Two of Long Island's most accomplished business leaders, Butch Yamali and Wayne Lipton, have been designated co-honorees of South Nassau Communities Hospital's 32nd Annual Golf Outing to be held Monday, June 13.

1. News From:
For Immediate Release May 20, 2016
Contact: Damian Becker, Manager of Media Relations
South Nassau Communities Hospital
(516) 377-5370
Butch Yamali & Wayne Lipton to be Honored at
South Nassau’s 32nd
Annual Golf Outing
Oceanside, NY –Two of Long Island’s most accomplished business leaders, Butch Yamali and Wayne
Lipton, have been designated co-honorees of South Nassau Communities Hospital’s 32nd
Annual Golf Outing to
be held Monday, June 13, at The Seawane Club in Hewlett Harbor and Woodmere Club, Woodmere, NY.
A volunteer Golf Committee lead by co-chairs Tony Cancellieri, a South Nassau board member who also
is a vice president at Park Strategies, and Jeffrey Greenfield, managing member, NGL Group, LLC, are raising
funds to support South Nassau’s “Emergency Department Expansion Campaign,” which is nearing the halfway
point of its goal of raising $10 million to help fund the $60 million expansion and redesign project. The expansion
project will nearly double the space of the Oceanside Emergency Department, including a larger waiting area and
separate treatment areas for pediatric, geriatric and behavioral health patients.
“Butch and Wayne are loyal supporters of South Nassau’s mission to provide high-quality healthcare
services to the residents of the South Shore communities,” said South Nassau’s president and CEO, Richard J.
Murphy. “This honor is in recognition of their efforts in support of our mission and their leadership in the
business community and service in support of their communities.”
President of the Dover Group in Freeport, Mr. Yamali is a leading entrepreneur in the Long Island
catering and restaurant industry. Founder of one of the largest hospitality, catering, vending, and ice cream
providers in the metropolitan area, the Dover Group consists of a number of successful catering halls, restaurants
and businesses including Dover's latest acquisition, The Milleridge Inn in Jericho, The Coral House in Baldwin,
The Sands on Lido Beach Catering Hall, Malibu Shore Club, Camp Malibu, Maliblue Oyster Bar, Hudson’s on
the Mile, Dover Caterers, Quick Snack Vending, Dream Event Planning, Carnival Ice Cream and most recently,
and Peter's Clam Bar in Island Park.
Mr. Yamali has been the recipient of numerous awards, including honorary Chief of the Island Park Fire
Department (which he received last year),the Nassau County Republican Committee 2015 Business Man of the
Year, The Leadership Award from the Freeport Union Free School District and the Humanitarian Award from

2. the American Red Cross. Mr. Yamali’s firm – The Dover Group - also has agreed to be the exclusive Event
Underwriter for South Nassau’s 2016 golf outing.
Other key sponsors include: Axis Construction, Bartlett, McDonough & Monaghan, LLP, Caduceus, Inc,
First Nationwide Title Agency, Island Medical Management, L.E.B. Electric, Ltd, Signature Bank, Squad
Security, Inc. & Golf Committee Chairman Jeffrey Greenfield - Hot Dog Cart Underwriter.
This year’s co-honoree, Mr. Lipton, has nearly 40 years of experience in health care and business.
Founder of Concierge Choice Physicians, LLC, which he formed in 2005, his firm services physicians nationally
in marketing and administering concierge programs. The company operates in 23 states and is the second largest
management company of its kind in the nation. Prior to heading up Concierge Choice Physicians, he served as
chief operating officer for PhyMatrix, a public health care company. A Rockville Centre Resident since 1980,
Mr. Lipton owned and operated Richmind-Way Inc., a chain of discount drug stores for almost twenty years. The
Company had its main office and largest store on Sunrise Highway in Rockville Centre.
In addition to his successes in healthcare and business, Mr. Lipton has been active in various Rockville
Centre civic efforts. Named to South Nassau’s Board of Directors in the spring of 2013, Mr. Lipton also serves
as the president of the Rockville Centre Guild for the Arts. Previously, he served on the RVC Planning Board for
10 years and acted as chairman for eight years, and served two terms on the Rockville Centre Board of Trustees
with Mayor Eugene J. Murray. For six of those eight years he served as deputy mayor. Mr. Lipton also served
on both the Boards of Temple B’nai Shalom and Central Synagogue of Nassau County. He was a Founding
Board Member of the RVC Education Foundation.
When completed, the South Nassau Emergency Department expansion project will increase the
Emergency Department’s square footage from 16,000 to 30,000 square feet, increasing its overall size by 87%
and giving it the necessary room to accommodate a projected 80,000 patient visits each year. The Emergency
Department currently sees some 65,000 patients a year but was designed to handle 35,000 annually.
Serving all residents of the South Shore from Queens to Suffolk, South Nassau’s Emergency Services
Department is the busiest community hospital emergency room in Nassau County, realizing an 8.5 percent
increase in patient visits in 2013. Praised for its efficiency and responsiveness to the needs of patients, the
department’s staff includes board-certified, residency-trained emergency medicine physicians as well as nurses
and physicians' assistants who have been specially-trained in emergency medical care.
The department is a New York State Department of Health regional Stroke Center and is southern
Nassau County’s only Trauma Level II Center. The department has over 35 large independent treatment bays,
specialty treatment areas as well as its own dedicated Computerized Radiology Suite for rapid access for testing
and results.
Designated a Magnet® hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), South Nassau®
Communities Hospital is one of the region’s largest hospitals, with 455 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, oncologic, orthopedic, bariatric, pain management, mental health and

3. 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®
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 an accredited
center of the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Association and Quality Improvement Program. In addition, the
hospital has been awarded the Joint Commission’s gold seal of approval as a Top Performer on Key Quality
Measures, including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and surgical care; and disease-specific care for hip and
joint replacement, wound care and end-stage renal disease. For more information, visit www.southnassau.org.
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