Le Moyne College has named JOSEPH GRASSO VP for finance and administration. He comes to the college after serving 14 years as associate dean for finance, administration, and corporate relations at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Grasso brings more than 25 years of total experience in higher education to the role, also having worked in positions at Colgate University, Allegheny College, the University of Virginia, and Washington and Lee University. He served on Le Moyne’s board of trustees and the advisory board of the Madden School of Business. Grasso has worked closely with faculty and academic leadership in all his roles, and he regularly taught graduate and undergraduate students during his time at Cornell. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from St. Lawrence University and a master’s degree in industrial and labor relations from Cornell.

WASEEM AHANGAR has joined St. Joseph’s Health Hospital. He joins a team of pulmonary experts at St. Joseph’s Health who provide specialized care to the Central New York community. Dr. Ahangar is a board-certified physician trained in pulmonary disease and critical care. He completed a three-year pulmonary and critical care fellowship program at the Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, where he trained as a clinical researcher, a medical practitioner, and leader in pulmonary medicine and critical care. Prior to joining St. Joseph’s Health, Dr. Ahangar served as an attending physician at Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Associates in Media, Pennsylvania, where he treated patients with pulmonary issues. Prior to that, Dr. Ahangar treated COVID-19 patients in critical condition at Northside Hospital Gwinnett in Lawrenceville, Georgia. He holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (or MBBS degree) from Government Medical College, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir in Sringar, India. Ahanger completed his internal-medicine residency at Mercy Catholic Medical Center in Darby, Pennsylvania, and is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in pulmonary disease and critical care. He is seeing new patients at St. Joseph’s Health Hospital. Dr. Ahangar is also accepting new pulmonary patients at his practice, St. Joseph’s Physicians Pulmonology, located at 7250 Janus Park Drive in Liverpool.