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Lewis County Hospital Foundation Announces Medical/Surgical
Wing Grant Received in Honor of Hospital Physician Dr. Elwin Stillman
Published: May 31, 2024 at
11:00 a.m.
By: Press Release from Lewis County Hospital Foundation
Medical/Surgical Wing Grant in Honor of Lewis County
General Hospital Physician
The Lewis County
Hospital Foundation is pleased to announce that the Dyson Foundation has
made a generous grant in honor of Dr. Elwin Stillman to support the
renovation and new construction of the Medical/Surgical Wing at Lewis
County General Hospital.
 Dr. Stillman provided 37 years of
outstanding medical service as a general practitioner at Lewis County
General Hospital, retiring in 2014.
Dr. Stillman received his medical degree from SUNY Brooklyn and
completed his Family Practice Residency at SUNY Upstate Medical Center and
St. Joseph’s Medical Center. Dr.
Stillman began as a Family Practice Physician at LCGH in August 1977. He was a Fellow of the American Academy
of Family Practice since 1986 and was certified in Geriatric Medicine.
During his
medical career Dr. Stillman was an active, highly respected, and valued
member of the volunteer clinical faculty, most notably in the Rural
Medicine Education Program for 27 years.
He was a clinical instructor in the Department of Family Practice
(1980-1990) and has been a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department
of Family Practice at SUNY Health Science Center from 1990 to present. He was a member of the American Academy
of Family Physicians, the New York State Medical Society, the Lewis County
Medical Society and the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor
Society. Throughout his career Dr.
Stillman served in many hospital positions including President and Vice
President of the Medical Staff and the Chief of Family Practice Service.
In his retirement
Dr. Stillman enjoys beekeeping, a hobby of his for the past 67 years. He is a Master Beekeeper and teaches a
conference for beekeepers at Cooperative Extension. He is also a member of the Lowville
Baptist Church and serves on the Board of Trustees. He grows orchids, a passion of his for 49
years, and spends time with his wife Pam hunting turkeys and fishing for
trout.
Dr. Stillman and
his wife Pam reside in Lowville and have two children Joy and Philip and
six grandchildren.
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