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Vicki Smetak, M.D., of Weston, has been appointed chairwoman of the Department of Pediatrics at Norwalk Hospital, Dan DeBarba, president and CEO of the hospital, stated in a news release.

Smetak, board-certified pediatrician, joined Norwalk Hospital as the director of the Pediatrics Hospitalist Program in June 2007. She was previously director of Inpatient Services for the Department of Pediatrics at St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury.

In January of 2009, she assumed the role of Chief of Pediatrics at Norwalk Hospital.

"Under her leadership, the Department of Pediatrics has developed a thriving pediatrics hospitalist program and new relationship with the Maria Fareri Children's Hospital of the New York Medical College," DeBarba said. "That latter relationship has incorporated the creation of new subspecialty clinics at Norwalk Hospital staffed by the pediatric sub-specialists of Maria Fareri as well as local pediatric specialists.. This makes high quality subspecialty care available to pediatric patients of our region without having to leave Southern Fairfield County."

In her new position, Smetak will continue to lead the development of pediatrics services at Norwalk Hospital, including the expansion of surgical options for Norwalk's pediatric patients and the development of pediatric educational programs for medical students.

Smetak received both her undergraduate and medical school education at New York University. She completed her postgraduate training in pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore. She underwent post-residency fellowship training in pediatric critical care medicine both at Montefiore and Yale Children's Hospitals.

A Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics, Dr. Smetak is the recipient of several awards for teaching and academic excellence. She also received the 2008 Norwalk Hospital Quality Award for Pediatrics. Fluent in Spanish and Greek, Dr. Smetak holds professional memberships in the American Medical Association, Society of Critical Care Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics and the Hellenic Medical Society.

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