Krishan Kumar, MD director of pediatric emergency at Nassau University Medical Center has been selected by the Nassau Regional Emergency Services Council (REMSCO) to receive the 2007 honorable mention “Physician of Excellence” award at the council’s dinner on October 11, 2007. Dr. Kumar will be presented with a certificate of commendation for his exemplary service to the communities of Nassau County. REMSCO is a state enacted body that oversees and coordinates all emergency medical services within the county of Nassau. Arthur A. Gianelli, president/CEO of the Nassau Health Care Corporation expressed his congratulations to Dr. Kumar: “You are most deserving of this award and we, at NUMC, recognize and commend you for your commitment to emergency medical services in the Nassau region.” Dr. Kumar graduated from medical school in India in 1977 and emigrated to the US in 1984. He joined Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx, NY as a resident, and soon became associate director of emergency medicine in 1988. He joined Nassau University Medical Center in 1990 as an attending in the department of emergency medicine/pediatrics. Currently, he is serving as a director of pediatric emergency medicine. Besides mentoring young physicians in their residency training, he has become a pillar for the department in clinical excellence. Moreover, Dr. Kumar keeps busy in the academic world as an associate professor of pediatrics at State University of New York at Stony Brook. As a physician-scientist, he has published several papers in emergency medicine and chaired the prestigious conference of International Emergency Medicine “INTEM 2006,” in New Delhi, India. He works and teaches at all levels of emergency care, and is actively involved in the teaching and training of paramedic students and emergency medical technicians. Dr. Kumar is also a director of the Nassau County Fire Police Academy located at Nassau University Medical Center.