TAMI SCOTT has joined Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt as marketing and administrative assistant. She has worked as an editor and writer for more than a decade. Scott studied communications at SUNY Oswego. 

SUNDEEP JASSAR, M.D., a board-certified physician specializing in family medicine, has joined St. Joseph’s Health. He completed his residency at St. Joseph’s Health and will continue to provide quality care to St. Joseph’s Health patients as a hospitalist. Jassar earned his doctor of medicine from Ross University in Dominica, West Indies and his bachelor’s degree in physical science and biological sciences from the University of Alberta in Alberta, Canada. Jassar is also working toward a master’s degree in public health from the University at Albany. He is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and has been a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians since 2014. Jassar assumed his role in late 2020 and is seeing patients at St. Joseph’s Health Hospital.

LINDSAY HOWARD, D.O. has also joined St. Joseph’s Health. She earned her doctor of osteopathic medicine from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Erie, Pennsylvania and her bachelor’s degree in integrative neuroscience from Binghamton University. She completed her residency in psychiatry at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon. During this training Howard served as a chief resident. Prior to returning to Central New York and joining St. Joseph’s Health, Howard, an Oswego native, worked in an outpatient clinic in Portland, Oregon. During this time, she provided medication management, psychotherapy, and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). Howard was board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in 2020. She assumed her role in late 2020 and is seeing patients at St. Joseph’s Hospital’s Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP).

JOSHUA PITICARU, M.D., has also come aboard St. Joseph’s Health. He earned his doctor of medicine degree from the University of Toronto and completed his residency at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University’s Waterloo Regional Campus. During his residency, he served as the chief medical resident at Juravinski Hospital in Hamilton, Canada and earned the Hui Lee Senior Medical Resident Award. Prior to joining St. Joseph’s Health, Piticaru completed a fellowship in adult critical care also with McMaster University during which he engaged in multiple research endeavors, led educational initiatives, and contributed to the COVID-19 pandemic task force. His ongoing interests are quality improvement in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) and innovation in invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation. Piticaru joined St. Joseph’s Health in late 2020 and is seeing patients in the ICU at St. Joseph’s Hospital.

DOROTHY SUSICE recently retired from Carthage Area Hospital after 37 years of dedicated service. She worked on the hospital’s former Skilled Nursing Unit for 34 of her 37 years. Susice started out as an aide, then became a unit coordinator for 23 years before the unit was closed in 2017. She transitioned to medical records, where she finished her professional career as medical-records clerk. 

EMILY GRAY has recently joined Hancock Estabrook, LLP as an associate attorney. She will practice in the firm’s Trusts & Estates and Elder Law & Special Needs practices and will focus on assisting clients with wills, trusts, estate planning, and retirement planning. Gray received her law degree from Albany Law School and her bachelor’s degree from Hartwick College. She is admitted to practice in New York state.

Gear Motions has hired MIKE TOPER as director of business development. In this new position, he will be responsible for strategic business development to identify and create business markets and opportunities. Toper brings with him 20 years of experience in the industrial sector, with proven success in strategic planning and execution, and implementing new programs. Most recently, he served as the Northeast sales manager for Gerard Daniel Worldwide.