Donna Denier, MD, FACC, a cardiologist at South Nassau Communities Hospital, has been re-elected to serve a three-year term as District 2 Councilor for the New York State Chapter of the American College of Cardiology beginning in 2014. As councilor, her primary responsibility will be grassroots advocacy at the state and federal levels to discuss issues impacting the practice of cardiology and solutions to these issues with legislators. Dr. Denier is board-certified in cardiology and internal medicine and has served as chief of cardiology at another hospital prior to joining South Nassau Communities Hospital.

1. News From:
For Immediate Release March 28, 2013
Contact: Damian Becker, Manager of Media Relations
(516) 377-5370
Cardiologist Elected to Serve as a District Councilor
Of NY’s ACC Chapter
Oceanside, N.Y. — The New York State Chapter of the American College of Cardiology
recently announced that Donna Denier, MD, FACC, has been re-elected by its membership to
serve as the chapter’s District 2 Councilor. The three-year term begins at the close of 2013.
“I am grateful that my colleagues are putting their trust in me to do my part to ensure that
the organization fulfills its mission of providing quality educational programs and services and
leadership and advocacy that advances the field of Cardiology and facilitates practical, sensible
solutions to issues that affect the practice and advancement of cardiology in New York,” said Dr.
Denier.
Dr. Denier’s primary responsibility as a district councilor is grassroots advocacy at the
state and federal government levels. This includes scheduling meetings with local government as
well as state and federal legislators, including members of the state senate and assembly and U.S.
Congress, to discuss issues impacting the practice of cardiology and practical solutions to the
issues.
Dr. Denier is a clinical cardiologist at South Nassau Communities Hospital’s Center for
Cardiovascular Health. She is board-certified in cardiology and internal medicine. Prior to joining
South Nassau, Dr. Denier was in private practice in Franklin Square, NY and was also the chief of
cardiology at NSLIJ Health System-Franklin Hospital.
Dr. Denier is a fellow in the American College of Cardiology and the Nassau Academy of
Medicine and is a former member of the Congestive Heart Failure Task Force at North Shore/LIJ.
She earned a B.S. degree from Long Island University-C.W. Post and obtained her medical
degree from SUNY at Stony Brook School of Medicine. She completed both her residency and
cardiology fellowship at Winthrop University Hospital.
South Nassau Communities Hospital is one of the region’s largest hospitals, with 435
beds, more than 900 physicians and 3,000 employees. Located in Oceanside, NY, the hospital is
an acute-care, not-for-profit teaching hospital that provides state-of-the-art care in cardiac,

2. oncologic, orthopedic, bariatric, pain management, mental health and emergency services. In
addition to its extensive outpatient specialty centers, South Nassau provides emergency and
elective angioplasty and is the only hospital on Long Island with the Novalis Tx™ and Gamma
Knife® Perfexion radiosurgery technologies. South Nassau is a designated Stroke Center by the
New York State Department of Health and Comprehensive Community Cancer Center by the
American College of Surgeons and is recognized as a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence by
the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. For more information, visit
www.southnassau.org.
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