PRESS RELEASE
MARK S. FARNUM, PA-C APPOINTED CHIEF OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS AT NEW ENGLAND SINAI HOSPITAL
STOUGHTON,
MA – New England Sinai President and CEO Lester P. Schindel has
announced the appointment and promotion of Mark S. Farnum, PA-C as Chief
of Physician Assistants. Sinai Chief Medical Officer, Lawrence
S. Hotes, MD, noted Farnum’s exceptional performance after being
promoted to Assistant Chief Physician Assistant in April 2006 and as
Physician Assistant during his twelve-year career at Sinai. “Since
1994, Farnum has been a valuable member of the Sinai medical staff, and
his steady advancement reflects his dedication and long-term commitment
to patients and their families,” said Dr. Hotes. Farnum is a resident
of Marshfield, MA.
Prior to his appointment at Sinai, Farnum served at Brockton Veteran’s Administration Hospital in a Physician Assistant Clerkship. He is a graduate of Essex Community College in Baltimore, Maryland with an associate degree in Clinical Science in the Physician Assistant Program and holds a bachelor of science degree in health education from Springfield College in Springfield, MA. Farnum is a member of the Massachusetts Academy of Physician Assistants. While a student at Essex, Farnum completed clinical rotations in Ambulatory Medicine at Johns Hopkins and rotations in Emergency Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology and General Surgery at other Maryland area hospitals.
Farnum’s early professional experience includes working as a Health Education Coordinator in the Marshfield and Medway, MA Public Schools, as a Teacher-Trainer at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health in Worcester, a Health Educator at the Women, Infants and Children Program in Hyannis, MA and as a Nursing Assistant at Providence Hospital in Holyoke, MA.
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New England Sinai Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, a 212-bed,
non-sectarian, not-for-profit, long-term acute-care hospital with its
main campus in Stoughton, MA and inpatient satellite units in Boston
and Dorchester. Recognized as a regional leader in pulmonary, medically
complex and acute rehabilitation care, Sinai also offers a wide range
of outpatient programs and services. Sinai is a teaching affiliate
of Tufts University School of Medicine.
Carole Herrup
Public Relations Director
New England Sinai Hospital
150 York Street
Stoughton, MA 02072
Tel. 781-297-1329
FAX: 781-297-7509