St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital hosted a “wall breaking” and kick off ceremony to celebrate the beginning of the Kaplan Family Center for Emergency Medicine Expansion Project on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Joining the celebration are: Chris Rhynehart, Manager, SLCH Emergency Department, Dr. Sachin Shah, SLCH Chairman of Emergency Medicine, Dr. Irina Gelman, Orange County Commissioner of Health, Daniel Maughan, SLCH Senior Vice President of Transformation, Jack Holt, Holt Construction, David Potack, Chairman, SLCH Board of Trustees, Senator William Larkin, Joan Cusack-McGuirk, SLCH President and CEO, William Kaplan, Joan Kaplan, Dr. Geoffrey Brackett, SLCH, Board of Trustee Member, Austin Dubois, SLCH Board of Trustee Member, Joe Surace, SLCH Vice President of Operations, and Kathy Sheehan, SLCH Director of Emergency and Trauma Services. Hudson Valley Press/CHUCK STEWART, JR.

Joan Cusack-McGuirk, SLCH President and CEO, announces the beginning of the Kaplan Family Center for Emergency Medicine Expansion Project on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 during a "wall breaking" ceremony. Hudson Valley Press/CHUCK STEWART, JR.

David Potack, Chairman, SLCH Board of Trustees offers remarks as St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital hosted a “wall breaking” and kick off ceremony to celebrate the beginning of the Kaplan Family Center for Emergency Medicine Expansion Project on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Hudson Valley Press/CHUCK STEWART, JR.

SLCH President & CEO Joan Cusack-McGuirk prepares to break the wall as St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital hosted a “wall breaking” and kick off ceremony to celebrate the beginning of the Kaplan Family Center for Emergency Medicine Expansion Project on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Hudson Valley Press/CHUCK STEWART, JR.

St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital hosted a “wall breaking” and kick off ceremony to celebrate the beginning of the Kaplan Family Center for Emergency Medicine Expansion Project on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Hudson Valley Press/CHUCK STEWART, JR.

St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital hosted a “wall breaking” and kick off ceremony to celebrate the beginning of the Kaplan Family Center for Emergency Medicine Expansion Project on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Hudson Valley Press/CHUCK STEWART, JR.

St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital hosted a “wall breaking” and kick off ceremony to celebrate the beginning of the Kaplan Family Center for Emergency Medicine Expansion Project on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Joining the celbration are: Daniel Maughan, SLCH Senior Vice President of Transformation, Jack Holt, Holt Construction, Senator William Larkin, Joan Cusack-McGuirk, SLCH President and CEO, William Kaplan, Joe Surace, SLCH Vice President of Operations and Kurt Baur, DI Group Architecture. Hudson Valley Press/CHUCK STEWART, JR.

St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital hosted a “wall breaking” and kick off ceremony to celebrate the beginning of the Kaplan Family Center for Emergency Medicine Expansion Project on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Joining the celebration are: David Potack, Dr. Irina Gelman, Orange County Commissioner of Health, Senator William Larkin, Joan Cusack-McGuirk, William Kaplan, Captain Paul Arteta, Orange County Legislator James Kulisek, and Leah Canton, Assistant District Attorney for Orange County. Hudson Valley Press/CHUCK STEWART, JR.

Daniel Maughan, SLCH Senior Vice President of Transformation takes a swing at the wall as St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital hosted a “wall breaking” and kick off ceremony to celebrate the beginning of the Kaplan Family Center for Emergency Medicine Expansion Project on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Hudson Valley Press/CHUCK STEWART, JR.

Kathy Sheehan, SLCH Director of Emergency and Trauma Services takes a swing at the wall as St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital hosted a “wall breaking” and kick off ceremony to celebrate the beginning of the Kaplan Family Center for Emergency Medicine Expansion Project on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Hudson Valley Press/CHUCK STEWART, JR.

Kate Dabroski, Vice President, Marketing, Public and Community Relations takes a swing at the wall as St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital hosted a “wall breaking” and kick off ceremony to celebrate the beginning of the Kaplan Family Center for Emergency Medicine Expansion Project on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Hudson Valley Press/CHUCK STEWART, JR.

Former NYS Senator William Larkin talks with Dr. Geoffrey Brackett, SLCH, Board of Trustee Member and David Potack, Chairman, SLCH Board of Trustees as St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital hosted a “wall breaking” and kick off ceremony to celebrate the beginning of the Kaplan Family Center for Emergency Medicine Expansion Project on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Hudson Valley Press/CHUCK STEWART, JR.

St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital hosted a “wall breaking” and kick off ceremony to celebrate the beginning of the Kaplan Family Center for Emergency Medicine Expansion Project on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Hudson Valley Press/CHUCK STEWART, JR.