Page 8 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • February 19, 2014 Area Sederer to speak at Friends of BVMI luncheon Friends of BVMI, a community edu- cational and outreach group that supports Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative, Inc., will hold its Third Annual Spring Lun- cheon on Thursday, April 24 from noon to 2 p.m. at the Hackensack Golf Club at 880 Soldier Hill Road in Oradell. Tickets to the luncheon are $60 per person, with plus-giving levels for Patrons at $75 and Benefactors at $100. Psychiatrist, public health professional, and author Lloyd Sederer, MD, will be the featured luncheon speaker. Dr. Sederer is currently medical director of the New York State Office of Mental Health, the country’s largest state mental health system. In that capacity, he oversees an annual budget of $3.5 billion that sup- ports more than 700,000 people through a network of 24 hospitals, 90 clinics, two research institutes and other community services. Sederer is a former medical director and executive vice president of McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts, one of the world’s foremost psychiatric hos- pitals and a teaching hospital of Harvard University Medical School. He is also an adjunct professor at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University Medical Center. The author of seven text- books and more than 350 professional articles and reports, he lectures across the country and around the world to fami- lies of people with mental illness, and to mental health policy makers, government officials, and other professionals. He is the first medical editor of The Huffing- ton Post/AOL, where he writes frequently about mental health and addictions, and provides movie and book reviews. He was recently named mental health advi- sor to upwave, Turner Broadcasting’s new multi-media platform for health and Lloyd Sederer, MD wellness. His website, www.askdrlloyd. com, is dedicated to helping individuals, and their families, get the care they need to recover from mental illness and addic- tions. At the luncheon, Dr. Sederer will talk about “Helping Families Help a Loved One with Mental Illness.” His recently published book, “The Family Guide to Mental Health Care” (Foreword by Glenn Close, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, 2013), will be available for purchase and signing. BVMI provides free primary and preventive medical care to low-income, working residents of Bergen County who do not have health insurance or the means to pay for care. BVMI is a 501 (c) (3) non- profit organization, completely dependent on contributed income from individuals, businesses, community groups, and foun- dation grants. Friends of BVMI was established in 2011 to promote and support the mission of BVMI through community outreach and fundraising and to offer enrichment opportunities to its members. For more information about Friends of BVMI and to reserve space at the April 24 luncheon, e-mail friends@bvmi.net or call Kathleen DiGiulio at (201) 342-2478. Medical practice (continued from page 5) The board determined that the prac- tice, as now being operated, did not meet the criteria of the original resolution under which Dr. Sutter operated. Therefore, said board attorney Darryl Siss, the applicant would have to decide whether to operate with one physician or apply to the board for a variance. Meanwhile, Mancinelli said, the prac- tice had scheduled appointments for the immediate future, which would not be easy to reschedule. He said he would speak to Berninger to determine how to work within the parameters of what is permitted.