The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)
Institute announces appointment, new hire
HARTFORD –The Hartford HealthCare Ayer Neuroscience Institute recently named Amy Sanders, MD, MS, FAAN, as Director of its Memory Care Center.
The institute also announced the appointment of Dr. Elena Bortan, a movement disorders specialist, to its team.
Clinically, Dr. Sanders’ areas of interest include memory and cognition, normal cognitive aging, and quality measure development and implementation.
Dr. Sanders completed her medical degree at the State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine in Brooklyn, NY. She completed a medical internship at St. Luke’sRoosevelt Hospital and her residency in adult neurology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY. Postresidency, Dr. Sanders completed a fellowship in Cognitive and Memory Disorders at the Einstein Aging Study and earned a Master’s degree in Clinical Research Methods at Einstein. Prior to completing her medical degree, Dr. Sanders earned an undergraduate degree summa cum laude at Loyola University of Chicago, and a Master’s of Philosophy in European history at Columbia University.
Boardcertified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Dr. Sanders is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, and a member of the International Society to Advance Alzheimer Research & Treatment, the American Geriatric Society, the Society for Behavioral & Cognitive Neurology, and the American Neuropsychiatric Association.
Dr. Sanders, who speaks English and some German, sees patients at the Memory Care Center, 1260 Silas Deane Highway, Suite 101, Wethersfield. To inquire about appointments, call 8605457550.
Dr. Bortan comes to Hartford HealthCare from Middlesex Hospital, where she has worked for almost a decade. She earned her medical degree from Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Romania. She completed a residency in neurology at TuftsNew England Medical Center and a fellowship in movement disorders at the Lahey Clinic.
Fluent in English and Romanian, Dr. Bortan’s areas of clinical interest are movement disorders including Parkinsonism, essential tremor and others; botulinum toxin che-modenervation for dystonia, blepharospasm and spasticity; deep brain stimulation; and general neurology. She is boardcertified in neurology and a member of the American Academy of Neurology and Movement Disorder Society.
Dr. Bortan will see patients at 35 Talcottville Road, Suite 6, Vernon, and in Mystic when the Hartford HealthCare location opens there in 2020. For appointments, call 8608706385.
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington is an affiliate of Hartford HealthCare.
Women & Girls Fund Supports Civics Education
TORRINGTON — The Women & Girls Fund, a fund of the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation has awarded a grant of $1,245 to Northwest Connecticut YMCA to support citizenship classes, including ESL and civics instruction for mothers and daughters.
“The path toward citizenship is the path toward stability and security for families in Northwest Connecticut,” said Frances Stoffer, Vice Chair of the Women and Girls Executive Committee. “When mothers and daughters work together to achieve this goal, the path is cleared of obstacles for them. They find strength in helping each other.”
The Women & Girls Fund awards grants in support of local organizations that are working to develop economic selfsufficiency for women by means of education, financial literacy and social services.
Crossbrook Farm joins Angus Association
BETHLEHEM — Crossbrook Farms, Bethlehem, is a new member of the American Angus Association®, according Mark McCully, CEO of the national breed organization headquartered in Saint Joseph, Mo.
The American Angus Association, with more than 25,000 active adult and junior members, is the largest beef breed association in the world. Its computerized records include detailed information on over 18 million registered Angus.
The Association records ancestral information and keeps production records and genomic data on individual animals to develop industryleading selection tools for its members. The programs and services of the Association and its entities — Angus Genetics Inc., Angus Productions Inc., Certified Angus Beef LLC and the Angus Foundation — help members to advance the beef cattle business by selecting the best animals for their herds and marketing quality genetics for the beef cattle industry and quality beef for consumers.