The Fairfield County House (FCH ) is a residence that allows people on a hospice benefit to receive care from their qualified hospice provider, with support from our in-house care team. Our mission is to provide a home for people and their families at the end of life that offers the highest quality of care and life experience.

Doreen Chimblo has been a palliative care practitioner at Stamford Health for over 10 years. She embraces a holistic philosophy to the care she provides for her patients and their families. She is also passionate about the health and resilience of her fellow health care workers. She takes an active role in the RISE (Resilience in Stressful Events) program. In... Read More about Doreen B. Chimblo

Josephine Parisot graduated from University of Massachusetts Dartmouth with Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1989, and from Western Connecticut State University in 2017 with Master of Science in Nursing. Josephine has worked at Stamford Health for five years in palliative medicine. She provides comprehensive palliative care services in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Her goal is to support patients... Read More about Josephine L. Parisot

Marc Brodsky, MD, has more than a decade of experience providing care at Stamford Hospital. He specializes in providing relief for chronic pain without the use of prescription medications. After serving in the U.S. Navy for eight years, Dr. Brodsky completed an integrative medicine fellowship at UCLA, where he also underwent fellowship training in medical education and research. He uses this advanced training to research the effectiveness... Read More about Marc E. Brodsky

Dr. Bernstein is a Fairfield County native and returned to Stamford in 2010 after training at Duke University (Undergraduate and Medical School) and Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City (residency and fellowship). Dr. Bernstein has a particular interest and board-certification in interventional pulmonology, a subspecialty within pulmonary medicine focused on bronchoscopy, lung cancer, pleural diseases and other procedures... Read More about Michael A. Bernstein

The Van Munching Acute Rehabilitation Unit provides comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation in a supportive and healing environment. As part of Stamford Hospital, this specialized unit is dedicated to helping patients recover from illness or injury with expert medical oversight and personalized therapy plans. Care at the Van Munching Rehabilitation Unit is delivered through a multidisciplinary approach. Patients benefit from 24-hour medical... Read More about Van Munching Acute Rehabilitation Unit

Dr. Bernstein is a Fairfield County native and returned to Stamford in 2010 after training at Duke University (Undergraduate and Medical School) and Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City (residency and fellowship). Dr. Bernstein has a particular interest and board-certification in interventional pulmonology, a subspecialty within pulmonary medicine focused on bronchoscopy, lung cancer, pleural diseases and other procedures... Read More about Michael A. Bernstein