 20 15 -5 232 6% $ 6,975 $ 3,970 $ (3,005) Broome 8 2 -6 139 1% $ 4,213 $ 425 $ (3,788) Cattaraugus 2 2 0 21 10% $ 350 $ 350 $ - Cayuga 3 2 -1 18 11% $ 395 $ 350 $ (45) Chautauqua 7 3 -4 64 5% $ 1,716 $ 525 $ (1,191) Chemung 0 0 0 26 0% $ - $ - $ - Chenango 0 1 1 14 7% $ - $ 175 $ 175 Clinton 1 1 0 28 4% $ 100 $ 175 $ 75 Columbia 1 1 0 13 8% $ 175 $ 175 $ - Cortland 0 0 0 8 0% $ - $ - $ - Delaware 0 0 0 8 0% $ - $ - $ - Dutchess 5 6 1 120 5% $ 3,110 $ 5,975 $ 2,865 Erie 78 40 -38 880 5% $ 16,381 $ 11,850 $ (4,531) Essex 0 0 0 17 0% $ - $ - $ - Franklin 4 3 -1 19 16% $ 2,520 $ 1,658 $ (862)
Fulton 0 1 1 17 6% $ - $ 175 $ 175 Genesee 0 0 0 13 0% $ - $ - $ - Greene 0 0 0 3 0% $ - $ - $ - Hamilton 0 0 0 0 0% $ - $ - $ - Herkimer 0 0 0 19 0% $ - $ - $ - Jefferson 1 1 0 148 1% $ 1,000 $ 175 $ (825) Kings 38 24 -14 931 3% $ 12,895 $ 5,110 $ (7,785) Lewis 0 0 0 3 0% $ - $ - $ - Livingston 2 1 -1 8 13% $ 350 $ 175 $ (175) Madison 1 1 0 22 5% $ 175 $ 175 $ - Monroe 8 1 -7 785 0% $ 8,475 $ 100 $ (8,375) Montgomery 0 2 2 16 13% $ - $ 263 $ 263 Nassau 20 19 -1 4105 0% $ 7,650 $ 4,715 $ (2,935) New York 96 94 -2 1749 5% $ 24,033 $ 17,788 $ (6,245) Niagara 2 1 -1 58 2% $ 350 $ 175 $ (175) Oneida 13 7 -6 132 5% $ 1,935 $ 1,225 $ (710) Onondaga 12 6 -6 603 1% $ 6,680 $ 1,385 $ (5,295) Ontario 3 3 0 31 10% $ 275 $ 375 $ 100 Orange 10 5 -5 120 4% $ 1,875 $ 788 $ (1,087) Orleans 0 0 0 8 0% $ - $ - $ - Oswego 1 1 0 26 4% $ 510 $ 175 $ (335) Otsego 1 0 -1 262 0% $ 400 $ - $ (400) Putnam 2 0 -2 16 0% $ 275 $ - $ (275) Queens 32 24 -8 1439 2% $ 12,101 $ 6,279 $ (5,822) Rensselaer 1 1 0 54 2% $ 175 $ 175 $ - Richmond 14 9 -5 209 4% $ 3,188 $ 770 $ (2,418) Rockland 4 3 -1 101 3% $ 575 $ 288 $ (287) St. Lawrence 0 0 0 121 0% $ - $ - $ - Saratoga 6 6 0 81 7% $ 8,550 $ 2,498 $ (6,052) Schenectady 8 7 -1 142 5% $ 2,225 $ 1,225 $ (1,000) Schoharie 3 3 0 21 14% $ 4,305 $ 2,035 $ (2,270) Schuyler 0 0 0 3 0% $ - $ - $ - Seneca 0 0 0 5 0% $ - $ - $ - Steuben 0 1 1 14 7% $ - $ 175 $ 175 Suffolk 22 8 -14 2164 0% $ 13,300 $ 6,055 $ (7,245) Sullivan 1 1 0 16 6% $ 1,110 $ 598 $ (512) Tioga 0 0 0 0 0% $ - $ - $ - Tompkins 5 4 -1 71 6% $ 1,575 $ 700 $ (875) Ulster 3 2 -1 36 6% $ 525 $ 350 $ (175) Warren 6 7 1 58 12% $ 1,085 $ 721 $ (364) Washington 0 0 0 4 0% $ - $ - $ - Wayne 3 3 0 11 27% $ 3,025 $ 1,063 $ (1,962) Westchester 32 23 -9 1070 2% $ 13,382 $ 3,943 $ (9,439) Wyoming 1 1 0 9 11% $ 175 $ 175 $ - Yates 1 1 0 2 50% $ 175 $ 88 $ (87) Members 487 359 -128 16717 2% $ 172,558 $ 87,753 $ (84,805) Non-Members 23 13 -10 $ 8,980 $ 10,905 $ 1,925 Totals 510 372 $ 181,538 $ 98,658 $ (82,880)
