Hanover, Md., USA - July 24, 2010, Hanover, Md., USA - Conmed Healthcare Management announced several management appointments and retirement of Howard M. Haft, executive vice president and chief medical officer, effective September 1.
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Dr. Haft founded Conmed in 1984 with Ronald Grubman to provide medical services to offenders incarcerated at the St. Mary's County, Maryland, Detention Center. In 2007, Dr. Haft played a critical role in the transition of the operation, and assumed the title of Chief Medical Officer.
Dr. Haft has been a pioneer in the field of electronic medical records and remains an active advocate for this important initiative, consistent with his ongoing interest and work in maximizing the quality and efficiency of patient care within the facilities served by Conmed.
The company announced that Dr. Robert Younes has been named Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Younes has been associated with Conmed since November 2007, and currently serves as the Regional Medical Director for Conmed’s Mid-Atlantic Region (Maryland and Virginia sites).
Prior to coming to Conmed, Dr. Younes served as Medical Director at the Medical Education Center Primary Care Clinic of the Northern Virginia Community College, overseeing the delivery of services to more than 20,000 patients.
Dr. Younes also serves on the Board of Governors (Emeritus) of the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Dr. Younes received his medical degree from McGill University in Montreal, Canada and is a Fellow of the American College of Health Care Executives.
The company has also announced that Dr. Stephen B. Goldberg, President and Founder of Correctional Mental Health Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Conmed, will assume the additional corporate position of Executive Vice President.
Dr. Goldberg is Board Certified in Psychiatry and has added Board qualifications in Forensic Psychiatry. He holds teaching appointments at the University of Maryland’s School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Walter Reed Medical Center.
Dr. Goldberg completed his undergraduate training at the University of Florida and attended Medical School at the University of Colorado. He did his Psychiatric Residency training at the University of Maryland and completed a fellowship in the combined University of Maryland/Johns Hopkins Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program.
Dr. Goldberg was the Director of Admissions, the Director of Pretrial Services and Associate Medical Director at Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center, the maximum security State Psychiatric Hospital in Maryland. During his time at Clifton T. Perkins, Dr. Goldberg was one of the primary instructors for the University of Maryland/Johns Hopkins Forensic Fellowship Program. He also concurrently held the position of Director of Psychiatry at the Baltimore County Detention Center. ■