Dr. Frantz Duffoo to lead Undergraduate, Graduate and Continuing Medical Education
Middletown, NY – The Greater Hudson Valley Health System (GHVHS), comprised of Orange Regional Medical Center, Catskill Regional Medical Center, Orange Regional Medical Group, Catskill Regional Medical Group, and Orange Regional Medical Center Foundation, is pleased to announce Dr. Frantz Duffoo, of Orange Regional Medical Group, as the new Designated Institutional Official.
In this role, Dr. Duffoo has oversight of all Graduate Medical Education including the System’s six Graduate Medical Education residency programs, Undergraduate Medical Education and Continuing Medical Education.
Dr. Duffoo was previously Director of Medical Education and Designated Institutional Official at Saint Peter’s University Hospital (SPUH), in New Brunswick, NJ which included three SPUH-sponsored residency programs, two fellowship programs and three Rutgers University-sponsored residency programs with over 131 residents and fellows. He successfully developed two fellowship programs in gastroenterology and pulmonary medicine. Dr. Duffoo also has extensive experience as an Internal Medicine Residency Program Director and Nephrologist.
Dr. Duffoo completed his undergraduate and medical school training at Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education at City College of New York / Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Brookdale Hospital Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY and his Nephrology Fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center / Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in Bronx, NY.
About Greater Hudson Valley Health System
The Greater Hudson Valley Health System (GHVHS) is a New York State, not-for-profit corporation headquartered in Middletown, New York, approximately 60 miles northwest of New York City. It is currently the active parent company for two member hospitals, medical groups and a Foundation – Catskill Regional Medical Center, Orange Regional Medical Center, Catskill Regional Medical Group, Orange Regional Medical Group and the Orange Regional Medical Center Foundation. The GHVHS is dedicated to developing specialty services, medical programs and needed healthcare services that allow residents to remain close to home to receive quality care.
Providing healthcare to nearly 450,000 residents in Orange, Sullivan and Ulster Counties, the GHVHS was designed to improve the quality, stability and efficiency of healthcare services in the mid-Hudson and Catskill region. GHVHS provides services by more than 4,000 employed professionals and over 850 medical staff members and is recognized by Ethisphere as one of the 2019 and 2018 World’s Most Ethical Companies. An academic affiliate of the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, GHVHS retains compassionate professionals who continually strive toward the hospital’s mission to improve the health of our community by providing exceptional health care. To learn more about GHVHS, visit www.ormc.org/about-us/ghvhs.
