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Gator Preview Summer 2014 GATEWAY REGIONAL           775 Tanyard Road Woodbury Heights, NJ 08096-6218 (856) 848-8200, Ext. 209  Inductee  Selected  for      Academic  Hall  of  Fame   Fax: (856) 251-9813                         HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Dr.  Richard  Marasa,   Gateway’s  Hall-­‐of-­‐Fame   Honoree  for  2014     Dr.   Richard   Marasa,   Gateway   Regional   High   School   Class   of   1971,   has   been   inducted   into   the   Gateway   Hall   of   Fame.   He   was   honored   at   the   Academic   Awards   Ceremony   for   his   outstanding   achievement   in   the   medical   field.   Attending   the   award   ceremony   with   Dr.   Marasa   was   his   uncle,   Mr.   Robert   Marasa            After   graduating   from   Gateway,   Dr.   Marasa   attended   Rutgers  University  in  New  Brunswick  where  he  earned  his  BS  in   Animal   Science.     He   then   proceeded   to   the   University   of   Maryland  School  of  Medicine  where  he  received  his  Doctorate   in   medicine.   Dr.   Marasa   served   his   Internal   Medicine   Residencies   at   Prince   Georges   Hospital   and   Union   Memorial   Hospital   in   Maryland,   before   earning   his   MBA   at   Rensselaer   Polytecnic  Institute  in  New  York.              Dr.   Marasa,   who   started   as   an   Internal   Medicine   doctor   in   private   practice,   rose   through   the   healthcare   ranks   serving   as   an   emergency   room   physician,   took   on   administrative   responsibilities,   and   served   on   advisory   committees   for   regional  care  providers.  He  is  currently  the  Medical  Director  of   Emergency  Medicine  at  Mount  Ascutney  Hospital  and  Medical   Center  in  Windsor,  Vermont.    Dr.  Marasa  also  serves  as  an  on-­‐ call   physician   in   the   Orthopedic   Department   at   the   Alice   Peck   Day  Memorial  Hospital  in  Lebanon,  New  Hampshire.              Dr.   Marasa   resides   in   Springfield,   Vermont   with   his   wife   Geralyn   and   daughters   Morgan   and   Danielle.     Family   recreational   activities   include   golfing,   ballroom   dancing,   and   whatever  his  teenage  daughter  cares  to