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Mary Infantino Joins the Staff of the Heart, Diabetes & Weight Loss Centers of New York

November 10, 2005

Mary Infantino RN, PhD, a Doctor of Nursing and Board Certified in Advanced Practice (APRN-BC), has joined the staff of Dr. Frederic J. Vagnini’s Heart, Diabetes & Weight Loss Centers of Manhattan and Westbury, Long Island. The Centers are dedicated to prevention and nutrition in the treatment of cardiovascular-related disease, including hypertension, diabetes, and obesity.

Dr. Infantino (“Mary”), a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Molloy College and Aldephi University, has assumed a full range of patient care responsibilities in the Centers; these include intake physicals, diagnostics, prescriptions – in general, assisting Dr. Vagnini in most aspects of patient care as well as providing consulting and health education programs. She brings to the Centers extensive experience in adult women’s health and is certified as an Adult Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Association and the New York State Nurses Association.

At the Centers, Dr. Infantino she will direct the Woman’s Health and Alzheimer’s Prevention and Evaluation Programs. An avid gardener, Dr. Infantino has published “Gardening: A Strategy for Health Promotion in Older Women” (Journal of New York State Nurses Association, Winter/2005), in addition to numerous articles and presentations before professional groups.

Dr. Vagnini’s Centers, established in 1988, provide diagnostic and preventive services to patients based on the sound knowledge that heart attacks and strokes can be prevented. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Vagnini conducts a weekly health education radio call-in show on WOR 710, Sundays 4 PM, and is the author of several books, the latest of which is 30 Minutes a Day to a Healthy Heart (Readers Digest Books, 2005).