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GFH honors Drs. Bulova, Rubenstein with Physician
Award of Excellence
GLENS FALLS – John Bulova, MD, and Barney Rubenstein, MD, were recently
recognized by the Glens Falls Hospital Board of Governors with the Harry M.
“Mac” DePan Physician Award of Excellence during the Board’s Annual Meeting and
Holiday Dinner.
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Dr. Bulova is the elected president of the Glens Falls Hospital
Medical/Dental Staff and has been an active physician at Glens Falls Hospital
since 1977. After retiring from active practice as a general surgeon in 2004,
Dr. Bulova set about reinventing himself, transforming his surgical excellence,
patient advocacy and professional dedication into an entirely new role as
physician leader and quality advocate. He has been instrumental in working to
improve the systems that assure consistently improving patient care at the
Hospital. He has assisted in the implementation of the Emergency Medical
Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA) plans for physician correction, led the update of
the Medical Staff Bylaws/Credentialing Procedures Manual/Fair Hearing Plan and
provided exemplary leadership in facilitating the Medical Staff transition from
paper orders to computerized physician order entry (CPOE)
He is board certified by the American Board of Surgery. Dr. Bulova earned his
medical degree from SUNY Health and Science Center in Syracuse, NY and completed
a residency in general surgery at Buffalo General Hospital in Buffalo, NY and a
residency in surgical oncology at Roswell Park Memorial Institute, also in
Buffalo. He and his wife Judith reside in Queensbury.
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Dr. Rubenstein, who has practiced in southern Washington County for 18 years,
joined the medical staff in 2003. As medical director of the Family Health
Centers in southern Washington and northern Rensselaer counties, Dr. Rubenstein
provides leadership to a group of 12 physicians and two physician assistants and
maintains a practice in Cambridge. He has been a vital factor in the cultivation
of the positive presence that the Hospital has developed in southern Washington
County since Mary McClellan Hospital’s closure. He has led the staff through a
period of rapid growth and change, including development of urgent care
services, construction of a new facility for the Cambridge Family Health Center,
long-term care physician services at Wesley Health Care in Saratoga Springs, and
the introduction of a peer-review process for out-of-hospital physicians. He has
introduced disease management case reviews and has been an active member of the
Glens Falls Hospital Capital Cabinet process.
Dr. Rubenstein received his medical degree from Albany Medical College, followed
by an internal medicine residency at Albany Medical Center Hospital. He is board
certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine with Subspecialty in
Geriatric Medicine. Dr. Rubenstein and his wife, Dr. Sandra Scroggins, reside in
Shushan with their children Ethan, 16, and Sarah, 13.
Each year, the Physician Award of Excellence is given in honor of Harry M. “Mac”
DePan, MD, the region’s first thoracic surgeon and long considered one of the
institution’s finest surgeons. Dr. DePan devoted more than 40 years of service
to Glens Falls Hospital and was known for his clinical brilliance, his
extraordinary surgical skills and his penchant to learn and to teach.
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