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WMCHealth Physician Honored for Work with Civilian Casualties
During his early training in medicine, Dr. Al-Mufti treated civilian casualties during the Iraq war.
VALHALLA, NY (September, 2023) – Westchester Medical Center’s Fawaz Al-Mufti, MD, has received a 2023 Doctors of Distinction award in the Doctors Without Boundaries category from the Westfair Business Journal. He was honored at an awards presentation at VIP County Club in New Rochelle on September 21, 2023.
Dr. Al-Mufti is one of the few triple-trained, board-certified neurologists, neurointensivists, and neuroendovascular surgeons in the country.
He is also Associate Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Radiology, Associate Chair of Neurology for Research and Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education Research at New York Medical College.
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During his early training in medicine, Dr. Al-Mufti treated civilian casualties during the Iraq war. His wartime experience in emergency medicine inspired him to deliver urgent care to under-resourced communities in conflict zones around the world at Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières.
Westchester Medical Center congratulates Dr. Al-Mufti with this incredible award and all his hard work.
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About Westchester Medical Center Health Network
The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is a 1,700-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with nine hospitals on seven campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 13,000 people and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians. The Network has Level I (adult and pediatric), Level II and Level III trauma centers, the region’s only acute care children’s hospital, an academic medical center, several community hospitals, dozens of specialized institutes and centers, Comprehensive and Primary Stroke Centers, skilled nursing, assisted living facilities, home-care services and one of the largest mental health systems in New York State. Today, WMCHealth is the pre-eminent provider of integrated health care in the Hudson Valley. For more information about WMCHealth, visit WMCHealth.org or follow WMCHealth on Facebook.com/WMCHealth or Instagram.com/WMCHealth.
