[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 183 (Monday, December 23, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1909]
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                    HONORING SCARSDALE MEDICAL GROUP

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, December 23, 2013

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, the Scarsdale Medical Group began in 1957 
when Kenneth Roth, MD, joined Herman Tarnower, MD, and John Cannon MD, 
both of whom had been associated since World War II, to start a 
practice of medicine in Scarsdale Village.
  After his return from military service in the late 1950s, Tarnower 
purchased land near the ``five corners'' in Scarsdale and erected a 
two-story medical building at 259 Heathcote Road. He envisioned a six-
member medical group of internists with varying subspecialties. The 
building was finished in 1960 and its roster of six physicians was 
completed by July 1961, with the addition of Roderick A. Granzen, MD, 
and James L. Carvelas, MD--internists who had been in practice in White 
Plains--and Marvin M. Lipman, MD, fresh out of a research fellowship.
  That nucleus remained intact for nearly 15 years, when three more 
doctors joined. In 1980, tragedy struck when Tarnower, who had achieved 
international fame as the author of The Scarsdale Medical Diet, was 
murdered.
  Over the following years five of the original members left and five 
others joined. Of the original members only Dr. Lipman remains.
  With the start of this century SMG grew exponentially, adding 31 
physicians in 10 years.
  By 2007, the need for expansion was acute. Space was leased on 
Mamaroneck Avenue in Harrison, allowing the Heathcote Road property to 
be temporarily vacated for needed repairs.
  SMG's growth was steered by a committee of several members of the 
partnership and the executive director, Maria Trusa. She joined SMG in 
1987 as a medical assistant, advanced to manager by 1992, and was named 
Executive Director.
  Over the 57 years, SMG has served Scarsdale and the surrounding 
community, growing from the original six physicians to its present 
complement of 39. SMG expanded to treat patients after hours and on 
weekends and holidays. For urgent care, no appointment is necessary. 
SMG renders primary care, plus dermatology, neurology, nutrition and 
podiatry services as well as virtually all of the subspecialties of 
internal medicine, and obstetrics/gynecology services.
  In 2012, SMG was awarded the designation of Medical Home by the 
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality of the Department of Health 
and Human Services.
  I congratulate the Scarsdale Medical Group on its decades of medical 
service to the community and celebrate the reopening of their Heathcote 
Road offices, allowing even more services for Scarsdale and its 
environs.

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