MINUTES OF MEETING
STATE OF CONNECTICUT
MEDICAL EXAMINING BOARD
FRIDAY, February 9, 2018

A Meeting of the Medical Examining Board was held on Friday, February 9, 2018, at the Office of the State Comptroller, 55 Elm Street, Room 208, Hartford, Connecticut, 06106.

PRESENT:
Kamel Ghandour, M.D., CHAIRPERSON
J. Robert Galvin, M.D.
Nikolai Lieders, M. D.

ABSENT:
Richard Blum, M.D.
Debra Pollack, M.D.
Lynn Rudich, M.D.
Manny Katsetos, M.D.
Amarjeet Dargan, M.D.

OTHERS PRESENT:
Colin Newman, Assistant Retirement Division Director
Annette Sadlowski, Supervisor Disability Retirement
Tanya Jasper, Retirement Disability Unit
Faith Murray, Investigations & Recovery Unit
Cindy Cieslak, General Counsel to the Commission Ford Harrison

Please note that a portion of the meeting was conducted in executive session as the focus of the meeting was the medical condition(s) of each Disability Retirement applicant.

CALL TO ORDER

The Chairperson called meeting to order at 9:13 am.

Dr. Ghandour motioned to go into the Executive Session to discuss medical condition(s) related to the applications for Disability Retirement, seconded by Dr. Lieders at 9:14 a.m. Members of the Retirement Services Division, and the General Counsel to the Commission were invited to stay during Executive Session. There was a brief break from 10:37 am until 10:42 am. Colin Newman left the meeting at 11:04 a.m. and returned 11:36 a.m.

1. Joseph Defrancesco and Attorney Jeffrey Ment appeared before the Board at 10:43 am. They made a statement and then they were excused by the Board at 11:10 a.m.
2. David Opuszynski and Attorney Amado Vargas appeared before the Board at 11:57 a.m. They made a statement and then they were excused by the Board at 12:12 p.m.
3. Jennifer Paventi and Attorney Amado Vargas appeared before the Board at 12:26 p.m. They made a statement and then they were excused by the Board at 12:33 p.m.
4. Daniel Sivori and Attorney Robert Krzys appeared before the Board at 12:42 p.m. They made a statement and were excused by the Board at 1:08 p.m.

Dr. Ghandour motioned to come out of Executive Session, seconded by Dr. Lieders at 1:10 pm.

DAVID CALLAGHAN         D-6758         CONTINUED ENTITLEMENT (RECONSIDERATION)
Dr. Ghandour moved, seconded by Dr. Lieders, to table the disability retirement of David Callaghan. Motion approved unanimously.

JOSEPH DEFRANCESCO         D-9412         CONTINUED ENTITLEMENT (RECONSIDERATION)
Dr. Ghandour moved, seconded by Dr. Lieders, to stand by the Board?s previous decision to discontinue the disability retirement of Joseph Defrancesco. Motion approved unanimously.

DAVID OPUSZYNSKI         D-9306         CONTINUED ENTITLEMENT (RECONSIDERATION)
Dr. Ghandour moved, seconded by Dr. Lieders, to table the disability retirement of David Opuszynski. Motion approved unanimously.

JENNIFER PAVENTI         D-10373         CONTINUED ENTITLEMENT (RECONSIDERATION)
Dr. Ghandour moved, seconded by Dr. Lieders, to stand by the Board?s previous decision to discontinue the disability retirement of Jennifer Paventi. Motion approved unanimously.

DANIEL SIVORI         D-10620         CONTINUED ENTITLEMENT (RECONSIDERATION)
Dr. Ghandour moved, seconded by Dr. Lieders, to continue the disability retirement of Daniel Sivori. Motion approved unanimously.

ADJOURNMENT:

Dr. Ghandour moved, seconded by Dr. Lieders to adjourn the meeting at 1:13 pm.

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