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Article: New Executive: Preparing for unexpected; Emergency chairman preps Saint Vincent system for threats to New York City.
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- Crain's New York Business
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- February 4, 2002
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Another terrorist attack on New York City could kill millions of people. Dr. Paul Karis has come here to make sure that he could save as many lives as possible.
As the new system chairman of emergency medicine at Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers of New York, he is the man responsible for preparing the hospital system's six emergency rooms and 500 staff members for the 21st century.
``Since Sept. 11, we have been in extensive preparation for a nuclear or a biological or a chemical event,'' says Dr. Karis, 49. ``It could occur anywhere, but being in New York City, we seem to be a target.''
Dr. Karis, who spent his last 20 years in Los ...