Dr. Kevin Cichocki to Be Honored by ECMC Lifeline Foundation

    WEST SENECA, NY, May 16, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The ECMC Lifeline Foundation has chosen Dr. Kevin Cichocki, D.C., as the Lifeline Chairman's Distinguished Service Honoree. He will accept the award at the annual Springfest banquet to be held May 16, 2009 in Buffalo. More than 640 members of the medical, professional, and business community are expected to attend the event to see him receive this honor.

"As immediate past chair of the ECMC Corporation Board of Directors, Dr. Cichocki is credited with transforming the medical center into a fiscally stable entity no longer dependent on the county for subsidies - thus saving jobs and hundred of millions of taxpayer dollars," said Gia Alessandra Coone, Executive Director of the ECMC Lifeline Foundation. "This financial security combined with a superior management team has given the hospital its current reputation as Western New York's medical center of excellence. As chairman, Dr. Cichocki guided the institution in negotiations with New York State's Berger Commission and the subsequent merger process with Kaleida Health while ensuring that the medical center and our staff were properly recognized in the new Great Lakes Health System."

"I was extraordinarily pleased Dr. Cichocki has been selected to receive the ECMC Lifeline Foundation award," said Paul Candino, CEO of Palladian Health. "He has the compassion to understand needs of patients and the acumen to ensure those needs are addressed on a large scale. His skills as a problem solver, negotiator, and bridge builder would be invaluable to any institution, but are critical to health care organizations going through historic change. This much deserved honor is a testament to his contributions to patient care. Palladian Muscular Skeletal Health is fortunate to have a founder with the vision of Dr. Kevin Cichocki."

"It is a great honor to receive this award and I look forward to continuing my work on ECMC's behalf," said Dr. Cichocki.

Springfest 2009 Benefitting ECMC Lifeline Foundation will be held on the evening of May 16, 2009, at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo.

About Dr. Cichocki

Kevin Cichocki, DC, is in private practice at the Lancaster Depew Chiropractic Clinic outside Buffalo, New York. He is also Founder and Chief Clinical Officer of Palladian Muscular Skeletal Health, a managed care organization. At Palladian Health, Dr. Cichocki oversees the development of proprietary clinical care algorithms integrating physical therapy, chiropractic, and physical health and fitness with primary care to eliminate duplication of services and reduce healthcare costs. Dr. Cichocki is Vice Chairman of the Board of the Erie County Medical Center. He was a leader in establishing one of the first in house chiropractic clinics in the nation at the hospital. He is a past President and former board member of the New York State Chiropractic Association, where he helped define the association's legislative agenda. While president he actively participated in the drive to create and pass the Insurance Equality Law, which affords chiropractic care to residents of New York State. He was a speaker at the Congressional Health Care Reform Forum and is Chairman of the Scoliosis Committee. Dr. Cichocki is an active member of many civic organizations, including the Chamber of Commerce, the Boys & Girls Club of Lancaster, St. Mary's High School, and the Buffalo Zoological Society. He received his Doctorate and Bachelors of Chiropractic degrees from National College of Chiropractic and an undergraduate biology degree from Canisius College.

About Palladian Health

Headquartered near Buffalo, N.Y., Palladian is a unique comprehensive, muscular skeletal service provider that integrates physical therapy, chiropractic and physical health and fitness with physician primary and secondary care to provide optimal outcomes for health plan clients and their members. Palladian's focus is on medical specialties that address muscular skeletal injuries in conjunction with ongoing wellness and care coordination. Palladian's integrated clinical approach facilitates optimum health outcomes which result in high levels of satisfaction and cost savings for members, providers and health plans. All told, Palladian Health serves more than 5 million members.

About the ECMC Lifeline Foundation, Inc.

The ECMC Lifeline Foundation, Inc. is the not for profit, 501 (c) (3) corporation whose mission is to assist Erie County Medical Center Corporation (ECMCC) in procuring the resources needed to be the Medical Center of choice through excellence in patient care and customer service. The Lifeline Foundation is the recognized means by which donors can support the medical center's patient care services. These gifts come in many forms, including cash donations, proceeds from community benefits, corporate contributions and matching gifts, United Way donor choice designations, planned gifts, and grants.

For more information about Springfest 2009 or the ECMC Lifeline Foundation - please contact Gia Alessandra Coone at 716 898-5800 or see www.ecmc.edu.

For more information contact Palladian Health at (716) 712 2722 or see palladianhealth.com.

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