LAW Karen B. Shaer has been promoted to senior executive vice president at The <a href="../topics/Garden_City%2C_NY">Garden City</a> Group, a <a href="../topics/Lake_Success%2C_NY">Lake Success</a>-based provider of legal administration services for class-action settlements and other claims administration, bankruptcy cases and legal noticing programs. She was promoted from executive vice president and has been with the firm since 2001. She is a Manhattan resident. 
 HEALTH CARE Dr. Michael Ditkoff has been named medical director at the Lexington Hearing &amp; Speech Center in <a href="/topics/Jackson_Heights%2C_NY">Jackson Heights</a>. The <a href="/topics/Oyster_Bay_Cove%2C_NY">Oyster Bay Cove</a> resident treats conditions of the ears, nose and throat in children and adults at his private practice in <a href="/topics/Manhasset%2C_NY">Manhasset</a>. 
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LAW Karen B. Shaer has been promoted to senior executive vice president at The Garden City Group, a Lake Success-based provider of legal administration services for class-action settlements and other claims administration, bankruptcy cases and legal noticing programs. She was promoted from executive vice president and has been with the firm since 2001. She is a Manhattan resident. HEALTH CARE Dr. Michael Ditkoff has been named medical director at the Lexington Hearing & Speech Center in Jackson Heights. The Oyster Bay Cove resident treats conditions of the ears, nose and throat in children and adults at his private practice in Manhasset. To be included in People on the Move, send information and color photos about job moves, promotions and other work-world triumphs by fax to 631-843-2065, by email to peopleonthemove@newsday.com, or by mail to People on the Move, 235 Pinelawn Rd., Melville, NY 11747-4250.

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