NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y. (June 28, 2019)—The Home Care Association (HCA) of New York State has awarded its Statewide Physician Champion Award to Northwell Health’s Martin E. Doerfler, MD, for his work in reducing sepsis mortality in the home health field. Sepsis is a life-threatening condition caused when the body’s immune system wages an over-aggressive response to an infection, often causing injury to the body’s organs.