HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY 

MEDICAL CENTER 

LOOKING FORWARD ❯ FOCUSING ON THE PEOPLE WE SERVE

HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER 

2010 ANNUAL REPORT 

LOOKING FORWARD 

❯ 

FOCUSING ON THE PEOPLE WE SERVE 

There is a defining moment in every organization when the future is distinctly separated from the past. 

A clear line that delineates the before and the after. When transformation is unmistakable and evident. 

When all eyes are joined not on what was, but fixed on what is yet to come. 

That is HUMC today. Caring community leaders, visionary managers, dedicated doctors and nurses, 

hardworking employees, generous donors, devoted volunteers. All looking forward and invigorated on what 

truly matters most: the health and well-being of the people we are honored to serve. 

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LEADERSHIP 

MESSAGE 

HONORING 

A MISSION 

DEFINING 

EXCELLENCE 

BUILDING 

A LEADER 

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LEADERSHIP MESSAGE 

LOOKING FORWARD ❯ WITH A FOCUS ON OUR PATIENTS 

THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A REMARKABLE COMBINATION OF PIONEERING INNOVATION AND RENEWING ENERGY FOR OUR MEDICAL 

CENTER. OUR WORK IN 2010 HAS LEFT US IN A STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION AND BETTER PREPARED TO MEET FUTURE CHALLENGES. 

DEVELOPING THIS ANNUAL REPORT HAS BEEN A POWERFUL REMINDER OF HOW FAR WE HAVE COME SINCE OUR FOUNDING 122 YEARS AGO 

IN A 12-BED CONVERTED VICTORIAN HOUSE. IT HAS ALSO BEEN A REFLECTION ON OUR MISSION TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTIONAL PATIENT 

EXPERIENCE. SINCE OUR BEGINNING IN 1888, WE HAVE NEVER WAIVERED FROM THIS MISSION. THIS PAST YEAR WAS NO EXCEPTION. 

FROM LEFT: 

EDWARD J. LUDWIG 

GREGORY SIMONIAN, M.D. 

JOSEPH M. SANZARI 

ROBERT C. GARRETT 

CHAIRMAN 


ADVISORY BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

PRESIDENT 


MEDICAL AND DENTAL STAFF 

CHAIRMAN 


BOARD OF GOVERNORS 

PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 


JAMES R. NAPOLITANO 

JOSEPH SIMUNOVICH 

MASSIMO M. NAPOLITANO, M.D. 

CHAIRMAN 

HILLCREST HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM, INC. 

CHAIRMAN 


FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES 

CHAIRMAN 

MEDICAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 


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LOOKING FORWARD ❯ FOCUSING ON THE PEOPLE WE SERVE 

But what defines an exceptional experience? For us, it is continuously advancing patient care 

by always looking to do things better, empowering our patients, innovating and forging new 

partnerships that are in the very best interest of those we serve. Our nurses were the first in 

New Jersey and the second in the nation to receive Magnet ® recognition for excellence in 

nursing services. We received our fourth designation in April 2009 – a true testament to our 

focus on patients. 

We revolutionized our approach to patient care in 2010 by hiring new talent and acquiring new 

technologies. Our surgical program alone welcomed three of the world’s best surgeons: 

Dr. Adrian Barbul, chairman, surgery; Dr. Bernard Park, chief, thoracic surgery and co-chief, 

thoracic oncology; and Dr. Leonard Lee, director, advanced aortic and valvular heart surgery. 

You will rarely find this level of surgical expertise under one roof. 

We acquired many new technologies that have drastically accelerated our ability to provide 

better and faster care. The John Theurer Cancer Center is now the only cancer facility in New 

Jersey to offer the TrueBeam system, a radically different approach to treating cancer that 

“It has been a year of remarkable 

achievements. Thanks to our 

board members, leadership team, 

physicians, nurses, staff, volunteers 

and partners we are in a strong 

position to better serve the 

patients who count on us.” 


PRESIDENT AND 

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 



results in faster, more precise treatment. We are one of only 20 centers in the world that train 

physicians on the da Vinci ® Surgical System, a robotic surgery system that dramatically improves 

results and reduces patient recovery time. We recently obtained the latest model of the system 

which has 3-D vision and allows us to be even more precise for superior clinical capabilities. 

Our new Heart & Vascular Hospital has state-of-the-art electrophysiology labs with highly 

specialized equipment, a neural biplane room and new stereotaxis labs. This new technology 

will allow more accurate and precise intervention to help us treat the most complex heart cases. 

We have recently expanded through clinical and research affiliation agreements with Hackettstown 

Regional Medical Center, Saint Clare’s Health System and St. George’s University, Grenada. 

In December, we took steps to open a new acute care hospital in Bergen County to address the 

community’s need for closer medical treatment services. 

We have welcomed hundreds of thousands of patients to our medical center over the years. 

More and more families are choosing to start their medical care here – we delivered a record 

6,307 births this year. They are strong and determined and, given the right tools and information, 

have the mindset and motivation to better their health. We stepped up in 2010 by providing 

“Hillcrest is well prepared to meet 

the growing needs of the region. 

While we must respond to a changing 

national and regional healthcare 

landscape, we will always remain 

committed to the community 

here at home.” 


CHAIRMAN 

HILLCREST HEALTH 

SERVICE SYSTEM, INC. 

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new tools and resources to empower our patients to do just that. One such resource is our 

new wireless-enabled medical library, staffed with a full-time medical librarian. We hope this 

library will help thousands of people gain access to the medical information they need to fully 

understand their diagnosis, treatment and aftercare. 

We have also empowered members of our community. New Jersey, along with much of the 

nation, is facing the consequences of escalating rates of obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes 

“Our leadership team delivered 

unprecedented levels of growth 

and innovation in 2010. But most 

importantly they never lost sight 

of our patients. It’s an honor to work 

with our leadership and the entire 

HUMC team every day.” 


CHAIRMAN 




and cancer.Last year, we enhanced our comprehensive wellness and prevention initiative 

to curb these epidemics. We conducted education and screening programs for cardiovascular 

disease, prostate and colon cancer, leukemia, lymphoma, stroke, obstetrics and women’s health 

issues. Over the past 10 years, we have tested more than 20,000 men for prostate cancer alone 

through our annual Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) testing event. 

Our efforts were further enhanced in 2010 with new facilities and tools that support 

preventative actions in our community. We will break ground on a new wellness center and 

establish a major pediatric obesity program in New Jersey. 

We believe there is strength in numbers, so we have engaged multiple partners to help strengthen 

our capabilities. We are working closely with physicians, academic medical centers, industry 

experts, employees and the community. 

Our physicians participate in Grand Rounds at academic institutions nationally and inter nationally 

as part of our commitment to helping other hospitals provide better care. We, in turn, welcomed 

more than 140 physicians to our hospital last year to meet and exchange ideas with us so that 

we can drive innovation together. We are also seeking new opportunities to collaborate with 

physicians through academic partnerships. We are breaking down walls, strengthening our 

“HUMC is in a strong position to 

deliver future growth and innovation. 

Healthcare is changing and we 

have never been more prepared 

to invest in our future.” 


CHAIRMAN 



ADVISORY BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

medical education and, most importantly, helping our patients. 

We continue to partner with pharmaceutical and medical device companies to research 

lifesaving treatments helping to make our research in the clinic and at the David Joseph Jurist 

Research Center for Tomorrows Children stronger. As a result Hackensack University Medical 

Center was involved in hundreds of clinical trials in 2010. That number will continue to increase in 

2011. This means that our patients will have access to the most innovative treatments available. 

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We are also partnering with academic medical centers and financial research institutions. 

Last year, we formed the Hackensack-Miami Diabetes Research Institute Federation Project to 

fast-track type 1 diabetes research from bench to bedside. 

We are working more closely than ever with our physicians and staff with an innovative 

employment model to position ourselves for the future marketplace. Together, we will share 

the responsibility of providing an exceptional patient experience. But our doctors and staff 

care about more than innovative partnerships – we care about our neighbors around the world 

who need our help in times of crisis. When a massive earthquake devastated Haiti in January 

2010, we were one of the first hospitals to have staff on the ground. Our physicians and 

nurses immediately set flight and provided first-hand care and medical equipment to the 

country’s citizens. 

All of this innovation comes with a price tag. To help with our fundraising efforts for kids, 

cardiac and cancer, we have established partnerships with the New York Giants and the New 

Jersey Nets. 

“We have improved in all levels within 

our medical center thanks to the 

generosity of our donors and those 

who volunteer their time. Without 

their continued commitment we 

would not be where we are today.” 


CHAIRMAN 



BOARD OF TRUSTEES 

Our desire to create extraordinary innovations is a fundamental driver of our success. Hackensack 

University Medical Center has developed some of the country’s most novel technologies and 

treatment approaches and in 2010 we continued to reengineer the way we provide care. 

During 2010 we underwent an EPIC Transformation and converted our paper records into an 

electronic health record system. Partnering with the leading provider of electronic record 

management, EPIC, we promise to enhance the quality and safety of patient care through 

medical record accessibility, timeliness and comprehensiveness. 

We have even brought innovation to the very buildings on our campus. The John Theurer Cancer 

Center recently opened a 155,000 square foot comprehensive cancer care center that offers an 

unparalleled patient experience. We also initiated expansion of our cardiovascular services by 

creating the Heart & Vascular Hospital – a hospital within our hospital. This cutting-edge facility 

will promote the kind of collaborative care and integrated research that leads to new advances 

in medicine and provides the best patient experience. 

“Our medical and dental staff reflects the 

ideals and mission of HUMC. In 2010, 

they were once again recognized for 

their exceptional care through numerous 

awards and praise from our patients and 

the community. They are the backbone 

of this organization.” 

GREGORY SIMONIAN, M.D. 

PRESIDENT 



MEDICAL AND DENTAL STAFF 

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We are extremely proud of this year’s work and look forward to bringing exceptional patient 

care to new levels in 2011. It is our continued high-quality patient care that has helped us achieve 

HealthGrades 2011 Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence recognition for the ninth 

year in a row. Only five percent of hospitals nationwide enjoy this recognition. 

Going from a 12-bed hospital staffed in a Victorian house to a leading medical center doesn’t 

happen without the support of our community and the dedication of our employees. Today’s 

“HUMC thrives on innovation. 

In 2010, we brought life to new 

advancements and cutting-edge 

facilities, giving us a better ability 

to treat our patients. Our future 

is exciting.” 


CHAIRMAN 




healthcare challenges are immense, but Hackensack’s leadership team, physicians, nurses and 

staff are prepared to meet them head on. We can’t thank them enough for their support. 

These are just some of 2010’s highlights. The rest of this annual report will take you deeper into 

last year’s success in advancing patient care, patient empowerment, innovation and partnerships. 

Every step we take in 2011 will be taken with laser focus on our patients and their experience. 

We will forge new frontiers in patient care and research with an innovation pipeline that is 

stronger than ever. 

Sincerely, 


PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER 


CHAIRMAN, HILLCREST HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM, INC. 


CHAIRMAN, HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER BOARD OF GOVERNORS 


CHAIRMAN, HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER ADVISORY BOARD OF DIRECTORS 


CHAIRMAN, HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES 

GREGORY SIMONIAN, M.D 

PRESIDENT, HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MEDICAL AND DENTAL STAFF 


CHAIRMAN, HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MEDICAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

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FOCUS ❯ HONORING A MISSION 

We are driven by a single mission: To provide 

an exceptional patient experience. We believe 

our patients deserve the very best, and every 

investment we made in 2010 was to honor 

this belief. We modernized our infrastructure 

and welcomed world-class physicians to 

our team. We advanced our technologies. 

We empowered our patients. We innovated. 

We strengthened existing partnerships and 

built new relationships. We are proud of 

the accomplishments outlined throughout 

this report.


THE SPIRIT OF LOCAL 

THE POWER OF GLOBAL 

LOOKING FORWARD ❯ WITH A FOCUS ON OUR PATIENTS 

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Patients choose Hackensack University Medical Center because they want to experience the best care 

possible. The way we deliver that experience sets us apart from other medical centers. We put patient care first. 

We give our patients tools to take action. We innovate all areas of care. We develop and nurture the 

partnerships that will improve patient care. Our efforts in these areas were unprecedented in 2010. 

We were once again awarded the Consumer Choice Award by the National Research Corporation, an award 

voted on by patients, and the Hospital of Choice Award by the American Alliance of Healthcare Providers. 

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PUTTING PATIENT CARE FIRST 

We continually invest in patient care. Our substantial growth and solid financial 

foundation allowed us to take this investment to new levels in 2010. Last year’s work focused 

on three main areas. 

First, we recruited best-in-class talent. Top doctors around the globe continue to choose 

to practice at Hackensack University Medical Center because we offer an environment where 

their expertise can make a difference and allow innovation. We expanded the Joseph M. 

Sanzari Children’s Hospital specialty staff by 10 percent this year. In 2011, we will hire three 

additional pediatric intensivists, making our hospital a leading pediatric critical care facility. 

We also have plans to develop a pediatric open heart surgery program, making us a regional 

center for advanced pediatric care. 

A new employment arrangement with our cardiologists brought an unprecedented 

level of talent to our medical center. We now have a dedicated full-time cardiology team 

working under one roof to meet the needs of our patients. Led by Heart & Vascular Hospital 

Executive Director Dr. David Landers, this team of diagnostic and interventional cardiologists 

in collaboration with the medical center’s surgeons and cardiologists are changing the 

very way we serve patients. Dr. Leonard Lee, director, advanced aortic and valvular heart 

surgery, Dr. Bernard Park, chief, thoracic surgery and co-chief, thoracic oncology, and 

Dr. Daniel Walzman, chief, endovascular neurosurgery, are collaborating to develop a true 

multidisciplinary environment from the many cardiac specialties we offer. 

Second, we are leading new advances in patient safety. One example that stands out 

above the rest is our Pediatric Intensive Care Unit which deployed a program in 2006 that has 

virtually eliminated catheter infections. Catheter infections are responsible for about 28,000 

deaths annually and for years considered to be one of the risks of being a critical care patient. 

Our numbers speak for themselves – catheter infections are preventable through best 

BUILDING A MODEL CENTER 

OF EXCELLENCE 

Since 2006, the medical center 

has worked to develop a Center of 

Excellence to support a national 

biodefense program. With more 

than $17 million in funding from 

the Department of Defense (DOD), 

the medical center has built the Mobile 

Rapid Response Prototype that is 

designed to respond to chemical and 

biological threats. The prototype 

provides a rapidly deployable mobile 

hospital capable of responding to mass 

causality incidents, regionally and 

nationwide, a robust DOD-directed 

medical research portfolio and 

development of novel technologies that 

are vital to the defense of our nation. 

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practices and extreme attention to detail. We haven’t had one catheter infection since late 

2009. This program and other safety and quality initiatives earned us the Leapfrog Group’s 

Top Hospitals Award in 2010. The group gives this award for outstanding quality and safety 

measures to only 100 medical centers nationwide. We were one of only two medical centers 

in New Jersey to receive this recognition. 

And third, we opened some of the world’s most modern and advanced medical 

buildings on our campus and expanded our footprint in New Jersey. We are one of just a few 

medical centers in the country with the ability to obtain the support necessary to build, equip 

and staff a world-class facility and the proven managerial and fiscal strength to direct its use. 

In fact, in 2010, we did it twice. We invested more than $180 million in new facilities, 

adding a total of 800,000 square feet to our expansion and modernization. These new 

facilities — the John Theurer Cancer Center and the Heart & Vascular Hospital — represent 

two significant milestones. 

The new John Theurer Cancer Center was made possible through the generosity of 

Helena Theurer and the successful completion of the $65 million Beyond Extraordinary capital 

campaign. The John Theurer Cancer Center’s 14 specialized divisions, now under one roof, 

combined with research and auxiliary oncology services, will increase collaboration and foster 

a multidisciplinary approach to patient care. Cancer is hard enough for patients and their 

loved ones, so to help make their care a little easier, the new building has been specially 

designed as an oasis, with resources to help patients and caregivers focus on healing. 

The new Heart & Vascular Hospital is charting the future of cardiovascular care for 

northern New Jersey. It is an exciting challenge and one that Hackensack University Medical 

SURGICAL INNOVATION 

FOR OBESITY 

Our medical center is using an advanced 

weight loss surgery technique called 

laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, 

mastered by only a handful of physicians 

in the world. We are one of the first 

bariatric centers in New Jersey to 

offer this service, resulting in a much 

lower risk of complications compared 

to the commonly performed gastric 

bypass procedure. This technique has 

been shown to have better weight loss 

results than the popular stomach 

banding procedure known as the 

LAP-BAND ® system. 

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Center is ideally suited to meet. We have embarked on a mission to recruit the very best 

cardiologists in the community to enhance the state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment 

services offered at the new, cutting-edge Heart & Vascular Hospital. This “hospital within a 

hospital” provides additional space, superior patient care and access to leading technology. 

We also expanded our footprint in New Jersey with the opening of HUMC North at 

Pascack Valley. This 24-hour satellite freestanding emergency department gives those people 

outside of Hackensack access to the best care they can possibly obtain in the state. Additional 

clinical and research affiliation agreements with Hackettstown Regional Medical Center, Saint 

Clare’s Health System, and St. George’s University have extended our offerings even further 

throughout the state. 

All of our efforts in patient care are improving patient satisfaction. Everyone at our 

medical center should be proud of this but our work is not nearly over and our plans for 

improving patient care in 2011 are ambitious. 

GIVING OUR PATIENTS TOOLS TO TAKE ACTION 

We brought together thousands of patients through educational and social events in 

2010. We also developed stand-alone programs designed with a single purpose: to better 

prepare our patients to take charge of their health. 

Nearly every division in our medical center hosted an educational conference for 

physicians and the public in 2010. Hundreds of events were held at our Hekemian Conference 

Center. The John Theurer Cancer Center orchestrated a two-day conference on hematological 

malignancies featuring national experts, our Cardiology Division hosted the “Are You at Risk 

for Heart Attack?” seminar to educate the public about cardiovascular risk factors and the 

Maureen Fund for Ovarian Cancer brought healthcare professionals and the public together 

for a “Women-to-Women: Let’s Talk about Our Bodies, Ourselves” seminar. We also held 

CUTTING-EDGE 

MICROSURGICAL BREAST 

RECONSTRUCTION SURGERY 

Breast reconstruction after cancer 

surgery can have lasting benefits for 

womens’ psychological well-being and 

body image. This year our Department 

of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 

chaired by Dr. Stephen Colen, recruited 

internationally recognized breast 

surgeon Dr. Joshua A. Levine – 

one of the pioneers of a cutting-edge, 

microsurgical technique for breast 

reconstruction. Dr. Levine is joined 

by Dr. Kari Colen and Dr. Hakan Usal. 

This surgery uses a woman’s body 

tissue to reconstruct her breast. The 

benefits are a more natural-appearing 

breast, a shorter and easier recovery 

time and a lower risk of complications. 

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educational seminars on Parkinson’s disease, sickle cell disease, stroke, urology, adolescent 

care and much more. 

We also sponsored events to thank and recognize our patients. The John Theurer 

Cancer Center hosted its second annual Celebrating Life and Liberty event this past 

September overlooking America’s most prominent symbol of freedom, the Statue of Liberty. 

The event inspired thousands of cancer survivors and caregivers and provided encouragement 

for those going through treatment. The cancer center’s Head & Neck Division also held their 

annual survivors event to help patients build a strong support network and arm them with 

information to improve their health and well-being. 

In 2011, we plan to continue our focus on patient empowerment through new and 

innovative programs. We will establish one of the most comprehensive pediatric obesity 

programs in New Jersey, giving patients at our medical center and across the state the tools 

to improve their health. 

INNOVATING ALL AREAS OF CARE 

We stand at the leading edge of innovation and are proud to be pioneering treatment 

approaches and technologies that promise to revolutionize healthcare. 

Our Interventional Cardiology Department spearheads multi-national trials investigating 

the use of coronary stents after bypass surgery. Our physicians and researchers are exploring 

innovative alternatives for patients with congestive heart failure and are involved in numerous 

REVOLUTIONIZING TOTAL 

HIP AND KNEE SURGERY 

Our Department of Orthopaedic 

Surgery replaced more than 2,000 hips 

and knees in 2010 — more than any 

other medical center in the state of 

New Jersey. Essential to our rapid 

growth has been an innovative approach 

to orthopaedic surgery. Our nationally 

recognized physicians use incredibly 

advanced surgical techniques and 

minimally invasive procedures to repair 

and replace hips, knees and other joints. 

We have been the leader in using tools, 

implants and prosthetics that are fully 

customized to the individual patient 

resulting in a less complicated surgery 

and a faster recovery time. 

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National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored research studies. Our physicians are truly 

creating innovative treatments from the ground up. In 2010, we were the first hospital in 

the world to use Kinetix TM Guidewire, a small flexible wire system that precisely places 

interventional devices into patients’ arteries and hearts. We have a state-of-the-art neural 

biplane room to monitor patients and our cardiac physicians use stereotaxis labs guided by 

magnetic fields to treat complex cardiac cases. This technique is offered by only a few medical 

centers in the country. 

The John Theurer Cancer Center presented 40 research studies at this year’s annual 

American Society of Hematology meeting, including 12 oral presentations. Our physicians 

are leading many of these multi-center studies, which will result in the discovery of new 

treatments for patients worldwide. In addition, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 

at the Donna A. Sanzari Women's Hospital has established a Center for Abnormal Placentation. 

This multidisciplinary center will be one of the first of its kind to coordinate the care of patients 

who present with placenta accreta, a major cause of obstetric hemorrhage and maternal mortality. 

Furthermore, our Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation team offers a cutting-edge 

sickle cell treatment available at only a few medical centers in the nation – it is the only cure 

for sickle cell. 

Our nursing program continues to be honored for its innovation. In 1995, we were 

the second medical center in the nation and the first in New Jersey to receive Magnet ® 

recognition for nursing and received a fourth designation in April 2009. Only a few medical 

centers in this country enjoy this elite recognition, a symbol of continued commitment to 

innovation in nursing. 

In 2011, we promise to deliver even more innovation to not only our medical center 

patients, but to patients globally. 

TEAMING-UP WITH THE NY 

GIANTS AND THE NJ NETS FOR 

KIDS, CARDIAC AND CANCER 

The HUMC Foundation recently 

established partnerships with the 

NY Giants and NJ Nets to support 

fundraising efforts for kids, cardiac 

and cancer. In fact, this is an exclusive 

partnership and the first of its kind for 

the NY Giants. Through the Touchdown 

Fund and the Slam Dunk Fund it is 

our hope that we will score big for the 

Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, 

Heart & Vascular Hospital, and the 

John Theurer Cancer Center. 

Together, the NY Giants, NJ Nets, 

and HUMC Foundation, all champion 

organizations, create one formidable 

all star team, ensuring a victory for 

HUMC patients. 

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DEVELOPING AND NURTURING THE RIGHT PARTNERSHIPS 

Before we engage in any partnership we ask ourselves: is 

this right for our patients? 

We answered “yes” to that question many times in 2010. 

We partnered with many pharmaceutical research companies 

in 2010 to study novel treatments for the spectrum of diseases. 

Our involvement in clinical trial research helped bring new 

drugs to patients and further the medical community’s understanding 

of the risks and benefits of approved drugs. 

We also led efforts to team up with the Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) and the NIH on numerous groundbreaking 

efforts. This past year, Dr. Yukiko Kimura, chief of pediatric 

rheumatology at the Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, 

became co-chair of an unprecedented effort to develop a 

partnership between the FDA, the pharmaceutical industry, 

patient advocacy groups and a national pediatric rheumatology 

research network. The Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Consolidated 

Registry (JIA CoRe) will enroll and follow juvenile arthritis 

patients nationwide to study the rare side effects of new 

arthritis drugs. Dr. Kimura and fellow member of the Section 

of Pediatric Rheumatology, Dr. Suzanne Li, are leaders of another 

national NIH-funded research project to help define best 

practices approaches in pediatric rheumatic diseases through 

comparative effectiveness research. The result: A better 

approach to patient care. 

In 2010, we were also New Jersey’s top hospital recipient 

of NIH grants for biomedical research. Our medical center was 

one of only three hospitals in the state to receive NIH funding 

during the 2009-2010 fiscal year. 

We also partnered with other medical centers throughout 

the nation. Our organ transplantation and pediatric team worked 

together to participate in a cross-country kidney transplant that 

involved 10 operations, five airline shipments and four hospitals 

in three states. Dr. Michael Shapiro, chief of organ transplants, 

and Dr. Ravi Munver, chief of minimally invasive and robotic 

urologic surgery spearheaded this effort for our medical center, 

giving a 22-month-old baby girl a new kidney and donating 

her father’s kidney to a Los Angeles man. 

WE CAN’T COVER ALL OF 2010’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN ONE 

REPORT, BUT WE HOPE THESE HIGHLIGHTS DEMONSTRATE 

OUR PROGRESS OVER THE PAST YEAR. WE HAVE AMBITIOUS 

GOALS IN 2011. AND WE HAVE AMBITIOUS PEOPLE READY 

TO HELP US MEET THEM. 

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FOCUS ❯ DEFINING EXCELLENCE 

There is no single defining moment that 

can summarize 2010. It has been a year 

of excellence characterized by numerous 

accomplishments. Our teams, our donors, 

our patients and our community all played a 

valuable part in helping drive our mission 

forward. Their collective contributions 

highlighted throughout this report have 

strengthened our ability to do what we do 

best: Excel in patient care.


FOCUS ❯ COMMUNITY 

ENGAGEMENT & 

AWARENESS 

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TOP ROW, LEFT 

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL PERFORMER WOWED CHILDREN WITH WINTER 

TJ Franson, 7, a patient at the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, beamed from a visit by Elena Lev – 

the “Ice Princess” – from Cirque du Soleil’s show “Wintuk.” 

TOP ROW, RIGHT 

MEDICAL CENTER HOSTED SICKLE CELL AWARENESS EVENT 

From left: Michael B. Harris, M.D., pediatrics associate chairman and chief of Pediatric Hematology/ 

Oncology, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital and medical director of the Tomorrows Children’s Institute 

(TCI); Cindy S. Steele, M.D., associate chief of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s 

Hospital; Anne Farrar-Anton, Ph.D., supervisor of Psychology, TCI; Jelani Brissett, 15, poster designer and 

student at Garrett Morgan Academy; Sarah Donnangelo, TCI educational liaison, TCI; Greg Hedler, MSW, 

LCSW, TCI social worker and co-facilitator of TCI’s Sickle Cell Parent Support Group; Adriana Acosta, MSW, 

LCSW, co-facilitator of TCI’s Sickle Cell Parent Support Group; Maureen McLaughlin, TCI child life 

specialist; and Siobhan Silver, TCI senior child life specialist, unveil the winning posters during a Sickle Cell 

Awareness event. 

SECOND ROW 

GARDEN OF DREAMS AND NEW YORK KNICKS CITY DANCERS 

AT THE JOSEPH M. SANZARI CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL 

The New York Knicks City Dancers (KCD) once again surprised patients at the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s 

Hospital with a visit and KCD merchandise. The visit was made possible through the Garden of Dreams 

Foundation, whose mission is to “make dreams come true for kids in crisis.” From left: Amanda Jo, New York 

KCD; Sean Sullivan, 12; and Amanda Eve, New York KCD. 

THIRD ROW 

MEDICAL CENTER AND BERGEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE 

PRESENTED PARENT/TEEN NIGHT “LET’S TALK” 

The Trauma/Surgical Critical Care and Injury Prevention Section of the Department of Surgery and the 

Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office invited parents and teens to a presentation “Let’s Talk.” The program 

presented the perils of drinking and driving, laws against drinking and driving, and the new Driving While 

Intoxicated (DWI) re-enactment short film, “Stoned Cold 2 – Aftermath.” From left: Assistant Bergen County 

Prosecutor John Higgins; Maureen Parenta, community relations specialist, Bergen County Prosecutor’s 

Office; Pat Nierstedt, RN, Trauma Program coordinator; Meliam Gonzales, RN, Trauma and Injury 

Prevention coordinator; Richard D’Elia, executive producer, Chase Wilson Multimedia; John J. LoCurto, M.D., 

FACS, chief of Trauma/Surgical Critical Care and Injury Prevention in the Department of Surgery; and 

Andrew Yeager, student assistance coordinator/certified school psychologist of Park Ridge High School. 

BOTTOM ROW, LEFT 

STAR HOCKEY PLAYER ADAM GRAVES BRIGHTENED DAY 

For the fourth year in a row, Adam Graves, former star hockey player with the New York Rangers, 

surprised patients at the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital with a visit and gifts. His charitable effort 

was made possible through the Garden of Dreams Foundation. Pictured is Mr. Graves with four-year-old 

pediatric patient Jacob Hernandez. 

BOTTOM ROW, RIGHT 

VISIT FROM ISRAEL CONSULATE IN CELEBRATION OF HANUKKAH 

Eric Negron, 5, was among the many young patients in the DON IMUS-WFAN Pediatric Center for 

Tomorrows Children who received gifts and a visit from the Consulate General of Israel diplomats. 

Pictured are Eric and his mother, Brendaly Negron. 

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JOYS OF SOCCER AT THE JOSEPH M. SANZARI CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL 

From left: New York Red Bulls soccer player Luke Sassano (#24) talked about his teammates and World Cup 

soccer with Steven Collins, 13, a patient at the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, and Red Bulls forward 

Conor Chinn (#25). 


“HOT TOPICS IN ADOLESCENCE,” A REVEALING PROGRAM PERTAINING TO OUR YOUTH 

The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital held an informative program titled, “Hot Topics in Adolescence.” 

The program provided the audience with ways of staying informed on psychosocial and sexual behavior 

issues facing the youth of today. From left: Joseph Del Russo, JD, chief assistant prosecutor, Passaic County 

Crime Division; Anthony D’Urso, Psy.D., co-director, Audrey Hepburn Children’s House, a section of the 

Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital; Julia DeBellis, M.D., medical director, Audrey Hepburn Children’s 

House; Sharon Cooper, M.D., adjunct associate professor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, 

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Felicia Glicksman, M.D., attending, Pediatric Neurology, 

Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital; and Stephen Thompson, M.D., section chief, Pediatric Neurology, 

Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital. 

MIDDLE ROW 

TRIBUTE PAID TO VICTIMS OF 9/11 AND EMERGENCY ENTRANCE 

DEDICATED TO FALLEN PARAMEDIC 

HUMC named the driveway leading to the entrance of its Emergency Trauma Department (ETD) Paramedic 

Robert D. Cirri Memorial Way, in honor of a fallen HUMC paramedic and Port Authority police officer who 

lost his life helping others on 9/11/01. From left: Joseph M. Feldman, M.D., chairman of Emergency Medicine; 

Gordon Huie, MPAS, PA-C, physician assistant in the Department of Orthopaedics, who is a survivor of 

Tower Two on 9/11/01 and lost his sister, Susan Huie, in Tower One; Judy Cirri-Gaffey, ex-wife of Robert D. 

Cirri; Jessica Cirri, daughter of Robert D. Cirri; Don Holmes, paramedic, Mobile Intensive Care Unit and 

close friend of Robert D. Cirri; Mark D. Sparta, vice president, Clinical, Support, and Facility Operations; 

and Lisa Iachetti, RN, administrative director of ETD Services. Family members unavailable for photo: Eileen 

Cirri, widow of Lieutenant Robert D. Cirri; sons, Anthony Cirri and Robert Cirri Jr.; and stepdaughters, 

Bianca, Francesca, and Kara. 


MORE THAN 1,500 ATTENDED THE SECOND ANNUAL CELEBRATING LIFE AND LIBERTY 

CANCER SURVIVOR EVENT HOSTED BY JOHN THEURER CANCER CENTER 

The John Theurer Cancer Center hosted an event for cancer survivors and caregivers to celebrate life, 

liberty and new beginnings with the ultimate symbol of freedom close by – the Statue of Liberty. The 

Second Annual Celebrating Life and Liberty cancer survivor event served as a reminder that nearly 12 million 

Americans have survived a long and difficult journey – cancer. Attendees participated in a wide-range 

of interactive workshops, such as Laughter Yoga, Staying Fit, Qigong for Health & Healing, make-up and 

wig demos, quilting, chair massages, inspirational jewelry making, mask collaging, and more. 

Celebrating Life and Liberty was conceived by Andre Goy, M.D., M.S., chairman and director of the 

John Theurer Cancer Center, and Sharon Lee Parker, cancer survivor and cancer coach at the 

John Theurer Cancer Center. 


NJ DEVILS SCORED BIG WITH PEDIATRIC PATIENTS 

Sean Ismaili, 14, a patient at the Tomorrows Children’s Institute, and a devoted NJ Devils fan, received 

a surprise visit and autographed items from three of his favorite players. From left: Defenseman Andy 

Greene (#6), Center Dainius Zubrus (#8), and Defenseman Anssi Salmela (#29). The Devils have made it an 

annual tradition for their players to visit pediatric patients at HUMC. 

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STARS IN THE MAKING 

The Sarkis and Siran Gabrellian Child Care and Learning Center at the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s 

Hospital hosted a graduation celebration for its 2010 kindergarten class. Graduating were: Ariel Alania, 

Wyatt Asgarian, Elias Chrisafinis, Madison Griffin, Sonia Hinojosa, Sarah Levine, Casey McKay, Emma 

Pfeifle, Mark Ruggiero, Gobind Singh, Enrique Tejeiro and Angelica Victor. 


HUMC GOT THE BLUES – FOR COLON CANCER AWARENESS 

HUMC participated in the National Colon Cancer Awareness program by hosting a “Dress in Blue Day.” 

The event encouraged people to get screened because colorectal cancer is the number two cause 

of cancer death in the United States. (Center) Robert C. Garrett, president and chief executive officer of 

HUMC, led the way as colleagues dressed in blue to promote colon cancer awareness. 

SECOND ROW 

NATIONAL NURSES’ DAY CELEBRATED 

From left: Cecelia Alvarez, RN, DNP, of Critical Coronary Care Unit, practice and peer council member; 

Denise Occhiuzzo, RN, administrative director of Nursing, Clinical Education/Nursing Practice and 

Magnet ® Program Director; Tim Porter O’Grady DM, EdD, FAAN; and Dianne A.M. Aroh, RN, executive vice 

president and chief nursing and patient care officer, celebrated the future of healthcare and Nurses’ Day. 

THIRD ROW 

BIOMEDICAL ETHICS SYMPOSIUM 

From left: Michael B. Harris, M.D., associate chairman of the Department of Pediatrics and medical 

director of the Tomorrows Children’s Institute, and chief of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at the Joseph 

M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital; Michael Shapiro, M.D., section chief, Organ Transplantation; Arthur L. 

Caplan, Ph.D., the Sydney D. Caplan Professor of Bioethics, Emmanual and Robert Hart Director, Center 

for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania; Linda Farber Post, JD, director, Bioethics and symposium 

moderator; Melvin S. Polkow, M.D., pulmonologist, Department of Internal Medicine; Helio Pedro, M.D., 

section chief, Genetics at the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital; and Louis Evan Teichholz, M.D., 

chief and medical director of Cardiology and chief, division of Complementary Medicine Program, 

medical director of BEYOND Spa, and medical director of Planetree, at HUMC’s 14th annual Biomedical 

Ethics Symposium. 


TOMORROWS CHILDREN’S INSTITUTE (TCI) AND 

TOMORROWS CHILDREN’S FUND (TCF) CELEBRATED HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 

TCI, a division of the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, and TCF hosted its 2010 High School 

Graduation Celebration. Nineteen patients treated for cancer or blood disorders attended the celebration 

with family and friends. Pictured: Sarah Donnangelo beamed from the podium as Paul Ryan Bendert, 

a TCI patient, received a copy of the beloved Dr. Seuss classic book, “Oh, The Places You’ll Go” from 

John Bivona, co-president of TCF. 


NEWARK BEARS MASCOT SCORED SMILES WITH SCOUTS 

From left: Newark Bears mascot, Ruppert, gave a “thumbs up for bravery” to Douglas Rosa, 7, a patient 

of the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, during a visit to the Reuten Clinic playroom at the Tomorrows 

Children’s Institute. 

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“KICK BUTTS” DAY: AN ANTI-TOBACCO USE CELEBRATION 

The Center for Allergy, Asthma, and Immune Disorders once again participated in Kick Butts Day, 

an annual celebration where kids across the country rebel against tobacco use and tobacco companies. 

The center brought its Mobile Asthma Care Unit, AIR Express, to Hackensack High School, where 

more than 200 students participated in the day’s events. From left: Deborah A. Goss, M.D., Department 

of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care, reviewed the dangers of smoking with Vincent De La Torre, 

during a visit to Hackensack High School to participate in “Kick Butts Day 2010.” 


A HEARTFELT MISSION 

From left: Linda Stanton, RN, administrative director, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Critical Care 

Hematology/Oncology; Karen Praschil, RN, HUMC nurse coordinator; Kevin Carroll, principal, Waldwick 

High School; Fred C. Hirsch, a member of HUMC’s Foundation Board of Trustees, and founder and president 

of the Gregory M. Hirsch Memorial Foundation; Robert Tozzi, M.D., FACC, director of the Gregory M. 

Hirsch Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center, a division of the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital 

at HUMC; Dawn Ruiz, HUMC clerical associate; and Denise Crosta, RN, APN, HUMC manager, Pediatric 

Gastroenterology/Pediatric Cardiology, presented an educational forum at Waldwick High School. 

Approximately 450 students learned the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. 

SECOND ROW 

ANNUAL “WALK TO REMEMBER” 

HUMC hosted its annual “Walk to Remember,” a special service to honor the memories of babies who died 

as a result of miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth, or newborn death. 

THIRD ROW 

ALICE AND MARVIN GOTTLIEB SUMMER SCHOLARS PROGRAM 

The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital along with HUMC’s Department of Medical Education 

congratulated four college undergraduate students for successfully completing the Alice and Marvin 

Gottlieb Summer Scholars Program. From left: (front row) Emily Schlussell, 20, Cornell University; 

Susan Salvatore, program coordinator at HUMC; (back row) Zach Lans, 20, Boston University; Carrie 

McKeon, 22, a graduate of Montclair State University; and Risa Rabinowotz, 19, University of Michigan. 


PASTORAL CARE WINTER FESTIVAL LUNCHEON 

Lawrence (Larry) R. Inserra, Jr., second vice chairman of HUMC’s Board of Governors, a member of HUMC 

Foundation’s Board of Trustees, and president of Inserra Supermarkets, Inc., was honored at this year’s 13th 

Annual Pastoral Care Winter Festival Luncheon. From left: Robert C. Garrett, president and chief executive 

officer, HUMC; Mr. Inserra; and Chaplain Marianela Iribarne, director of Pastoral Care Services. 


PILOTS FOR KIDS VISITED PATIENTS AT THE JOSEPH M. SANZARI CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL 

Four uniformed pilots and members of Pilots for Kids (PFK) from Continental Airlines’ Newark base, 

Captain Brian Heron, Captain Vasco Rodrigues, Captain Michael Bowers, and First Officer Matthew Sloan, 

surprised patients of the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital with gifts and cheer for the holiday season. 

The gifts, sponsored by PFK, consisted of various arts and crafts, books, games, stuffed animals, and 

a special donation of T-shirts from Lynn Femia, RN, nurse coordinator, Executive Health. Pictured are: 

Captain Rodrigues, Captain Bowers, Captain Heron, and First Officer Sloan, with Laura Mamo, 11, 

patient at the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, and sister, Adriana, 9. 

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“TAKING STRIDES AGAINST MENTAL ILLNESS” 

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, dedicated to making a difference in the lives of 

behavioral health patients, participated in the third annual “Taking Strides Against Mental Illness” Walk held 

at the Saddle River County Park in Ridgewood. Funds were raised for research to improve treatment and 

outcomes. The walk, championed by honorary chairpersons, New Jersey Senator Richard Codey and 

Mrs. Mary Jo Codey, both known for their advocacy on behalf of mental illness, was a huge success in fighting 

the associated stigmas. From left: Mrs. Tricia Yeung and her husband, Wilbert Yeung, M.D., psychiatrist, 

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine; Jeffrey Hugues, LCSW, social worker, Department of 

Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine; Annabelle Pacifico, RN, staff nurse, inpatient Psychiatry and Behavioral 

Medicine unit; Mylene Alberto, APN, nurse manager, inpatient Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine unit; 

Lianna Pacifico, 10; Catherine Garbarini, RN, staff nurse, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine; 

and Maureen Goodman, APN, nurse practitioner, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine. 


WORLD AIDS DAY CONFERENCE FOR STUDENTS 

The AIDS Outreach Program at HUMC held a prevention-focused conference on World AIDS Day, titled 

“Universal Access and Human Rights,” at the Clinton Inn Hotel in Tenafly. More than 400 area high school 

students, accompanied by their teachers, school nurses, guidance counselors, and the high school staff of 

Bergen, Passaic, and Hudson counties attended the conference led by a panel of HUMC Infectious Disease 

Specialists. 

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MEN’S HEALTH SEMINAR OFFERED HOPE AND EDUCATION TO ATTENDEES 

From left: Clark Lagemann, Men’s Pelvic Health territory manager for American Medical Systems, Inc. 

(AMS); David Shin, M.D., chief of the Center for Sexual Health and Fertility in the Department of Urology; 

Geoff Higgins, Men’s Pelvic Health market development manager for AMS; and John Blumenreiter, 

patient advocate, at HUMC’s free seminar on erectile dysfunction. 


CENTER FOR BLOODLESS MEDICINE AND SURGERY HOLDS 

INFORMATIONAL SEMINAR FOR COMMUNITY 

The Center for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery held a seminar to inform the community on bloodless 

treatment options, and program updates. The Association for Blood Conservation extended accreditation 

to the Center for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery for its fourth time, effective three years. HUMC has the 

longest running accredited program in the country, and is the only accredited bloodless program on the 

east coast. Pictured, top to bottom, from left: Garland Dance, director, Perfusion Services; Jo Valenti, RN, 

blood utilization coordinator; Stephen Percy, M.D., vice chairman of the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s 

Hospital; Joanna Yohannes, RN, Center for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery; Catherine Whitfield, film 

librarian, Radiology; Wendy Ness, medical secretary, Department of Psychiatry; and Kim Marler, RN, 

Center for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery. 


NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AGAINST CRIME 

The Hackensack Police Department hosted its annual “America’s Night Out Against Crime” at the 

Bergen County Courthouse Green. The program included various safety displays, demonstrations, food, 

entertainment, and fireworks to heighten crime and drug prevention awareness, and strengthen 

neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships. HUMC’s Department of Security was once again 

a proud participant in this year’s event. From left: Jeffrey Worster, HUMC Security Officer; Jill Rubinetti, 

operations manager for HUMC Security Services; and Humberto Camacho, HUMC Security Officer. 

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“WOMEN-TO-WOMEN” PROGRAM 

From left: Laura Gilliam, medical secretary, John Theurer Cancer Center; Pamela Stofberg, RD, Oncology 

Division, John Theurer Cancer Center; Melissa L. Donahue, LCSW, CST, certified sex therapist, MD 

Counseling LLC; Jacqueline Trobiano, RN, operations manager of the Maureen Fund for Ovarian Cancer 

at the John Theurer Cancer Center; Ami P. Vaidya, M.D., attending physician, Gynecologic Oncology 

Division at the John Theurer Cancer Center; Cindy Parnes, M.D., FACOG, attending physician, Obstetrics 

and Gynecology Division at the Donna A. Sanzari Women’s Hospital; Cindy Parnes, M.D., FACOG, attending 

physician, Obstetrics and Gynecology Division at the Donna A. Sanzari Women’s Hospital; Mary Jane 

Warden, M.D., FACS, breast surgeon, the Breast Surgical Division; and Donna McNamara, M.D., FACOG, 

co-chief, Gynecologic Oncology Division, John Theurer Cancer Center, presented a professional program, 

“Women-to-Women: Let’s Talk about Our Bodies, Ourselves,” for nurses, healthcare professionals, and the 

general public, at HUMC. 


TRAUMA PREVENTION PROGRAM EMPHASIZED PEDESTRIAN SAFETY 

Pictured clockwise from left: Meliam Gonzales, RN, trauma prevention coordinator and clinical educator 

in the Trauma/Surgical Critical Care and Injury Prevention Section of the Department of Surgery; Alexandra 

Marin, HUMC volunteer; Elise Bourne-Busby, principal, William Cullen Bryant School in Teaneck; Miguel 

Mieses, HUMC volunteer; Diego Rodriguez, 4; Ronaldo Martin, 4; Amaris Gantt, 4; and Victoria Guthrie, 4, 

displayed good examples of pedestrian safety as part of the Safe Kids “Walk This Way” Program. 

MIDDLE ROW 

AREA HIGH SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED IN 

“GET IT TOGETHER” SEATBELT CHALLENGE 

From left: John J. LoCurto, M.D., chief of the Trauma/Surgical Critical Care and Injury Prevention Section of 

the Department of Surgery; Kevin Looram, teacher, River Dell High School (RDHS); Peter Oh, Dorian Lanni, 

Alyssa Spector, and Vanessa McAllister, students at RDHS; Dianne Furusawa, teacher, RDHS; and Meliam 

Gonzales, RN, the trauma prevention coordinator and clinical educator for the Trauma/Surgical Critical 

Care and Injury Prevention Section of the Department of Surgery at the spring “Get it Together” Seatbelt 

Challenge awards ceremony. RDHS students made the T-shirts they’re pictured wearing to highlight 

the importance of wearing a seatbelt. Participating high schools included: Bergenfield, Elmwood Park 

Memorial, Emerson, Fort Lee, Garfield, Ramapo, Immaculate Conception, Lodi, Lyndhurst, Mahwah, Indian 

Hills, River Dell, Don Bosco, Saddle Brook, and Immaculate Heart Academy. 


COMMUNITY RESOURCE COUNCIL HOSTED HUMC SPEAKER 

From left: Jane Grinch, Esq., president, Community Resource Council; Charlotte Sodora, director, Care One 

Wellington; Louis Evan Teichholz, M.D., chief and medical director of Cardiac Services, division of Cardiology, 

chief, Division of Complementary Medicine Program, medical director of BEYOND Spa, and medical 

director of Planetree; Diana DiGirolamo, executive director, Community Resource Council; and Michael P. 

Silverstein, M.D., neurologist, offered a chance to learn about the risks for heart attack and stroke. 


NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT CELEBRATION 

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), a division of the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital hosted 

a picnic reunion celebration for the families of children who graduated from the NICU. One hundred and 

seventy-five families, nearing 800 people, attended the festivities held at Woodland Park in Hasbrouck 

Heights. From left: twins Hailey and Gianna Karcick, 5. 

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GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT ® AND NEW TOBACCO CESSATION PROGRAM 

HUMC participated in the national Great American Smokeout ® campaign. From left: Karyna Miranda, 

secretary, Institute for Sleep-Wake Disorders; Theresa Catalano, CMA, secretary level II, Breath and Lung 

Institute; Susan Zafarlotfi, Ph.D., clinical director of the Institute for Sleep-Wake Disorders and the Breath 

and Lung Institute; Lauren Dempsey, chief polysomnographer, Institute for Sleep-Wake Disorders; Thalasila 

Vankata, registered polysomnographic technologist, Institute for Sleep-Wake Disorders; and Mohammed 

Quadri, registered polysomnographic technologist, Institute for Sleep-Wake Disorders. 


HUMC HOSTED COMMUNITY DIABETES SEMINAR 

The MOLLY Diabetes Education/Management Center for Adults and Children at HUMC hosted its 

complimentary 13th annual Diabetes First Seminar, “There’s Something About Diabetes,” directed to 

individuals with diabetes and their families. From left: Amy Grobe, RD; Doreen Zappitelli, RN; Linda 

Gogates, RD, dietitian coordinator; Mona Lefkowitz, RN, APN; Linda Cohen, RN, APN, manager; Joseph 

Giangola, M.D., chief, Division of Diabetes in the Department of Internal Medicine and medical director 

of the MOLLY Diabetes Center; Jennifer Sivitz, M.D., pediatric endocrinologist at the MOLLY Center 

for Diabetes and Endocrine Disorders; Judith Shanberg, LCSW; and Javier Aisenberg, M.D., medical director 

and pediatric endocrinologist, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital. 

MIDDLE ROW 

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS DRILL CONDUCTED 

HUMC continuously conducts emergency preparedness drills. The healthcare team regularly practices 

donning personal protective equipment, including decon suits, used to protect staff who decontaminate 

patients. A Strike Team of trained volunteers from departments that do not typically participate in disaster 

response has also been assembled. From left: Karen Mattes-Szucs, RN, staff nurse at HUMC North at 

Pascack Valley; Adrienne Del Favero, RN, staff nurse, Radiology; and Linda Farber Post, JD, director, Bioethics. 


TWENTIETH ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS PROGRAM HOSTED 

BY HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER’S MEDICAL AND DENTAL STAFF 

HUMC’s Medical and Dental Staff awarded 10 $3,000 scholarships at its 20th Annual Scholarship Awards 

Program. Scholarships were awarded to non-physician employees and their families. Gregory T. 

Simonian, M.D., president of the Medical and Dental Staff and chief of Endovascular in the Department 

of Surgery, introduced each of the winners and spoke of their various achievements. Physician honorees 

were present to award the scholarships as family members cheered on the recipients. From left: Jonathan 

Fanaro, the recipient of the Jerome Levine, M.D. Scholarship Award, received his award from Gregory T. 

Simonian, M.D. Dr. Levine, senior medical director of Medical Administrative Affairs and medical director 

of Capacity Management, was unable to attend but sent Jonathan his best regards. 


EIGHTH SUCCESSFUL YEAR OF FREE PSA TESTING 

For the eighth consecutive year, HUMC provided free access for thousands of men to be tested for prostate 

specific antigen (PSA), a protein in the blood that comes from the prostate; a higher PSA level can indicate 

a threat of cancer. HUMC administered 2,466 tests during a week-long span that kicked off during the New 

York Road Runner’s Father’s Day Run for Prostate Cancer in Central Park. Testing locations were offered in 

Harlem and midtown, New York, and in the New Jersey towns of Hackensack, Westwood, and Hawthorne. 

The tests were offered as a result of a longstanding partnership HUMC has with the New York Daily News 

in the fight against prostate cancer. Since the partnership began, more than 125,000 men have taken 

advantage of the free tests. Pictured: Ihor Sawczuk, M.D., chairman of the Department of Urology and 

HUMC Academic Affairs, and chief of Urologic Oncology at the John Theurer Cancer Center, had the 

honors of holding the finish-line banner at the 2010 Father’s Day Run for Prostate Cancer in Central Park. 

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PEDIATRIC CENTER FOR HEART DISEASE HOSTED CELEBRATION 

The Pediatric Center for Heart Disease, a division of the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, honored 

children with heart disease by hosting an event in its Second Street Café. Sydney Paradiso, 7, concentrated 

on craft-making during the party. Sydney’s father, Steven, is a biomedical engineering technician at HUMC. 

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DEIRDRE IMUS JOINED THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF GILDA’S CLUB NORTHERN NJ 

Deirdre Imus, best-selling author, philanthropist and children’s health advocate, was named to the board 

of directors at Gilda’s Club Northern New Jersey. Ms. Imus was the guest of honor at a rededication of the 

clubhouse, which was redone with completely environmentally-friendly materials and furniture. 


LIVING GLUTEN-FREE SEMINAR HELD AT HUMC 

The Department of Food and Nutrition Management hosted a seminar on “Living Gluten-Free: Eating 

Well and Staying Healthy” for the community. Topics ranged from “Celiac Disease in Adults,” “Celiac 

Disease in Children,” “Nuts and Bolts of a Gluten-Free Diet,” and “Common Dilemmas, Holiday Dining, 

Local Resources and Legislation.” From left: Susan Kraus, RD, Center for Allergy, Asthma, and Immune 

Disorders; Steven Leibowitz, M.D., Division of Gastroenterology; Laura Garrett, MS, RD; Anne Roland Lee, 

RD, LD, director of Nutritional Services, Schar USA; Karen Francolla, M.D., Section of Pediatric 

Gastroenterology, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital; Lynda Rosini, RD, CNSD, CSO, CDE, Joseph M. 

Sanzari Children’s Hospital; and Maria Stanish, RD, Department of Food and Nutrition Management. 

MIDDLE ROW 

NETS’ DEVIN HARRIS AND SLY FOX BROUGHT HOLIDAY HAPPINESS TO PEDIATRIC PATIENTS 

New Jersey Nets all-star Devin Harris, and mascot Sly Fox as Santa, personally delivered gifts and wishes of 

good health to patients of the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital. From left: Mr. Harris; Abigail Phelan, 11; 

Olivia Phelan, 8, a patient; and Mr. Fox. HUMC is the hometown hospital of Nets Basketball. 


“TOP CHEF” DAY 

The Child Life Department of the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital hosted “Top Chef Day” for patients 

of the Reuten Clinic at HUMC’s Tomorrows Children’s Institute and inpatient pediatric oncology units. 

Activities for the children included meeting a real chef, creating their own tacos, decorating cupcakes, 

making their own drinks, and getting their own chef hats. Pictured are Jose Perez and Virginia Hernandez 

and their daughter, 2 1/2-year-old Ashley Perez, a patient at the children’s hospital. 


GIANTS ROOKIES BROUGHT TREATS TO PEDIATRIC PATIENTS 

The entire squad of rookies from the New York Football Giants surprised patients at the Joseph M. Sanzari 

Children’s Hospital. The Giants Rookie Halloween visit to HUMC has become an annual tradition; this 

being the ninth time players participated in this generous cause. From left: Jason Pierre-Paul, #90, defensive 

end; Adrian Tracy, #98, linebacker; Jim Cordle, #63, center; and Matt Dodge, #6, punter, after handing a bag 

full of goodies to patient Christian Derace, 6. HUMC is the hometown hospital of the New York Giants. 

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MEDICAL CENTER GOES “TABLE TO TABLE” TO HELP FIGHT HUNGER 

HUMC annually contributes to “Table to Table,” a community-based food rescue program. Last year, the 

Department of Nutrition and Food Management donated nearly 12,000 meals to the not-for-profit organization, 

which serves the hungry in Bergen, Passaic, Essex, and Hudson counties. 

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FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES MIKE LEAVITT 

Mike Leavitt (left), founder and chairman of Leavitt Partners, which advises clients in the healthcare and 

food safety sectors, joined Robert C. Garrett (right), president and chief executive officer to discuss healthcare 

and healthcare reform. Mr. Leavitt has formerly held such positions as Secretary of the U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services, head of the Environmental Protection Agency; and Governor of Utah. 


LATEST TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR BREAST CARE LECTURE 

From left: Charles E. Cox, M.D., FACS, McCann Foundation Endowed Professor of Breast Surgery 

at the University of South Florida and chief executive officer of Breast Health CRISP (Clinical and Research 

Integrated Strategic Program) at the Morsani Center in Tampa, and David B. Pearlstone, M.D., FACS, 

chief of the Division of Breast Surgery, HUMC lectured. 


ST. GEORGE’S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE CLINICAL CLERKSHIP PROGRAM 

The Advisory Graduate Medical Education Council of New Jersey unanimously approved a third year clinical 

clerkship program for St. George’s University School of Medicine students at HUMC. Forty-eight, third year students 

entered into five core clinical rotations consisting of medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, pediatrics, psychiatry and 

surgery at HUMC in the fall. Joseph Feldman, M.D., is the director of Medical Education for the overall Saint George’s 

Medical School clinical clerkship program. As a result of the partnership, four tuition scholarships to medical school 

at St. George’s became available to HUMC medical staff, employees, and/or their family members. 

MIDDLE ROW, LEFT 

PLANETREE PATIENT-CENTERED DESIGNATION 

HUMC executives hosted a meeting with guest speaker Susan Frampton, Ph.D., president of Planetree. 

From left: (front row) Nancy R. Corcoran, FACHE, executive vice president and chief human resources officer; 

Louis E. Teichholz, M.D., director of Cardiac Services, division chief of Cardiology Services, Complementary 

Medicine, and medical director of Planetree at HUMC; Robert C. Garrett, president and chief executive officer; 

Sara Guastello, Designation and Resource Development of Planetree; Susan B. Frampton; (back row); 

Caryn Loffman, program coordinator for HUMC’s “Take a Break Program;” Kate L. Raines, RN, administrator 

of Donna M. Sanzari Women’s Hospital, Planetree and the MOLLY Diabetes Education/Management Center 

for Adults and Children; Dianne A.M. Aroh, RN, executive vice president and chief nursing and patient care 

officer; and Jan Guinter, RN, program coordinator, Planetree, at HUMC. 

MIDDLE ROW, RIGHT 

“FROM THE OFFICE TO THE O.R.,” A SURGICAL GUIDE FOR THE PRACTICING PEDIATRICIAN 

HUMC physicians presented pediatric surgical based diseases for pediatric and healthcare professionals. 

From left: Frederick Alexander, M.D., surgeon-in-chief of General and Thoracic Pediatric Surgery; Mostafa 

El-Khashab, M.D., assistant attending, Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery; Samuel Rhee, M.D., assistant 

attending, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; Jeffrey Stock, M.D., FAAP, attending, Department 

of Pediatric Urology; David Konigsberg, M.D., assistant attending, Department of Orthopaedic Pediatrics; 

Karen Francolla, M.D., assistant attending, Department of Pediatrics, section of Pediatric Gastrointestinal. 

BOTTOM ROW 

HUMC SIGNED AFFILIATION AGREEMENT WITH HACKETTSTOWN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 

From left: Robert C. Garrett, president and chief executive officer, signed the affiliation agreement between 

HUMC and Hackettstown Regional Medical Center (HRMC); Gene C. Milton, Ph.D., FACHE, immediate past 

president and chief executive officer of HRMC; and Jason C. Coe, MBA, president of HRMC. The collaboration 

is intended to benefit patients by allowing for the expansion of clinical programs and services, as well 

as foster a closer working relationship between the medical staff and physicians at both hospitals. 

Pictured right: Hackettstown Regional Medical Center. 

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JOSEPH M. SANZARI NAMED MEDICAL CENTER’S CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD 

Longtime supporter of HUMC, Joseph M. Sanzari, was appointed chairman of the board to the institution 

that bears his name on its children’s hospital. The appointment was announced during the Hillcrest 

Health Service System, Inc. and HUMC Board of Governors Annual Meeting held in the Joseph and 

Pam Simunovich Palm Court of the Medical Plaza. 

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NEW EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT/CHIEF STRATEGY AND OPERATIONS OFFICER NAMED 

HUMC welcomed experienced healthcare executive Ketul J. Patel as the institution’s new executive 

vice president, chief strategy and operations officer. Mr. Patel joined the medical center from the University 

of Pittsburgh Medical Center/Magee-Women’s Hospital, where he was the senior operations executive 

for three years. During his tenure, he was part of the management team that transformed Magee from a 

women’s hospital to a full-service academic medical center. From 1993 to 2008, he held senior 

management positions at several other large metropolitan health systems, including the Sisters of 

St. Francis Health Services, Inc., of suburban Chicago; Sharp HealthCare of San Diego; and Conemaugh 

Health System of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. 

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NANCY R. CORCORAN EARNED TOP HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT CREDENTIAL 

Nancy R. Corcoran, FACHE, executive vice president and chief human resources officer, earned the status 

of Fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives, the nation’s leading professional society 

for healthcare leaders. Nationally, only 7,500 healthcare executives hold this distinction. 

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TRAUMA SURGEON NAMED AS NEW CHAIRMAN AND SURGEON-IN-CHIEF OF SURGERY 

Adrian Barbul, M.D., a board-certified surgeon specializing in general and trauma surgery was appointed 

chairman and surgeon-in-chief of the Department of Surgery. Dr. Barbul is recognized internationally for 

his work in wound repair and his extensive research in wound healing and gastrointestinal surgery. 

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PHYSICIAN APPOINTED AS DIRECTOR OF ADVANCED AORTIC AND VALVULAR HEART SURGERY 

Leonard Y. Lee, M.D., was named the director of Advanced Aortic and Valvular Heart Surgery. Dr. Lee 

is board-certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery; 

a member of the American Medical Association, American Heart Association, and Society of Thoracic 

Surgeons; an associate member of the American Society of Gene Therapy; and a fellow in the American 

College of Surgeons, American College of Chest Physicians, and American College of Cardiology. He is 

also noted as one of “America’s Top Surgeons” in the 2009 edition of the Guide to America’s Top Surgeons, 

by the Consumer Research Council of America. 

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NEW CHIEF OF THORACIC SURGERY AND CO-CHIEF OF THORACIC ONCOLOGY WELCOMED 

Bernard J. Park, M.D., was appointed chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery, and co-division chief of 

Thoracic Oncology. Dr. Park, who specializes in surgery of the chest, lungs, esophagus, and mediastinum, 

was a thoracic surgeon at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center before coming to HUMC. He is also 

one of the world’s leaders in robotic video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy, a minimally-invasive 

lung surgery which can decrease recovery time. 

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DONNA TRAUTH MCNAMARA, M.D. APPOINTED CO-DIVISION CHIEF 

OF GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY AT JOHN THEURER CANCER CENTER 

Donna Trauth McNamara, M.D., was appointed co-division chief of Gynecologic Oncology at the 

John Theurer Cancer Center. Dr. McNamara has been a member of the division since its 2005 inception 

and brings considerable expertise in the clinical care of patients with gynecologic malignancies, 

particularly ovarian cancer. 

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MICHAEL WILDERMAN, M.D. JOINED HUMC 

Michael Wilderman, M.D., a vascular surgeon and clinical assistant, joined the Department of Surgery. 

His additional areas of expertise include endovascular treatment of complex thoracic and aortic abdominal 

aneurysms, the open and endovascular treatment of carotid disease, the minimally-invasive treatment 

of lower extremity peripheral arterial disease, along with minimally-invasive treatment of varicose veins. 

BOTTOM ROW, 9 

CHIEF OF GENETICS APPOINTED 

The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital announced the appointment of Helio F. Pedro, M.D., 

as chief of Genetics. Dr. Pedro joined HUMC in 2004 as a medical geneticist. 

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RESEARCH BIOSTATISTICIAN JOINED MEDICAL CENTER 

Themba Nyirenda, Ph.D., research biostatistician, joined the Research Department at the David and 

Alice Jurist Research Institute. He provides biostatistical expertise in the preparation of clinical trials, 

epidemiologic studies and health outcomes research. 

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JOHN THEURER CANCER CENTER BROUGHT TOGETHER LEADING 

NEURO-ONCOLOGY EXPERTS TO PRESENT KEY TRENDS 

The John Theurer Cancer Center brought together top neuro-oncologists from around the country for a symposium to 

address new treatment updates and review management of complex cases across a broad array of neuro-oncology specialties. 

The Sixth Annual Neuro-Oncology Symposium: Update of New Guidelines in Neuro-Oncology featured experts from leading 

cancer institutions, including MD Anderson Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Northwestern University 

Medical Center, and Arkansas Neuroscience Institute. 

HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES PROGRAM FOR PHYSICIANS AND PATIENTS 

The John Theurer Cancer Center hosted a hematological malignancies conference for physicians and patients, entitled 

“Current and Innovative Modalities in the Management of Hematological Malignancies,” as part of John Theurer Cancer Center’s 

commitment to provide both healthcare professionals as well as patients with an update on the newest advances in the field 

of blood-borne cancers. 

JOHN THEURER CANCER CENTER AND THE LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA SOCIETY 

HOSTED PANEL DISCUSSION WITH LEADING BLOOD CANCER EXPERTS 

The John Theurer Cancer Center and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) came together to host Partners in Progress: 

An Expert Panel Discussion on Advancing Therapies for Blood Cancers. The free educational program featured leading 

leukemia experts, as well as a myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) survivor and clinical trial participant. Featured speakers included 

Louis J. Degennaro, Ph.D., executive vice president and chief mission officer, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and Stuart L. 

Goldberg, M.D., chief, Division of Leukemia at the John Theurer Cancer Center and associate clinical professor of Medicine, 

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. 

HUMC HAD POWERFUL PRESENCE AT THE 60TH ANNUAL MEETING 

OF NEW JERSEY OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL SOCIETY 

The 60th Annual Meeting of the New Jersey Obstetrical and Gynecological Society (NJOGS) took place in Atlantic City, 

and included several physicians and nurses from HUMC as its featured speakers. Judi Gerardis, M.D., attending physician 

in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Donna A. Sanzari Women’s Hospital, is president of the NJOGS 

and chairs its program committee. 

HUMC was represented on the faculty by Abdulla Al-Khan, M.D., director of Maternal Fetal Medicine and Surgery in 

the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, who discussed “The Surgical Approach to Placenta Percreta;” Debra L. Fromer, 

M.D., chief of the Center for Bladder, Prostate, and Pelvic Floor Health, whose lecture was titled “Urology 101;” Kathy Cocozzo, 

RNC, nurse manager, High-Risk Antepartum Unit, Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine, discussed “The Accreta/Percreta 

Patient Challenges from a Nursing Perspective;” and Lisa I. Milli, RN, APN-C, nurse practitioner, Gynecologic Oncology, 

presented “HPV, Paps, and the Evolving Cervix – the Role of Colposcopy.” 

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ORTHOPEDIC ONCOLOGIST PRESENTED LIMB-SPARING SURGICAL TECHNIQUES 

AT THE 46TH CHILEAN ORTHOPEDIC AND TRAUMA SOCIETY 

James Wittig, M.D., chief of orthopedic surgical oncology and division chief of sarcoma at the John Theurer Cancer Center, 

was an honorary guest lecturer at the 46th Chilean Orthopedic and Trauma Society in La Serena, Chile. The annual event, 

co-sponsored by the University of Chile and the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society of the Chilean Orthopedic and Trauma Society, 

explores innovative approaches to treating musculoskeletal tumors. Dr. Wittig delivered five different presentations 

detailing limb-sparing surgery and reconstruction for sarcomas and other musculoskeletal tumors including talks on radical 

resection of the scapula, humerus, tibia, femur, and limb sparing surgery for soft tissue sarcomas. 

DR. AMI VAIDYA JOINED TEAM OF LEADING GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGISTS 

The John Theurer Cancer Center announced the addition of Ami Vaidya, M.D., to the Division of Gynecologic Oncology. 

Dual-board certified in gynecologic-oncology and obstetrics-gynecology, Dr. Vaidya’s areas of focus includes uterine papillary 

serous carcinoma and signal transducers and activators in drug-resistant ovarian cancer. The John Theurer Cancer Center 

is one of only 20 centers in the country selected to train physicians for the revolutionary daVinci ® surgical robot, which makes 

gynecologic cancer surgery easier and safer for patients. 

UROLOGIST INITIATED NEW PROGRAM WITH DEPARTMENT OF GERIATRICS 

Physicians from the Department of Geriatrics teamed up with Richard A. Watson, M.D., F.A.C.S., chief of ambulatory surgery, 

director of resident education for the Department of Urology and a urologist in the Division of Urologic Oncology 

at the John Theurer Cancer Center, to initiate a program of innovative, on-site care for patients at a nursing healthcare center, 

when urinary tract problems arise during their stay. 

MICHAEL SHAPIRO, M.D., PRESENTED AT THE KIDNEY 

AND UROLOGY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA CONFERENCE 

The Kidney and Urology Foundation of America (KUFA) hosted a conference titled, “Empowering the Renal and Professional to 

Meet to Change and Challenges in Patient Care Today” at the New York Hall of Science in Queens, NY. Michael Shapiro, M.D., 

chief of organ transplantation, presented at the conference on “Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation.” 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS EXCELLENCE PROGRAM 

CELEBRATED SECOND GRADUATING CLASS 

The Department of Learning and Performance at HUMC celebrated the second graduating class of its Administrative 

Professionals Excellence Program with a graduation ceremony that included certificates for its graduates and a reception. 

Graduates were: Cheryl Williams, administrative assistant, Department of Medicine; Mary Kozibroda, office coordinator, 

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; Nisha Kotecha, medical secretary, TCI; Bilma Jimenez, M.D., clinical research 

associate, TCI; Fiorella Bardellini, executive assistant, Nursing Administration; Felicia Brown, audit coordinator, Audit Services; 

Anna Floreno, executive assistant, Department of Patient Care; Juli Stranzenbach, department coordinator, Healthwise EAP; 

Wendy Martinez, clerical coordinator, Trauma Services; John Lucious, supervisor, Inpatient Operating Room; Bonnie LoGiudice, 

executive secretary, John Theurer Cancer Center; Amy Lemanowicz, administrative assistant, Consumer Affairs; Chantell 

Sanjurjo, secretary, Case Management; Arlene Fretz, executive secretary, Cardiac Services; Kathleen Wilcox-Rushforth, 

administrative assistant, Heart & Vascular Hospital and Executive Office; Grace Sullivan, clerical coordinator, Vascular Lab; 

Lauren Scipioni, secretary level II, Nursing Education; Eileen Parker, medical assistant, Cardiac Catheterization Lab; Laura 

Gilliam, medical secretary, John Theurer Cancer Center; and Carmen Edwards, records coordinator, John Theurer Cancer Center. 

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BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP CREATED QUILT FOR OVARIAN CANCER FUNDRAISING EVENT 

Members of the Breast Cancer Support Group at the John Theurer Cancer Center joined forces to create 

a beautiful quilt – for a second time. Both quilts used fabrics adorned with the familiar symbol of breast 

cancer, the famous pink ribbon. The completed quilt was donated to a Tricky Tray event that benefitted the 

Maureen Fund for the Prevention and Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer at the John Theurer Cancer 

Center. From left: Debra Dziubinsky, RN, administrative head nurse, the Betty Torricelli Institute for Breast 

Care, and members of the Breast Cancer Support Group at the John Theurer Cancer Center: Maria J. Moran, 

Joyce Finlayson, Barbara Sudol, Patricia Waddleton, Anu Bose, Joy Price, Jane Serafin, and Betty Dorusak, 

LCSW, HUMC social worker. 


MAHWAH REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RAISED FUNDS 

AT ANNUAL GOLF OUTING FOR JOHN THEURER CANCER CENTER 

The Mahwah Regional Chamber of Commerce (MRCC) hosted its 19th Annual Golf Outing which raised 

$12,500 for the John Theurer Cancer Center. Honored at the event was Lawrence R. Inserra, Jr., second vice 

chairman of HUMC’s Board of Governors, a member of the HUMC Foundation’s Board of Trustees, and 

president of Inserra Supermarkets, Inc. Mr. Inserra was recognized as the chamber’s “Humanitarian of the 

Year.” From left: Stuart Rosenberg, event chairman of the 19th Annual MRCC Golf Outing; Mr. Inserra; 

Sharon Rounds, executive director of the MRCC; Annette S. Freund, Ph.D., president of the MRCC; and 

Robert L. Torre, executive vice president and chief operating officer, HUMC Foundation. 


HANNAH BANANA FOUNDATION DONATION 

Inspired by a courageous patient battling a long-term illness, the Hannah Banana Foundation was founded 

to better the lives of chronically ill hospitalized patients by giving therapeutic gifts to adult patients such 

as art supplies, journals, and games. From left: Tobi Beth Greene, M.D., breast surgeon; Midge Grady, RN, 

APN, administrative director of Nursing in the departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine and 

Medical/Surgical; Mrs. Jacqueline Freeman, patient; Mrs. Linda Brosterman, donor representing the Hannah 

Banana Foundation; and Kate Buttner, RN, nurse manager, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, 

as Jacqueline received a gift bag courtesy of the Hannah Banana Foundation. 


PATIENT’S FAMILY DONATED WII ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM 

AND TELEVISION TO INSTITUTE FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT 

Borislav and Katarina Radan, parents of Ivanna Radan, a patient at the Institute for Child Development 

(ICD), a division of the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, made a surprise donation of a Nintendo Wii 

Entertainment System, Wii Fit Plus, and 27” flat screen television to the ICD’s Department of Physical 

Therapy. The games, provided by Wii Fit, proved to be a fun and unique way of working with the pediatric 

physical therapy patients, who are getting tremendous use out of it as a result. From left: Aaron Abitbol, 5, 

ICD patient; Mariana Cardenas, 12, ICD patient; and Tate Rawson, physical therapist, ICD, helped Mariana 

with her physical therapy by playing Wii Fit’s hula hoop game. 


GREATER ALLIANCE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION DONATED TO “EVERYONE NEEDS A NURSE” CAMPAIGN 

HUMC’s “Everyone Needs a Nurse” campaign, which supports continuing education for nurses, received 

a $1,000 donation from the Greater Alliance Federal Credit Union. From left: Elizabeth Donald, director, 

Annual Giving, HUMC Foundation; Dianne A.M. Aroh, RN, MS, NEA-BC, executive vice president, chief 

nursing and patient care services officer; Patrick McGrath, president and chief executive officer of the 

Greater Alliance Federal Credit Union; and Joseph L. Pedone, vice president, New Business Development, 

Greater Alliance Federal Credit Union. 

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DUAL DRIVING AMBITIONS FUELED EXTRAORDINARY DONATIONS 

HUMC’s Foundation proudly announced another generous gift from Joseph T. Dockery, president-owner 

of Prestige Management Services, Inc., of Paramus since 1968, to benefit the John Theurer Cancer Center. 

The Foundation received one of the very first 2011 Mercedes SLS AMG’s in America with the distinctive 

gull wing doors, to become the luxury car for a California resident. The car was sold and raised more than 

$225,000 for the John Theurer Cancer Center. From left: (seated) Joseph T. Dockery prepared to hand over 

the chip to start the 2011 Mercedes SLS AMG, to (standing) Robert L. Torre, executive vice president and 

chief operating officer, HUMC Foundation. 


JOHN THEURER CANCER CENTER DEDICATED 

The John Theurer Cancer Center unveiled a new $130-million, 155,000 square foot comprehensive cancer 

facility that enhances the cancer center’s ability to deliver multidisciplinary extraordinary care, best-in-class 

clinical quality, and cutting-edge research. Pictured at the ribbon-cutting, from left: Kevin J. Collins, Esq., 

chairman, John Theurer Cancer Center Advisory Committee; James R. Napolitano, Esq., chairman, Hillcrest 

Health Service System, Inc.; Joseph M. Sanzari, chairman, HUMC Board of Governors; Robert C. Garrett, 

president and chief executive officer; Helena Theurer, benefactor, board member, HUMC Foundation, and 

wife of the late John Theurer; Steven Sprague, cancer survivor; Andrew L. Pecora, M.D., vice president, Cancer 

Services, chief innovations officer, John Theurer Cancer Center; Joseph Simunovich, chairman, HUMC 

Foundation Board of Trustees; Deirdre Imus, founder and president, Deirdre Imus Environmental Center 

for Pediatric Oncology at HUMC; and Robert L. Torre, executive vice president and chief operating officer, 

HUMC Foundation. 

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UNIFORM FASHIONS CONTRIBUTED TO AUDREY HEPBURN CHILDREN’S HOUSE 

Diane Some, president of Uniform Fashions in Hackensack, NJ, and Gail Robertson, manager of Uniform 

Fashions, presented a check to benefit the Audrey Hepburn Children’s House, a section of the Joseph M. 

Sanzari Children’s Hospital. From left: Ms. Robertson; Colleen Kearney, APN, administrative director, 

medical, surgical and neonatal services, the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital; Ms. Some; and 

Kimberly N. Caesar, director of Development, the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital. 

THIRD ROW 

ARTWORKS SURPRISE! SUPPLIES PROGRAM LAUNCHED 

Siobhan Silver, senior child life specialist, Child Life/Creative Arts Therapies, surprised six-year-old 

Scott Fitzgerald, a patient at the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Inpatient Unit of the Joseph M. Sanzari 

Children’s Hospital, with an assortment of art supplies and crafts for him to use as a result of ArtCarts 

donated by the ArtWorks Foundation’s Surprise!Supplies program. 


AUXILIARY HOSTED 123RD ANNUAL MEETING AND LUNCHEON 

HUMC’s Auxiliary presented a check in the amount of $411,400 to Robert C. Garrett, president and chief 

executive officer at HUMC; Joseph M. Sanzari, chairman of the HUMC Board of Governors; and Robert L. 

Torre, executive vice president and chief operating officer of HUMC’s Foundation, during the Auxiliary’s 

123rd Annual Meeting and luncheon. From left: Mr. Torre; Mr. Sanzari; Mrs. Peggy Liosi, president of the 

HUMC Auxiliary; and Mr. Garrett. 


ROBERT C. GARRETT SPOKE AT GIANTS KICKOFF LUNCHEON 

The New York Giants held their 2010 Kickoff Luncheon at the new Meadowlands Stadium benefitting the 

Touchdown Fund: Score for Kids, Cardiac, and Cancer, a charitable partnership between the HUMC 

Foundation and the Giants. Robert C. Garrett, HUMC’s president and chief executive officer, addressed 

the crowd of players, owners, coaches, and guests. From left: Mr. Garrett; Eli Manning, New York Giants 

quarterback; and Edward P. Salzano, member of the HUMC Board of Governors. 

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MEDICAL CENTER CELEBRATED FIFTH MAKE SOMEONE SMILE DAY 

Pictured: (center, back row) Robert C. Garrett, president and chief executive officer of HUMC, celebrated 

National Make Someone Smile Week with volunteers who distributed more than 1,000 floral arrangements 

and live plants to patients at HUMC and HUMC North at Pascack Valley, the only hospitals in New Jersey 

to benefit from the generosity of Heights Flower Shoppe in Hasbrouck Heights and Teleflora. 


ANTONINA GUTTILLA FOUNDATION DONATED TO LUNG CANCER RESEARCH 

Joseph Guttilla, founder of the Antonina Guttilla Foundation, presented a check for $40,000 to the 

HUMC Foundation for lung cancer research at the John Theurer Cancer Center. Mr. Guttilla raised the 

funds on behalf of his mother, Mrs. Antonina Guttilla. From left: Robert L. Torre, executive vice president 

and chief operating officer, HUMC Foundation, received the donation from Mr. Guttilla. 


MOTORCYCLE RUN REIGNED IN DOLLARS FOR JOSEPH M. SANZARI CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL 

From left: Joseph Simunovich, chairman, HUMC Foundation Board of Trustees; Joseph M. Sanzari, 

chairman, HUMC Board of Governors; Robert C. Garrett, president and chief executive officer, HUMC; 

and Robert L. Torre, executive vice president and chief operating officer, HUMC Foundation, celebrated 

the 10th Annual Motorcycle Run and Charity Raffle to benefit the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital. 


PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CHAMPIONED AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION WALK 

HUMC healthcare colleagues, including (center) Robert C. Garrett, HUMC’s president and chief executive 

officer and a member of the American Diabetes Association local and national boards, prepared to enjoy a 

beautiful fall day on the Becton Dickinson campus as they participated in the 2010 American Diabetes Walk. 


PLAYROOM DEDICATION GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY QDOBA AND STARLIGHT FOUNDATION 

Qdoba, the Mexican Grill in the Bergen Town Center, in conjunction with the Starlight Children’s Foundation, 

its national charity partner, supported the dedication of a playroom in the DON IMUS-WFAN Pediatric Center 

for Tomorrows Children at the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital. The foundation, dedicated to improving 

the lives of seriously ill children and their families by providing entertainment, education, and family activities, 

and Qdoba donated permanent wall games and toys. From left: Stephanie Omens, CCLS, senior child life 

therapist at HUMC; Colleen Kearney, RN, administrative director, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital 

Medical/Surgical/NICU Services; Kimberly N. Caesar, director of Development, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s 

Hospital; Renee Brady, administrative director, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital Ambulatory Specialty 

Services; Ellen Goldring, ATR-BC, CCLS, section chief of Child Life Services and Creative Arts Therapies, 

Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital; Lauren Berninger, Starlight Children’s Foundation; Lauren Zaccardi, 

director of Public Relations, Marketing and Communications, Starlight Children’s Foundation; Jessica Anton, 

development intern, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital Foundation; Linda Stanton, RN, administrative 

director, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Critical Care Hematology/Oncology; (back row) Michelle 

Hall-Duncan; and Andrew Eck, Regional Marketing Services, Qdoba. 


LISA OZ SPOKE AT FIFTH ANNUAL DESIGNER SHOWHOUSE OF NEW JERSEY 

The Donna A. Sanzari Health and Wellness Center held a luncheon at the Fifth Annual Designer 

Showhouse of New Jersey – presented by the HUMC Foundation – in Saddle River. More than 100 guests 

enjoyed touring the showhouse and listening to keynote speaker Lisa Oz, co-author of three New York 

Times bestselling books. From left: Marijane Hubbell, administrative director of Executive Health Services, 

Women’s Health Services, and BEYOND Day Spa at HUMC; Lisa Oz; and Nora Tossounian, M.D., director 

of Women’s Health and Wellness. 

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RAYTHEON SOLIPSYS DONATED MOBILE COMMAND POST SYSTEM TO HUMC 

Raytheon Solipsys, located in Fulton, MD, donated a Mobile Command Post System (MCPS) to HUMC 

in support of its Mobile Rapid Response Program (MRRP). The MCPS is a computerized display system 

intended to provide the Command and Control component for the MRRP. HUMC is the first hospital in the 

country given this opportunity to take advantage of such technology. From left: Gary Del Moro, emergency 

preparedness manager of the Mobile Intensive Care Unit, HUMC; Edward Yamin, M.D., vice chairman, 

Department of Emergency Medicine at HUMC and director of the MRRP; Joseph Feldman, M.D., chairman 

of Emergency Medicine at HUMC; Robert C. Garrett, president and chief executive officer of HUMC; 

Robert L. Torre, executive vice president and chief operating officer, HUMC Foundation; Raphael Cronin, 

vice president and general manager, Raytheon Solipsys; Grant Hagen, director of programs, Raytheon 

Solipsys; and Joel Ucciardi, program manager for the MCPS, Raytheon Solipsys, in front of the MCPS. 


GIRL SCOUTS GOOD DEED 

The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital welcomed Girl Scout Troop 414 of St. John’s Academy of 

Hillsdale. Troop leader, Joanne Anastasi, RN, HUMC’s Department of Patient Care, led the scouts in a 

year-long fundraising effort at the academy. The girls presented a check for $750, earmarked for pediatric 

oncology research, which they raised hosting a series of Bingo events. From left: Elyse DiNome, 13; 

Sierra Foster, 13; Colleen McKenna, 12; Stephen Percy, M.D., vice chairman of the children’s hospital, 

accepted a donation from Troop 414; Messalina Morley, 13; Nicole Lattarulo, 13; and Kimberly N. Caesar, 

director of development, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital. 

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AMERICAN GIRL FASHION SHOW BENFITTED THE JOSEPH M. SANZARI CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL 

The HUMC Foundation hosted five American Girl Fashion Shows which benefited the Joseph M. Sanzari 

Children’s Hospital. The shows raised more than $55,000 for the children’s hospital. Fashion show 

participant Jenna Slota, 10, a patient at the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, dressed like her 

American Girl Doll, with proud parents Dennis and Barbara Slota. 


JOHN K. MARA AND STEVE TISCH HONORED 

HUMC Foundation’s 13th Annual Invitational Golf Outing held at Edgewood Country Club in River Vale, 

honored the leadership of the New York Football Giants organization, John K. Mara, president and chief 

executive officer, and Steve Tisch, chairman and executive vice president. The $400,000 in funds raised 

from the outing were designated for the medical center’s Touchdown Fund: Score for Kids, Cardiac, and 

Cancer. HUMC is recognized as the “Hometown Hospital of the New York Giants.” From left: Joseph 

Simunovich, chairman of HUMC’s Foundation Board of Trustees; John K. Mara, president and chief 

executive officer, New York Football Giants organization; Robert C. Garrett, HUMC’s president and 

chief executive officer; Robert L. Torre, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the HUMC 

Foundation; and Joseph M. Sanzari, HUMC’s chairman of the Board of Governors. 


JOSEPH M. SANZARI CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL BENEFITED FROM BOOK DONATION 

Alyssa Dicker, the 13-year-old daughter of Paul Dicker, M.D., a member of the Department of Obstetrics 

and Gynecology, and Betty Dicker, donated more than 270 books to patients at the Joseph M. Sanzari 

Children’s Hospital. From left: Dr. and Mrs. Dicker; Ellen Goldring, ATR-BC, CCLS, section chief of Child Life 

and Creative Arts Therapies at the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital; and Alyssa Dicker, prepared to 

stock playrooms at the children’s hospital. 

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NEW JERSEY – FLORIDA PARTNERSHIP TO SPEED DIABETES RESEARCH 

The MOLLY and LINDSEY Diabetes Research Foundation at HUMC and the Diabetes Research Institute 

(DRI), a Center of Excellence at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, joined forces to find 

the cure for type 1 diabetes. HUMC Foundation’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer 

Robert L. Torre, presented a $500,000 check to the Hackensack-Miami project during a dinner held at the 

Stony Hill Inn, Hackensack. From left: Nick Minicucci, founder, MOLLY Foundation, and vice chairman of the 

Minicucci Group; Molly Phillips, Susan Minicucci, Robert C. Garrett, president and chief executive officer of 

HUMC; Mr. Torre, Bonnie, Lindsey and Lawrence Inserra, Jr., president of Inserra Supermarkets, Inc., second 

vice chairman of HUMC’s Board of Governors, and member of HUMC’s Foundation Board of Trustees. 


ANGELS OF HOPE FOUNDATION SELECTED AS “CHARITY OF CHOICE” 

The Angels of Hope Foundation, which benefits women’s health at the John Theurer Cancer Center, was 

chosen as the select charity of choice during August’s PGA Tour Barclay’s FedEx Cup event at Ridgewood 

Country Club in Paramus. The mission of the Angels of Hope Foundation is to create awareness about 

women’s health issues, including breast, ovarian, cervical, uterine, and colon cancers, by reaching out to 

local communities. From left: Lynn White, co-founder of Angels of Hope, and Andrew L. Pecora, M.D., FACP, 

CPE, chief innovation officer and professor and vice president of cancer services, the John Theurer Cancer 

Center, at the 2010 PGA Tour Barclay’s FedEx Cup. 

MIDDLE ROW 

TEAM RUBENSTEIN MADE BERGEN BIKE TOUR FOR SIXTH YEAR 

The Tomorrows Children’s Fund (TCF) and the Volunteer Center of Bergen County, Inc., benefitted from the 

14th Annual Bergen Bike Tour held at Darlington Park in Mahwah. From left are some of Team Rubenstein’s 

physicians and cyclists: Rick Winters, M.D., Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and member of 

the medical center’s Board of Governors; Andrew Siegel, M.D., a member of the Department of Urology, and a 

member of the John Theurer Cancer Center; (front row) Michael J. Kornhaber, M.D., Julia Piwoz, M.D., section 

chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital; Eric Rubenstein; Tony 

Dellachiaie; (back row) Michael Seidner, M.D.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Donna A. 

Sanzari Women’s Hospital; Beatrice Wieczorek; Andrew F. Rubenstein, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and 

Gynecology at the Donna A. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, member, HUMC Foundation’s Board of Trustees, and 

team captain for the tour; William Semanczuk, M.D., Anesthesiology; (middle row) Joseph Dellechiaie; Carrie 

Anderson, holding son, Collin; and James Anderson, prepared to ride in the 14th Annual Bergen Bike Tour. 


THE DESIGNER SHOWHOUSE OF NEW JERSEY 

The HUMC Foundation held the Fifth Annual Designer Showhouse of New Jersey, a showcase for America’s 

premier design talent. It opened with a Preview Party in Saddle River and ran for six weeks with proceeds 

benefitting the John Theurer Cancer Center. Approximately 25 top interior and landscape designers from New 

York and New Jersey turned a Georgian colonial home into a decorating masterpiece. Showhouse Committee 

Co-Chairs Laura Garrett and Carol D. Schaefer, a member of HUMC’s Foundation Board of Trustees, oversaw 

the project. From left: Helena Theurer, member, HUMC Foundation Board of Trustees; and Robert L. Torre, 

executive vice president and chief operating officer, HUMC Foundation. 


CARL BANKS CLASSIC 

From left: Dante A. Implicito, M.D., a member of HUMC Foundation’s Board of Trustees and chief of 

Spine in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery; Robert C. Garrett, HUMC’s president and chief executive 

officer; Sportscaster and former New York Giants Super Bowl Champion Carl Banks; Robert L. Torre, 

executive vice president and chief operating officer at HUMC’s Foundation; and Joseph Simunovich, 

chairman of HUMC’s Foundation Board of Trustees, on the green during the second annual Carl Banks 

Golf and Poker 2010 Tournament. 

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GEORGE MARTIN FOR 9/11 RESPONDERS 

Retired NFL great George Martin, who walked from New York to San Diego in 2007-08 to help thousands 

of 9/11 rescue and recovery workers with serious medical conditions, hit the road once again. Martin led 

an assembly of former New York Giants and other NFL alumni, 9/11 first responders, and others in the 

Second Annual “Giant Steps for 9/11” Walk. Proceeds supported a Journey for 9/11 Foundation as it helps 

9/11 first responders obtain medical care at HUMC and other nearby hospitals. 

SECOND ROW 

MACH OPERATIONS SYSTEM INTRODUCED TO NJ MEDICAL RESERVE CORP 

From left: Lieutenant Commander Andrew Chen, regional emergency coordinator with the New Jersey 

Department of Health and Senior Services; Joseph Feldman, M.D., chairman of Emergency Medicine; 

Murad Raheem, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services; and Herman Morchel, M.D., 

physician, Emergency Medicine, in front of one of the MACH’s mobile support vehicles during a tour 

and presentation held for county coordinators in an effort to garner additional volunteers willing to be 

trained and utilized for MACH deployment. 

THIRD ROW 

GREGORY M. HIRSCH FOUNDATION RAISED FUNDS TO BENEFIT 

THE JOSEPH M. SANZARI CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL 

The Gregory M. Hirsch Memorial Foundation, a foundation dedicated to pediatric heart care, research, 

treatment, and education for the detection of heart conditions in children, held a fundraiser at the 

Brownstone Restaurant in Paterson to benefit Pediatric Cardiology, a division of the Joseph M. Sanzari 

Children’s Hospital. From left: Jeffrey R. Boscamp, M.D., chairman and physician-in-chief, Joseph M. Sanzari 

Children’s Hospital; Ketul J. Patel, executive vice president, chief strategy and operations officer; 

Maureen Keating, RN, vice president, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital; Dianne Aroh, RN, NEA-BC, 

executive vice president, chief nursing and patient care officer; Linda Stanton, RN, administrative director, 

Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital; Fred C. Hirsch, member of the HUMC Foundation Board of Trustees, 

founder and president of the Gregory M. Hirsch Memorial Foundation; and Robert J. Tozzi, M.D., FACC, 

section chief, Pediatric Cardiology, and director, Gregory M. Hirsch Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center, 

divisions of the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital. 


DONNA A. SANZARI HONORED AT THE DESIGNER SHOWHOUSE OF NEW JERSEY 

The Fifth Annual Designer Showhouse of New Jersey, presented by HUMC’s Foundation, was the site of a 

luncheon in Saddle River. HUMC’s Auxiliary honored a dedicated medical center benefactor, Donna A. Sanzari, 

for her many contributions to HUMC. Pictured: Mrs. Peggy Liosi, executive vice president and vice president 

of service of HUMC’s Auxiliary, presented Mrs. Sanzari with flowers at a luncheon held in her honor. 


ANNUAL RECOGNITION GALA TURNED NEW MEADOWLANDS STADIUM INTO FIELD OF DREAMS 

The HUMC Foundation Annual Recognition Gala was held at the New Meadowlands Stadium in East 

Rutherford, raising $2.2 million for The Touchdown Fund: Score for Kids, Cardiac, and Cancer, a result of 

a charitable partnership between HUMC and the New York Giants. From left (back row): James McKee; 

Joseph Simunovich, chairman, HUMC Foundation Board of Trustees; Robert C. Garrett, president and chief 

executive officer of HUMC; Joseph M. Sanzari, chairman, HUMC Board of Governors; James R. Napolitano, 

chairman, Hillcrest Health Service System, Inc.; Massimo M. Napolitano, M.D., chairman, Medical Executive 

Committee, and chief, Vascular Surgery; (front row) Mark D. Schlesinger, M.D., chairman, Department of 

Anesthesiology, member of HUMC’s Board of Governors, and chairman, Special Events, HUMC Foundation 

Board of Trustees; Pam Simunovich; Laura Codey Garrett; Donna A. Sanzari; Catherine Napolitano; and 

Susan Barbara, RN. 

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MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY ORGANIC WASTE DISPOSAL SYSTEM 

Every day is Earth Day at HUMC since its Department of Nutrition and Food Management acquired the stateof-the-art 

GOHBio 1001 waste disposal system from BioHitech America. The system disposes of vegetables, 

pasta, meat, and any other product fit for human consumption, through the use of microorganisms and water. 

Organic garbage is broken down within 24 hours and the liquid that remains after the process is completed 

is safely flushed away. The system offers a cumulative financial savings over conventional practices. 


HUMC RESPONDED TO HAITI DISASTER 

In response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti, HUMC sent a medical delegation to work with the 

mission organization NOVA Hope for Haiti. The team worked in a tent hospital with a group from the 

University of Miami Medical Center called Medishare. The team included, from left: Eamon Daul, RN, 

emergency department; Maggie Lominy, RN, emergency department; Myrvine Bernadotte, M.D., 

emergency department; Jane Burke, RN, nurse manager, Emergency Trauma Department; and, not pictured, 

Manuel Alvarez, M.D., chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, who was also in Haiti 

working with government officials and providing medical direction. 


SWEET CHANUKAH SOUNDS SURROUND MEDICAL CENTER 

HUMC’s Department of Pastoral Care welcomed Teaneck’s junior choir of Temple Emeth in honor of the 

Jewish festival of Chanukah. The children visited the Banta lobby, the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital 

and the Chapel. 


A SNOW WHITE HALLOWEEN 

In the spirit of Halloween, HUMC Board of Governors and Foundation Board of Trustees member Rosemarie J. 

Sorce, visited the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital along with dear friends dressed in classic costumes of 

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. From left: Maureen Keating, RN, vice president, the Joseph M. Sanzari 

Children’s Hospital; Shaun Wittenburg aka “Doc;” Terri Paliana aka “Bashful;” Casey Creamer aka “Sleepy;” 

Allison Creamer aka “Snow White;” Rosemarie J. Sorce; Barbara Bush-Breen aka “Happy;” Pasqualina Bikoff aka 

“Grumpy;” Peter Vallas aka “Sneezy;” and Jeffrey R. Boscamp, M.D., physician-in-chief and chairman of the 

Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, prepared a Happy Halloween for patients at the children’s hospital. 


DEIRDRE IMUS SPARKED KID-POWERED RELIEF FOR HAITI 

Paramus students of East Brook Middle School, including Alison Wolfer (left) and Olivia Gorman, stuffed 

Kids-Love-Kids bags with Mrs. Deirdre Imus, president and founder of the Deirdre Imus Environmental Health 

Center, ® and Naval Petty Officer second class Sayie Rodriguez, who was the recipient of a goody bag while 

he was stationed in the Persian Gulf, during Operation Goody Bag’s launch at HUMC. The program sends 

colorful bags filled with messages of love and goodies from U.S. school children to the children of Haiti. 


BLOODLESS MEDICINE AND NEUROSURGERY PROGRAMS MADE THE DIFFERENCE FOR BOSTON CHILD 

The family of four-year-old Cameron Lovell of Randolph, MA, who suffered from craniosynostosis, a 

congenital disorder which occurs when sutures in one’s skull fuse too early, was told Boston area hospitals 

weren't willing to attempt the much needed surgery without blood transfusions. They met with Jo Valenti, 

blood utilization program coordinator at the Center for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery and Arno Fried, 

M.D., chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, chief of Minimally-Invasive Surgery and chief of Epileptology 

& Functional and Frank Ciminello, M.D., chief, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery-Cranial-Facial and 

Pediatrics, and proceeded with a positive outcome. From left: Mrs. Valenti, Cameron Lovell and Dr. Fried. 

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DWI REENACTMENT MAKES BIG IMPACT ON 

HACKENSACK HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS 

From left: Sean Brady, HUMC mobile intensive care paramedic; Jamie Vogt, HVAC emergency medical 

technician; and Matt Dogali, captain, HVAC Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and corporal, HUMC EMS, 

simulated treating a Hackensack High School (HHS) student during a DWI reenactment at HHS meant to 

dissuade students from drinking and driving. Following the reenactment was a presentation to the students 

by the Trauma/Surgical Critical Care and Injury Prevention Section of the Department of Surgery. 


GOODWILL MISSION IN CHINA 

A team of six physicians and nurses from the Emergency Trauma Department (ETD) embarked on a goodwill 

mission trip to the Yunnan province in southwest China. These caregivers provided much needed 

healthcare to the less fortunate in a mountain village surrounding the city of Dali. From left: Michael Kane, 

M.D., Emergency Medicine Department; Jane Burke, RN, nurse manager, ETD; Cary H. Chiang, M.D., site 

director of the Satellite Emergency Department at HUMC North at Pascack Valley; Monica M. Hernandez, 

M.D., Emergency Medicine Department; Michelle Kobayashi, RN, nurse manager of the observation unit in 

the ETD; and Eric Kobayashi, RN, ETD. 

MIDDLE ROW 

MEDICAL CENTER’S TEAM WALKED THE WALK 

“Kidneys 4 Life Team HUMC” participated in the National Kidney Foundation New York City Kidney Walk at 

the South Street Seaport in support of raising awareness and funds for kidney research, patient advocacy, 

public education and free kidney screening. From left: walkers Joanna and Josh Garfield; Barbara and 

Lou Kahn; George C. H. Wu, M.D., a member of the Organ Transplantation, Department of Surgery and 

the Department of General Surgery; walker Peter Shapiro, 14; Michael Shapiro, M.D., chief of Organ 

Transplantation; Freda Martin, LCSW, certified clinical transplant social worker; and walker Bruce Martin. 

Photo provided by Matthew Roberts, courtesy of the National Kidney Foundation. 


LOVE TRANSPLANT AT HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER 

SPARKED RENEWAL OF MARRIAGE BOND 

From left: Kidney Transplant recipient, Josephine (Jo) Medlar, 63, rejoiced with her husband, David, 65, 

kidney donor, post surgery, where Jo presented David with a new wedding band. 


ANIMAL-ASSISTED THERAPY PROGRAM CELEBRATED 10 YEARS OF SERVICE 

FOR DANCER, A BELOVED ITALIAN GREYHOUND 

The Department of Volunteer Services at HUMC, the first hospital in Northern New Jersey to partner with 

Angel On A Leash, an independent 501 © (3) charity, celebrated 10 years of dedicated service with HUMC 

Doctor Dancer, an Italian Greyhound, familiar to patients and healthcare colleagues alike. The Angel on a 

Leash program began as a charitable activity of the Westminster Kennel Club. Pictured: NBC’s Channel 40 

interviewed Susanne Schulz about Doctor Dancer. 

NOT PICTURED 

MEDICAL CENTER INTRODUCED “TAKE A BREAK” VOLUNTEER PROGRAM 

The Emergency Trauma Department (ETD) implemented the “Take a Break” volunteer program. “Take a 

Break” is a unique, family-centered program designed to offer respite for caregivers at the bedside in the 

ETD. Volunteers in the “Take a Break” program have been carefully selected and trained in many aspects of 

the ETD, as well as communication strategies and listening skills in order to assist the patient and his or 

her caregiver during an ETD visit. Their goal is to provide patients and their family members with basic 

compassion and companionship. The volunteers round independently in the ETD, and are available to 

offer respite and support services to the families of patients. 

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“EPIC” IMPLEMENTATION 

HUMC kicked off its Epic end-user training to enable overall Epic implementation in 2010. Epic is the 

highest clinician and hospital rated electronic medical record (EMR) software system in the nation, and the 

training was a result of HUMC’s $1,175,475 customized grant award from the New Jersey Department of 

Labor and Workforce Development. HUMC’s Department of Learning and Performance was responsible 

for developing and submitting this award-winning grant. Epic Phase One went live on May 1, 2010. Epic 

is built on a foundation of one patient = one record, and offers a suite of integrated patient-centric 

applications designed for the unique needs of healthcare providers. Pictured from left during the cake 

cutting ceremony: Robert L. Glenning, CPA, executive vice president and chief financial officer, HUMC; 

Patrick Sweeney, Epic implementation manager; Terry Moore, DNP, RN, BC,NE-BC, director, Epic Clinical 

Systems, HUMC; Nilesh Desai, assistant director of Pharmacy, HUMC; Jerome F. Levine, M.D., senior 

medical director, Medical Administrative Affairs and Capacity Management, HUMC; Benjamin 

Bordonaro, chief technology officer, HUMC; Matt Schaefer, Epic implementation coordinator; Lauren 

Koniaris, M.D., chief medical informatics officer, HUMC; Guillermo Martinez, director, IT Services and 

Telecommunications, HUMC; Cynthia Casatelli, director, Epic Financial and Ambulatory Systems, HUMC; 

and Robert C. Garrett, president and chief executive officer, HUMC. 


IT’S ALL ABOUT THE HEART 

The Heart & Vascular Hospital boasts cutting-edge technologies such as the Electron Beam Tomography 

(EBT), which is able to capture rapid stop-action images of the beating heart to detect the build-up 

of calcium in the coronary artery, an early indicator of coronary artery disease. Additionally, the hospital 

has a biplane Angiographic unit, containing two X-ray tubes instead of a single tube, which allows viewing 

multiple dimensions at once. The ability to see multiple angles is critical during procedures to treat 

potentially fatal conditions such as stroke, aneurysm, and certain brain tumors. 

MIDDLE ROW 

FIRST CANCER CENTER IN NEW JERSEY TO ACQUIRE A NEW, CUTTING-EDGE RADIOTHERAPY SYSTEM 

In a promising development for cancer patients in New Jersey and surrounding areas, the John Theurer 

Cancer Center was the first cancer center in New Jersey to acquire an innovative system that enables 

a radically different approach to treating cancer with image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) known as the 

TrueBeam system. 


MOVEMENT DISORDERS CENTER 

Hooman Azmi, M.D., director of Movement Disorders Center, performed Deep Brain Stimulation 

surgery on Karen Galinski, a patient suffering from Dystonia, making him the first in New Jersey 

to do so. Dystonia is a neurological disorder where involuntary muscle contractions cause sustained, 

repetitive, and abnormal movements and postures. From left: Dr. Azmi, Ms. Galinski, and Fiona 

Gupta, M.D., movement disorder neurologist. 


HUMC ACQUIRED LATEST MODEL OF DA VINCI TM SURGICAL SYSTEM ROBOTS 

Pictured with the newest model of the da Vinci robots, the da Vinci Si HD Surgical System, is Ihor 

Sawczuk, M.D., vice president, chief academic officer, chairman of the Department of Urology, and chief 

of Urologic Oncology at the John Theurer Cancer Center. This brought the total number of da Vinci robots 

at HUMC to five. Used in the capacity of cardiac surgeries to general surgeries, gynecologic surgeries 

to urologic surgeries, the da Vinci Si HD Surgical System offers revolutionary advantages in the world 

of robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgeries, providing patients with a more valuable procedure. 

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ADVANCED CORONARY TECHNOLOGY 

The Heart & Vascular Hospital announced that Kinetix Guidewire is being used in percutaneous coronary intervention 

procedures. Boston Scientific Corporation launched its new guidewire with Joseph DeGregorio, M.D., chief of Interventional 

Cardiology and Interventional Research, treating the first patient with the Kinetix Guidewire – marking the first procedure 

worldwide to employ this advanced coronary guidewire. 

PHYSICIANS’ PRACTICES INTEGRATED THE PATIENT-CENTERED 

MEDICAL HOME AND ACHIEVED RECOGNITION BY THE 

NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE 

Four different affiliated practices of HUMC received national recognition as a Patient-Centered Medical Home from the 

National Committee for Quality Assurance, a private, non-profit organization dedicated to improving healthcare quality. 

The affiliated physicians were: Thomas Bellavia, M.D., Heights Medical Family Practice in Hasbrouck Heights; Morey Menacker, 

D.O., Forest Healthcare Associates PC in Paramus; Byong Park, M.D., United Medical PC in Lyndhurst, Clifton, and Bayonne; 

and David Isralowitz, M.D., NJ Physicians LLC in Rutherford. 

JOHN THEURER CANCER CENTER OFFERS BREAKTHROUGH 

RADIATION MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY 

The John Theurer Cancer Center announced that it is one of two cancer centers in the tri-state area currently implanting a 

wireless radiation sensor, known as DVS ® (Dose Verification System). John Theurer Cancer Center radiation oncologists can now 

receive data immediately post-treatment on the precise amount of radiation being delivered to tumors and surrounding tissue 

for prostate cancer treatments. 

MEDICAL CENTER PART OF HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE 

WHICH RECEIVED STIMULUS GRANT FUNDS 

HUMC is part of a Northern and Central New Jersey Health Information Exchange (HIE) collaborative known as Jersey 

Health Connect, which is one of four HIEs in New Jersey to receive economic stimulus grant funds from the state for 

further development of its exchange program. The goals of health information exchange are to reduce medical errors and 

redundant care; empower consumers to become more active, informed participants in their care; expand the adoption and 

meaningful use of electronic medical records; and ensure confidentiality, privacy, and security. The funds were part of an 

$11.4 million grant that New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority received from the U.S. Department of Health 

and Human Services. The funds will help the collaboration of competing providers – hospital systems and physician 

organizations serving six million people in 10 counties – to support rapid stakeholder expansion and adoption of current 

data exchange efforts regionally and state-wide. 

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LESS IS MORE: FIRST ROBOTIC SINGLE INCISION 

UROLOGIC SURGERY PERFORMED IN NEW JERSEY 

You have heard the question asked many times, “When is less more?” Today’s answer is when internationally recognized 

surgeon Ravi Munver, M.D., F.A.C.S., chief of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Urologic Surgery and vice chairman of 

the Department of Urology at HUMC, is among the first worldwide and the first in New Jersey to perform robotic 

Laparoendoscopic Single Site (LESS) urologic surgery using the da Vinci Surgical System. Dr. Munver, an associate professor 

of Surgery (Urology) at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, successfully performed the challenging 

pyeloplasty procedure to relieve a 20-year-old female patient of a kidney blockage. 

Cutting-edge LESS surgery is a new advancement of standard laparoscopic surgery, in which the entire surgery is 

completed through a single keyhole incision rather than several. LESS is exactly how it sounds – it means less number 

of incisions for the patient, less pain, less recovery, and less scarring by allowing surgery to be performed through the 

use of a tiny incision. Robotic LESS surgery offers additional benefits of enhanced vision and technical precision, which 

are advantageous for routine as well as more complex surgeries. As this technique is highly challenging, only a few of 

the most experienced robotic surgeons offer it to their patients. In the surgery executed by Dr. Munver, a less than 

1 inch incision is made through the bellybutton, and the result is nearly scar-less surgery. 

ENDOSCOPY SERVICES’ UNIQUE ARRAY OF PROGRAMS 

Endoscopy Services demonstrated leadership in its field by utilizing cutting-edge technology to provide its patients 

with a comprehensive array of services, including some that cannot be performed in the ambulatory setting of most 

outpatient endoscopic programs. It is one of the only programs in northern New Jersey to offer the Spyglass ® Direct 

Visualization System for certain procedures, including endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), 

a technique for early detection of bile duct and pancreas abnormalities and malignancies that can only be performed 

in the hospital environment.The state-of-the-art imaging device offers many benefits over more traditional equipment. 

MEDICAL CENTER PARTICIPATED IN “OPERATION TOXIC AVENGER” FULL-SCALE DRILL 

The Department of Emergency Medicine and the Emergency Management Committee at HUMC participated in 

“Operation Toxic Avenger.” This full-scale drill involved agencies county-wide, including the Hackensack Fire 

Department, the New Jersey Department of Health and Social Services (NJDHSS), the Bergen County HAZ-MAT team, 

the Bergen County Prosecutor’s office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The exercise simulated the 

detonation of a Radiologic Dispersal Device in Bergen County and incorporated the use of actors and volunteer patients. 

HUMC decontaminated, evaluated, and treated 51 mock patients. 

ELIZABETH AND DONLON HURTUBISE ONLINE PATIENT RESOURCE LIBRARY 

OPENED IN JOHN THEURER CANCER CENTER 

The John Theurer Cancer Center opened the Elizabeth and Donlon Hurtubise Patient Resource Library during 

a dedication ceremony. The wireless-enabled Internet library provides patients and caregivers with on-demand access 

to credible health information. A full-time medical librarian is available onsite to help teach patients how to use the 

Internet and assess the validity of the health information they find online. The Elizabeth and Donlon Hurtubise Patient 

Resource Library is housed on the first floor of the John Theurer Cancer Center’s new comprehensive cancer care facility. 

Computers are available free-of-charge for patients and caregivers to research and print information. The library also 

features a private section for confidential patient-librarian consultations. 

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TOP ROW, LEFT HUMC CELEBRATED ITS MORE THAN 1,700 

VALUED VOLUNTEERS 

HUMC celebrated its more than 1,700 member volunteer force that performed 270,000 hours 

of service in 2009 during its 2010 Volunteer Awards Ceremony. The total value amount of this service 

in dollars is $6,800,000. The volunteers presented Robert C. Garrett, president and chief executive 

officer, with a $9,000 donation. The Volunteer Awards event included special recognition for 

two new programs that are the first in New Jersey – “Take a Break” and “No One Dies Alone.” 

The event also highlighted the Hospital Elder Life Program, the first of its kind in New Jersey, and 

21 volunteers from HUMC North at Pascack Valley. Volunteers honored included: Irene Minick, Walter 

Bernardini, Alfred Tomaszewski, Sandy Groveman, Irene Walsh, Rose Marie Esposito, Lenore Jans, 

Mary Rendine, Gladys Cobos, Rosa Morales, Marie Tobass, Joan Kuss, Tina Nazzaro, Ann Marie Saccaro, 

Helen Kidney, Dagmar Libonati, Alice Kunstler, and Millie Monaco. From left: Mark D. Sparta, 

vice president, Clinical, Support, and Facility Operations; Ms. Alice Kunstler, volunteer; Catherine 

Dipasquale, manager, Volunteer Services; Paul J. Onufer, administrator, Support Services; Ms. Millie 

Monaco, volunteer; and Mr. Garrett. 

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A DOZEN NURSES NOMINATED FOR 

MARCH OF DIMES “NURSE OF THE YEAR” 

Twelve HUMC registered nurses were nominated for the March of Dimes New Jersey “Nurse of the Year” 

Award; the award publicly honored the contributions of nurses statewide who demonstrated excellence 

in the practice of nursing. Award winners were: Pediatrics – Michelle Wilder, RN, Cardiology, Joseph M. 

Sanzari Children’s Hospital; and Neonatal – Beth Geltman, RN, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. In a special 

act of recognition, the Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded posthumously to the late Paula Goldblatt 

Pearson, RN, former outreach nurse clinician, SIDS Center of New Jersey, HUMC, and accepted by 

her husband and son. 

The HUMC nurses nominated were: Joanna Ruiz, RN, nurse manager, 5 Pavilion West; Anna Maria 

Da Costa, RN, Center for Allergy, Asthma, and Immune Disorders; Barbara McGoey, RN, Center for Allergy, 

Asthma, and Immune Disorders; Nicole Argenzia, RN, nurse manager, Center for Allergy, Asthma, and 

Immune Disorders; Ms. Wilder; Kendra Lynch, RN, 5 St. John; Kelly Briggs, RN, nurse manager, Geriatrics; 

Eileen Parapar, RN, Radiology; Heather Hussein, RN, Radiology; Susan Karpinski, RN, Radiology; 

Maureen Murphy, RN, Infusion Services, John Theurer Cancer Center; and Ms. Geltman. 

From left: Judith Roman, co-chair of the March of Dimes “Nurse of the Year” planning committee 

and president and chief executive officer of AmeriHealth New Jersey; Ms. Geltman; and Ms. Wilder. 

BOTTOM TWO ROWS 

HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER RECEIVED 

ADVANCE “2010 LABORATORY OF THE YEAR” AWARD 

HUMC’s Laboratory was named “2010 Laboratory of the Year” by ADVANCE for Medical Laboratory 

Professionals, the nation’s medical laboratory bi-weekly magazine. 

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MEDICAL CENTER NURSE AND CHAPTER AWARDED AT UROLOGIC NURSES CONFERENCE 

The Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates (SUNA) held its 41st annual conference in Boston, MA. 

HUMC nurses were among the select award recipients for the Suzette McKay Memorial Award and the 

Northern Excellence in Contribution Award. From left: Eileen Kochis-Wittmann, RN, CURN; Josephine 

Finnerty, RN, BCC; Joan Colella, RN, MPA, APN-C, NP-C; and Tara Bal, RN. 


ROBERT C. GARRETT NAMED ONE OF NJ’S 50 MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE IN HEALTHCARE 

Robert C. Garrett, president and chief executive officer, was named one of the 50 Most Powerful People in 

Healthcare in New Jersey by NJBIZ. NJBIZ editors spoke with insiders in the medical, insurance, pharmaceutical, 

biotech, and policy fields to develop the list which included those “who will shape healthcare as federal 

legislation continues to reshape the industry.” According to NJBIZ, Mr. Garrett “capped a 30-year career at the 

state’s busiest hospital with his appointment to chief executive. He introduced a restructuring program to 

address financial challenges, and positioned HUMC for growth by developing a heart and vascular hospital. 


IRENA JOVANOSKA HONORED AT SIXTH ANNUAL “CIRCLE OF LIFE” GALA 

Irena Jovanoska, RN, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, received the New Jersey Sharing Network’s “Circle of Life” 

Award for Nurse Champion 2009 from Joseph Roth, president and chief executive officer of the New Jersey 

Organ and Tissue Sharing Network. 


“HOSPITAL OF THE YEAR” RECOGNITION FROM NJBIZ 

NJBIZ, New Jersey’s premiere business news publication, honored HUMC as the “Hospital of the Year.” From left: 

Gregory Simonian, M.D., president of the Medical and Dental Staff and chief of Endovascular Surgery; Joseph M. 

Sanzari, chairman of the Board of Governors; Thomas F. Curtain, publisher, NJBIZ; Robert C. Garrett, president 

and chief executive officer; and Barbara Cope, RT, performance improvement coordinator, imaging services. 


LYNN HOFFMAN HONORED AT KULA FOR KARMA’S THIRD ANNUAL FUNDRAISER 

Kula for Karma’s Third Annual Fundraiser celebrated the first “Kula Angel” recipient, Lynn Hoffman, executive 

director of the Tomorrows Children’s Fund. From left: Kimberly N. Caesar, director of Development, Joseph M. 

Sanzari Children’s Hospital; Maureen Keating, RN, vice president, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital; 

Penni Feiner, executive director, Kula for Karma; Steven Topfer, D.O., Department of Anesthesia, Geri Topfer, 

founder and board president of Kula for Karma; Ms. Hoffman; Michael B. Harris, M.D., associate chair, chief 

of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital and medical director of the 

Tomorrows Children’s Institute; Mark Schlesinger, M.D., chairman, Anesthesiology; Linda Stanton, RN, administrative 

director, Hematology/Oncology and Critical Care Services, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital; and 

Renee Brady, administrative director, Ambulatory Specialty Services, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital. 


PHARMACY RESIDENTS COMPLETED PROGRAM 

The Pharmacy Department celebrated the accomplishments of its two residents, from left: Esther Aizenberg 

King, PharmD; and Sejal Nagaria, PharmD, who received their Residency Certificates. 


MEDICAL CENTER CELEBRATED NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK 

From left: Joseph Feldman, M.D., chairman of the Emergency Medicine Department; Robert C. Garrett, 

HUMC’s president and chief executive officer; Dianne A.M. Aroh, RN, executive vice president and chief 

nursing and patient care officer; and Lisa Iachetti, RN, administrative director, Emergency/Trauma Department 

Services; at the medical center’s 19th Annual EMS Excellence Award Program. 

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RECOGNITION 

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TOP ROW, LEFT 

HUMC RECEIVED 2010 PLANETREE TM AWARDS 

At the 2010 Planetree Annual Conference, HUMC received two Spirit of Planetree awards for a unique, 

family-centered program designed to offer respite for caregivers in the Emergency Trauma Department, 

“Take a Break.” Joseph Feldman, M.D., FACEP, chairman, Emergency Medicine received the “Physician 

Champion Award” for effortlessly modeling the Planetree expectations of a physician – to focus on 

patient-centered care and act as a role model for fellow physicians and staff members. Likewise, Sandra 

Kissler, secretary, Foundation Board of Trustees, received the “Caregiver Award” for her valuable influence 

on the way healthcare is distributed. Finally, the “Take a Break” volunteer program, created and led by 

Dr. Feldman, Mrs. Kissler, and program coordinator, Caryn Loffman, received “Best Practice Program Award.” 

From left: Randy Carter, vice president of Planetree; Mrs. Kissler; Caryn Loffman; and Dr. Joseph Feldman. 


THE JOHN THEURER CANCER CENTER RECOGNIZED DR. JOSEPH HANLEY AND 

MEDICAL PHYSICS TEAM FOR OUTSTANDING IMRT RADIATION SAFETY TRACK RECORD 

The Division of Radiation Oncology recognized Joseph Hanley, Ph.D., director, Medical Physics, the John 

Theurer Cancer Center and his team for outstanding excellence in patient safety. The team received an 

award for their exceptional work developing and maintaining Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy 

(IMRT) quality assurance. The award was presented by Loren Godfrey, M.D., director, Brachytherapy, 

Radiation Oncology, at the Third Annual Head and Neck Cancer Forum: Unmasked, a celebration for head 

and neck cancer survivors, held at the medical center. From left: Dr. Godrey and Dr. Hanley. 


JASON KREITNER RECEIVED REGENT’S AWARD 

Jason Kreitner, FACHE, administrative director of Diagnostic Imaging, received the American College of 

Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Early Careerist Award. Celebrating the recognition with Jason are his wife, 

Linda, and daughters, Audrey (left) and Abigail at the ACHE annual meeting in Princeton. 

MIDDLE ROW 

HUMC NAMED TO THE LEAPFROG GROUP ANNUAL TOP HOSPITALS LIST 

The Leapfrog Group’s annual class of top hospitals and health systems – 43 from a field of almost 1,200 – 

was announced in Washington, D.C. at Leapfrog’s 10th anniversary meeting. HUMC is one of only two hospitals 

in New Jersey to receive this national designation. From left: Leapfrog Board Chair David Knowlton, 

president of the New Jersey HealthCare Quality Institute, presented Robert C. Garrett, president and chief 

executive officer with the Leapfrog Top Hospitals Award; Robert Fakelmann, R.Ph., administrator, clinical 

services; and Charles Riccobono, M.D., vice president and chief quality and safety officer. 


ONE OF THE WORLD’S “TOP 10 BEST MEDICAL SPAS” 

SpaFinder, Inc., the global spa resource, announced that BEYOND Day Spa won a 2010 SpaFinder Readers’ 

Choice Award for the category of “Top 10 Best Medical Programs.” Spa-goers cast a record number of votes 

in the eighth annual awards, which are considered the most thorough and independent assessment of spas 

worldwide. This is the third time that BEYOND Day Spa has received this award – the first being in 2005. 


HUMC, A “GOLD START! FIT FRIENDLY COMPANY” ONCE AGAIN 

HUMC was acknowledged by the American Heart Association for remaining a Gold Start! Fit-Friendly 

Company. The nationwide program is designed to provide physical activity through walking. The goal of the 

program is to help employees live long, healthy lives. 

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TOP ROW, LEFT 

MEDICAL CENTER HOSTED PROJECT LITERACY 

OF BERGEN COUNTY 22ND ANNUAL AWARDS RECEPTION 

From left: Marina Mlloja, treasurer, Board of Trustees, Project Literacy of Bergen County and TD Bank; 

Emmy Bledsoe, co-founder, and secretary, Board of Trustees, Project Literacy of Bergen County; Dean 

Walter Hecht, founding president of Project Literacy of Bergen County and member of the Honorary 

Board; Joseph F. Pandolfi, Esq., vice president, Board of Trustees, Project Literacy of Bergen County; 

James Black, chairperson, Workforce Investment Board of Bergen County; as Kristine Sayrafe, received 

an award on behalf of the Alfiero and Lucia Palestroni Foundation; Undersheriff Ralph Rivera, Jr.; 

Bergen County Executive Dennis McNerney; Bergen County Freeholder Elizabeth Calabrese; 

Nancy R. Corcoran, FACHE, executive vice president and chief human resources officer, during Project 

Literacy’s 22nd Annual Awards Ceremony. 


THE JOSEPH M. SANZARI CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL 

OFFERED NINJA POWER PROGRAM 

Patients of the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital received awards for their participation in the 

Ninja Power Program, a program sponsored by the National Children’s Leukemia Foundation recognizing 

the achievements of children fighting cancer and leukemia. From left: (front row) Camila Paladini, 12; 

Nicolas Paladini, 9; Maya-Agueda Thomas, 10; Peter Fiaschetti, 10; Billy Catala, 6; Juan C. Esquiveo, 11; 

and Kenjy Jara, 11; (back row) Margaret O’Neill, LCSW, social worker at the Tomorrows Children’s Institute 

for Cancer and Blood Disorders; Michael B. Harris, M.D., associate chairperson, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s 

Hospital and chief, Hematology/Oncology at HUMC; Judy Solomon, supervisor, TCI; Ellen Goldring, 

ATR-BC, CCLS, chief of Child Life Services/Creative Arts Therapies, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital; 

Steven Shor, president, National Children’s Leukemia Foundation; Aaron Smith, Ninja Power instructor; 

and Sara Gardin, Dr.PH., MPH, National Program director, National Children’s Leukemia Foundation, 

celebrated the children’s achievements. 

MIDDLE & BOTTOM ROW,LEFT 

CARDIAC PERSONS OF THE YEAR 

The Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation Center, a division of the Heart Center, held its annual awards 

ceremony to name its “Cardiac Persons of the Year.” One of the awards, the Barbara Bannan Rehabilitation 

Person of the Year Award, was presented in memory of Mrs. Bannan, a former patient who died six years 

ago. Pictured top: Richard F. Coco, patient and recipient of the Ed Wheat Rehabilitation Person of the Year 

Award, celebrated National Cardiac Rehabilitation Week at the medical center, with his son, Steven and 

daughter Danielle. Pictured bottom: Robert A. Frisco and Kathleen Frisco, patient and recipient of the 

Barbara Bannan Rehabilitation Person of the Year Award. 


NURSE HONORED BY NEW YORK TIMES 

From left: Catherine Herrmann, RN, chair of the Professional Practice and Coordinating Council at HUMC 

received Honorable Mention – Leadership, and Virginia Flynn, RN, CCRN, education specialist, inpatient 

and outpatient pediatrics, was the recipient of the 2010 New York Times Tribute to Nurses Award in the 

category of Education. Through dedication, unwavering passion, commitment, and service, Ms. Flynn made 

a significant difference in the lives of nurses, patients, and community members. 

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FOCUS ❯ AWARDS & RECOGNITION 

1 2 3 4 5 

6 7 8 9 10 

TOP ROW, 1 

UNITED HOSPITAL FUND HONORED JOSEPH M. SANZARI 

IN TRIBUTE TO HOSPITAL TRUSTEES 

Joseph M. Sanzari, chairman of the Board of Governors, and member of the HUMC Foundation Board 

of Trustees, was honored with the Distinguished Trustee Award at the United Hospital Fund’s 2010 

“Tribute to Hospital Trustees” for his exemplary service and groundbreaking partnerships which 

improve quality and patient safety. 

TOP ROW, 2 

ANTHONY SCARDINO, JR., HONORED 

AS ONE OF BC MAGAZINE’S “DADS OF DISTINCTION” 

Anthony Scardino, Jr., ex-officio member of the Board of Governors, member of the HUMC Foundation 

Board of Trustees, and father of five was selected as a “Dad of Distinction” in a Father’s Day contest 

sponsored by BC The Magazine and the Saks Fifth Avenue Men’s Collection. 

TOP ROW, 3 

CHAIRMAN OF ANESTHESIOLOGY APPOINTED TO HORIZON BLUE CROSS 

BLUE SHIELD OF NEW JERSEY’S QUALITY IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE 

Mark D. Schlesinger, M.D., chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at HUMC, was appointed 

to Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey’s Quality Improvement Committee. 

TOP ROW, 4 

PHYSICIAN SELECTED AS TOP CARDIOLOGIST 

Robert Berkowitz, M.D., Ph.D., FACC, medical director of the Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension 

Program at HUMC, was selected as a Top Cardiologist by the International Association of Cardiologists. 

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TOP ROW, 5 

PATIENT NOMINATED 

CHIEF OF ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY 

Mary Ann Michelis, M.D., chief of Allergy and Immunology, departments of Internal Medicine and 

Pediatrics, was nominated by a patient for a Gold DOC Recognition from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation. 

The foundation established this honor to give patients an opportunity to pay tribute publicly to physicians 

who demonstrate exemplary sensitivity and compassion, as well as technical proficiency. 

BOTTOM ROW, 6 

THE JOE MATARAZZO JR. “BIG BLANCHE” 

HUMANITARIAN AWARD 

Gary Munk, Ph.D., of Clinical Virology, was awarded the “Joe Matarazzo Jr. ‘Big Blanche’ Humanitarian 

Award,” by the “Friends for Life” program at the “Not Everything Stays in Vegas Revue” fundraiser 

event. This award is in honor of his unwavering pursuit of helping people in need, specifically those 

affected by HIV/AIDS, and providing them with simple, yet essential gifts – the gifts of love, friendship, 

and compassion. 

BOTTOM ROW, 7 

VICTORIA JAVIER, AWARDED 

“NURSE EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR” 

HUMC recognized Victoria Javier, RN, Clinical Systems Analyst II and lead of the Epic Clinical 

Documentation Team, for her significant achievements in Information Technology. Ms. Javier received the 

2010 Philippine Nurses Association of New Jersey Excellence Award for “Nurse Educator of the Year.” 

BOTTOM ROW, 8 

NURSE RECEIVED 2010 DIVA AWARD 

FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION 

HUMC nurse, Linda Parry-Carney, RN, BC education specialist, Department of Clinical Education, was 

honored at the New Jersey State Nurses Association (NJSNA) and the Institute for Nursing’s eighth 

Diva and Don Gala, where she received the 2010 Diva and Don’s Award for “Excellence in Education.” 

BOTTOM ROW, 9 

ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR SELECTED AS A FELLOW INTO 

THE CLINICAL QUALITY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 

Louis Guarino, RN, CCRN, NE-BC, administrative director, Critical Care Services at HUMC, was selected 

as a Fellow for the Greater New York Hospital Association/United Hospital Fund-sponsored Clinical 

Quality Fellowship Program (CQFP). The 15-month structured program teaches physicians and nurses 

skills needed to lead quality improvement and patient safety initiatives. Mr. Guarino is one of 18 Fellows, 

of which five are nurses and 13 are physicians. This year, he is the only nurse Fellow from a hospital 

in New Jersey. 

BOTTOM ROW, 10 

NURSE MANAGER ACCEPTED INTO THE 2011 AMERICAN ORGANIZATION 

OF NURSE EXECUTIVES FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 

Kelly Briggs, RN, NE-BC, nurse manager, Acute Elder Care Unit, at HUMC, was accepted into 

the 2011 American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) Nurse Manager Fellowship Program. 

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MEDICAL CENTER AWARDED SILVER MEDAL BY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 

AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR HIGH ORGAN DONATION RATE 

The Organ Transplantation Service, a division of the Department of Surgery was awarded a Silver Medal by the U.S. Department 

of Health and Human Services for its role in increasing the number of organs available for transplantation. Four hundred and 

twenty-eight of the nation’s hospitals, each who had eight or more eligible organ donors during a 22-month period ending in 

April 2009, were recognized at the Fifth National Learning Congress for Donation and Transplantation Community of Practice. 

STUDY FINDS WOMEN’S CARE IN THE TOP 5 PERCENT NATIONALLY, AGAIN 

Women’s care at HUMC is among the top five percent in the nation, according to an independent study of patient outcomes 

released by HealthGrades, ® the leading independent healthcare ratings organization. The study evaluated 16 different 

treatments for women, including, cardiovascular, and bone and joint health treatments and procedures over the years 2006, 

2007 and 2008 using data from the federal Medicare program. This is the fifth consecutive year HUMC was ranked in the top 

ten percent of hospitals or better for women’s health, according to HealthGrades. HUMC was identified as a top performer, and 

received the 2010/2011 HealthGrades Women’s Health Excellence Award. 

MEDICAL CENTER AWARDED ADVANCED CERTIFICATION FROM THE JOINT COMMISSION 

HUMC’s Inpatient Diabetes Program earned the Gold Seal of Approval for healthcare quality. The Joint Commission awarded 

HUMC Advanced Disease-Specific Care Certification for Inpatient Diabetes. The medical center is the first and only hospital in 

New Jersey to receive this certification. HUMC has 15 Gold Seals of Approval for healthcare quality from the Joint Commission, 

the only medical facility in the United States to achieve this record number of Disease-Specific Care Certifications. HUMC also 

holds Disease-Specific Care Certifications in acute myocardial infarction, asthma, bone marrow transplant, chronic obstructive 

pulmonary disease, coronary artery bypass, depression program, end-stage renal disease, heart failure, hip replacement, knee 

replacement, pediatric asthma, pneumonia, stroke, and trauma. 

HUMC RECEIVED NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR EXEMPLARY OUTCOMES FROM THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS 

The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) recognized HUMC as one of 

26 ACS NSQIP participating hospitals in the United States that have achieved exemplary outcomes for surgical patient care. 

As a participant in ACS NSQIP, HUMC is required to track the outcomes of inpatient and outpatient surgical procedures and 

collect data that directs patient safety and the quality of surgical care improvements. 

RANKED #1 IN NEW JERSEY FOR FIFTH STRAIGHT YEAR 

HealthGrades ® ranked HUMC number one in New Jersey for Bariatric Surgery for the fifth straight year. HUMC ranked among 

the top five percent in the nation for bariatric surgery according to a new study issued by HealthGrades. HUMC is one of only 

48 hospitals in the nation to receive the 2010/2011 Bariatric Surgery Excellence Award. 

HUMC MATERNITY CARE RANKED TOP 10 PERCENT NATIONALLY 

HealthGrades ® ranked HUMC among the top 10 percent in the nation for maternity care. Using objective patient-outcome data 

collected from state governments, the independent ratings organization ranked hospitals based on their maternal complication 

rates for vaginal and C-section deliveries as well as neonatal mortality rates. HUMC ranked in the top 10 percent of all hospitals 

studied and received the HealthGrades 2010/2011 Maternity Care Excellence Award. 

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HUMC RANKED IN TWO SPECIALTIES IN U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT’S 2010-11 BEST HOSPITALS 

Hackensack University Medical Center has been ranked in geriatrics, and heart and heart surgery in U.S. News & World Report’s 

2010-11 Best Hospitals, as featured in the August print issue of U.S.News. HUMC is the only hospital in New Jersey to receive 

two rankings in this year’s publication and one of only 152 standouts nationwide to be included. 

HUMC RECEIVED CONSUMER CHOICE AWARD 15 YEARS IN A ROW 

For the 15th consecutive year and since the award’s inception, HUMC was recognized as one of the nation’s top hospitals as 

a 2010/2011 Consumer Choice Award winner by the National Research Corporation (NRC). HUMC has been identified by 

consumers as having the best overall quality, best image reputation, best doctors, and best nurses in Bergen and Passaic counties. 

CLINICAL VIROLOGY LABORATORY RECEIVED ACCREDITATION 

The Clinical Virology Laboratory received accreditation by the Accreditation Committee of the College of American 

Pathologists, based on the results of an onsite inspection. 

TOP PERFORMANCE STATUS IN MEDICARE, PREMIER HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE VALUE-BASED PURCHASING PROJECT 

HUMC was named a top performer in a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Premier healthcare alliance valuebased 

purchasing (VBP) project that rewards hospitals for delivering high quality care in six clinical areas. Based on fifth-year 

results from the Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration (HQID) project, HUMC received two awards for “Top Performance” 

in the clinical areas of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Pneumonia and six awards for “Attainment” in the clinical areas of Acute 

Myocardial Infarction, Pneumonia, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft, Heart Failure, Hip and Knee Replacement, and Surgical Care 

Improvement Project. Due to its successes, HUMC received a bonus payment of $122,028 from CMS. 

HUMC RANKED NUMBER ONE IN NEW JERSEY FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 

HUMC is the top hospital recipient in New Jersey of grant funding for biomedical research from the National Institutes of 

Health (NIH). HUMC was one of only three hospitals in the state to receive NIH funding during the 2009-2010 fiscal year. 

COMPREHENSIVE EPILEPSY CENTER: A RECOGNIZED REFERRAL CENTER 

The Comprehensive Epilepsy Center became a recognized referral center in New Jersey and a participant in the International 

Dravet Syndrome Epilepsy Action League’s Collaborative Clinical Research and Comprehensive Care Network, as well as a 

recognized referral center in New Jersey and a participant in the Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Clinic Network. 

HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER RECEIVES CEO CANCER GOLD STANDARD TM ACCREDITATION 

HUMC received the CEO Cancer Gold Standard accreditation, recognizing the organization’s extraordinary commitment to 

the health of its employees and their families. The CEO Cancer Gold Standard calls for companies to evaluate their health 

benefits and corporate culture and take extensive, concrete actions in five key areas of health and wellness to fight cancer in 

the workplace. To earn Gold Standard accreditation, a company must establish programs to reduce cancer risk by discouraging 

tobacco use; encouraging physical activity; promoting a healthy diet and nutrition; detecting cancer at its earliest stages 

when outcomes may be more favorable; and providing access to quality care, including participation in cancer clinical trials. 

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HUMC NAMED DISTINGUISHED HOSPITAL 

FOR CLINICAL EXCELLENCE FOR NINTH YEAR IN A ROW 

HealthGrades ® has named HUMC a Distinguished Hospital 

for Clinical Excellence for the ninth consecutive year. This 

prestigious distinction places HUMC among the top five percent 

of hospitals nationwide for clinical performance. HUMC is one of 

only 28 hospitals to receive this distinction nine years in a row, 

and the only one in New Jersey, New York and New England. In 

HealthGrades ® latest assessment of hospital quality, HUMC 

ranks number one in New Jersey for: 

DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY 

■ Cardiology, which includes treating 

heart attacks and heart 

failure 

■ Joint replacement surgery such 

as total knee replacements 

■ Critical care, which includes 

treating high acuity patients with 

diagnoses such as sepsis 

(infection of the blood) and 

respiratory failure 

■ Overall gastrointestinal care 

■ Medical treatment of gastrointestinal 

issues such as bowel 

obstruction 

■ Surgical treatment of 

gastrointestinal issues such as 

gall bladder removal 

■ General Surgery, such 

as an appendectomy 

■ Prostatectomy 

Also according to HealthGrades ® HUMC is five-star rated (out of a possible five-stars) in the following areas: 

■ Coronary Artery Bypass 

Graft Surgery 

■ Coronary Interventions 

■ Treatment of Heart Attack 

■ Treatment of Heart Failure 

■ Stroke Care 

■ Treatment of Pneumonia 

■ Treatment of Chronic 

Obstructive Pulmonary 

Disease (COPD) 

■ Treatment of Sepsis 

(infection of the blood 

stream) 

■ Appendectomy 

■ Treatment of 

Respiratory Failure 

■ Gastrointestinal Surgeries 

and Procedures such as 

small and large intestine 

resections 

■ Treatment of Bowel 

Obstruction 

■ Treatment of 

Gastrointestinal Bleed 

■ Cholecystectomy – 

gall bladder removal 

■ Total Knee 

Replacement Surgery 

■ Total Hip Replacement 

Surgery 

■ Back and Neck Surgery 

with Spinal Fusion 

■ Maternity Care 

■ Bariatric Surgery 

HUMC IS ONE OF AMERICA’S 50 BEST HOSPITALS FOR FIFTH YEAR IN A ROW 

HUMC’s outstanding clinical quality again placed it among an elite group of U.S. healthcare facilities: HealthGrades ® America’s 

50 Best Hospitals. HUMC is the only hospital in New Jersey, New York and New England to be named one of America’s 50 

Best Hospitals for five consecutive years. To be recognized with this distinction, hospitals must have had risk-adjusted mortality 

and complication rates that were in the top five percent in the nation for the most consecutive years. On average, patients 

treated at America’s 50 Best Hospitals had nearly 30% lower risk of death and 3.45% lower rate of complications. 

According to HealthGrades ® HUMC ranked among the top ten percent (or better) of hospitals nationally in twelve clinical 

areas, naming the hospital as a recipient of the following awards: 

■ Cardiac Care Excellence 

Award – nine consecutive 

years (2003 – 2011) 

■ Coronary Intervention 

Excellence Award 

■ Joint Replacement 

Excellence Award – three 

consecutive years (2009 – 

2011) 

■ Stroke Care Excellence 

Award – five consecutive 

years (2007 – 2011) 

■ Pulmonary Care Excellence 

Award 

■ Overall Gastrointestinal 

Care Excellence Award – 

seven consecutive years 

(2005 – 2011) 

■ Gastrointestinal Surgery 

Excellence Award – three 

consecutive years (2009 – 

2011) 

■ General Surgery Excellence 

Award – six consecutive 

years (2006 – 2011) 

Critical Care Excellence 

Award – two consecutive 

years (2010 – 2011) 

■ Prostatectomy Excellence 

Award – two consecutive 

years (2010 – 2011) 

■ Women’s Health Excellence 

Award – six consecutive 

years (2006 – 2011) 

■ Bariatric Surgery Excellence 

Award – five consecutive 

years (2006/7 – 2010/11) 

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FOCUS ❯ BUILDING A LEADER 

People who choose to work at Hackensack 

University Medical Center have one thing 

in common: A desire to help patients. 

Their enthusiasm for patient care echoes 

throughout the halls of our facility. The 

leadership team, physicians, nurses and staff 

members featured in our report are truly 

the best in the business. They are strategic 

thinkers, internationally recognized experts 

and determined and caring patient advocates. 

Their contributions define our future.


2010 ❯ LEADERSHIP 

HILLCREST HEALTH SERVICE 

SYSTEM, INC. 







ADVISORY BOARD 

OF DIRECTORS 

Officers 

James R. Napolitano, Esq. 

Chairman 

Joseph Simunovich 

Vice Chairman 

Marvin M. Goldstein, Esq. 

Secretary/Treasurer 

Membership 

Stephen T. Boswell, Ph.D., P.E., SECB 

J. Fletcher Creamer, Jr. 

Justice Marie L. Garibaldi 

Peter O. Hanson 

Dante A. Implicito, M.D. 

Joseph M. Sanzari 

Anthony Scardino, Jr. 

Mortimer S. Steinberg 

Scott Tarriff 

Ex-Officio 

Robert C. Garrett 

President and 

Chief Executive Officer 

Officers 


Chairman 

Lawrence R. Inserra, Jr. 

1st Vice Chairman 


2nd Vice Chairman 

Anthony C. Taccetta, Jr. 

Treasurer 

James R. Beattie, Esq. 

Secretary 

Paul E. Kovatis, M.D. 

Assistant Treasurer 

Richard W. Henning 

Assistant Secretary 


President and 


Membership 

Nick Cangialosi 

J. Fletcher Creamer, Jr. 

Frank DeCongelio 

Michael J. Geary 

Matthew A. Golson 

Jill Joyce 

Donald A. McCain, M.D. 

William J. Murray 

Edward P. Salzano 


Charles V. Schaefer, III 

Jack Schecter 

John A. Schepisi, Esq. 


Rosemarie J. Sorce 

Ex-Officio 

Massimo Napolitano, M.D. 

Gregory Simonian, M.D. 

Honorary 

Harriet T. Arnold 

Mary Higgins Clark 

J. Fletcher Creamer 

Newton H. Gresser, M.D. 

Jon F. Hanson 

Robert S. Hekemian 

Mark Messier 

Lydia T. Pfund 

Officers 

Edward J. Ludwig 

Chairman 

Peter C. Gerhard 

Vice Chairman 

Sandra Kissler 


Membership 

Kevin Alliotts 

John J. Apovian, M.D. 

Jennifer A. Borg, Esq. 

Kevin J. Collins, Esq. 

G. Thomas Croonquist 

George T. Croonquist 

Alvin J. Curkin 

Richard A. Edlin, Esq. 

John C. Fowler 

Peter A. Gross, M.D. 

Robert S. Hekemian, Jr. 

Samuel P. Hekemian 

David J. Jurist 

John H. Klein 

Bernard Leifer 

Nicholas Minicucci, Jr. 

William J. Montgoris 

Louis V. Napolitano, M.D. 

Steve Nicoletti 

Joseph P. Riccardo 

Charles A. Riccobono, M.D. 

William D. Salerno, M.D. 

David Sanzari 

Carol D. Schaefer 

Jack Schecter 

Mark D. Schlesinger, M.D. 

Helena Theurer 

Samuel Toscano, Jr. 

John J. Tucci, Jr. 

Frank J. Vuono 

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FOUNDATION 




EXECUTIVE STAFF 

Officers 


Chairman 

Richard Dressel 

Vice Chairman 

James R. Beattie, Esq. 



President and 


Robert L. Torre 

Executive Vice President and 

Chief Operating Officer 

Trustees 

Kevin Alliotts 

James P. Andersen 


Michael Armellino 

Mitchell Baker 

Bruce G. Bohuny 

Jennifer A. Borg, Esq. 

Stephen T. Boswell, Ph.D., P.E., SECB 

Nick Cangialosi 

Kevin J. Collins, Esq. 

J. Fletcher Creamer 

G. Thomas Croonquist 

George T. Croonquist 

Vincent Curatola 

Mark Curcio 

Ulises Diaz 

Joseph T. Dockery 

Siran Gabrellian 


Michael J. Geary 

Kristen Gerhard 

Peter C. Gerhard 

Matthew A. Golson 

Michael Gross, M.D. 


William C. Hanson 

Robert S. Hekemian, Jr. 

Fred C. Hirsch 

Timothy Hodges 

Frank C. Holtham, Jr. 

Richard Hubschman, Jr., Esq. 


Lawrence R. Inserra, Jr. 

Jill Joyce 

Martin W. Kafafian, Esq. 

Sandra Keary 

Sandra Kissler 

John H. Klein 

Carmen Lopez 

Patricia K. Low 

Edward J. Ludwig 

Gloria Martini 

Michael S. McGeary 

Nicholas Minicucci, Jr. 

Jack K. Murray 

William J. Murray 

Massimo Napolitano, M.D. 

Steve Nicoletti 

Robert E. O’Hara, III 

Sharon Lee Parker 

Lydia T. Pfund 

Samuel S. Raia 

Joseph P. Riccardo 

Joseph A. Rizzi, Esq. 

David T. Robertson, Esq. 

Andrew F. Rubenstein, M.D. 

Ann Marie Saccaro 

David Sanzari 



Carol D. Schaefer 

John A. Schepisi, Esq. 


Charles H. Shotmeyer 


Rosemarie J. Sorce 

Deborah A. Stone 

Anthony C. Taccetta, Jr. 

Scott Tarriff 

Helena Theurer 

Samuel Toscano, Jr. 

Frank J. Vuono 


President and 


Dianne A.M. Aroh, RN 

Executive Vice President 

Chief Nursing and 

Patient Care Officer 

Karl E. Blomback 

Vice President 

Supply Chain, Charge Master 

Decision Support and Budget 

Laura Cima, RN 


Clinical Operations 

Nancy R. Corcoran, MAS, FACHE 


Chief Human Resources Officer 



Chief Medical Officer 

Lex Ferrauiola 


Information Technology and 

Chief Information Officer 

Terri Freguletti, RN 


Perioperative/Cardiovascular 

Services 

Robert L. Glenning 


Chief Financial Officer 

Maureen Keating, RN 


Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital 

Thomas A. Kruse 


Network Development and Marketing 

Audrey Murphy, Esq., RN 


Chief Legal Officer 

Ketul J. Patel 


Chief Strategy and Operations Officer 

Andrew L. Pecora, M.D. 

Vice President of Cancer Services 

Chief Innovations Officer 

Anne Goodwill Pritchett 


Patient Financial Services 

Robin A. Ratliff 


Planning 



Chief Quality and Safety Officer 

Ihor S. Sawczuk, M.D. 

Vice President of Academic Affairs 

Chief Academic Officer 

Chairman of Urology 

Mark D. Sparta 


Senior Operations Officer 



Chief Operating Officer 

Hackensack University 

Medical Center Foundation 

EXECUTIVE STAFF 

FROM LEFT (BACK ROW) 

Karl E. Blomback 


Ihor Sawczuk, M.D. 

Charles Riccobono, M.D. 



Lex Ferrauiola 


Ketul J. Patel 

Robert L. Glenning 

FRONT ROW 

Laura Cima, RN 

Maureen Keating, RN 

Dianne A.M. Aroh, RN, NEA-BC 

Nancy R. Corcoran 


Anne Goodwill Pritchett 


Audrey Murphy, Esq., RN 

Terri Freguletti, RN 

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CLINICAL DEPARTMENT 

CHAIRMEN 

DIRECTORS 

additions to vp list 

Fri 1/14 


Chairman 

Departments of 

Academic Affairs and Urology 


Chairman 

Department of Anesthesiology 

Michael Beals, D.D.S. 

Chairman 

Dentistry 

Joseph Feldman, M.D. 

Chairman 

Emergency/Trauma Department 

George Leipsner, M.D. 

Chairman 

Department of Family Medicine 

Julius M. Gardin, M.D. 

Chairman 

Department of Internal Medicine 

Andre Goy, M.D. 

Chairman and Director 

John Theurer Cancer Center 

Arno H. Fried, M.D. 

Chairman 

Department of Neurosurgery 

Manuel Alvarez, M.D. 

Chairman 

Department of 

Obstetrics/Gynecology 

Michael Rosenberg, M.D. 

Chairman 

Ophthalmology 

Michael A. Kelly, M.D. 

Chairman 

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 

and Interim Chairman 

Physical Medicine 

and Rehabilitation 

Ronald B. Low, M.D. 

Chairman 

Department of Otolaryngology 

Jose A. Contreras, M.D. 

Chairman, Department of 

Pain and Palliative Medicine 

Ciaran M. Mannion, M.D. 

Chairman 

Department of Pathology 

Jeffrey R. Boscamp, M.D. 

Chairman 

Department of Pediatrics 

Physician-in-Chief 


Stephen R. Colen, M.D., D.D.S. 

Chairman 

Department of Plastic and 

Reconstructive Surgery 

Morris R. Morin, D.P.M. 

Chairman 

Department of Podiatry 

Diego L. Coira, M.D., FAPA 

Chairman 

Department of Psychiatry 

and Behavioral Medicine 

Anthony C. Ingenito, M.D. 

Chairman 

Department of Radiation Oncology 

Harry Agress, Jr., M.D. 

Chairman 

Department of Radiology 

Robert Korngold, Ph.D. 

Chairman 

Department of Research 

Adrian Barbul, M.D. 

Chairman and Surgeon-in-Chief 

Department of Surgery 

Catherine Abbott, RN 

Administrator 

Performance Improvement 

Thomas Anton 

Director 

Financial Reporting 

Brian Benson, M.D. 

Chief 

Division of Laryngeal Surgery 

and Voice Disorders 

Director 

The Voice Center 

David J. Bikoff, M.D. 

Division Chief 

Emergency Trauma 

in the Department of Plastic and 


Benjamin Bordonaro 

Director 

Information Technology 

Chief Technology Officer 

Renee Brady 

Administrative Director 


Ambulatory Specialty Services 

George Brindisi 

Director 

Ambulatory Registration 

Kimberly N. Caesar 

Director 

Development 


Michael Camuso 

Director 

Compensation 

Human Resources 

Cynthia Casatelli 

Director 

Revenue Cycle and 

Clinical Systems 

Remo Cefalo 

Director 

Decision Support and 

Financial Planning 

Joseph Cerbone 

Director 

Bio-Medical Engineering 

Helen Chimel, R.T. 


Betty Torricelli Institute 

for Breast Care 

Kay Clarke-Turner, Esq. 

Director 

Employee Relations 

Theresa Colarusso, RN 



and Regulatory Compliance 

Interim Surgery 

Helen Cunning 

Executive Director 

Development 

HUMC Foundation 

Garland Dance 

Director 

Perfusion Services 

Elizabeth Donald 

Director 

Annual Giving 


Theresa Ebel 


Pain and Palliative Medicine 

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 

Marilyn Emerson 

Director 

Professional Services 

Bonnie Eskenazi 

Managing Director 

The Deirdre Imus 

Environmental Health Center 

Thea Friedman, Ph.D. 

Director 

Terri Freguletti 

Associate Scientist 


John Theurer Cancer Center Perioperative/Cardi 

Basic Research 

Andrew Pecora, M.D 

Suzanne Gallagher, RN 

Vice President of Ca 


Chief Innovations O 

Physical Medicine and 

Rehabilitation/Center for OccupationalCharles Riccobono, M 

Medicine/Employee Health 


Chief Quality and Sa 

Lani Garris, RN 


Ihor Sawczuk, MD 

Ambulatory Perioperative 


Service 

Chief Academic Offi 


Bruce Gelotte 


Respiratory Care 

Susan Giordano, RN 

Administrator 

Capacity Management 

Jay M. Goldstein 


Special Projects 

Midge Grady, RN 


Medicine/Oncology/Stroke 

and Psychiatry Services 

Louis Guarino, RN 


Critical Care Cardiology 

Hospice – Interim Surgery 

Debra Hall 

Director 

Health Information 

Karen Hanson 

Director 

Talent Acquisition 

and Retention 

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Medha Havnurkar 

Administrative Director of 

Learning and Performance 

Wendy Hess, RN 

Director 

Infection Control 

James V. Hetzel, Esq. 

Associate General Counsel 

General Counsel 

Legal/Regulatory Department 

Fred Hirschenfang, M.D. 

Section Chief 

Pediatric Ambulatory Service 

Medical Director 

Judy Center for Down Syndrome 

Lynn Hoffman 


Tomorrows Children’s Fund 

Lauren M. Giani Hrablook 

Administrator 

Executive and Medical Services 

Marijane Hubbell, RN 


Executive Health Services 

Women’s Health 

Services and BEYOND 

Rosemary Hunt, RN 


Inpatient Women’s 

William Hunt 

Director 

Dr. John Apovian 

Admission Services Center 

Randye F. Huron, M.D. 

Director 

Institute for Child Development 

Lisa Iachetti, RN 



Department Services 

Ramonita Jimenez, RN 


Inpatient Surgical Services 

Colleen Kearney, RN 


Children’s Hospital Medical/ 

Surgical/NICU Services 

Richard Killeen 

Director 

Purchasing 

Elizabeth Koller, RN 


John Theurer Cancer Center 

Lauren Koniaris, M.D. 

Director 

Medical Informatics 

Chief Medical Informatics Officer 

Jason Kreitner 

Director of Diagnostic Imaging 

Mary LaMontagne, RN 

Director 

Infusion Center 

Simeon Lauer, M.D. 

Director 

Division of Oculoplastics 

Department of Ophthalmology 

Graceann Lautato-Weick 


Cardiac Services 

Christine Lee 

Director 

Planning and Marketing 

Information 

Leonard Y. Lee, M.D. 

Director 

Advanced Aortic and 

Vascular Heart Surgery 

Alan Leipsner 


Urology 

Suzanne J. Lutwick 

Director 

Grant Development and 

Government Relations 


Guillermo Martinez 

Director 

IT Services and 

Telecommunications 

Jasmine I. Maurice 

Director 

Nursing Budget and Support 

Mary Ann Michelis, M.D. 


Allergy and Immunology 

Teresa Moore, RN 


Clinical Informatics 

Stephen Moran 

Director 

Knowledge Management 

Gary Bruce Munk, Ph.D. 

Director 

Virology 

Lance Ness 

Director 

Healthwise 

Employee Assistance Program 

Donald C. O’Hagan 

Director 

Business Development 

The Deirdre Imus 

Environmental Health Center 

Denise Occhiuzzo, RN 


Clinical Education/ 

Magnet ® Program Director 

Paul Onufer 

Administrator 

Support Services 

Mary Panico, RN 

Director 

Clinical Knowledge Management 

and Public Reporting 


Therese Palazzo, RN 

Director 

Inpatient Operating Room 

Javier Martin Perez, M.D. 

Director 

Surgical Intensive Care Unit 

Maribeth Pierce, RN 



Linda Farber Post, JD 

Director 

Bioethics 

Kathleen Raines, RN 

Administrator 

Donna M. Sanzari Women’s Hospital 

Inpatient/Outpatient 

Diabetes Center and Planetree 

Barbara Reich 

Director 

Medical Library 

Kathleen A. Reilly, MT, (ASCP), SM 


Pathology 

Paula Ruiz de Somocurcio, RN 


Dialysis 

Sharon Scimeca 

Director 

Special Projects/Major Gift Liaison 

Thomas Selvaggi, M.D. 

Director 

Special Diagnostic 

Immunology Laboratory 

Nina Setia 


Service Excellence 

Moishe Singer 

Director 

Management Operation 

Physician Services 

Steven Sperber 

Chief 

Infectious Disease 

Department of Medicine 

Linda Stanton, RN 



Children’s Hospital Critical Care 

Hematology/Oncology 

Kwangsun Suh, Ph.D. 

Director 

Tumor Bank 

Lisa K. Tank, M.D. 


Geriatrics 

Louis E. Teichholz, M.D. 


Cardiology 



Howard Tepper 


Physician Services 

Administrator 

Faculty Practices and Physician Services 

Mehmet Tuna 

Director 

Technical Services 

Radiation Oncology 

Philip Turner 

Director 

Managed Care 

Kevin Weaver 

Director 

Audit Services 

Eric Weiss 

Director 

Diagnostic Medical Physics 

Radiation Safety Officer 

Timothy Woodward 

Director 

Safety and 

Environmental Services 

Paulette Wright 

Director 

Benefits 

HRIS and Operations 

Susan Zafarlotfi, Ph.D. 

Clinical Director 

Institute for Sleep/Wake Disorders 

and the Breath and Lung Institute 

Gwen L. Zetterlund 

Director 

HRIS 

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2010 ❯ MEDICAL AND DENTAL STAFF 


Massimo M. Napolitano, M.D. 

Chairperson 

Medical Executive Committee 


President 

Medical-Dental Staff 

Patrick J. Toth, M.D. 

President-Elect 

Pranay Vaidya, M.D. 



Secretary-Treasurer 





MEMBERS 

Harry Agress, Jr. M.D., FACR 



Michael Beals, M.D. 


Jose Contreras, M.D. 

Julius Gardin, M.D. 





MEMBERS-AT-LARGE 

George J. Ferrone, M.D. 

Russell J. Horn, M.D. 

Donald A. McCain, M.D. 


Sharad Sahu, M.D. 

Emanuele Santomauro, M.D. 

Edward Yamin, M.D. 

MEMBERS WITHOUT VOTE 





Charles Riccobono, M.D. 




President and 


Dianne A.M. Aroh, RN, NEA-BC 


Chief Nursing and 

Patient Care Officer 

Department of 

ACADEMIC 

AFFAIRS 





William C. Black, M.D. 

Chairperson Emeritus 

Member 

Robin Ashinoff, M.D. 

Honorary 


Department of 

ANESTHESIOLOGY 


Chairperson 

Russell J. Horn, M.D. 

Vice Chairperson 

Harvey Hatchfield, M.D. 

Robert Widows, M.D. 

Chairpersons Emeritus 

Members 

Lawrence M. Abrams, M.D. 

Idi Allen, M.D. 

Neil Aranha, M.D. 

Jerry Baratta, D.O. 

Michael Block, M.D. 

Andrew S. Boral, M.D. 

William P. Brotherton, M.D. 

Marie Louise (Marilou) 

Caloustian, M.D. 

Ambareen K. Chaudhry, M.D. 

Lisa A. Clancy, M.D. 

Randy S. Cohen, M.D. 

Michael E. Cullen, M.D. 

Jerome D. Cuttitta, M.D. 

Bhavna Dalal, M.D. 

James Daniels, M.D. 

David M. DeRemigio, D.O. 

Daniel C. Dragone, M.D. 

Sergio D. Dragone, M.D. 

Hesham I. El Hariry, M.D. 

Emery Fisher, IV, D.O. 

Jeffrey D. Friedlander, M.D. 

Digvijay Girnar, M.D. 

Charles D. Hammonds, M.D. 

Eva M. Hessert, M.D. 

Thomas G. Hirth, M.D. 

Chien-Yao (Chester) Huang, M.D. 

Andrew E. Hummel, D.O. 

Robert D. Karpinos, M.D. 

Gunnar Klauss, M.D. 

Sumedha V. Kulkarni, M.D. 

Joanne Leslie, M.D. 

Panayota Liopyris, M.D. 

Pankaja A. Mandhle, M.D. 

Mariza E. Marasigan, M.D. 

Milija Milic, M.D. 

Ian S. Neugeborn, M.D. 

Cesar V. Nolasco, M.D. 

Edwin V. Nolasco, M.D. 

Mohammadali 

Oloomiyazdi, M.D. 

Janet L. Olsen, M.D. 

Monica A. Paganessi, D.O. 

Laurentiu Popa, M.D. 

Geoffrey Rechenberg, M.D. 

Matt Reddy, M.D. 

Mohamed A. Saad, M.D. 

Vincent Saladini, M.D. 

Paul Sanders, M.D. 

Kaya K. Sarier, M.D. 

Nancy M. Scott, M.D. 

Ali I. Seckin, M.D. 

Eric Seem, M.D. 

William P. Semanczuk, M.D. 

Surjya Sen, M.D. 

Ruchir N. Shah, M.D. 

Veena Sharma, M.D. 

Alexander Shorshtein, M.D. 

Michael Shulman, M.D. 

Sumena Thongrod, D.O. 

Steven A. Topfer, D.O. 

Jordan Grant van Beever, M.D. 

Patrick S. Vidaver, M.D. 

Lorraine Volpe, M.D. 

Leslie Weiss-Bloom, M.D. 

Stephen M. Weitzman, M.D. 

Carl C. Wesley, M.D. 

Andreas E. Xagoraris, M.D. 

Honorary 

Kenneth Giuffre, M.D. 

Harvey Hatchfield, M.D. 

Francis Kwa, M.D. 

Jia-nan Lin, M.D. 

Robert Widows, M.D. 

Department of 

DENTISTRY 


Chairperson 

James A. Ruggiero, D.M.D. 


Kevin M. Heaney, D.D.S. 


Members 

Thomas Allen, D.D.S. 

Eshansh Arora, D.D.S. 

Jason M. Auerbach, D.D.S. 

Shahid Rahim Aziz, D.M.D. 

Rebecca Bae, D.D.S. 

Dennis Barbieri, D.M.D. 

Jody Z. Bardash, D.M.D. 

Michael L. Barrish, D.M.D. 

Herbert D. Benkel, D.D.S. 

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Nicholas Berardo, D.M.D. 

Robert L. Blair, D.D.S. 

Tara K. Broderick, D.M.D. 

Tina Cho, D.D.S. 

Kenneth Colameo, D.M.D. 

Michael Costello, D.M.D. 

Medina D. Dadurian, D.M.D. 

Jason Diamond, D.D.S. 

Edward B. Drozd, D.M.D. 

Darryl Engel, D.M.D. 

Denise Fleischmann, D.M.D. 

Daniel Y. Fogel, D.M.D. 

Susan L. Goldfarb, D.M.D. 

Ben S. Greenberg, D.D.S. 

Preeti Gupta, D.D.S. 

Chang Han, D.D.S., M.D. 

Kevin M. Heaney, D.D.S. 

Edward M. Jackson, D.M.D. 

Robert A. Jaffin, D.M.D. 

Philip Y. Kang, D.D.S. 

Akshay Kumar, D.M.D. 

Suho Lee, D.D.S. 

Sung Min Lee, D.D.S. 

Michael Jay Lewis, D.M.D. 

Lawrence Lieberman, D.D.S. 

Robert L. Loeb, D.D.S. 

David Mangot, D.M.D. 

Jonathan Mangot, D.M.D. 

Mendel I. Markowitz, D.D.S. 

Robert Martini, D.D.S. 

Jeffrey E. Mason, D.M.D. 

Steven Menillo, D.D.S. 

Steven M. Moss, D.M.D. 

Shaija Muneer, D.D.S. 

Lori M. Nasif, D.M.D. 

Rosalie Nguyen, D.M.D. 

Vincent Novelli, D.M.D. 

Young H. Pak, D.D.S. 

Michael A. Perillo, D.M.D. 

Shefali Pilar, D.D.S. 

Fred A. Puccio, D.D.S. 

Ronan Rahimi, D.M.D. 

Bashar Rajab, M.D., D.D.S. 

Charles J. Ro, D.M.D. 

Gerald Rizzo, D.M.D. 

Maryam Safai, D.D.S. 

Ronald Saglimbene, D.M.D. 

Steven Jay Segal, D.D.S. 

Theresa E. Segat, D.M.D. 

Joseph Silverman, D.M.D. 

Inessa Slavin, D.D.S. 

Joshua Smilow, D.M.D. 

Dmitry Stillman, D.D.S. 

Bruno Stockinger, D.D.S. 

Roger J. Szanto, D.M.D. 

Vanessa Velilla, D.D.S. 

Victoria Voskian, D.M.D. 

Arthur Weinberg, D.D.S. 

Ali Weiselberg, D.D.S. 

Nathan A. Wuebbels, D.M.D. 

Sari C. Zimmer, D.M.D. 

Consultant 

Harriet S. Goldman, D.D.S. 

Honorary 

Charles L. Berman, D.D.S. 

Valentine P. Bloch, D.D.S. 

Dennis Christensen, D.M.D. 

Jerold Geisenheimer, D.M.D. 

Ahmed H. Khocht, D.D.S. 

Louis I. Liebster, D.D.S. 

Norman Nutman, D.D.S. 

Louis Schoenleber, D.D.S. 

Gary Stern, D.M.D. 

Herbert Wakai, D.D.S. 

Chaim Wexler, D.D.S. 

RESIDENCY PROGRAM 


Managing Director 

James A. Ruggiero, D.M.D. 

Clinical Director 


Associate Clinical Director 

EDUCATION 

COORDINATION 


Chief 

COSMETIC DENTISTRY 


Director 

ENDODONTICS 

Herbert D. Benkel, D.D.S. 

Chief 

Members 

Thomas Allen, D.D.S. 

Edward B. Drozd, D.M.D. 

Michael Jay Lewis, D.M.D. 

GENERAL DENTISTRY 

Members 

Rebecca Bae, D.D.S. 

Jody Z. Bardash, D.M.D. 

Michael L. Barrish, D.M.D. 

Tara K. Broderick, D.M.D. 

Tina Cho, D.D.S. 

Denise Fleischmann, D.M.D. 

Daniel Y. Fogel, D.M.D. 

Ben S. Greenberg, D.D.S. 

Sung Min Lee, D.D.S. 



Rosalie Nguyen, D.M.D. 

Shefali Pilar, D.D.S. 

Fred A. Puccio, D.D.S. 

Gerald Rizzo, D.M.D. 

Maryam Safai, D.D.S. 

Inessa Slavin, D.D.S. 

Bruno Stockinger, D.D.S. 


Victoria Voskian, D.M.D. 

ORAL AND 

MAXILLOFACIAL 

SURGERY 

Nicholas Berardo, D.M.D. 

Chief 

Members 

Eshansh Arora, D.D.S. 

Jason M. Auerbach, D.D.S. 

Shahid Rahim Aziz, D.M.D. 

Dennis Barbieri, D.M.D. 


Michael Costello, D.M.D. 

Jason Diamond, D.D.S. 

Chang Han, D.D.S., M.D. 

Mendel I. Markowitz, D.D.S. 

Steven M. Moss, D.M.D. 

Vincent Novelli, D.M.D. 

Bashar Rajab, M.D., D.D.S. 

Ronald Saglimbene, D.M.D. 

Nathan A. Wuebbels, D.M.D. 

ORTHODONTICS 

Lawrence Lieberman, D.D.S. 

Chief 

Members 

Robert L. Loeb, D.D.S. 

Michael A. Perillo, D.M.D. 

PEDIATRICS 

Members 

Preeti Gupta, D.D.S. 

PEDODONTICS 

Edward M. Jackson, D.M.D. 

Chief 

Members 


Darryl Engel, D.M.D. 

Suho Lee, D.D.S. 

Young H. Pak, D.D.S. 

Steven Jay Segal, D.D.S. 

Joseph Silverman, D.M.D. 

Dmitry Stillman, D.D.S. 

Vanessa Velilla, D.D.S. 

Sari C. Zimmer, D.M.D. 

PERIODONTICS 

Robert A. Jaffin, D.M.D. 

Chief 

Members 

Robert L. Blair, D.D.S. 

Susan L. Goldfarb, D.M.D. 

Philip Y. Kang, D.D.S. 

Akshay Kumar, D.M.D. 

PROSTHODONTICS 

Arthur Weinberg, D.D.S. 

Chief 

Members 

Robert Martini, D.D.S. 

Theresa E. Segat, D.M.D. 

SLEEP APNEA 


Chief 

Department of 

EMERGENCY 

MEDICINE 

Joseph Feldman, M.D. 

Chairperson 

Edward Yamin, M.D. 


Members 

Miriam Ambalu, M.D. 

Ana Arias, M.D. 

Kameno Bell, M.D. 

Myrvine Bernadotte, M.D. 

Krista Gayle Bilbraut, M.D. 

Betty Chang, M.D. 

Howard M. Chase, M.D. 

Cary Chiang, M.D. 

Beverly J. Davison, M.D. 

Sylvie DeSouza, M.D. 

Jason Deutsch, M.D. 

Christine Alison Fernandez, M.D. 

Ronald Fernandez, M.D. 

Chana Gable-Selmon, M.D. 

Vicki Goldhill, M.D. 

John Hallenbeck, D.O. 

Monica M. Hernandez, M.D. 

Kevin Hewitt, M.D. 

Michael Kane, M.D. 

Young Min Kim, M.D. 

Timothy Lancaster, M.D. 

Scott L. Mankowitz, M.D. 

Barbara McIntosh, M.D. 

Christine Milosis, M.D. 

Herman Morchel, M.D. 

David Negron, M.D. 

Ann Phuong Nguyen, M.D. 

Richard J. Nierenberg, M.D. 

Chinwe Ogedegbe, M.D. 

Carlos Arturo Ortiz, M.D. 

Michael D. Passafaro, D.O. 

Sharon Strater-Lamadieu, M.D. 

Luis Varela, M.D. 

Steven M. Vets, D.O. 

Philip Walden, M.D. 

Medical Education 

Timothy Lancaster, M.D. 

Carlos Arturo Ortiz, M.D. 

Co-Directors 

Performance 

Improvement 

Monica M. Hernandez, M.D. 

Chief 

Pre-Hospital Care 

Philip Walden, M.D. 

Director 

Research 

Chinwe Ogedegbe, M.D. 

Chief 

Site Director/HUMC 

Kevin Hewitt, M.D. 

Director 

Site Director/ 

HUMC North 

Cary Chiang, M.D. 

Director 

Department of 

FAMILY MEDICINE 

George Leipsner, M.D. 

Chairperson 

Arthur W. Chaney, Jr., M.D. 


Members 

Manuel A. Arias, M.D. 

Thomas S. Bellavia, M.D. 

Sonia Chadha, M.D. 

Arthur W. Chaney, Jr., M.D. 

Dewey A. Chaney, M.D. 

Mark A. Dombrowski, M.D. 

Luke E. Eyerman, M.D. 

Luningning Gatchalian, M.D. 

Michael G. Giuliano, D.O. 

Paul Keshishian, D.O. 

Elizabeth Y. Liu, M.D. 

Alia T. Malik, M.D. 

Paul J. Morris, D.O. 


Padam K. Neopane, M.D. 

Leah N. Ortiz, M.D. 

Dorothy R. Ourvan, D.O. 

Nicholas D. Panagiotou, M.D. 

Stefanos G. Pantagis, M.D. 

Maria V. Pantano, D.O. 

Medical Associates 

Bernard Greenspan, D.O. 

Harvey Gross, M.D. 

Mahmood Karimi, M.D. 

Honorary 

Daniel P. Conte, D.O. 

Stradford Draesel, M.D. 

Philip Polito, M.D. 

Francis Rosner, M.D. 

Frank Schaberg, M.D. 

Department of 

INTERNAL MEDICINE 


Chairperson 

Morey J. Menacker, D.O. 

Bernard J. Saccaro, M.D. 

Vice Chairpersons 





Vice Chairperson Emeritus 

Members 

Alexandre S. Ackad, M.D. 

Ananea Adamidis, M.D. 

Baback Adibi, M.D. 

Joel Adler, M.D. 

Irfan Admani, M.D. 

Amit Agarwal, M.D. 

Suhel Hussain Ahmed, M.D. 

Arnold Alday, M.D. 

Carlos Alfonso, M.D. 

Ilan Alhadeff, M.D. 

Amjad Ali, M.D. 

Robert S. Alter, M.D. 

Lucia M. Alvarez-Segovia, M.D. 

Mariette Y. Amadi, M.D. 

Natalia Anchipolovsky, D.O. 

Aurora C. Andreescu, M.D. 

Paul M. Andrews, M.D. 

Stephen J. Angeli, M.D. 

Robert R. Angels, M.D. 

Irina Anshelevich, M.D. 

Michael Anshelevich, M.D. 


Benjamin Aronoff, M.D. 


Fariborz Ashtyani, M.D. 

Hormoz Ashtyani, M.D. 

Bindu Balani, M.D. 

Chithra Balasingham, M.D. 

Yaron Bareket, M.D. 

Dora P. Barnes, M.D. 

Stuart A. Barr, M.D. 

Dino Beduya, M.D. 

Lane Benoff, M.D. 

Jack M. Berdy, M.D. 

Robert L. Berkowitz, M.D. 

Vivian K. Bethala, M.D. 

Shirish V. Bhatt, M.D. 

Roger L. Borchardt, M.D. 

Robert W. Boyajian, M.D. 

Jason M. Bratcher, M.D. 

Neal G. Breit, M.D. 

Jill A. Bressler, M.D. 

David Brogno, M.D. 

Alla Brouk, M.D. 

Elliot M. Brown, M.D. 

Thomas A. Cacciola, M.D. 

Anthony J. Campanella, Jr., M.D. 

Richard Cantor, M.D. 

James L. Cappadona, M.D. 

Ciro J. Carafa, M.D. 

Dana Cernea, M.D. 

Cindy Chang, M.D. 

Shlomo Charlap, M.D. 

Padma Chava, M.D. 

Laura M. Chavez, D.O. 

Asad M. Cheema, M.D. 

Kalpana Cheeti, M.D. 

Aditi Chhada, M.D. 

Jiwanjot Chhatwal, M.D. 

Vi K. Chiu, M.D. 

Weekon Choi, M.D. 

Brenda M. Christensen, M.D. 

Cristina E. Cicogna, M.D. 

James R. Clifford, M.D. 

Rhoda H. Cobin, M.D. 

Thomas P. Cocke, M.D. 

Radu Codel, M.D. 

Seth A. Cohen, M.D. 

Clenton L. Coleman, M.D. 

Roger H. Coletti, M.D. 

Daniel P. Conroy, Jr., M.D. 


Joaquim Correia, M.D. 

Joseph Covelli, M.D. 

John G. Cubero, M.D. 

Daniel J. D’Alessandro, M.D. 

Felix Dailey-Sterling, M.D. 

Urmi Das, M.D. 

Denise Daub, M.D. 

Charles Davis, M.D. 

Bart DeGregorio, M.D. 

Joseph DeGregorio, M.D. 

H. Mark Denson, M.D. 

Samit S. Desai, M.D. 

Viren Desai, M.D. 

Franco Diaz, M.D. 

Leonardo J. DiVagno, M.D. 

Eli Djebiyan, M.D. 

Michele Donato, M.D. 

Luiza Donkina, M.D. 

Gerard T. Eichman, M.D. 

Sheldon Eisenberg, M.D. 

Eric J. Ellinghaus, M.D. 

Moshe Ephrat, M.D. 

Michael S. Farber, M.D. 

David L. Feit, M.D. 

Tatyana Feldman, M.D. 

David M. Felig, M.D. 

Damon M. Fellman, M.D. 

Alan K. Felsen, M.D. 

Enrique A. Feoli, M.D. 

Evan Fertig, M.D. 

Andrew N. Fink, M.D. 

Babak Firoozi, M.D. 

Salvatore Focella, M.D. 

Zev B. Frankel, M.D. 

Eugene French, M.D. 

Joseph R. Friedlander, M.D. 

Morris S. Friedman, D.O. 

Samuel Friedman, M.D. 

Luminita Fulop, M.D. 

Mark Gabelman, M.D. 

Rajyalakshmi Gannu, M.D. 

Carmen Garcia, M.D. 

Judith Gellrick, M.D. 

Anthony Gennaro, M.D. 

83


45 YEARS 


Internal Medicine 

Rheumatology 

Georges A. Ghacibeh, M.D. 

Joseph Giangola, M.D. 

Taya V. Glotzer, M.D. 

Edward Gold, M.D. 

David J. Goldberg, M.D. 

Stuart L. Goldberg, M.D. 

Adam S. Goldfarb, M.D. 

Richard Golding, M.D. 

Andrew Goldmann, M.D. 

Neil J. Gonter, M.D. 

Luis Gonzalez, M.D. 

Daniel Goodman, M.D. 

Carolyn E. Goodstein, M.D. 


Neil K. Goyal, M.D. 

Philip Green, M.D. 

Galina Grigoryan, M.D. 

Steven D. Gronowitz, M.D. 


Hui Jennifer Guo, M.D. 

Dev Raj Gupta, M.D. 

Hiie Maria Gussak, M.D. 

Jacob I. Haft, M.D. 

Kamran Hamirani, M.D. 

Youssef Hannallah, M.D. 

Peter Y. Hannoush, M.D. 

Harry D. Harper, M.D. 

Gammal A. Hassanien, D.O. 

Brandon Howard, M.D. 

Syed S. Husain, M.D. 

Deborah A. Hutter, M.D. 

Adaeze Ibeabuchi, M.D. 

Ehab F. Ibrahim, M.D. 

Peter J. Imbornone, M.D. 

Andrea G. P. Isaacs, M.D. 

David L. Isralowitz, M.D. 

Ebrahim S. Issa, M.D. 

Seth Jawetz, M.D. 

Andrew A. Jennis, M.D. 

Rosy E. Joseph, M.D. 

Edward Julie, M.D. 

Aret Kahyaoglu, M.D. 

Steven Kanarek, M.D. 

Fanya Kandinov, M.D. 

Saurabh Kapoor, M.D. 

Monroe S. Karetzky, M.D. 

Franklin E. Kasmin, M.D. 

William T. Kasumi, M.D. 

Umesh Katdare, M.D. 

40 YEARS 

Robert S. Cohen, M.D. 

Obstetrics & Gynecology 

Manoucher Katebian, M.D. 

Adriana Katz, M.D. 

Robert Kavaler, M.D. 

Dennis Kelly, III, M.D. 

Adam S. Kelman, M.D. 

S.M. Golam Kibrea, M.D. 

Gilbert Kepecs, M.D. 

Deepak Keswani, M.D. 

Ann D. Kim, M.D. 

Bernard Kim, M.D. 

Jeffrey S. Kim, M.D. 

Alexandru Kimel, M.D. 

Christopher J. Ko, M.D. 


Pearl Korenblit, M.D. 

Rachana Kothari, M.D. 

Mikhail Kotlov, M.D. 

Jeffrey Kozlowski, M.D. 

Radu Kramer, M.D. 

Ira Kurz, M.D. 

Evan G. Kushner, M.D. 

Olgica Laban, M.D. 

Lekh K. Lala, M.D. 

Vasilios Lambrinos, M.D. 

Wyslaine Lamontagne, M.D. 

Andrew Lan, M.D. 

Marcelo E. Lancman, M.D. 

David B. Landers, M.D. 

Joel S. Landzberg, M.D. 

Waleed Lashin, M.D. 

Rafael Latorre, M.D. 

Henry Lau, M.D. 

Joseph Lauricella, M.D. 

Esther J. Lee, M.D. 

Hyun-Soo Lee, M.D. 

Karen Lee, M.D. 

Robert C. Lee, M.D. 

Sung-Won Lee, M.D. 

Arnold J. Leibowitz, M.D. 

Steven R. Leibowitz, M.D. 

Tonel Leibu, M.D. 

Aleksander Lekan, M.D. 

Robert J. Leon, M.D. 

David N. Levin, M.D. 

Jerome F. Levine, M.D. 

Jianfeng Li, M.D. 

Elliot Lichtstein, M.D. 

Rosario Ligresti, M.D. 

George S. Lin, M.D. 

40 YEARS 



General Internal Medicine 

40 YEARS 

Murray Weinstock, M.D. 


Cardiology 

Judy Lin, M.D. 

Richard M. Lin, M.D. 

John P. Liuzzo, M.D. 

Boris Livshits, M.D. 

Jitendra Lodhavia, M.D. 

Luis F. Luna, M.D. 

William Lyons, M.D. 

Michael Magnotti, M.D. 

Lopa Maharaja, M.D. 

Stephen P. Majersky, M.D. 

Suman Manchireddy, M.D. 

Vinita Manoraj, M.D. 

Ara Manougian, M.D. 

Renuka N. Mapitigama, M.D. 

Ralph E. Marcus, M.D. 

Domenic Mariano, D.O. 

Sammy I. Masri, M.D. 

Alfredo S. Masullo, M.D. 

Jeffrey S. Matican, M.D. 

Anthony R. Mato, M.D. 

Sharon Maza, M.D. 

Gayle P. McDermott, M.D. 

Donna McNamara, M.D. 

Mauro Mecca, M.D. 

Ahmed Mekkawy, M.D. 


Francis W. Meo, M.D. 

Jay S. Meyerowitz, M.D. 


Ann M. Miller, M.D. 

Jeffrey Mitchel, M.D. 

Kesava Mittapalli, M.D. 

Michael John Molinaro, M.D. 

Michael Louis Molinaro, M.D. 

Thomas J. Molloy, M.D. 

Neeta Motiwala, M.D. 

Angel J. Mulkay, M.D. 

Patricia L. Murphy, M.D. 

Ralph E. Myrow, M.D. 

Karan S. Nejad, M.D. 

Han Ngoc Nguyen, M.D. 

Hamid M. Nia, M.D. 

George A. Nikias, M.D. 

John Nogueira, M.D. 

Stephen G. Nychay, M.D. 

Iseri Felicia Obadaseraye, M.D. 

David A. Orr, D.O. 

Vagram Ovnanian, M.D. 

Jeffrey E. Paley, M.D. 

35 YEARS 

Ruth Deutsch, M.D. 

Psychiatry & Behavioral 

Medicine 

Michael S. Parangi, M.D. 

Robert K. Parangi, M.D. 

Byong K. Park, M.D. 

Madhu Parmar, M.D. 

Manisha S. Parulekar, M.D. 

Mark S. Pascal, M.D. 

Todd D. Pascarelli, M.D. 

Deepali Patel, D.O. 

Dushyant R. Patel, M.D. 

Jayant N. Patel, M.D. 

Sanjeev N. Patel, M.D. 

Sheetal Patel, M.D. 


Nicholas Pecorelli, M.D. 

Mario E. Pelletier, M.D. 

Pedro M. Pereira, M.D. 

Patrick V. Perin, M.D. 

Marc D. Polimeni, M.D. 

Jeffrey Mark Politsky, M.D. 

Melvin S. Polkow, M.D. 

Jaroslaw S. Pondo, M.D. 

Diana M. Portilla, M.D. 

Edward R. Prins, M.D. 

Alicia A. Prowse, M.D. 

Rick J. Pumill, M.D. 

Lisa Marie Raacke, M.D. 

Joseph J. Radest, M.D. 

Glauco A. Radoslovich, M.D. 

Mohamed Rafeeuddin, M.D. 

Ravishankar Ramamoorthy, M.D. 

Maria A. Ramos, M.D. 

Lubna A. Rashid, M.D. 

Sarita Rastogi, M.D. 

Arie Rave, M.D. 

Margaret S. Ravits, M.D. 

Syed Raza, M.D. 

Carl J. Renner, M.D. 

John I. Rho, M.D. 


Henry J. Rose, M.D. 

Richard J. Rosenbluth, M.D. 

Eric R. Rosendorf, M.D. 

Steven M. Rosner, M.D. 

Constantine Rossakis, M.D. 

Scott D. Rowley, M.D. 

Scott D. Ruffo, M.D. 

Kimberly K. Ruhl, M.D. 

Ewa Rutkowska, M.D. 


Yogesh Sagar, M.D. 

Elsayed A. Sahloul, M.D. 

Anand Sahu, M.D. 


Thomas L. Salazer, M.D. 


Jeffrey L. Salizzoni, M.D. 

Pierre Salomon, M.D. 

Jose O. Santana, M.D. 


Allen N. Sapadin, M.D. 

Arunima Sarkar, M.D. 

Ernest J. Scerbo, M.D. 

Arnold P. Schoen, M.D. 

Atara Schultz, M.D. 

Joseph C. Schuster, M.D. 

Gary D. Schwartz, M.D. 

Joseph J. Schwartz, M.D. 

Michael L. Schwarz, M.D. 

Rani Sebti, M.D. 

Ali Sedarat, M.D. 

Fernando Segovia, M.D. 

Evan D. Sehgal, M.D. 

Thomas A. Selvaggi, M.D. 

Ruchi Sethi, M.D. 

Virender Sethi, M.D. 

Kamalesh R. Shah, M.D. 

Elhamy I. Shaker, M.D. 

Safwat Shaker, M.D. 

Nader Shakibai, M.D. 

Sarika Sharma, M.D. 

Stephen Sherer, M.D. 

Steven M. Sherman, M.D. 

Andrew C. Shih, M.D. 

Gunjan J. Shukla, M.D. 

Nilesh B. Shukla, M.D. 

David S. Siegel, M.D. 

Mathew Silverman, D.O. 

Michael P. Silverstein, M.D. 

Timothy E. Simpson, M.D. 

Derrick E. Sims, M.D. 

Sapna Singh, M.D. 

Sudir K. Sinha, M.D. 

Bruce A. Skolnick, M.D. 

Joseph Smotkin, M.D. 

Mukesh Solanky, M.D. 

Hung S.W. Song, M.D. 

Steven J. Sperber, M.D. 

Deepak Srinivasan, M.D. 

Isaac I. Stadler, M.D. 

R. Knight Steel, M.D. 

Aaron Stein, M.D. 

Jane Ellen Stone, M.D. 

George Stoupakis, M.D. 

Janet E. Strain, M.D. 

Ronald E. Strobel, M.D. 

Niharika Suchak, M.D. 

Samuel Suede, M.D. 

Zalman Suldan, M.D. 

Brendan P. Sullivan, M.D. 

Sung Wook Sun, M.D. 

Tariqshah M. Syed, M.D. 

Stanley Szwed, M.D. 

Dalia Tadros, M.D. 

Amit Tailor, M.D. 

Sylva A. Takvorian, M.D. 

Mark E. Tanchel, M.D. 


Mark Teicher, M.D. 

Louis Evan Teichholz, M.D. 

Carlos Tejeda, M.D. 

Rafael A. Teran Vargas, M.D. 

Prem Thamman, M.D. 

Vijay Thamman, M.D. 

Andrew The, M.D. 

Samuel The, M.D. 

Robert G. Thum, M.D. 

Sarah L. Timmapuri, M.D. 

Leon L. Ting, M.D. 

Nora Z. Tossounian, M.D. 

John M. Totaro, III, M.D. 

Muhammad S. Umer, M.D. 

Pranaychandra Vaidya, M.D. 

Marian Vandyck-Acquah, M.D. 

Venkatabharathi Velam, M.D. 

Diane G. Verga, M.D. 

David H. Vesole, M.D. 

Michael Viksjo, M.D. 

John J. Villa, D.O. 

Alexander Vitievsky, M.D. 

Mario Vukic, M.D. 

Stanley E. Waintraub, M.D. 

Wakim V. Wakim, M.D. 

Paul X. Wang, M.D. 

Sarwat Waseem, M.D. 


Andrew Weissman, M.D. 

Howard B. Weizman, M.D. 

Steven J. Welish, M.D. 

Joseph G. Wiedermann, M.D. 

Frederic E. Wien, M.D. 

Mark Wiesen, M.D. 

David Wild, M.D. 

Steven Winer, M.D. 

Philip G. Woodham, M.D. 

Robert P. Wooton, D.O. 

Ann M. Wry, M.D. 

Dima Yeshou, M.D. 

Javed M. Yousaf, M.D. 

Fei Yu, M.D. 

Megdad M. Zaatreh, M.D. 

Sina Zaim, M.D. 

Mauricio Zapiach, M.D. 

Susan R. Zeveloff, M.D. 

John Zimmerman, M.D. 

Ira I. Zucker, M.D. 


Charles F. Asta, M.D. 

Eric S. Avezzano, M.D. 

Alyse Bellomo, M.D. 

Walter Berkowitz, M.D. 

Alan Briker, M.D. 

Crystal Broussard, M.D. 

Frank M. Candido, M.D. 

Michael P. Chang, M.D. 

Martin P. Chatelain, M.D. 

Anjana R. Chhabra, M.D. 

Susan M. Clifford, M.D. 

Lois J. Copeland, M.D. 

Carol D’Aquino, M.D. 

Anthony DeLillo, M.D. 

Deborah A. Fein, M.D. 

Herbert L. Fine, M.D. 

Diana Finkel, D.O. 

Ivan A. Friedrich, M.D. 

Eugene Fulop, M.D. 

Joel P. Goldfarb, M.D. 

Allen Griggs, D.O. 

Fiona Gupta, M.D. 

Robert M. Harris, M.D. 

Martin Hochstein, M.D. 

84


Jacqueline Hollywood, M.D. 

Anthony Inguaggiato, M.D. 

Michael Innerfield, M.D. 

Arshad Javed, M.D. 

Allan N. Krutchik, M.D. 

Vivian Lan, M.D. 

Nathaniel E. Lebowitz, M.D. 

Robert S. Levine, M.D. 

Scott D. Lippe, M.D. 

Lorraine S. Lira, M.D. 

Stephen J. Margulis, M.D. 

Homar Martinez, M.D. 

Martha J. Maso, M.D. 

Philip L. Micale, M.D. 

Nader Moaven, M.D. 

Joe Najjar, M.D. 

Sessine Najjar, M.D. 

Ravinder M. Narang, M.D. 

Adam L. Palance, M.D. 

Irving M. Paltrowitz, M.D. 

Vincent S. Panella, M.D. 

Robert Pittman, M.D. 

Paul Possick, M.D. 

Michael G. Rahmin, M.D. 

Vincent Rigoglioso, M.D. 

Arthur C. Rothman, M.D. 

Howard Rothman, M.D. 

Michael Schmidt, M.D. 

Jeremy J. Schwartz, M.D. 

Roberto Singer, M.D. 

David M. Stewart, M.D. 

Mahnaz C. Tantawi, M.D. 

Albert Tartini, M.D. 

David D. Van Slooten, M.D. 

Robert E. Wehmann, M.D. 

Mark Jay Zucker, M.D. 

Consultants 

Bunyad Haider, M.D. 

Jerome H. Siegel, M.D. 

Honorary 

Andrew L. Bender, M.D. 


Martin G. Blechman, M.D. 

David L. Broadnax, M.D. 

Albert D. Carilli, M.D. 

Claudio Castelli, M.D. 

H. Bruce Denson, M.D. 

Lisa Dever, M.D. 

Richard Edelstein, M.D. 

Joseph Frascino, M.D. 

Fernando Garip, M.D. 


Ernest N. Landy, M.D. 

Frank J. Lanza, M.D. 

Steven E. Laskin, M.D. 

Angel V. Paredes, M.D. 

Lelio Passaglia, M.D. 

Deane Penn, M.D. 

Lee Reichman, M.D. 

Stuart Rubenstein, M.D. 

George Sabel, M.D. 

Dongwuk Shin, M.D. 

Philip Silverman, D.O. 

Edward Smit, M.D. 

Thomas Sofianides, M.D. 

Charlotte Sokol, M.D. 

Gary Statmore, M.D. 

Lalita Wagle, M.D. 

Leslie Donald Weinstein, M.D. 

Milton Wiener, M.D. 

ALLERGY & 

IMMUNOLOGY 


Chief 

Members 

Cindy Chang, M.D. 

Carolyn E. Goodstein, M.D. 


SPECIAL IMMUNOLOGY 

& DIAGNOSTIC LAB 


Director 

CARDIOLOGY 


Chief 

Members 

Baback Adibi, M.D. 

Irfan Admani, M.D. 

Carlos Alfonso, M.D. 

Paul M. Andrews, M.D. 

Stephen J. Angeli, M.D. 

Michael Anshelevich, M.D. 


Yaron Bareket, M.D. 

Stuart A. Barr, M.D. 

Lane Benoff, M.D. 

Robert L. Berkowitz, M.D. 

Walter Berkowitz, M.D. 

Roger L. Borchardt, M.D. 

David Brogno, M.D. 

Elliot M. Brown, M.D. 

Richard Cantor, M.D. 

Shlomo Charlap, M.D. 

Asad M. Cheema, M.D. 

James R. Clifford, M.D. 

Thomas P. Cocke, M.D. 

Radu Codel, M.D. 

Roger H. Coletti, M.D. 

Daniel P. Conroy, Jr., M.D. 

Joaquim Correia, M.D. 

John G. Cubero, M.D. 

Felix Dailey-Sterling, M.D. 

Bart DeGregorio, M.D. 


H. Mark Denson, M.D. 

Leonardo J. DiVagno, M.D. 

Gerard T. Eichman, M.D. 


Zev B. Frankel, M.D. 

Samuel Friedman, M.D. 

Mark Gabelman, M.D. 


Taya V. Glotzer, M.D. 

Andrew Goldmann, M.D. 

Luis Gonzalez, M.D. 


Neil K. Goyal, M.D. 

Jacob I. Haft, M.D. 

Bunyad Haider, M.D. 

Kamran Hamirani, M.D. 

Jacqueline Hollywood, M.D. 

Syed S. Husain, M.D. 


Michael Innerfield, M.D. 

Ebrahim S. Issa, M.D. 

Seth Jawetz, M.D. 

Edward Julie, M.D. 

Steven Kanarek, M.D. 

Umesh Katdare, M.D. 

Manoucher Katebian, M.D. 

35 YEARS 

Bakhtaver Irani, M.D. 


Dennis Kelly, III, M.D. 

Bernard Kim, M.D. 

Lekh K. Lala, M.D. 

David B. Landers, M.D. 



Joseph Lauricella, M.D. 

Nathaniel E. Lebowitz, M.D. 

Robert J. Leon, M.D. 

Elliot Lichtstein, M.D. 

John P. Liuzzo, M.D. 

William Lyons, M.D. 

Domenic Mariano, D.O. 

Jeffrey S. Matican, M.D. 

Sharon Maza, M.D. 

Jeffrey Mitchel, M.D. 

Thomas J. Molloy, M.D. 

Angel J. Mulkay, M.D. 

Patricia L. Murphy, M.D. 

Ravinder M. Narang, M.D. 

Karan S. Nejad, M.D. 

Hamid M. Nia, M.D. 


Sanjeev N. Patel, M.D. 

Rick J. Pumill, M.D. 

Glauco A. Radoslovich, M.D. 

Constantine Rossakis, M.D. 

Howard Rothman, M.D. 

Scott D. Ruffo, M.D. 

Yogesh Sagar, M.D. 


Jose O. Santana, M.D. 

Michael L. Schwarz, M.D. 

Fernando Segovia, M.D. 


Ruchi Sethi, M.D. 


Sarika Sharma, M.D. 


Andrew C. Shih, M.D. 

Gunjan J. Shukla, M.D. 

Timothy E. Simpson, M.D. 

Bruce A. Skolnick, M.D. 

Deepak Srinivasan, M.D. 



George Stoupakis, M.D. 

Janet E. Strain, M.D. 

35 YEARS 

Stuart H. Levey, M.D. 

Urology 

Ronald E. Strobel, M.D. 

Samuel Suede, M.D. 

Brendan P. Sullivan, M.D. 

Tariqshah M. Syed, M.D. 

Stanley Szwed, M.D. 

Mark Teicher, M.D. 

Vijay Thamman, M.D. 

Sarah L. Timmapuri, M.D. 


Marian Vandyck-Acquah, M.D. 


Andrew Weissman, M.D. 

Steven J. Welish, M.D. 

Joseph G. Wiedermann, M.D. 

David Wild, M.D. 

Sina Zaim, M.D. 


Mark Jay Zucker, M.D. 

CARDIAC CRITICAL 

CARE UNIT 


Director 

CARDIAC CATH LAB 


Director 



Associate Directors 

Member 


CARDIAC 

REHABILITATION 


Director 

COMPLEMENTARY 

MEDICINE 


Director 

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY/ 

STRESS TESTING 


Director 

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY 

LAB 


Director 

35 YEARS 

Michael R. Petriella, M.D. 


INTERVENTIONAL 

CARDIOLOGY 

& RESEARCH 


Director 

DERMATOLOGY 


Chief 


Chief Emeritus 

Members 

Herbert L. Fine, M.D. 

Carmen Garcia, M.D. 

Hyun-Soo Lee, M.D. 

Martha J. Maso, M.D. 


Michael John Molinaro, M.D. 

Ralph E. Myrow, M.D. 


Paul Possick, M.D. 


Kimberly K. Ruhl, M.D. 


ENDOCRINOLOGY 

& METABOLISM 


Chief 

Thomas Sofiandes, M.D. 

Rhoda H. Cobin, M.D. 

Chiefs Emeritus 

Members 

Natalia Anchipolovsky, D.O. 

Neal G. Breit, M.D. 



Martin Hochstein, M.D. 

Adriana Katz, M.D. 

Adam S. Kelman, M.D. 

Esther J. Lee, M.D. 

Michael Magnotti, M.D. 

Ara Manougian, M.D. 

Atara Schultz, M.D. 

Joseph J. Schwartz, M.D. 

Robert E. Wehmann, M.D. 

Dima Yeshou, M.D. 

DIABETES 


Director 

35 YEARS 

Malcolm S. Schwartz, D.O. 

Pediatrics 

Endocrinology/ 

Diabetology 

30 YEARS 

John T. Andronaco, M.D. 

Orthopaedic Surgery 

Member 


EXECUTIVE HEALTH 



GASTROENTEROLOGY 


Chief 

Eric J. Ellinghaus, M.D. 

Associate Chief 

Members 

Eric S. Avezzano, M.D. 

Dino Beduya, M.D. 

Alyse Bellomo, M.D. 


Jason M. Bratcher, M.D. 

Crystal Broussard, M.D. 

Frank M. Candido, M.D. 

Aditi Chhada, M.D. 

Seth A. Cohen, M.D. 

Anthony DeLillo, M.D. 



Babak Firoozi, M.D. 

Ivan A. Friedrich, M.D. 

Joel P. Goldfarb, M.D. 


Steven D. Gronowitz, M.D. 

Franklin E. Kasmin, M.D. 

Arnold J. Leibowitz, M.D. 


Robert S. Levine, M.D. 


Judy Lin, M.D. 

Richard M. Lin, M.D. 

Scott D. Lippe, M.D. 

Stephen J. Margulis, M.D. 

Philip L. Micale, M.D. 


Adam L. Palance, M.D. 

Irving M. Paltrowitz, M.D. 

Vincent S. Panella, M.D. 

Robert Pittman, M.D. 

Michael G. Rahmin, M.D. 

Ravishankar Ramamoorthy, M.D. 


Eric R. Rosendorf, M.D. 

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30 YEARS 

William P. Brotherton, M.D. 

Anesthesiology 

Michael Schmidt, M.D. 

Jeremy J. Schwartz, M.D. 

Ali Sedarat, M.D. 

Nilesh B. Shukla, M.D. 

Jerome H. Siegel, M.D. 

David M. Stewart, M.D. 


Michael Viksjo, M.D. 

Frederic E. Wien, M.D. 

Mauricio Zapiach, M.D. 

Ira I. Zucker, M.D. 

MOTILITY & PH 

MONITORING LAB 


Chief 

ENDOSCOPY 

LABORATORY 


Director 

FELLOWSHIP & 

RESIDENT EDUCATION 



Co-Chiefs 

NUTRITIONAL 

SUPPORT LAB 


Chief 

GENERAL INTERNAL 

MEDICINE 


Chief 



Newton Gresser, M.D. 


Members 

Amit Agarwal, M.D. 

Suhel Hussain Ahmed, M.D. 

Arnold Alday, M.D. 

Aurora C. Andreescu, M.D. 

Irina Anshelevich, M.D. 

Chithra Balasingham, M.D. 

Dora P. Barnes, M.D. 

Jack M. Berdy, M.D. 

Shirish V. Bhatt, M.D. 

30 YEARS 



Gastroenterology 

30 YEARS 

Richard M. Klein, M.D. 

Ophthalmology 

Retinal 

Robert W. Boyajian, M.D. 

Alan Briker, M.D. 

Alla Brouk, M.D. 


Anthony J. Campanella, Jr., M.D. 

Dana Cernea, M.D. 

Michael P. Chang, M.D. 

Martin P. Chatelain, M.D. 

Padma Chava, M.D. 

Laura M. Chavez, D.O. 

Anjana R. Chhabra, M.D. 


Brenda M. Christensen, M.D. 

Lois J. Copeland, M.D. 

Joseph Covelli, M.D. 


Carol D’Aquino, M.D. 

Urmi Das, M.D. 

Denise Daub, M.D. 

Charles Davis, M.D. 


Eli Djebiyan, M.D. 


Moshe Ephrat, M.D. 


Alan K. Felsen, M.D. 

Andrew N. Fink, M.D. 

Salvatore Focella, M.D. 

Joseph R. Friedlander, M.D. 

Morris S. Friedman, D.O. 

Eugene Fulop, M.D. 

Luminita Fulop, M.D. 

Rajyalakshmi Gannu, M.D. 

Anthony Gennaro, M.D. 

Edward Gold, M.D. 

Adam S. Goldfarb, M.D. 

Allen Griggs, D.O. 

Galina Grigoryan, M.D. 

Hui Jennifer Guo, M.D. 

Youssef Hannallah, M.D. 

Robert M. Harris, M.D. 


Ehab F. Ibrahim, M.D. 


Aret Kahyaoglu, M.D. 

Fanya Kandinov, M.D. 

William T. Kasumi, M.D. 

Robert Kavaler, M.D. 

30 YEARS 



Cardiology 

Ann D. Kim, M.D. 

Christopher J. Ko, M.D. 

Pearl Korenblit, M.D. 

Rachana Kothari, M.D. 

Ira Kurz, M.D. 

Evan G. Kushner, M.D. 

Andrew Lan, M.D. 

Vivian Lan, M.D. 

Waleed Lashin, M.D. 

Rafael Latorre, M.D. 

Karen Lee, M.D. 

Sung-Won Lee, M.D. 

Tonel Leibu, M.D. 

Aleksander Lekan, M.D. 

Boris Livshits, M.D. 

Jitendra Lodhavia, M.D. 

Luis F. Luna, M.D. 

Vinita Manoraj, M.D. 



Ahmed Mekkawy, M.D. 

Francis W. Meo, M.D. 

Jay S. Meyerowitz, M.D. 

Kesava Mittapalli, M.D. 

Neeta Motiwala, M.D. 

Jeffrey E. Paley, M.D. 

Michael S. Parangi, M.D. 

Robert K. Parangi, M.D. 

Byong K. Park, M.D. 

Madhu Parmar, M.D. 

Todd D. Pascarelli, M.D. 

Dushyant R. Patel, M.D. 

Nicholas Pecorelli, M.D. 

Mario E. Pelletier, M.D. 

Pedro M. Pereira, M.D. 

Marc D. Polimeni, M.D. 

Diana M. Portilla, M.D. 

Edward R. Prins, M.D. 

Alicia A. Prowse, M.D. 

Lisa Marie Raacke, M.D. 

Joseph J. Radest, M.D. 

Mohamed Rafeeuddin, M.D. 

Maria A. Ramos, M.D. 

Sarita Rastogi, M.D. 

Arie Rave, M.D. 

Carl J. Renner, M.D. 

Ewa Rutkowska, M.D. 

30 YEARS 




Elsayed A. Sahloul, M.D. 

Anand Sahu, M.D. 

Pierre Salomon, M.D. 

Ernest J. Scerbo, M.D. 

Arnold P. Schoen, M.D. 

Joseph C. Schuster, M.D. 

Gary D. Schwartz, M.D. 

Kamalesh R. Shah, M.D. 

Elhamy I. Shaker, M.D. 

Safwat Shaker, M.D. 

Steven M. Sherman, M.D. 

Mathew Silverman, D.O. 

Derrick E. Sims, M.D. 

Sapna Singh, M.D. 


Hung S.W. Song, M.D. 

Isaac I. Stadler, M.D. 

Sung Wook Sun, M.D. 

Dalia Tadros, M.D. 

Amit Tailor, M.D. 

Sylva A. Takvorian, M.D. 

Mahnaz C. Tantawi, M.D. 

Carlos Tejeda, M.D. 

Prem Thamman, M.D. 

Andrew The, M.D. 

Nora Z. Tossounian, M.D. 

John M. Totaro, III, M.D. 

Muhammad S. Umer, M.D. 

Diane G. Verga, M.D. 


Paul X. Wang, M.D. 

Sarwat Waseem, M.D. 

Steven Winer, M.D. 

Philip G. Woodham, M.D. 

Robert P. Wooton, D.O. 

Ann M. Wry, M.D. 

Fei Yu, M.D. 

HOSPITALIST PROGRAM 


Chief 


Coordinator 

Members 


Amjad Ali, M.D. 

Mariette Y. Amadi, M.D. 

Jiwanjot Chhatwal, M.D. 

Philip Green, M.D. 

Gammal A. Hassanien, D.O. 


Saurabh Kapoor, M.D. 

Deepak Keswani, M.D. 

Wyslaine Lamontagne, M.D. 

Jianfeng Li, M.D. 

Suman Manchireddy, M.D. 

Gayle P. McDermott, M.D. 

Michael Louis Molinaro, M.D. 

Iseri Felicia Obadaseraye, M.D. 

Deepali Patel, D.O. 

Sheetal Patel, M.D. 

Joseph Smotkin, M.D. 

Rafael A. Teran Vargas, M.D. 

Venkatabharathi Velam, M.D. 

Wakim V. Wakim, M.D. 

ADOLESCENT AREA 


Assistant Coordinator 

GERIATRIC MEDICINE 


Chief 

Newton Gresser, M.D. 


Members 

Joel Adler, M.D. 

Kalpana Cheeti, M.D. 

David L. Isralowitz, M.D. 


Manisha S. Parulekar, M.D. 

Arunima Sarkar, M.D. 


Niharika Suchak, M.D. 

Javed M. Yousaf, M.D. 

HEMATOLOGY/ 

ONCOLOGY 


Chief 

Members 
















INFECTIOUS DISEASES 


Chief 


Jerome F. Levine, M.D. 


Cristina E. Cicogna, M.D. 

Hospital Epidemiologist 

Members 

Bindu Balani, M.D. 

Samit S. Desai, M.D. 

Diana Finkel, D.O. 

Eugene French, M.D. 

Lopa Maharaja, M.D. 

Homar Martinez, M.D. 

Nader Moaven, M.D. 

Joe Najjar, M.D. 

Sessine Najjar, M.D. 

Han Ngoc Nguyen, M.D. 


VIROLOGY LABORATORY 

Member 



FELLOWSHIP 


Director 

MEDICAL INFORMATICS 


Director 

MEDICAL INTENSIVIST/ 

CRITICAL CARE 


Director 

MOHS SURGERY 


Chief 

NEPHROLOGY 

Alexandre S. Ackad, M.D. 

Chief 

Members 

Ananea Adamidis, M.D. 

Benjamin Aronoff, M.D. 

Susan M. Clifford, M.D. 

Clenton L. Coleman, M.D. 

Deborah A. Fein, M.D. 


Hiie Maria Gussak, M.D. 

Adaeze Ibeabuchi, M.D. 

Rosy E. Joseph, M.D. 

Mikhail Kotlov, M.D. 

Jeffrey Kozlowski, M.D. 

Radu Kramer, M.D. 

David N. Levin, M.D. 

Lubna A. Rashid, M.D. 

Syed Raza, M.D. 

John I. Rho, M.D. 

Thomas L. Salazer, M.D. 


Roberto Singer, M.D. 

Zalman Suldan, M.D. 

Albert Tartini, M.D. 

Alexander Vitievsky, M.D. 


Susan R. Zeveloff, M.D. 

RENAL TRANSPORT 

SECTION 


Director 

AMBULATORY 

PERITONEAL DIALYSIS 

PROGRAM 


Director 

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NEUROLOGY 


Chief 



Members 

Robert R. Angels, M.D. 

Charles F. Asta, M.D. 

Jill A. Bressler, M.D. 

Enrique A. Feoli, M.D. 

Evan Fertig, M.D. 

Georges A. Ghacibeh, M.D. 

Fiona Gupta, M.D. 

Olgica Laban, M.D. 


Lorraine S. Lira, M.D. 

Ann M. Miller, M.D. 

John Nogueira, M.D. 

Jeffrey Mark Politsky, M.D. 

Arthur C. Rothman, M.D. 

Michael P. Silverstein, M.D. 

Mukesh Solanky, M.D. 

David D. Van Slooten, M.D. 

Mario Vukic, M.D. 

Megdad M. Zaatreh, M.D. 

PAIN & PALLIATIVE 

CARE MEDICINE 


Director 

PULMONARY DISEASE 

& CRITICAL CARE 


Chief 



Members 

Lucia M. Alvarez-Segovia, M.D. 


Weekon Choi, M.D. 

Viren Desai, M.D. 


Andrea G. P. Isaacs, M.D. 

Arshad Javed, M.D. 

Monroe S. Karetzky, M.D. 

Jeffrey S. Kim, M.D. 

Vasilios Lambrinos, M.D. 

Robert C. Lee, M.D. 

George S. Lin, M.D. 

Renuka N. Mapitigama, M.D. 


Vagram Ovnanian, M.D. 


Jaroslaw S. Pondo, M.D. 

Henry J. Rose, M.D. 


Jeffrey L. Salizzoni, M.D. 




Robert G. Thum, M.D. 



BREATH & 

LUNG INSTITUTE 


Director 

CRITICAL CARE SECTION 

& FELLOWSHIP 



Co-Directors 


PULMONARY DISEASE 


Chief 

INSTITUTE FOR SLEEP 

& WAKE DISORDERS 



MEDICAL INTENSIVE 

CARE UNIT 


Director 

PULMONARY DISEASES 

FELLOWSHIP 


Chief 

RESPIRATORY 

LABORATORY 


Director 

RHEUMATOLOGY 

Gilbert Kepecs, M.D. 

Chief 

Ralph E. Marcus, M.D. 



Members 

James L. Cappadona, M.D. 

Ciro J. Carafa, M.D. 

Neil J. Gonter, M.D. 

Alexandru Kimel, M.D. 

Steven M. Rosner, M.D. 

OUTPATIENT 

MEDICAL CLINIC 


Director 

SPORTS MEDICINE 

Sammy I. Masri, M.D. 

Director 

STROKE CENTER 


Chairperson and Director 

Donald A. McCain, M.D., Ph.D. 


JOHN THEURER 

CANCER CENTER 


Vice President of Cancer Services 

Chief Innovations Officer 


Chairman and Director 

Members 

Harry Agress, Jr., M.D., FACR 

Mutahar Ahmed, M.D. 


30 YEARS 



Dermatology 

Kourosh Asgarian, D.O. 




Kevin Basralian, M.D. 

Kathleen Beebe, M.D. 

Douglas N. Benson, M.D. 


Pritish Bhattacharyya, M.D. 

William K. Boss, Jr., M.D. 


Stephanie M. Cohen, M.D. 



John DeMeritt, M.D. 


Elie Elmann, M.D. 

Michael P. Esposito, M.D. 

Carol J. Fehmian, M.D. 





Michael A. Fiorillo, M.D. 

Debra Fromer, M.D. 

Gregory J. Gallina, M.D. 

Glen Gejerman, M.D. 

Loren Godfrey, M.D. 



Michael Goldfischer, M.D. 

Martin M. Goldstein, M.D. 

Min Woo Han, M.D. 


Sami J. Harawi, M.D. 


Patrice Hassoun, M.D. 

Terry Hensle, M.D. 



Masayuki Inouye, M.D. 


Shravan Kambam, M.D. 

Gordon M. Kaplan, M.D. 

George J. Kaptain, M.D. 

Michael J. Katz, M.D. 

30 YEARS 




30 YEARS 

Harold Perl, M.D. 

Pediatrics 

Neonatology 

Richard Young Jin Kim, M.D. 

Roxana G. Kline, M.D. 

Christopher Koenig, M.D. 

Robert L. Krugman, M.D. 

Vincent J. Lanteri, M.D. 




Hiten M. Malde, M.D. 


Joseph Manno, M.D. 




Frank M. Moore, M.D. 

Charles Moss, M.D. 

Ravi Munver, M.D. 




David Panush, M.D. 


Rita S. Patel, M.D. 

David B. Pearlstone, M.D. 

Stephen G. Pereira, M.D. 

Sean D. Pierce, M.D. 


John W. Poole, M.D. 

Viswanathan Rajaraman, M.D. 


Sergey Rome, M.D. 

Arie Rosen, M.D. 

Jay S. Rosen, M.D. 

Gene S. Rosenberg, M.D. 


Patrick A. Roth, M.D. 


Hossein Sadeghi-Nejad, M.D. 




John R. Scheuch, M.D. 



Christopher Shaari, M.D. 

David Shin, M.D. 

Andrew L. Siegel, M.D. 


Tzvi Small, M.D. 



Stephen J. Thompson, M.D. 


Hakan Usal, M.D. 



Roy D. Vingan, M.D. 

Jack H. Vitenson, M.D. 


Richard A. Watson, M.D. 



Richard M. Winters, M.D. 

James C. Wittig, M.D. 

Luis A. Zapiach, M.D. 


Richard J. Garden, M.D. 



Paul Parker, M.D. 


Stephen N. Zoretic, M.D. 

Honorary 

Peter Fan, M.D. 

Stuart Rubenstein, M.D. 

Mario Verna, M.D. 

30 YEARS 

John F. Pojedinec, M.D. 

Orthopaedic Surgery 

BREAST 



Co-Chiefs 

Members 










30 YEARS 


Urology 

BONE MARROW 

TRANSPLANT 


Chief 

Members 



















Co-Chiefs 

Members 
















GERIATRIC ONCOLOGY 


Chief 

87


30 YEARS 

Martin F. Schulman, M.D. 

Ophthalmology 

GYNECOLOGY 


Co-Chief 

Members 




HEAD & NECK 



Co-Chiefs 

Members 
















LEUKEMIA 


Chief 

Members 








LYMPHOMA 


Chief 

30 YEARS 



Cardiology 

Members 







MULTIPLE MYELOMA 



Co-Chiefs 

Members 


NEURO-ONCOLOGY 



Co-Chiefs 

Members 
















PATHOLOGY 

Member 


RADIOLOGY ONCOLOGY 


Chief 

Member 


30 YEARS 


Dentistry 

General Dentistry 

30 YEARS 

Mona M. Tantawi, M.D. 

Pediatrics 

RESEARCH 

Members 




SKIN & SARCOMA 


Chief 

Members 












THORACIC ONCOLOGY 


Chief 

Members 
















UROLOGICAL 

ONCOLOGY 




Co-Chiefs 

30 YEARS 



Pulmonary Disease 

& Critical Care 

Members 



















Department of 

NEUROSURGERY 


Chairperson 



George B. Jacobs, M.D. 


Members 

Marc S. Arginteanu, M.D. 

Hooman Azmi-Ghadimi, M.D. 

Mostafa A.F. 

El Khashab, M.D., Ph.D. 


Catherine A. Mazzola, M.D. 


Thomas R. Peterson, M.D. 


Arien Smith, M.D. 

Alfred A. Steinberger, M.D. 



Daniel Walzman, M.D. 


Chris Winfree, M.D. 

Honorary 

George B. Jacobs, M.D. 

Jules C. Ladenheim, M.D. 

ENDOVASCULAR 

NEUROSURGERY 

Daniel Walzman, M.D. 

Chief 

EPILEPTOLOGY 

& FUNCTIONAL 


Chief 

MINIMALLY- 

INVASIVE SURGERY 


Chief 

MOVEMENT 

DISORDER SURGERY 

Hooman Azmi-Ghadimi, M.D. 

Chief 

NEURO-ONCOLOGY 


Chief 

Member 


TRAUMA & 

CRITICAL CARE 


Chief 

PAIN NEUROSURGERY 


Chief 

PEDIATRIC 

NEUROSURGERY 


Chief 

RADIOSURGERY 


Chief 

SKULL BASE & 

PITUITARY SURGERY 


Chief 

SPINE SURGERY 


Chief 

VASCULAR SURGERY 


Chief 

Department of 

OBSTETRICS & 

GYNECOLOGY 


Chairperson 



Marc A. Clachko, M.D. 

Assistant Chairperson 

Members 

Waleed M. Abdelghani, M.D. 

Yaakov Abdelhak, M.D. 

Lawrence G. Adelsohn, M.D. 

Abdulla Al-Khan, M.D. 

Azer Alizade, M.D. 

Raya O. Alnuaimi, D.O. 

Afriye R. Amerson, M.D. 

Yitzhack Asulin, M.D. 

Melody S. Behnam, M.D. 

Eric Bentolila, M.D. 

Inna Berin, M.D. 

Maria Bitar, M.D. 

Ulas Bozdogan, M.D. 

Milinda R. Carson, M.D. 

Barbara Cavallaro, M.D. 

Michael M. Cho, M.D. 

Joseph K. Chong, M.D. 

Marc A. Clachko, M.D. 

Alex Cocoziello, D.O. 

Ramin B. Cocoziello, M.D. 

Susan Cocoziello, M.D. 

Robert S. Cohen, M.D. 

Anna Collado, D.O. 

Huseyin Copur, M.D. 

Maria M. Damian- 

Coleman, M.D. 

Cameron Darvish, D.O. 

Elizabeth Del Rosario, M.D. 

Paul M. Dicker, M.D. 

Peter R. Dottino, M.D. 

Kamal K. Dutta, M.D. 

Yasmina M.T. Ephrem, M.D. 

Hany M. Gaafer-Ahmed, M.D. 

Robert J. Gallo, M.D. 

Judi R. Gerardis, M.D. 

Sandra Giron-Jimenez, M.D. 

Michele Gliksman, M.D. 

Hetal Gor, M.D. 

Arthur H. Gross, M.D. 

Daniel Hakimi, D.O. 

Sam H. Hessami, M.D. 

Tony T. Huang, M.D. 

Patricia L. Hughes, M.D. 

Bakhtaver Irani, M.D. 

Kiran M. Joshi, M.D. 

Roohi Kamal, M.D. 

Katherine E. Lee Kang, M.D. 

Maria R. KeanChong, M.D. 

Savita Khosla, M.D. 

Hugo D. Kitzis, M.D. 

Lizabeth A. Kopp, M.D. 

Mauro Leo, M.D. 

Philip R. Lesorgen, M.D. 

Robin H. Levat, M.D. 

Hung-tien Lo, M.D. 

Jacquelyn Loughlin, M.D. 

Mahir J. Majid, M.D. 

Peter G. McGovern, M.D. 

Lisa Ann Miller, M.D. 

Sara Sinha Morelli, M.D. 

David Nunez, M.D. 

Heripsime Ohanian, M.D. 

Cindy R. Parnes, M.D. 

Peri Petras, M.D. 

Michael C. Pitter, M.D. 

Douglas S. Rabin, M.D. 

Mark X. Ransom, M.D. 

Julia Riftine, M.D. 

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Lois Pat Robinson, M.D. 

Andrew F. Rubenstein, M.D. 

Shelly B. Saber, M.D. 

Jill Kristine Satorie, M.D. 

Michael A. Sbarra, M.D. 

Louis A. Schwarz, M.D. 

Rudy A. Segna, M.D. 

Michael D. Seidner, M.D. 

Aimee Seungdamrong, M.D. 

Vinay R. Shah, M.D. 

Khashayar Shakiba, M.D. 

Linda Silva-Karcz, M.D. 

Carla D. Simonian, M.D. 

Ami Vaidya, M.D. 

Andrea Vidali, M.D. 

Lin M. Vikner, M.D. 

Jodi Beth Wallis, D.O. 

Gerson Weiss, M.D. 

Craig B. Wiener, M.D. 

Susan Wolf, M.D. 

Ahmed S. Yousry, M.D. 

REPRODUCTIVE 

ENDOCRINOLOGY 

Peter G. McGovern, M.D. 

Director 

Members 

Inna Berin, M.D. 

Michael M. Cho, M.D. 

Patricia L. Hughes, M.D. 

Jacquelyn Loughlin, M.D. 

Douglas S. Rabin, M.D. 

Mark X. Ransom, M.D. 

Aimee Seungdamrong, M.D. 

Andrea Vidali, M.D. 

Gerson Weiss, M.D. 

Susan Wolf, M.D. 

RESEARCH 


Director 

25 YEARS 

John T. Cozzone, M.D. 

Plastic & Reconstructive 

Surgery 

25 YEARS 



Cardiology 

25 YEARS 

Richard Foster, D.P.M. 

Podiatry 

25 YEARS 

Iraj Gafori, M.D. 


Oncology Division 

25 YEARS 

Theodore Goldberg, M.D. 


Cardiology 


Zalman Levine, M.D. 

Carl J. Saphier, M.D. 

Henry Saphier, M.D. 

Consultants 

Arlene D. Bardeguez, M.D. 

Honorary 

Ira Bernstein, M.D. 

Paul I. Bookstaver, M.D. 

E. Solon Davis, III, M.D. 

G. Dederick, M.D. 

Iraj Gafori, M.D. 

Andre Heltai, M.D. 

Arthur M. Pinski, M.D. 

Mrudula S. Shukla, M.D. 

Charles Straniero, M.D. 

Manuel A. Vega, M.D. 

John Voskian, M.D. 

Stanley L. Wiener, M.D. 

GENERAL OB/GYN 


Director 

MATERNAL FETAL 

MEDICINE 


Director 

Members 

Yaakov Abdelhak, M.D. 


Arlene D. Bardeguez, M.D. 

Mauro Leo, M.D. 

Carl J. Saphier, M.D. 

ONCOLOGY DIVISION 

Members 

Peter R. Dottino, M.D. 

Rudy A. Segna, M.D. 

Ami Vaidya, M.D. 

PERFORMANCE 

IMPROVEMENT 


Director 

Department of 

OPHTHALMOLOGY 


Chairperson 

Paul Liva, M.D. 


Members 

Lee M. Angioletti, M.D. 

Louis S. Angioletti, M.D. 

Jay Bernstein, M.D. 

Andrew C. Brown, M.D. 

Gari Carabin, M.D. 

David Chen, M.D. 

Leonard Feiner, M.D. 

Bradley D. Geller, M.D. 

Mark Goldfarb, M.D. 

Lekha Gopal, M.D. 

Carl B. Guterman, M.D. 

Michael J. Harris, M.D. 

Arlene M. Henick, M.D. 

Lisa Higgins, M.D. 

Patrick M. Higgins, M.D. 


Joel E. Kopelman, M.D. 

Paul J. Lama, M.D. 

Simeon A. Lauer, M.D. 

Steven A. Madreperla, M.D. 

Ayman Z. Matta, M.D. 

Mayumi A. Mori, M.D. 

Michael H. Munoz, M.D. 

Joseph Napolitano, M.D. 

Stuart W. Noorily, M.D. 

Richard N. Palu, M.D. 

Scott B. Pomerantz, M.D. 

Andrew M. Prince, M.D. 

Rhonda Rosenberg, M.D. 

Seligman Rosenberg, M.D. 

Murray Rothman, M.D. 

Seth W. Sachs, M.D. 

Earl V. Sandor, M.D. 

Martin F. Schulman, M.D., Ph.D. 

Osher Sebrow, M.D. 

Glenn R. Silbert, M.D. 

Marc Sirota, M.D. 

Thomas L. Slamovits, M.D. 

Martin R. Weinberg, M.D. 

Burton J. Wisotsky, M.D. 

Alyson G. Yashar, M.D. 

Marco A. Zarbin, M.D. 


Glen M. Bianchi, M.D. 

David S. Chu, M.D. 

Connie DiMari, M.D. 

Armand P. Fasano, M.D. 

Michael S. Fleischer, M.D. 

Lawrence Greenberg, M.D. 

Jung Lee, M.D. 

Honorary 

Richard L. Kaiden, M.D. 

Hugh E McGee, Jr., M.D. 

Alvin Seligson, M.D. 

CORNEA 

Members 

David S. Chu, M.D. 

Bradley D. Geller, M.D. 


Osher Sebrow, M.D. 

NEURO 

Members 

Lekha Gopal, M.D. 

Thomas L. Slamovits, M.D. 

Alyson G. Yashar, M.D. 

OCULOPLASTY 

Members 

David Chen, M.D. 

Joel E. Kopelman, M.D. 

Simeon A. Lauer, M.D. 

Richard N. Palu, M.D. 

PEDIATRICS 

Members 

Jay Bernstein, M.D. 

Carl B. Guterman, M.D. 

Arlene M. Henick, M.D. 

Mayumi A. Mori, M.D. 

RETINAL 

Members 

Lee M. Angioletti, M.D. 

Louis S. Angioletti, M.D. 

Michael J. Harris, M.D. 

Patrick M. Higgins, M.D. 


Steven A. Madreperla, M.D. 

Stuart W. Noorily, M.D. 

Burton J. Wisotsky, M.D. 

Marco A. Zarbin, M.D. 

Department of 

ORTHOPAEDIC 

SURGERY 


Chairperson 

Mark Berman, M.D. 



Theodore Bodner, M.D. 

Harry Merliss, M.D. 


Members 

Francis G. Alberta, M.D. 


Nomaan Ashraf, M.D. 

Douglas G. Avella, M.D. 

Howard M. Baruch, M.D. 

Kathleen Beebe, M.D. 

Wayne Berberian, M.D. 

Michael Betsy, M.D. 

James Cahill, M.D. 

Christine Corradino, M.D. 

Michael C. Distefano, M.D. 

Nader Fahimi, M.D. 

Frederick Fakharzadeh, M.D. 

Angela Ylenia Giuffrida, M.D. 

Michael L. Gross, M.D. 

Mark A. Gurland, M.D. 

Warren Hammerschlag, M.D. 

Mark A. Hartzband, M.D. 

Christopher Hubbard, M.D. 


Ilya Iofin, M.D. 

Seth Owen Kane, M.D. 

Julie Michelle Keller, M.D. 


Yair David Kissin, M.D. 

Gregg Klein, M.D. 

David Konigsberg, M.D. 


Steve Kwak, M.D. 

Jen F. Lee, M.D. 

Harlan B. Levine, M.D. 

Raphael K. Levine, M.D. 

Lawrence I. Livingston, M.D. 

John Mervyn Lloyd, M.D. 

Raphael Longobardi, M.D. 

Stephen J. McIlveen, M.D. 

Michael A. Meese, M.D. 

Brian Mehling, M.D. 

Bernard P. Newman, M.D. 

John Martin Owens, M.D. 

John F. Pojedinec, M.D. 

Louis G. Quartararo, M.D. 

Sheeraz Qureshi, M.D. 

Sivaram Rajan, M.D. 

Roger G. Rosenstein, M.D. 

Melvin Rosenwasser, M.D. 

Joshua S. Rovner, M.D. 

Gary J. Savatsky, M.D. 

Jonathan D. Scherl, M.D. 

Ari Seidenstein, M.D. 

Stephen G. Silver, M.D. 

Ronald D. Snyder, M.D. 

Shawn E. Trokhan, M.D. 

Oscar Vazquez, M.D. 


Pavel V. Yufit, M.D. 


Jonathan Archer, M.D. 

Ari Ben-Yishay, M.D. 

Arnold Criscitiello, M.D. 

Teofilo A. Dauhajre, Jr., M.D. 

Ira Esformes, M.D. 

Robert A. Kayal, M.D. 

Rafael Levin, M.D. 

Frank Liporace, M.D. 

Alan R. Miller, M.D. 

Jeffrey Steuer, M.D. 

Steven B. Weinfeld, M.D. 

Consultant 

Francis R. Patterson, M.D. 

Honorary 

Theodore Bodner, M.D. 

Cecil W. Davis, D.P.M. 

Menachem Epstein, M.D. 

Gerald D. Falk, M.D. 

Harry Merliss, M.D. 

Robert A. Schultz, M.D. 

Ram Saran Setia, M.D. 

FOOT 

Warren Hammerschlag, M.D. 


Co-Chiefs 

HAND 


Roger G. Rosenstein, M.D. 

Co-Chiefs 

Members 

Frederick Fakharzadeh, M.D. 

Angela Ylenia Giuffrida, M.D. 

Mark A. Gurland, M.D. 

ONCOLOGY 

Member 

Francis R. Patterson, M.D. 

PEDIATRICS 


Chief 

Members 

David Konigsberg, M.D. 

Ronald D. Snyder, M.D. 

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25 YEARS 

John J. LoCurto, M.D. 

Surgery 

Trauma, Critical Care 

& Injury 

RECONSTRUCTIVE JOINT 

Mark A. Hartzband, M.D. 

Chief 

Members 

Gregg Klein, M.D. 

Harlan B. Levine, M.D. 

SCOLIOSIS 


Chief 

SPINE 


Chief 

Members 

Bernard P. Newman, M.D. 

Joshua S. Rovner, M.D. 

SPORTS MEDICINE 

Michael L. Gross, M.D. 

Chief 

Member 

Stephen G. Silver, M.D. 

TRAUMA 

Michael C. Distefano, M.D. 

Chief 

Department of 

OTOLARYNGOLOGY 


Chairperson 

Alan M. Tell, M.D. 


Jerrold A. Arons, M.D. 


Members 

Brian Eric Benson, M.D. 

Robin M. Brody, M.D. 

Lee D. Eisenberg, M.D. 

Steven M. Gold, M.D. 

25 YEARS 


Dentistry 

General Dentistry 

Sherif Hassan, M.D. 

David H. Henick, M.D. 



Jonathan Lesserson, M.D. 

Rakesh Patel, M.D. 

Huma Asmat Quraishi, M.D. 

Don S. Respler, M.D. 


Sharyar D. Samadi, M.D. 

Edward J. Sarti, M.D. 


Jeffrey Shaari, M.D. 

Jared M. Wasserman, M.D. 


David H. Hiltzik, M.D. 

Jed A. Kwartler, M.D. 

Jayde M. Steckowych, M.D. 

Honorary 

Jerrold A. Arons, M.D. 

LARYNGOLOGY 

Brian Eric Benson, M.D. 

Chief 

PEDIATRIC ENT 

Sharyar D. Samadi, M.D. 

Chief 

Member 

Don S. Respler, M.D. 

Department of 

PAIN AND 

PALLIATIVE 

MEDICINE 

Jose A. Contreras, M.D. 

Chairperson 



Vice Chairpersons 

25 YEARS 

Edwin V. Nolasco, M.D. 


25 YEARS 

Greg Rubinstein, D.P.M. 

Podiatry 

Members 

Abe T. Haliczer, M.D. 


Department of 

PATHOLOGY 


Chairperson 



Members 


Kar F. Chow, M.D. 






Marlene Lengner, M.D. 

Jun Li, M.D. 

Sherry Qun Li, M.D., Ph.D. 

Eric M. Senaldi, M.D. 

Alice Susan Tannenbaum, M.D. 

Xiao Yan Yang, M.D. 

Consultant 

Debra S. Heller, M.D. 

Honorary 

Lillian DeParedes, M.D. 

ANATOMIC 


Director 

Members 


Jun Li, M.D. 

AUTOPSY 


Director 

25 YEARS 

Seth W. Sachs, M.D. 

Ophthalmology 

CYTOPATHOLOGY 


Director 

HEMATOPATHOLOGY 


Director 

SPECIAL PATHOLOGY 


Director 

SURGICAL 


Director 

BLOOD BANK/ 

DONOR SERVICES 



Department of 

PEDIATRICS/ 


CHILDREN’S 

HOSPITAL 


Chairperson 

Stephen Percy, M.D. 


Michael B. Harris, M.D. 

Associate Chairperson 

Members 

Nina Agrawal, M.D. 

Javier E. Aisenberg, M.D. 

Frederick Alexander, M.D. 

Joann Alfonzo, M.D. 

Julie Aliaga, M.D. 

Marie Emma Alvarez, M.D. 

Naureen W. Ameen, M.D. 

Burton E. Appel, M.D. 

Joanne Aranoff, M.D. 

Russell S. Asnes, M.D. 

Valerie Auyeung, M.D. 

Usha R. Avva, M.D. 

Phillip Ayeni, M.D. 

Azin Azizi, M.D. 

George M. Azzariti, M.D. 

David M. Bacha, D.O. 

Aryeh Baer, M.D. 

Zeyad Baker, M.D. 

Noel Bansil, M.D. 

Irina Bass, M.D. 

Magdy Basta, M.D. 

Jose Batista, M.D. 

Carl J. Battista, M.D. 

Garbis G. Baydar, M.D. 

Steven E. Becker, M.D. 

Grace Becz, M.D. 

Rita Benezra-Obeiter, M.D. 

Ruth E. Borgen, M.D. 

Jeffrey Bourne, M.D. 

Yael Boyarsky, M.D. 

Raquel Bronfeld, M.D. 

Basil Bruno, M.D. 

Maury Buchalter, M.D. 

Dolores Buli, M.D. 

Karen N. Bye, M.D. 

Maria G. Caceres, M.D. 

Annette L. Cartaxo, M.D. 

Rakesh S. Chhabra, M.D. 

Yoon-Hee Choi, M.D. 

Yie-Hsien Chu, M.D. 

Thomas M. Connor, M.D. 

Patricia L. Czernizer, M.D. 

Sharon L. D’Mello, M.D. 

Victoria Dahms, M.D. 

Melissa Davidson, M.D. 

Michele DeAntonio, M.D. 

Julia A. DeBellis, M.D. 

Pratibha Deshmukh, M.D. 

Shanti Dhupar, M.D. 

Paulett Diah, M.D. 

Steven Diamond, M.D. 


Stephanie Dos Santos, M.D. 

Eva Duncan, M.D. 

Joshua Dyme, M.D. 

Steven B. Eagle, M.D. 

Karen Eigen, M.D. 

Magdy Sayed El-Hennawy, M.D. 

Avigayil Elkin, M.D. 

Lesley Ann Elton, M.D. 

Leigh Ettinger, M.D. 


Scott D. Fisch, D.O. 

Howard J. Fisher, M.D. 

Ramon Flores, M.D. 

Frances Flug, M.D. 

Karen A. Francolla, M.D. 

Jennifer Freed, M.D. 

Bruce Friedman, M.D. 

Howard Friedman, M.D. 

Joseph Fruchter, M.D. 

Jasmin W. Furman, M.D. 

Jayalakshmi Ganapathy, M.D. 

Melissa Garofalo-Monaco, M.D. 

Jill Anne Garripoli, D.O. 

Gail A. Gesser, D.O. 

Alfred P. Gillio, M.D. 

Michael A. Giuliano, M.D. 

Felicia J. Gliksman, D.O. 

Nina Gold, M.D. 

Jonathan Goldenthal, M.D. 

Karen N. Goodman, M.D. 

Louis A. Goyco, M.D. 

Efrem L. Greenfield, M.D. 

Maureen A. Grossi, M.D. 

Raksha R. Gupta, M.D. 

Vidya B. Gupta, M.D. 

Clare Hack, M.D. 

Kathleen A. Haines, M.D. 

Steven L. Halpern, M.D. 

Ziv Harish, M.D. 

Paul J. Harlow, M.D. 

Fred C. Hirschenfang, M.D. 

Doris A. Huang, M.D. 


Myung Hwang, M.D. 

Alex Hyppolite, M.D. 

Robert E. Jawetz, M.D. 

Sheryl Jawetz, M.D. 

Tadeusz Jedlinski, M.D. 

Wendy C. Jeshion, M.D. 

Terry D. Johnson, M.D. 

Ninette Marciano Kanarek, M.D. 

Alan I. Kanter, M.D. 

Ellen B. Kaplan, M.D. 

Punam Kashyap, M.D. 

Michael D. Katz, M.D. 

Sushma D. Kaul, M.D. 

Bonnie Kim, M.D. 

Eun-Joo S. Kim, M.D. 

Eunja Kim, M.D. 

Sunmee L. Kim, M.D. 

Yukiko Kimura, M.D. 

Kimberly D. Kinney, M.D. 

George Kipel, M.D. 

Andrzej Klos, M.D. 

Jesse Ko, M.D. 

Neil H. Kolsky, M.D. 

Magdaline S. Kopacz, M.D. 

Malgorzata Kortowska, M.D. 

Evelyn Silver Kraut, M.D. 

Marni R. Kriegel, M.D. 

Geeta L. Kumar, D.O. 

Susan Kushner, M.D. 


Ada S. C. Lee, M.D. 

Donna Lee, M.D. 

Inna Lee, M.D. 

Melissa Murray Lestini, M.D. 

Daniel B. Levine, M.D. 

Tanya Leykin, M.D. 

Melissa Leyva-Vega, M.D. 

Annie H. Li, M.D. 

Suzanne C. Li, M.D. 

Kenneth V. Lieberman, M.D. 

Erin Lindenberg, M.D. 

Barry Love, M.D. 

Malgorzata Lupinska, M.D. 

Nerissa V. Malabanan, M.D. 

Jo-Ann Marx, M.D. 

Steven Materetsky, M.D. 

Danielle McBrian, M.D. 

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Ruchi Mehta, M.D. 

Edgar R. Mejia, M.D. 

Joshua Menasha, M.D. 

Lisa G. Michael, M.D. 

Lisa-Ann B. Michaels, M.D. 


Malkhazi Mikadze, M.D. 

Neil I. Minikes, M.D. 

Rosa Miranda, M.D. 

Elaine Moustafellos, M.D. 

Vijay Muthuswamy, M.D. 

Marcelo Nabong, Jr., M.D. 

Pakkay Ngai, M.D. 

Helena Nouman, M.D. 

Michael Novogroder, M.D. 

Lisa Mary O’Donnell, M.D. 

Ofunne Obaze, M.D. 

Iwuozo Obilo, M.D. 

Piotr Oko, M.D. 

William Onwuka, M.D. 

Nelly Jouayed Oundjian, M.D. 

Dominga Padilla, M.D. 

Krishna Pandey, M.D. 

Ramaswamy I. 

Parameswaran, M.D. 

Chong-Hyo Thomas Park, M.D. 

Shilpa Patel, M.D. 

Trupti Bhargav Patel, M.D. 

Helio Pedro, M.D. 

Adriana M. Perez, M.D. 



Barbara K. Pieczuro, M.D. 

Julia A. Piwoz, M.D. 

Benjamin C. Planer, M.D. 

Dorienne S. Planer, M.D. 

Noha Polack, M.D. 

Leah Raguindin, M.D. 

Nagarani 

Ramasubramaniam, M.D. 

Delia Rappaport, M.D. 

Mannan Razzak, M.D. 

Jean Arlyn Banez Reed, M.D. 

Jung Lim Rhee, M.D. 

Rona S. Riegelhaupt, M.D. 

Roger A. Rivera, M.D. 

Lawrence D. Rosen, M.D. 

Lori A. Rosenberg, D.O. 

Christopha H. Rozdeba, M.D. 

Darren A. Saks, M.D. 

Elliott Samet, M.D. 

Francine Samuels, M.D. 

Ray Ryan Santos, M.D. 

Melih Sarigul, M.D. 

David A. Schaumberger, M.D. 

Aviva Schein, M.D. 

Steven Schuss, M.D. 


Mayuri N. Shah, M.D. 

Ritu Sharma, M.D. 

Ariel Sherbany, M.D. 

Helen T. Shin, M.D. 

Tatiana Shtern, M.D. 

Mark E. Siegel, M.D. 

Leonard Silverstein, M.D. 

Purnachander Sirikonda, M.D. 

Jennifer Nicole Sivitz, M.D. 

John G. Slater, M.D. 

Kevin A. Slavin, M.D. 

Stanislaw Sliwowski, M.D. 

Michael Smith, M.D. 

Terri Smith, M.D. 

Howard Sonnenblick, M.D. 

Yvette Starer, M.D. 

Cindy S. Steele, M.D. 

Luba Stein, M.D. 

Deborah Steinbaum, M.D. 

Lisa Steinel, M.D. 

Lesley A. Stephens Hanes, M.D. 

Christine G. Stern, M.D. 

Laurence N. Stiefel, M.D. 

Lynn M. Sugarman, M.D. 

Dora I. Suldan, M.D. 

Alina Sumarokov, M.D. 

John Ivan Sutter, M.D. 

Uttama Taneja, D.O. 

Mohamed A. Tantawi, M.D. 

Mona M. Tantawi, M.D. 

Bruce N. Terrin, M.D. 

Antonio Thomas, M.D. 

Mary Thomas, M.D. 


Carmelina Tirri, M.D. 

Robert J. Tozzi, M.D. 

Leigh J. Trani, M.D. 

Cindy W. Tung, M.D. 

Maria Turizo, M.D. 

Alicja Uczkowska, M.D. 

Judith N. Umeukeje, M.D. 

Lorrie J. Vece, M.D. 

Radhika Vijayan, M.D. 

Christopher Weiss, D.O. 

Jennifer Weiss, M.D. 

Kerry Weiss, M.D. 

Barry J. Weissman, M.D. 

David H. Wisotsky, M.D. 

Daniel Wolloch, M.D. 

Austin H. Wong, M.D. 

Jonathan W. Wong, M.D. 

Cheryl T. Wu, M.D. 

Karen Wu, M.D. 

Lonna K. Yegen, M.D. 

Nana Yenukashvili, M.D. 

Edward J. Zajkowski, M.D. 

Alissa H. Zenack, D.O. 

Abraham Zerykier, M.D. 

David Zigelman, M.D. 


Saeed R. Abbassi, M.D. 

Sadrul Anam, M.D. 

Azzam Baker, M.D. 

Irwin H. Berkowitz, M.D. 

Perry N. Fishkind, M.D. 

Mary Lee Harrison, M.D. 

Omana Reji Mathew, M.D. 

Daryl H. O’Brien, M.D. 

Arnold H. Rabinowitz, M.D. 

Evelyn Rodriguez-Zierer, M.D. 

Gail Schewitz, M.D. 

Daniel I. Schwartz, M.D. 

Chitra Sethi, M.D. 

Joseph S. Sison, M.D. 

Noel M. Wiederhorn, M.D. 

Consultants 

Frederick J. DiCarlo, M.D. 


25 YEARS 



Cardiology 

Honorary 

Cornelia Balteanu, M.D. 

Alma T. Blitz, M.D. 

Sheldon Feinberg, M.D. 

Anthony Martins, M.D. 

Peter Migel, M.D. 

Selma Mitchel, M.D. 

Jagdish K. Sidhu, M.D. 

Steven Stravinski, M.D. 

Preston Zucker, M.D. 

ALLERGY & 

IMMUNOLOGY 


Chief 

Members 

Ziv Harish, M.D. 


Neil I. Minikes, M.D. 


Arnold H. Rabinowitz, M.D. 


Leonard Silverstein, M.D. 

BLOOD & MARROW 

TRANSPLANTATION 


Chief 

Member 

Jennifer Freed, M.D. 

CARDIOLOGY 

Robert J. Tozzi, M.D. 

Chief 

Members 

Thomas M. Connor, M.D. 

Joshua Dyme, M.D. 

George Kipel, M.D. 

Barry Love, M.D. 

Austin H. Wong, M.D. 

CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 

Julia A. DeBellis, M.D. 

Chief 

25 YEARS 

Alan M. Tell, M.D. 

Otolaryngology 

Member 

Nina Agrawal, M.D. 

CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE 

Bruce Friedman, M.D. 

Chief 

Stephen Percy, M.D. 


Member 

Mark E. Siegel, M.D. 

DERMATOLOGY 

Helen T. Shin, M.D. 

Chief 

DEVELOPMENTAL/ 

BEHAVIORAL 


Chief 

Punam Kashyap, M.D. 


Members 

Rita Benezra-Obeiter, M.D. 

Jasmin W. Furman, M.D. 

Vidya B. Gupta, M.D. 

EMERGENCY MEDICINE 


Chief 

Antonio Thomas, M.D. 


25 YEARS 



Endocrinology 

Metabolism 

Members 

Usha R. Avva, M.D. 

Karen Eigen, M.D. 

Nina Gold, M.D. 

Karen N. Goodman, M.D. 

Clare Hack, M.D. 

Alex Hyppolite, M.D. 

Ofunne Obaze, M.D. 

Adriana M. Perez, M.D. 

Leah Raguindin, M.D. 

Lesley A. Stephens Hanes, M.D. 

Judith N. Umeukeje, M.D. 

Radhika Vijayan, M.D. 

Cheryl T. Wu, M.D. 

ENDOCRINOLOGY/ 

DIABETOLOGY 

Javier E. Aisenberg, M.D. 

Chief 



Members 

Valerie Auyeung, M.D. 

Daniel B. Levine, M.D. 

Jennifer Nicole Sivitz, M.D. 


Wendy C. Jeshion, M.D. 

Elaine Moustafellos, M.D. 

Co-Chiefs 

Preston Zucker, M.D. 


Members 

Sharon L. D’Mello, M.D. 

Karen A. Francolla, M.D. 

Melissa Leyva-Vega, M.D. 

Francine Samuels, M.D. 

GENETICS 

Helio Pedro, M.D. 

Chief 

Member 

Nelly Jouayed Oundjian, M.D. 

HEMATOLOGY/ 

ONCOLOGY 

Michael B. Harris, M.D. 

Chief 

Cindy S. Steele, M.D. 


Members 

Burton E. Appel, M.D. 

Steven Diamond, M.D. 

Frances Flug, M.D. 


Steven L. Halpern, M.D. 

Gail Schewitz, M.D. 

25 YEARS – NOT PICTURED 

Saeed R. Abbassi, M.D. 

Pediatrics 

Lawrence M. Abrams, M.D. 



Internal Medicine – General Internal Medicine 


Pediatrics – Allergy & Immunology 

Robert S. Rigolosi, M.D. 

Internal Medicine – Nephrology 


Internal Medicine – Cardiology 

IMMUNOLOGY 

Kathleen A. Haines, M.D. 

Chief 


Julia A. Piwoz, M.D. 

Chief 

Members 

Aryeh Baer, M.D. 


JUDY CENTER FOR 

DOWN SYNDROME 



NEONATOLOGY 

Michael A. Giuliano, M.D. 

Chief 



Members 

Rakesh S. Chhabra, M.D. 

Eva Duncan, M.D. 

Steven B. Eagle, M.D. 

Magdy Sayed El-Hennawy, M.D. 

Melissa Murray Lestini, M.D. 

Marcelo Nabong, Jr., M.D. 

Benjamin C. Planer, M.D. 

Ray Ryan Santos, M.D. 

Joseph S. Sison, M.D. 

Kerry Weiss, M.D. 

NEPHROLOGY 

Kenneth V. Lieberman, M.D. 

Chief 

Member 

Leigh Ettinger, M.D. 

NEUROLOGY 


Chief 



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RETIRED – NOT PICTURED 

Rafael F. Capella, M.D. 

Surgery – Laparoscopic/Minimally-Invasive 

Gary Statmore, M.D. 

Internal Medicine – Gastroenterology 

IN MEMORIUM 

Richard J. Davies, M.D. 

Surgery 

Gerard Hansen, M.D. 


C. Stuart Littwin, M.D. 

Ophthalmology 

Pediatrics 

Thomas J. Lynch, M.D. 



Harold L. Waldman, M.D. 

Ophthalmology 

Michael Sears, D.P.M. 

Henry Slomowitz, D.P.M. 

Ronald J. Sollitto, D.P.M. 

Michael Subik, D.P.M. 

Thomas D. Vitale, D.P.M. 

Mark Weinstock, D.P.M., C.W.S. 


Dino DiTrolio, D.P.M. 

Robert S. Marcus, D.P.M. 

Pauravi N. Raval, D.P.M. 

Honorary 

Stanley M. Rosen, D.P.M. 

PSYCHIATRIC 

EMERGENCY 

Diego L. Coira, M.D. 


PSYCHIATRIC INPATIENT 

Sergio A. Yero, M.D. 


PSYCHIATRIC 

OUTPATIENT 



Members 

Felicia J. Gliksman, D.O. 

Michael D. Katz, M.D. 


Danielle McBrian, M.D. 

Ariel Sherbany, M.D. 

SURGERY 


Chief 

PRIMARY CARE SERVICES 


Chief 

PULMONOLOGY 

Ellen B. Kaplan, M.D. 

Chief 

Members 

Grace Becz, M.D. 

Ada S. C. Lee, M.D. 

Donna Lee, M.D. 

Pakkay Ngai, M.D. 

RHEUMATOLOGY 

Yukiko Kimura, M.D. 

Chief 

Members 

Suzanne C. Li, M.D. 

Jennifer Weiss, M.D. 

SIDS CENTER 

OF NJ AT HUMC 



TELEPHONE TRIAGE 


Chief 

Department of 

PHYSICAL MEDICINE 

& REHABILITATION 


Interim Chairperson 

Chee Gap Kim, M.D. 

Gregory E. Rauscher, M.D. 

Mary Swajian, D.O. 


Members 

Uri Adler, M.D. 

Allison Averill, M.D. 

Elizabeth Baker, M.D. 

Robert D. Brady, D.O. 

James Natalicchio, M.D. 

Damon Joseph Noto, M.D. 

Bruce Pomeranz, M.D. 


Peter H. Schmaus, M.D. 

Mary Swajian, D.O. 

Medical Associate 

Donna J. Ferraro, M.D. 

Department of 

PLASTIC & 

RECONSTRUCTIVE 

SURGERY 

Stephen R. Colen, M.D., D.D.S. 

Chairperson 





Members 

R. Gill Altman, M.D. 


Anthony Berlet, M.D. 


William K. Boss, Jr., M.D. 

Troy Callahan, M.D. 

Joseph F. Capella, M.D. 

Frank S. Ciminello, M.D. 


Kari Colen, M.D. 

John T. Cozzone, M.D. 

Steve Fallek, M.D. 

Michael A. Fiorillo, M.D. 

Vincent C. Giampapa, M.D. 

Mark Granick, M.D. 

Dante R. Greco, M.D. 

Jeffry Lance Jacobs, D.O. 

Gordon M. Kaplan, M.D. 


Emmanuel A. Lat, M.D. 

Edward Sang Keun Lee, M.D. 

Joshua Louis Levine, M.D. 

Robert J. Morin, M.D. 

Sidney Rabinowitz, M.D. 

Samuel T. Rhee, M.D. 

Perry C. Ritota, M.D. 

Ulysses Scarpidis, M.D. 

Tzvi Small, M.D. 

Michael Sternschein, M.D. 

Michael Torsiello, M.D. 


John J. Vaccaro, M.D. 


Luis A. Zapiach, M.D. 


Joseph DeMarco, Jr., M.D. 

Frank J. Ferraro, M.D. 

Parham A. Ganchi, M.D. 


Joseph Michael Pober, M.D. 

Michael B. Wolfeld, M.D. 

Honorary 

Vincent J. Bagli, M.D. 

Robert W. Beasley, M.D. 

BREAST 

RECONSTRUCTION 


Chief 

CRANIO-FACIAL 

AND PEDIATRIC 

PLASTIC SURGERY 

Frank S. Ciminello, M.D. 

Chief 

EMERGENCY TRAUMA 


Chief 

FACIAL & 

NERVE RESTORATION 


Chief 

HAND 


Director 

MOHS/ 

DERMATOLOGICAL 

SURGERY 


Chief 

POST-BARIATRIC 

SURGERY 

Joseph F. Capella, M.D. 

Chief 

REPLANTATION 

SURGERY 


Chief 

Department of 

PODIATRY 

Morris R. Morin, D.P.M. 

Chairperson 

Greg Rubinstein, D.P.M. 


Marc Notari, D.P.M. 

Resident Liaison 

Members 

Charles Bahdi, D.P.M. 

Suneel K. Basra, D.P.M. 

Elena Blanco, D.P.M. 

Marc N. Bozzetti, D.P.M. 

Richard T. Braver, D.P.M. 

John Caponigro, D.P.M. 

Antonella Cella, D.P.M. 

Jeffrey C. Conforti, D.P.M. 

Thomas Cusumano, D.P.M. 

Demetrios Econopouly, D.P.M. 

Barry Finkelstein, D.P.M. 

Richard Foster, D.P.M. 

Corinne Gehegan, D.P.M. 

Jeffrey B. Gewirtz, D.P.M. 

Vincent F. Giacalone, D.P.M. 

Diane Guadara, D.P.M. 

John Guadara, D.P.M. 

Edward I. Harris, D.P.M. 

Peter Hilaris, D.P.M. 

Peter J. Iannuzzi, D.P.M. 

Jack King, D.P.M. 

David S. Levesque, D.P.M. 

Steven Levy, D.P.M. 

Joseph Mei, D.P.M. 

William M. Miller, D.P.M. 

John A. Mosolino, D.P.M. 

Ralph C. Napoli, D.P.M. 

Marc Notari, D.P.M. 

Philip Obiedzinski, D.P.M. 

Velimir Petkov, D.P.M. 

Larry B. Price, D.P.M. 

James Salazar, D.P.M. 

Isa Schwarzberg, D.P.M. 

Department of 

PSYCHIATRY & 

BEHAVIORAL 

MEDICINE 


Chairperson 

Arthur Middleton, M.D. 


Eugene Resnick, M.D. 

Vice Chairperson Emeritus 

Members 

Tunku A. Abubakar, M.D. 

Yasir Ahmad, M.D. 

Evaristo Akerele, M.D. 

Zuleika Arroyo, M.D. 

Mariam Bekhit, M.D. 

Ron Hirsh, M.D. 

Tanya Lewis, M.D. 

Khorshed A. Miah, M.D. 

Arthur Middleton, M.D. 

Hanif Ramay, M.D. 

Fabien Tremeau, M.D. 

Sergio A. Yero, M.D. 

Wilbert Yeung, M.D. 

Consultants 

Robert M. Greenberg, M.D. 

Steven Schleifer, M.D. 

Harvey Lee White, M.D. 

Honorary 

Ralph Clemments, M.D. 

Lawrence Deutsch, M.D. 

Ruth Deutsch, M.D. 

Antonio Giancotti, M.D. 

Daniel Goldstein, M.D. 

Henry Kaminer, M.D. 

Cecilia K. Karol, M.D. 

Raul Mujica, M.D. 

Myron L. Pulier, M.D. 

Eugene Resnick, M.D. 

Howard Schlossman, M.D. 

CHILD & 

ADOLESCENT UNIT 

Member 

Tanya Lewis, M.D. 

Department of 

RADIATION 

ONCOLOGY 


Chairperson 

Members 




BRACHYTHERAPY 



TOMOTHERAPY 



Department of 

RADIOLOGY 


Chairperson 

Joel Budin, M.D. 


Yu-Shang Chang, M.D. 



Members 

Arthur S. Albert, M.D. 

Adam Bogomol, M.D. 

Regina W. Chu, M.D. 


Margaret Y. Emy, M.D. 


Gene Han, M.D. 

William Kim, M.D. 


Melissa S. Liebling, M.D. 


Elizabeth O’Connell 

Mazzei, M.D. 

Mitchell Miller, M.D. 

David J. Monoky, M.D. 

Mohit Naik, M.D. 

Gregory N. Nicola, M.D. 

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Oreoluwa Ojutiku, M.D. 

Andrew W. Osiason, M.D. 


Kavita M. Patel, M.D. 



Joel Ivan Rakow, M.D. 

Pooja Renjen, M.D. 

Gail E. Starr, M.D. 

Sunitha A. Sunkavalli, M.D. 


Clement Yang, M.D. 

Honorary 

Yu-Shang Chang, M.D. 

Martin Fischer, M.D. 

BODY CT 

Mitchell Miller, M.D. 

Director 


Assistant Director 

BODY MRI 

Adam Bogomol, M.D. 

Director 

Mohit Naik, M.D. 


BREAST IMAGING 

Gail E. Starr, M.D. 

Director 

Margaret Y. Emy, M.D. 


Members 

Elizabeth O’Connell 

Mazzei, M.D. 

Oreoluwa Ojutiku, M.D. 

DIAGNOSTIC 

RADIOLOGY 


Director 



FLUOROSCOPY 


Director 




RADIOLOGY 

Arthur S. Albert, M.D. 

Director 



Assistant Directors 

NEURO CT 


Director 



NEURO MRI 


Director 



NUCLEAR MEDICINE 

& PET/CT 


Director 



ULTRASOUND 

Joel Ivan Rakow, M.D. 

Director 



Department of 

RESEARCH 

Robert Korngold, Ph.D. 

Chairperson 

Department of 

SURGERY 


Chairperson and Surgeon-In-Chief 

Members 

Marjan (Margie) Aleali, M.D. 




Marson Tunde Davidson, M.D. 

Saraswati D. Dayal, M.D. 

Seema Dhorajia, D.O. 

Sebastian R. Eid, M.D. 


Douglas R. Ewing, M.D. 

David L. Friedman, M.D. 


James Geuder, M.D. 

Mohammad Ghodsi, M.D. 

Tobi Beth Greene, M.D. 

Mark E. Helbraun, M.D. 

James Blaine Hunter, M.D. 

Vincent A. Iannace, M.D. 

Peter Kagan, M.D. 

Sanjeev Kaul, M.D. 

Roger C. Keys, M.D. 




Constantinos J. Lovoulos, M.D. 

Marlene Marie Mancuso, M.D. 




Shomaf Nakhjo, D.O. 


Kathleen O’Hara, M.D. 

Wilmo C. Orejola, M.D. 

Bernard J. Park, M.D. 





Peter Praeger, M.D. 

Kelly Rippey, M.D. 

Justin Sambol, M.D. 

Hans J. Schmidt, M.D. 

Michael E. Shapiro, M.D. 


Eric D. Somberg, M.D. 

Peter J. Stewart, M.D. 

Amit Trivedi, M.D. 

Victor Valda, M.D. 

Mary Jane Warden, M.D. 

Dean H. Wasserman, M.D. 

Michael Wilderman, M.D. 

George C.H. Wu, M.D. 


John Christopher Kollar, D.O. 

Robert S. Walsky, M.D. 

Honorary 

Anthony C. Barbara, M.D. 

Rafael F. Capella, M.D. 

Edward Foster Conklin, M.D. 

Peter Fan, M.D. 

Robert S. Frankel, M.D. 

Paul D. Harris, M.D. 

John E. Hutchinson, III, M.D. 

Andrew Kagan, M.D. 

Francis C. Nichols, M.D. 

Benjamin Rush, Jr., M.D. 

Mario Verna, M.D. 

BARIATRIC 


Chief 

Members 





BREAST 


Chief 

Members 

Tobi Beth Greene, M.D. 

Marlene Marie Mancuso, M.D. 

Mary Jane Warden, M.D. 

BURN SERVICE 


Chief 

Members 



CARDIAC 



Co-Chiefs 

Members 



James Blaine Hunter, M.D. 

Wilmo C. Orejola, M.D. 




CARDIOTHORACIC 


Chief 

COLON & RECTAL 

Mark E. Helbraun, M.D. 

Chief 

Members 

Marjan (Margie) Aleali, M.D. 


ENDOVASCULAR 


Chief 

GENERAL 

Members 







Mohammad Ghodsi, M.D. 




John Christopher Kollar, D.O. 














Robert S. Walsky, M.D. 


SURGICAL 

INTENSIVE CARE 


Chief 

LAPAROSCOPIC/ 

MINIMAL INVASIVE 

Members 









NON-INVASIVE 

VASCULAR 


Chief 

NON-INVASIVE 

VASCULAR LABORATORY 


Chief 

ORGAN 

TRANSPLANTATION 

SERVICE 

Michael E. Shapiro, M.D. 

Chief 

Member 


PEDIATRICS 


Chief 

Members 

David L. Friedman, M.D. 

Victor Valda, M.D. 

SURGICAL EDUCATION 


Associate Director 

SURGICAL ONCOLOGY 


Chief 

Member 

Marson Tunde Davidson, M.D. 

THORACIC 


Chief 

Members 

Constantinos J. Lovoulos, M.D. 

Justin Sambol, M.D. 

TRAUMA, CRITICAL 

CARE & INJURY 


Chief 



Members 







VASCULAR 


Chief 

Members 



Roger C. Keys, M.D. 





Dean H. Wasserman, M.D. 

Michael Wilderman, M.D. 

Department of 

UROLOGY 


Chairperson 





Members 



Vladislav Bargman, M.D. 






Tricia D. Greene, M.D. 


Andrew L. Hirsh, M.D. 

Michelle J. Kim, M.D. 


Steve Lebovitch, M.D. 


Salvatore A. Lombardo, M.D. 

Gregory G. Lovallo, M.D. 

Daniel Robert Lowe, M.D. 

Nitin Nick Patel, M.D. 

Elizabeth Reiley, M.D. 




Susan Lauren Rusnack, M.D. 



Matthew Shahbandi, M.D. 


Andrew L. Siegel, M.D. 

Jeffrey A. Stock, M.D. 



Jennifer Yates, M.D. 


Robert P. Caruso, M.D. 

Michael Ciccone, M.D. 


Patricia E. Gilhooly, M.D. 

Ellen Shapiro, M.D. 

Ira D. Tanzer, M.D. 

Steven Tennenbaum, M.D. 

Stephen N. Zoretic, M.D. 

Honorary 

Emile J. Berlet, M.D. 

Jerald Siegel, M.D. 

MALE INFERTILITY 

Members 



PEDIATRICS 

Members 


Elizabeth Reiley, M.D. 

Jeffrey A. Stock, M.D. 

PROSTATE CANCER 

INSTITUTE OF 

NEW JERSEY 




Co-Chiefs 

RESIDENT EDUCATION 


Director 

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Walter Alvarez 

Rosie Carter 

Christine Di Cola 

Debra Feola 

Peggy Hill 

Rachel Hill 

Leroy McIntosh 

Margaret Smith 

Millicent Stewart 

Lisa Telep 

Allergy Center 

Anna Maria DaCosta 

Janet Maguire 


Sharma Assini 

Monica Bonilla 

Lorraine Brody 

Sharette Davies 

Ana-Margarita Hernandez 

Angela Jones 

Neal Oliver 

Michael Ramsaier 

Adriana Saavedra 

Victoria Sobchik 

Anesthesia Services 

Mark D. Schlesinger 

Samuel Wallace 


Felicia Brown 

Audrey Hepburn 

Children’s House 

Michelle Mroz 

Patricia Sermabekian 

Betty Torricelli 

Institute for Breast Care 

Helena Cartas 

Marion Schmit 

Annette Smith-Bittle 

Violeta Velasquez 

Gary Winfrey 

BEYOND Spa 

Christine Pinto 

Meredith Trovato 

Biomedical Engineering 

Carlos Fernandes 

Breast Surgery 

Faculty Practice 

Sandra Pearl 

Breast Surgical Center 

Christy Keklak 

Business Office 

Norma Cain 

Myrna De La Torre 

Joyce Lynyak 

Marisol Muniz 


Robert Berkowitz 

Tudor Bertea 

Lenore Blank 

Patricia Delgado 

Patricia Ernest 

Elsa Hernandez 

Soraya Monar 

Tarah Nodar 

Rita Patel 

Urvashi Patel 

Leon Ramirez 

Margaret Travis 

Case Management 

Camille Rance 

Center for 

Ambulatory Surgery 

Slavia Caparo 

Maria Da Costa 

Timothy Duwhite 

Deborah Esposito 

Delia Fernandez 

Vladimir Fernandez 

Cathy Kellinger 

Florian Makowsky 

Mary Palatty 

Miguel Pomales 

Paula Salvani 

Maria Vargas 

Central Processing 

Department 

Timothy Andrews 

Junior Celestine 

Joanne Edwards 

Clinical Education 

Teresa Mc Carthy 

Robert Vollero 

Consumer Affairs 

Deborah Collins 

Corporate and 

Facilities Development 

Nirza Curran 

Customer Service 

Rosalyn Cleaves 

Denials/Appeals 

Department 

Maria Breakey 


Devraj Gupta 

Mark Wiesen 

Department of Obstetrics 

Carlina Simonian 

Department of Patient Care 

Alessandra Abueg 

Rayda Alcivar 

Maria Alvarez 

Deborah Babino 

Lena Balatbat 

Oznur Balci-Yucel 

Magalie Belotte 

Gilda Bosque 

Maura Campanile 

Jessica Carbone 

Nyra Carter 

Caroline Co 

Qwalena Daniels 

Jacqueline Dawson 

Pamela de Cordova 

Kristen Debaun 

Stacy DiLaura 

Lucy Duran 

Cessy Espinosa 

Evelyn Frederic 

Cynthia Gaborro 

Antonella Gurrieri 

Kelly Heaton 

Susan Ifill-Sinclair 

Monica Jones 

Irena Jovanoska 

Elsa Limongi 

Kimberly Marler 

Elzbieta Mastaj 

Njoki Nganga 

Kathleen O’Hea 

Giulio Pelle 

Elvira Penalosa 

Lorna Phillips 

Franklyn Ramirez 

Griselle Ramos 

Jessica Randaisi 

David Rattacasa 

Marie Reid 

Roy Rivere 

Paul Rizzolo 

Carmen Rodriguez 

Melissa Rundecker 

Donna Russo 

Olga Saez 

Katia Sama 

Danielle Sclafani 

Annie Smith 

Alejandro Soriano 

Marie Stolarz 

Helen Swarbrick 

Petra Tepper 

Sharlene Thompson 

Jocelyn Tiozon 

Megan Vaughan 

Jennifer Vega 

Cynthia Wong 

Jennifer Zanelli 

Diana Zjawin 



Diego L. Coira 

Khorshed Miah 


Gregory Simonian 

Department of Urology 

Alan Leipsner 

Linda Morales 

Dermatology 

Robin Ashinoff 

Diana Cardona 

Juana Echegaray-Cruz 

Distribution/Receiving 

Francisco Batista 

Neckoal Duff 

Regina Garcia 


Department 

Jim Abazi 

Christopher Kusielewicz 

Magallie Lominy 

Nermina Mack 

Joseph Sica 

Endoscopy 

Yavette Lewis 


Adilia Alvarez 

Luis Cordero 

Jader Correa 

Victor Cruz 

Junior Davy 

Eileen Durnin 

Zulmira Francisco 

Irvin Heslop 

Michael Hinds 

Alberto Huapaya 

Danilo Manzueta 

Radames Manzueta 

Olga Marin 

Valentin Nunez 

Olga Ortiz 

Enza Realmuto 

Maritza Regalado 

Rolando Reyes 

Norma Rodriguez 

Julio Rosario 

Winston Simms 

Maria Soares 

Gilma Valencia 

Jose Vargas 

Executive Office 

Maritza Nunez-Soto 

Finance 

Tomika Enzor 

Marjorie Gumbs 

Maria Pavlovich 

Felicia Smith 

Marilyn Torres 

Zenaida Vergara 

Foundation 

Brenda Zavala 

Guest Services 

Maria Santos 

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Management 

Timothy Barr 

Gloria Baun 

Merna Benwell 

Jacquelyn Butler 

Maximo Carrion 

Marisela Cigliuti 

Donna Gundlach 

Debra Hall 

Maria Ingles 

Monica Morales 

Barbara Offerman 

Kristen Peterson 

Deborah Santa Maria 

Mona Shatkin 

Jocelyn Tiozon 

Tina Watkins 

Patricia Yuksel 

HealthWise Employee 

Assistance Program 

Juli Stranzenbach 

Hepatitis Treatment Center 

Marilyn Barrachina 

David L. Feit 

Hospice 

Ragnhild Sunstrom 


Julia Couret 

Vasiliki Kalatzis 


Margery Brauner 

Robert Conlin 

Elizabeth Davidson 

Ramyeta Deshmukh 

Michael Detweiler 

Ronald Greco, Jr. 

Michael Hopkins 

Joseph Leffel 

Jeremy Marut 

Louann Roper 

George Saoud 

Charles Thies, Jr. 

Walter Winklaar 


Diabetes Program 

Judith Shanberg 

John Theurer 

Cancer Center 

Jeanne-Ann Braddick 

Lori Cappello 

Denisse Caruth-Robles 

Alexander Kapulsky 

Henry Kocanda 

Elaine La Gala 

Bonnie Lo Giudice 

Elizabeth Lorenzo 

Zoya Motovilova 

Patricia Pelaez 

Ana Polanco 

Scott L. Rowley 

Ellen Tambini 

Anna Ullrich 

Brenda Woelfel 


Children’s Hospital 

Fred Hirschenfang 

Iwuozo Obilo 



Administration 

Cathy Burchfield 



Center for Heart Disease 

Angela Gutierrez 



Child Life 

Ann Fogel 

Daniel Marain 



Emergency Department 

Sheldon Brown 

Megan Caffrey 

Karen Eigen 

Jean Kenneally 

MaryBeth Mariano 

Sheri Quattrocchi 

Deborah Shaw 

Radhika Vijayan 



General Pediatrics 

Jennifer Kirkby 

Pilar Laquindanum 



Infectious Diseases 

Kevin Slavin 




Hematology/Oncology – TCI 

Anne Farrar-Anton 

Bilma Jimenez 



Institute for 

Child Development 

Stephanie Harding 

Susan Lastra 

Sharon Scinto 



Neonatal Intensive Care 

Karen Bushta 

Jennifer Knee 

Martin Mc Laughlin 



Rheumatology Services 

Vivian Kotora 

Doreen Tabussi 


Children’s Hospital – 

Social Work 

Elizabeth Klein 

Margaret O’Neill 

Laundry 

Pedro Araujo 

Randy Perdon 

Gustavo Saune 

Mailroom and 

Courier Services 

Ian Bailey 

Managed Care 

Bernadette Esposito 

Monika Zalewski 

Marketing and 

Communications 

Peggy K. Schunk 

Materials Management 

Eulalia Rodriguez 

Maternal/Fetal Medicine 

Rita De Jesus 

Monique Donnelly 

Magdalena Pawlik 

Medical Administrative 

Affairs 

Ronald B. Low 

Medical Physics 

Jessie Trivino 

MICCOM 

Communications Center 

Shaun Pandolfi 

Mobile Intensive 

Care Unit 

Paul Allegretta 

Karen Hartmann 

Joseph Rubba 

Non-Invasive Vascular Lab 

Paula Canfora 

Rukhsana Khan 

Alice Martinez 

Purvi Naik 

Nuclear Medicine 

Nilesh Desai 

Eduardo Ferrer 

Nutrition and 

Food Management 

Bertha Barker 

Joseph Celestin 

Angela De Cesare 

Mercedes Delgado 

Felix Delos Santos 

Willie Fields 

Alfredo Garcia 

Lori Jackson 

Nezam Khan 

Jeffrey Leake 

Bonita Lewis 

Teresa Marotta 

Carol Stephens 

Douglas Stout 

Angela Sullivan 

Operating Room 

Peregrino Apilando 

Marilyn Baquiran 

Keith Elisberg 

Rolando Garcia 

Nadine Gordon 

Emelie Ibalio 

Ann Mc Evily 

Andrea Mc Larty 

Madeleine Nelson 

Tara O’Neill 

Maria Orpilla 

Victor Perez 

Claire Pragnell 

Rosa Villa-Yepes 

Operator Services 

Angela Cook 

Naila Gittens 

Osteoporosis Center 

Ralph Marcus 

Pathology 

Deborah Candia 

Yolanda Delgado 

Marie Gadaleta 

Melanie Jacob 

Betty Kiselyuk 

Maria Kokkinos 

Leila Ledesma 

Louis Morales 

Danny Sanchez 

Mercedes Wilson 

Patient Placement 

Mariam Doss 

Pediatric MOLLY Center 

Rachel Rothenberg 

Kimberly Santos 

Pediatric Operating Room 

Kirsten Sprofera 

Jennifer Suppa 

Maria Nanette Tan 


Barbara Mazzolani 

Mary Panico 

Pharmacy 

Keri Bicking 

Clarissa Javier 

Mirjana Vujaklija 



Stacy Moskowitz 

Wendy Perilla 

Matthew Salerno 

Physician Billing 

Dureen Ayers 

April Braxton 

Catherine Dixon 

Plant Operations 

Dwight Chin 

Gerald Kulesa 

Edward Mika 

Michael Pappas 

Stephn Pietropaolo 

Richard Volpe 

Winston Williams 

Plastic and 


Angela Grossano 

Post-Anesthesia Care Unit 

Manuel Castillo 

Maria Costa 

Christine Kowalski 

Sabrina Petrillo 

Radiology 

Oludare Akingbade 

Mary Alongi 

Steven Bonpietro 

Dianadra Callis 

Samir Fouad 

Anna Garate 

Mayrelle Harris 

Robert Laugalis 

Patricia Lucchesi 

Nadja Madon 

Ivelisse Rancier 

Michael Rotino 

Bobbette Scott 

Renee Warren 

Rachel Worrell 

Research 

Antoine Carlisle 

Dora Dubon 

Gina Guzsaly 

Joe Marti, Jr. 

Catherine Moreland 


Michele Mirijanian 

Giancarlo Moreno 

Danielle Mulhern 

Michael Servello 

Sarkis and Siran 

Gabrellian Child Care 

and Learning Center 

Ruth Boker 

Michelle Marante 

Security Services 

Wendy Arrington 

Oral Brown 

Adam Dwyer 

Gaetano Fragapane 

Thomas Herity 

Jeffrey Marques 

Michael Mehnert 

William Mercado 

Carl Polizotti 

Ernesto Robinson 

Social Services 

Hillary Garber 

Rachel Goldfarb 

Aimee Marston 

Surgical DAR 

Omolara Akinsanya 

Jovelie De Guzman 

Virginia Griffith 

Virology 

Thampi Mathew 

Karl Possible 

Visitor Parking Services 

Janet Lisco 

11 YEARS 

Accounting 

Margaret Goble 


Annette Boykin 

Tanya Crawford 

Lori Meeks 

Christopher Santos 


Aricia Torres 


Haydee Burbano 

Selines Guzman 

Emily Pensari 

Gema Rodriguez 

Mary Williams 



Anthony D’Urso 

Jacqueline Willer 



Patricia Bergamaschi 

Judy Bunay 

Shannon Garris 


Leonel Araujo 


William Carroll 

Marylynn Dunne 

Rebecca Gounaris-Turner 

David Lai 

Simran Parmar 

Daniela Pisacane 


Elaine Gasparinetti 

Center for 


Delmina Caneja 

Jacqueline Coleman 

Carlos Fernandez 

Leonid Gutman 

Aubrey Mc Farlane 

Barbara Osbon 

Valsamma Samuel 

Donna Ten Hoeve 

Deborah Turner 

Juan Vargas 


Department 

Patricia Guzofski 

Margarita Muniz 

Ena Walker 

Clinical Documentation 

Clara Kelly 

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Kimberly Rivera 

Marybeth Staines 


Reza Almeda 

Mariafe Aying 

Maria-Eileen Balatbat 

Eva Bayan 

Jodi Bernet 

Susan Bersin 

Kristi Bray 

Carmen Burton 

Kathryn Buttner 

Olivia Cancio 

Dana Chazotte 

Katherine Cholewa 

Stojana Damceska 

Nadine Eleby 

Karen English 

Taryn Facella 

Patricia Ferranda 

Giuseppina Finnerty 

Cheryl Forst 

Kerryann Galvin 

Doreen Gilroy 

Margaret Grady 

Luigiagloria Graniero 

Laurie Hansen 

Kaydine Harris 

Wanda Homyak 

Ronda Jackson 

Kathleen Jones 

Reny Joseph 

Kim Kovalcik 

Maria Kownacki 

Lani-Lynn Ledesma 

Brenda Manzo-Quizon 

Marisa Mattis 

Patricia Mazur McChristal 

Lynn Mc Tiernan 

Jennifer Minicucci 

Jennifer Minnich 

Taryn Paglio 

Hyacinth Palmer 

Maria Pernia 

Ferdinand Pontejos 

Pettreena Richards 

Wendy Rodriguez 

Mary San Agustin 

Maryann Sebastian 

Juliet Sinanan 

Dayra Soto 

Tatanisha Taylor 

Helen Thomas 

Tatiana Valderrama 

Irene Van Baulen 

Lydia Vera 

Kimberly Volpe 

Darin Williams 

Frederick Womack 

Vicki Woodruff 

Sharon Zimmerman 

Department of Urology 

Eileen Kochis-Wittmann 

Kristie Pintabona 


Luz Arroyave 

Mervyn Edwards 

Elsa Garcia 

Rolito Guinto 

Isabel Sandoval 

Ramiro Simoes 

Donna A. Sanzari 

Health and Wellness Center 

Lynn Ruta 


Department 

Donna Barrett 

Jane Burke 

Cary Chiang 

George Chiha 

Beverly Davison 

Villard Emile 

Diane Ferguson 

Deborah Festa 

Monica Hernandez 

Dawn Johnson 

Peter Lomuscio 

Carol Maye 

Dilipbhai Patel 

Philip Walden 

Laura Zapata 

Endoscopy 

Agostihno Matias 


Maria Cunha 

Maria Da Costa 

Luis Marin 

Marialurdes Martins 

Maria Martins 

Agostinha Rodrigues 

Dolores Rodriguez 

Galileo Romero 

Lily Trapani 

Ramon Vargas 

Miguelina Veloz 

Patricia Vizcaino 

Executive Health 

Michael Farber 

Karen Papavasiliou 

Fitness Club 

Grace Miastkowski 

Amy-Sue Taylor 

Foundation 

Julie Timpone 


Management 

Suzanne Arevalo 

Harold Burnett 

Rosa Calabrese 

Lorriann Faris 

Doris Jones 

Violetta Kos 

Marilyn LaRosa 

Eileen Librizzi 

Anna Percontino 

Laura Pintel 

Jennifer Tarabocchia 


Margaret Guy 


Jesus Carrillo 

Michael Flusk 

Jose Francisco 

Zeeshan Khan 

Santos Menendez 

Radames Moya 

Vladmir Rosario 


Luz Cascina 

John Theurer 

Cancer Center 

Remedios Abalos 

Carmela Cuccurullo 

Ann Ferolin-Ocot 

Elizabeth Jones 

Sora Limor 

Estaban Ramirez 

Nelly Rodriguez 

Marialinda Ruiz 

Carol Schwartz 

Luis Serna 

Genique Stanislaus 

Michael Untisz 

Anita Vargas 

Carol Verlingo 



Audiology 

Kenneth Bodkin 

James Morales 




Tiamecua Roberts 




Woodrow Goodwill 

Luis Hildevert 

Shirley Qualls 

Leah Raguindin 

Antonio Thomas 



Epilepsy Monitoring Unit 

Tracy Paradiso 

Anjum Shaikh 




Beatrix Eickhoff 

Ephratah Iman 

Diane Picinich 

Donna Werger 





Bertha Cuadra 

Kelly Daub 

Rachel Heaney 




Colleen Kruper 

Colette Martin 

Kerri Sousa 

Susan Thorsland 



Neonatology 

Katherine Meechan 

Eileen Van Houten 




Lynsey Bello 



Social Work 

Lisa Marain 

Stacey Needleman 

Laundry 

Jonce Goreski 

Managed Care 

Jean Van Dalinda 


Joy McIntosh 


Care Unit 

Jonathan Fried 

Sean Reilly 

Nutrition and 


Edison Agustin 

Angelique Allen 

Wendy Kuczynski 

Cynthia Neuschafer 


Marjorie Damian 

Diana Fiduccia 

Arben Ismaili 

Miguel Ortiz 

Ellen Weir 

Luis Yaya 

Afif Escheik 

Edward Strauss 

Organ Transplantation 

Joan Abrams 

Michael Shapiro 

Pastoral Care 

Carmen Goodman 

Pathology 

Jaime Calle 

Nisar Husein 

Alla Kolodenker 

Andreina Polanco 

Melissa Rances 

Angel Rojas 

Robert Taylor 

Diane Trocino 

Jie Wang 


Joanne Fantauzzi 

Pediatric Intensive 

Care Unit 

Carol Azar 

Kimberly Dimino 

Rachel Peralta 

Luciana Roman 


Javier Aisenberg 

Amy Chartoff 


Darlene Mactaggart 

Laura Mc Adam 


Margaret Mc Gee 

Pharmacy 

Donna Carlin 

Alice Dion 

Francesca Francin 



Pamela Block 

Barry Davidoff 

Carmela Hanna 

Lorraine Yap 

Planetree TM 

Janice Guinter 

Planning 

Khoi Pham 


Paul Dallorso 

Robert Florio 

Frederick Freschi 

Jessica Torres 

Plastic and 


Ingrid Garcia 

Traci Herchick 

Patricia Miranda 


Karen De Pol 

Beth Droney 

Claudia Hubbard 

Joanna Reilly 

Lito Yumul 

Print Shop 

Joán Peralta 

Radiology 

Lauren Biancamano 

Anthony Ciappina 

Seema Holcik 

Mark Koryzma 

Patricia Monchino 

Annapoorna Ravinootala 

Robert Scelso 

Jose Schipilliti 

Michael Thompson 

Rapid Response Team 

Suzanne Marcellaro 


Candice Goddard 




Sara Kleinbaum 

Kimberly Matthews 

Reem Salem 


Leonel Barra Alvarez 

Pasquale D’Alessio 

Armando Ramos 



Giuditta Mantile-Selvaggi 

Surgical DAR 

Fannie Roach 

The Center for 

Occupational Medicine 

Suzanne Gallagher 

Luningning Gatchalian 

Trauma Service 

Shannon Russell 

Virology 

Lina Patel 

12 YEARS 


Victoria Messina 


Nicole Argenzia 

Barbara Mcgoey 


Neveen Morales 


Geraldine Curran 



Julia De Bellis 

Karen Valdes 



Diane Hodum 

BEYOND Spa 

Marijane Hubbell 


Tamekia Manns 

Vanessa Rowe 


Niurka Aguilera 

Edsel Belino 

Joanne Dinelli 

Jeffrey Hulko 

Arta Sakollari 

Beena Vaidya 

Angel Valenzuela 


Evelyn Cioletti 

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Center for 


Joshua Binn 

Berta Bollinger 

Maria Brito 

Maryhelen Corrado 

Susan Dunn 

Rosa Fernandes 

Anne Ferro 

Diana Galazyn 

Michelle Laski 

Jennifer Marino 

Barbara McQuade 

Carmen Perez 

Angel Vargas 


Department 

Rexell Baltazar 

Rose Brown 

Samuel Cintron 

John Duff 

Basil Edwards 

Saleema Hogges 

Claude Jean-Francois 

Ariza Santiago 

Darwin Sorio 

Childbirth Education 

Miriam Herzberg 


Victoria Correale 

Tara Panazzolo 


Joy Zimmer 


Annette Burke 

Robert Mc Caskill 

Department of 

Cardiac Surgery 

Nancy Barker 

Department of 

Neurosurgery 

Lucia Gonzalez 

Marcelo Lancman 


Susanne Abramson 

Oscar Acosta 

Lauren Ambrosio 

Dana Baes 

Charina Ballesteros 

Fiorella Bardellini 

Marion Breen 

Geralyn Cardinale 

Jeanine Coronato 

Genoveva Cortes 

Tara Daly 

Phoebe Del Boccio 

Helen Edwards 

Margaret Elliott 

Sherene Ellis 

Nancy Elmann 

Maria Encisa 

Kristin Farley 

Heather Feehan 

Arlynn Ferro 

Mary Fleming 

Lilibeth Fox 

Sereene Gates 

Jill Gilbert 

Juliet Gillespie 

Solange Griffith-Ruff 

Rachel Gutch 

Georgia Haring 

Angustia Hofbauer 

Sonja James 

Tara Keymetian 

Rosa Leone 

Patricia Lovelace 

Tricia Maher 

Maryjane Matter 

Eileen Mc Fadden 

Antoinette Mitchell 

Jeanne Moran 

Colleen Mulligan 

Maryelise Norrell 

Lindel Peart 

Ketsia Sadler 

Prativa Sahu 

Erin Salerno 

Diane Schelhas 

Rosetta Shaw 

Elizabeth Shepperd 

Gladys Sillero 

Caryn Simone 

Icilda Smith 

Carlene Smith 

Millicent Smith Pennant 

Michaeline Stehn 

Andrea Stroz 

Nalenee Surujbali-Guzman 

Angela Tory 

Suzette Turner 

Jennifer Vallillo 

Tara Vernieri 

Trisha Voltaire 

Sonia Warren 

Melanie Weigeshoff 



Joyce Lane 

Dialysis Billing Department 

Adrienne Adkins 


Abdul Balgahoom 

Avelino Calupad 

Patricia Schoolfield 



Mary Merwin 


Department 

Miriam Ambalu 

Lisa Cascio 

Howard Chase 

Lucy Cuocci 

Sylvie De Souza 

George Diaz 

Joseph Feldman 

Vicki Goldhill 

Jeffrey Heilpern 

Kevin Hewitt 

Kristina Hnyda 

David Negron 

Chinwe Ogedegbe 

Carolyn Peyton-Anderson 

Marvin Reaves 

Sharon Spieker 

Ollivene Thompson 

Edward Yamin 

Endoscopy 

Danilo Castillo 

Cindy Deleon 

Maimouna Hamlin 

Angela Hebert 

Annmarie Lawler 

Doreen Prowitz 


Victor Alarcon 

Luz Calle 

Anthony Costa 

Daysi Fermin 

Lidia Ferreira 

Blanca Galvis 

Dolores Henriquez 

Luis Morales 

Leonilda Nunez 

Jose Quinones 

Maria Riccobono 

Idalina Sousa 

Finance 

Peggie Gary 

Maria Provenzano 

Fitness Club 

Joseph Cefaloni 

John Patzan 

Foundation 

Gwendolyn Spence 


Suzette Porter 


Management 

Elizabeth Dikranian 

Carolyn Dzierzek 

Martine Emile 

Rosalind Johnson 

Karen Krause 

Rosanna Wong-Mcintosh 

Hospice 

Eve Kohut 


Maria Samson 


Brian Benson 

Benjamin Bordonaro 

Alton Bryant 

Pamela Carolan 

Geraldine Fannon 

Ivon Gonzalez 

Donald Gryskiewicz 

Brian Monchino 

John Sprofera 

Seaford Whiles 

Institute for Sleep 

& Wake Disorders 

Frantzses Napoleon 

John Theurer 

Cancer Center 

Michele Boonstra 

Jacqueline Connors 

Anthony Crevani 

Edward Gusciora 

Dawn Hancharik 

Helaine Koster 

Lynne Larsen 

Rosemary Luther 

Steven Murno 

Patricia Padovano 

Igor Rebo 

Pamela Sutherland 

Karen Vermilyea 



Audiology 

Barbara Uhl 




Ruth Borgen 

Maryellen Butler 

Corinne Mancino 

Nancy Minutillo 

Ofunne Obaze 

Joseph Reissner 

Diane Zeug 

Eileen Wiedemann 




Linda Giron 



Gastroenterology Services 

Natanya Loza 




Judith Cadovius 





Steven Diamond 

Donna Gierek 

Mildred Savinon 

Annette Sinski 

Michelle Williams 



Institute for 


Lauren Gitstein 




Lu-Ann Campagnola 

Margaret Campestre 

Leeann Desomma 

Dorota Di Meglio 

Kim Gorsky 

Laura Labruno 

Mary Lange 

Juliet Mendoza-Iturralde 

Elena Uben 

Christine Zweil 



Pulmonology Services 

Michelle Leone 




Suzanne Li 



SIDS Center for New Jersey 

Paula Goldblatt-Pearson 

Laundry 

Feliciano Rivera 

Arcadio Veloz 


Michael Giordano 


Rosemary Inserra 

Mery Zito 


Affairs 

Maureen Thorson 


Barbara Reich 


Charles Mateo 


Care Unit 

Dennis O’Keefe 


Heather Hussein 

Erin O’Brien 

Nutrition and 


Deborah Bethmann 

Judy Calliste 

Francisca Castillo 

Marta Figueroa 

Mildred Laval 

Ludovina Mieses 

Anthony Morris 

Bernice Nicholson 

Alicia Suarez 

Kenneth Vervoordt 


Patricia Cavanna 

Dolores Matos 

Latoya Parker 

Romy Sarmiento 

Michele Zaccardi 

Colleen D’Angiolillo 

Fung Tsang 


Maryann Bernard 

Pastoral Care 

Carol Russell 

Pathology 

Alexandra Arias 

Hafiz Elahi 

Sharonda Lucas 

Fadia Nicolas 

Anupama Patel 

Dana Vitale 

Patient Transport 

Tanya Gibbons 

Bernadette Mc Namara 


Annamaria Gordon 

Anita Powell 

Donna Wallum 

Pharmacy 

Jay Chertow 

Mia Cho 

Jermain Clark 

Nilesh Desai 

Yajaira Francisco 

David Greasley 

Jung Han 

Anthony Torres 



Jose Figueroa 

Amy Visotsky 

Planning 

Adrienne Lioy 


Renato Belluscio 

Immacolata Porco 

Nicholas Trohallis 


Eneida Curci 

Carola Diaz 

Gary Johnson 

Purchasing 

Richard Killeen 

Dennis Tippenreiter 

Radiology 

William Aquino 

Leslie Elliott 

April Harvey 

Jason Kreitner 

Cynthia Maqsudi 

Padma Muddasani 

David Pasqualino 

Samantha Van Houten 


Sondra Carini 

Lisandra Cobos 

Robert Palustre 

Ilene Rosenthal 

Jana Tyler 

Charisse Zieminski 

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Josephine Foster 

Verona Grant 

Rosa Guttilla 

Marion Krasny 

Jennifer Mejia 


Dianelly Alvarez 

Lascelles Cameron 

Luis Carrillo 

Robert Fuduli 

Michael Parthenides 

Jill Rubinetti 

Alois Sery 

Jeffrey Shears 

Carol Taxter 

Alexander Tullo 

John Valenti 


Vera Illes 

Surgical DAR 

Carmelita Antonio 

Marilyn Davis 

Bernice Edwards 

Linda Manzo 

Joanne Tarabocchia 

Jose Uben 

Kathleen Vega 



Dorothy Ourvan 


Michele Maresca 

Stacey Schreiber 

13 YEARS 


Carmen Cruz 


Kathleen Marotta 

Melina Martin 

Erwin Rodriguez 

Sandra Talavera 



Nancy Blumenthal 

Leonor Fernandez 

Patricia Letizia 

Gladys Valentin-Cruz 

BEYOND Spa 

Dianne Canaff 


Brian Jacobs 

James Murray 

Frank Pellicci 

Alex Shabin 

Peter Suske 


Clare Hartwick 

Breath & Lung Institute 

Theresa Catalano 


Argie Locke 

Rosamae Mc Caskill 

Nabiha Salman 

Sarita Sofio 

Laura Weaver 


Joan Bohan 

Andrea Jobst 

Ihsan Khan 

Mohammad Khan Lodhi 

William Kodora 

Giuseppina Maceri 

Doris Oliveros 


Barbara Mc Cormack 

Center for 


Rudell Akridge 

Patricia Almiron 

Janet Carozza 

Maribel Damian 

Danuta Kruk 

Luz Loor 

Malgorzata Mychalyk 

Lourdes Ramilo 

Doris Scott 

Larry Villareal 


Department 

Douglas Stubbs 

Centralized Scheduling 

Kelly Guy 


Paula Miller 

Continence Center 

Cindy Aromin 


Joseph Giangola 

Department of 

Neurosurgery 

Arno Fried 

Eugenia Ndiaye 


Joseph Chong 


Maria Abriam 

Juliet Akufo 

Mylene Alberto 

Doris Amador 

Anne Amaro 

Brenda Baker 

Jeanette Burton 

Elena Canubas 

Grover Carigo 

Tony Clark 

Laura Coyle 

Virginia Cuce 

Emelita De Guia 

Normalyn Diaz 

Patricia Ditoro 

Deborah Espinosa 

Nancy Farnan 

Ciaran Geraghty 

Melinda Grillo 

Irene Guevara-Quezada 

Andrea Hall 

Charles Harris 

Dorothy Horgan 

Sandra Hroncich 

Tannya Jong 

Maria Kopic 

Susan Kumka 

Judy Lascano 

Tara Marucci 

Dena McDonald 

Gina Mecca 

Nyasa Mitchell 

Evangelista Montalvo 

Victoria Obelle 

Gina Odlum 

Hattie Ormond 

Sejal Patel 

Jacqueline Pender 

Joan Presti 

Kelli Robinson 

Alison Roopchand 

Yerman Santana 

Beverly Sheriff 

Carol Soressi 

Rebecca Thurn 

Patrick Ward 

Sandra Weber 

Joanna Yohannes 

Department of Operations 

Paul Onufer 

Dermatology 

Suzanne Gluck 



Cheryl Lovera 


Department 

Kevin Cappadona 

Marsilio Ciummo 

Carmel Falcone 

Michelle Kobayashi 

Krystyna Koryzma 

Maureen Moran 

Endoscopy 

Erminda Wilkins 


Maria Barros 

Giovanni Cambareri 

Teresa Faria Rodrigues 

Juan Fortunato 

Manuel Salinas 

Florinda Sousa 

Rosa Urena 

Claudia Villagomez 

Executive Staff 



Elaine Chaleff 


Management 

Martha Castano 

Linda De Mauro 

Carlos Elejalde 

Julio Monge 

Judy Pantaleon 

Hospice 

Ana Cernadas 

Andrea Notar Donato 


Tina Bruno 

Tracey Koller 


Cristina Cicogna 


Cynthia Casatelli 

Janet De Stefano 

Edward Haffy 

Henry Netzer 

Kenneth Sproviero 

Buu Tang 


Lissa Brock 



Jannette Martin-Thompson 

John Theurer 

Cancer Center 

Michael Jones 

Ann Lane 

Phyllis Mc Kiernan 

Erin Mercado 

Joan Monaghan 

Wendy Neidich 

Kristine Nuccitelli 

Andrew Pecora 

Renee Stein Goetz 

Margaret Stone 



Quality 

Frank Bonavitacola, Jr. 



Day Accommodation Suite 

Lisa Pflug 




Sharon Cadovius Hardenbergh 




Lorraine Fowler 




Ingrid Brennan 




Julia Piwoz 





Burton Appel 

Laurie Corcoran 

Laura Goode 

Eva Krynski 

Ellen Mass 

Denise Seaborn 



Institute for 


Jasmin Furman 




Mitchell Chen 

Jae Chung 

Susan Hauck 

Thankamany Joseph 

Rita Newman 

Joanne Pasinski 

Karen Ross 

Terri Spirito 

Krystyna Toczylowski 

Agnes Torres 



Social Work 

Annamaria Recanati 

Laundry 

Gail Viscardi 

Lifeline 

Jodi Sokolov 


Rosemary Sanzari 


Affairs 

Elena Allegretti 

MICCOM 


Christian Marciniak 


Care Unit 

Jeffrey Burrell 

Glenn Mac Donald 

Sandra McCloskey 

Joanne Piccininni 


Anita Mc Donald 

Nutrition and 


Traceyann Chin 

Julian Montemayor 

Tasneem Siddiqui 

Theresa Thomas 


Jennifer Pallotta 

Juan Santos 

John Lucious 

Osteoporosis Center 

Vinetu Demo 

Pain and Palliative 

Care Center 

Michele Woodbridge 

Pathology 

Michelle Faraon 


Von Reaves Jr 

Jose Reyes 


Sandra Anstatt 

Pharmacy 

Frank Fuduli 

Suzanne Jahng 

Marc Peyko 

Francine Rigolioso 



Patricia Classi 

Planning 

Paulina Thomas 


James Clark 

John Hughes 

John Kroncke 

Gary Luhrman 

Michael Mastrano 

Pasquale Mastrolia 

Mark Sonzogni 

Plastic and 


Milagros Arca 

Patricia Hopper 


Ligaya Macaayan 

Leonor Romero 

Pulmonary Lab 

Sanjay Desai 

Elena Rojas 

Radiology 

Josette Dean 

Martha Limido 

Tam Tran 


Alicia Di Camillo 

Michael Innamorato 

Colleen Mc Gowan 


Thomas Jones 

Gerald O’Leary 


Frances Smith 

Maureen Viehmeyer 

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Thomas Selvaggi 

Surgical DAR 

Mark Banom 

Kelly Lagrasta 

Renelle Pinos 



Toniann Meyer 

Gina Romeo 


Joseph Cunningham 

William Duby 

Samantha Wilderson 

14 YEARS 


Marie Fowler 

Zenaida Viri-Schaller 



Sandra Meyer 



Michele Vilardo 


Raimondo Pollaro 



Ileana Colon 


Louis Evan Teichholz 

Sossi Youmshakian 

Center for 


Cleveland Christmas 

Steven Soares 


Department 

Victor Calupad 


Alexandre Ackad 


Manuel Alvarez 

Michael Petriella 


Kelly Briggs 

Arnulfo Cotes 

Robin Diptee 

Deanna Froio-Valente 

Rene Guligado 

Susie King 

George Konini 

Jennifer Kopelman 

Debra Mc Nally 

Nilsa Medina 

Luz Molina 

Amy Moravick 

Colleenann O’Brien 

Bronwyn O’Connor 

Jodi O’Donnell 

Gladys Oladele 

Sameiro Pereira 

Bessie Phillips 

Francine Puccio 

Yvonne Ruiz 

Michele Simone 

Margaret Tremper 

Alison Veliky 

Danielle Yumul 


Department 

Mary Ferrone 

Sandra Mollica 

Nelsy Robles 

Endoscopy 

Rita Angulo 


Maria Fernandes 

Guadalupe Jovel 

Maria Maio 

Saul Negron 

Juan Perez 


Alexander Ferrauiola 


Management 

Nery Bido 

Lourdes Donneys 

Alvaro Navas 

Rhonda Nelson 

Hospice 

Marlene Calix 

HUMC Cardiovascular 

Program 

Kathleen Wilcox-Rushforth 


Patricia Kearns Sonzogni 

Robert Martin 

Rene Troya 

Mary Zisa 

John Theurer 

Cancer Center 

Barbara Adler Brecher 

Maritess Aviador 

Marieta Branis 

Lisa Busch 

Michael De Cataldo 

Cheryl De Filippis 

Kristine Shelton 



Phillip Ayeni 




Renee Brady 



Blood and Marrow Transplant 

Alfred Gillio 




Collette Bartels 





Sarah Donnangelo 

Cheryl Falls 




Peggy Farmer 

Lisa Layne 

Eileen Lemmer 

Theresa Santos 



Nephrology Services 

Mildred Mann 




Donna Lee 



Quality 

Laura Bonanno 


Jennifer Licini 

Tunisha McCain 


Affairs 

Barbara Vaitovas 

MICCOM 


Eric Boehm 


Nicole Abbate 

Rose Di Benedetto 

Nutrition and 


Monica Barrow 

Benita Brito 


Florinda Fernandes 

Joao Fernandes 

Brian Monroe 

Fran Rivera 

Carlo SanAgustin 

Patient Safety 

Robert Fakelmann 


Care Unit 

Stephen Percy 


Juan Ribot 

Jo-Ann Tabuzo 


Charles Riccobono 

Pharmacy 

James Chi 



Pamela Johnson 


Alfred Moriarty 

Wally Puchalik 

John Rushforth 

Brian Sleyzak 

Gregory Surjadnov 


Alexis Serringer 

Purchasing 

Jennifer Tercovich 

Radiology 

Marlene Amoruso 

John Jennings 

Research 

Howard Trust 


Carol Koschig 

Surgical DAR 

Betty Lee 


Meliam Gonzales 


Michael Palomba 

15 YEARS 


Carmen Henry 



Priscilla Hopkins 

Breath & Lung Institute 

Hormoz Ashtyani 


Salvatore Davi 

Tamara Elentukh 

Fidel Gabat 

Novelle Gittens 

Michele Impreveduto 

Maria Infante 

Lucia Izzo 

Igor Khusid 

Mary Malady 

Kellie McGuire 

Christine Wagner 

Center for 


Rosa Covelo 

Melissa Ferrer 

Elcy Mathew 

Carlos Perez 


Department 

Virgilio Garcia 

Dora Luciano 


Mary Gabryelski 

Joan Griffin 

Corner Shop 

Louisa Hodel 


Georgia Brown 


John Apovian 


Stacey Black 

Maryann Buchany 

Susana Cabacab 

Darlene Clemente 

Remedios Corpus 

Helena Correia 

Magda Cruz 

Patricia Eagles 

Marla Fragale 

John Gallorini 

Michele Gervino 

Lisa Iachetti 

Ebere Kalu 

Janis Lenihan 

Danielle Loftus 

Jasmine Lopez 

Patricia Lopez 

Marizel Mahiya Larracas 

Dina Martorana 

Stephanie McKinnon 

Aurora Palaylay 

Christopher Parisi 

Carol Parlapiano 

Cheryl Reinke 

Isabel Rodriguez 

Maritza Rosario 

William Schneider 

Stacey Segnello 

Vincenza Sulzen 

Robin Taylor 

Jessica Walker 


Jimmy Delacruz 


Department 

Sharon Avent 

Sonja Benson 

Portia Chinnery 

Christine Eidschun 

Winston Ramkissoon 

Christopher Rose 

Robert Taylor, Jr. 

Geraldine Vargas 

Endoscopy 

Lethia Buggs 


Philip Garcia 

Fabiola Martinez 

Rosa Sarramalho 


Mary Murphy 


Management 

Kathleen Dinallo 

Rosa Gutierrez 

Sheron Joseph 

Kalawattee Maharaj 

Luis Velasquez 


Diana Di Quarto 

Bernadette Keane 

Jiakang Wang 

John Theurer 

Cancer Center 

Linda Butryn 

Catherine Kees 




Deborah Giovene 





Denise De Salvo 

Michela Falco 

Paul Harlow 

Bruce Terrin 




Beth Geltman 

Amy Maffei 

Carina Roallos-Vierneza 



Neonatology 

Rakesh Chhabra 



Pain & Palliative Care Program 

Susan Cohen 




Ellen Kaplan-Kamen 


Norma Di Maria 

Legal/Regulatory 

Department 

Sandra Lamparillo 


Affairs 

Denise Patriaco 


Elaine Lembeck 

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Grace Sullivan 

Nutrition and 


Joyce Blanchfield 

Salvatrice Caruso 

Donna Duardo 

Georgette Gurley 


Wasila Bagley 

Vivian Kufour 

Josefina Martinez 

Ferdinand Ulanday 


Antonio Phillips 


Marie Mc Ilwrath 

Pathology 

Chor Chan 

Oleg Chereshinsky 

Tao Hong 

William Johnson 

Karen Lustig 

Fatimah Maudarbocus 

Daya Patel 

Mona Patel 

Jayesh Patel 


Care Unit 

Elizabeth Castro 


Jacqueline Barat-Limnios 

Pharmacy 

Margaret Agoro 

Michael Haase 

Patricia Healy 


Robert Candia 

Timothy Frey 

Leonardo Mercado 

John Nesbitt 

Plastic and 


Lani Garris 

Nenita Sevilla 


Jennifer Carrafiello 

Denise Santo 

Radiology 

Keeshun Peterkin 


Stephen Kracht 

Alfred Martorana 

Maria Nunes 




Julie Bradley 

Annmarie Cataldo 

Terrence Hester 


Nicholas Kirkos 

Victorina Mieses 


Ritu Chib 

Lisa Richter 

Surgical DAR 

Vilma Buska 

Virology 

Linda Needleman 

16 YEARS 


Mark Nunez 

Patrice Stanton 


James Rajczyk 


Constance Alfano 

Christy Varrato 

Automotive Services 

Kenton Matthew 



Lesley Elton 



Linda Mc Dermott 


Sandra Cloud 

Rosario Vergara 


Barbara Crowley 

James Eckert 

Joan Jones-Jackson 

Eileen Parker 

Lynn Sauer 

Teresita Torres 

Center for 


Edna Chase 


Department 

Junior Charles 

Martin Perez 


Judith Mayer 


Kristina Rioux 

Patricia Sorensen 

Corporate and 


Donald Ferrell 


Celsa Acosta 

Ann Calvo 

Ellen Connors 

Teresa Contino 

Ellen DeLuca 

Barbara Hanrahan 

Linda Hardy 

Janice Hoppie 

Vasima Khan 

Rosalie Khisa 

Mary Konefal 

Kimberly Ludwig 

Mylene Manio 

Barbara Martin 

Luvernia Mc Keithan 

Mary Mistretta 

Jose Perez 

Gladys Rodriguez 

Jaime Rose 

Julia Sloan 

Diane Trust 

Ellen Van Der Stad 

Jacqueline Weinbach 

Marites Welch 

Floyd Whitaker 

Lynda Williams 



Wendy Neff 


Maribeth Pierce 


Department 

Robert Acuna 

Linda Grisi 

Eric Kobayashi 

Denise Patoir 

Jeff Weisberger 

Cynthia Williams 

Endoscopy 

Stacy Damato 

Helene Mcknight 


Gioacchino Amato 

Gerardo Arroyave 

Jose Del Valle 

Maria Eusse 

Rina Figueroa 

Vincent Focarino 

Luis Galvis 

Thomas Gargan 

Alfredo Mendieta 

Jose Menjivar 

Jose Nunez 

Carlos Pereira 

Geovany Sepulveda 

Finance 

Theresa Foley 

Maria Sedita 

Health Awareness 

Regional Program 

Catherine McDougall 


Management 

Brenda McInerney 

Janet Rivera 

Anna Shabin 

Hospice 

Elizabeth Henry 


Jack Batchelor 

Glenn Di Benedetto 

Anthony Guarino 

Sherel Johnson 



Susan Zafarlotfi 

John Theurer 

Cancer Center 

Stacey McArdle 

Cheryl McMahon 

Ann Wisniewski 




Voula Argitis 



Child Life 

Ellen Goldring 




Marivic Hernandez-Tobias 

Carol McEvily 





Frances Flug 

Michael Harris 

Cathleen Parker 

Noreen Quinlan 

Cindy Steele 




Cassandra Martin-Walters 




Annemarie Anzalone 

Laundry 

Ramon Viray 

Legal/Regulatory 

Department 

Tracey Surjadnov 

Life Support 

Training Center 

Timothy Youngsworth 

Mailroom and 

Courier Services 

Steven Duncan 

Delores Griffith 


Emely Katto 


Eric Weiss 


Care Unit 

Ronn Rotonda 

John Ruta 

Nutrition and 


Irena Borys 

Pedro Flores 

Kenneth Fulton 

Melody Ottley 


Theodore Kardash 

Pathology 

Maria Andrews-Sanchez 

Izabela Costa 

Scott Davidson 

Kaushika Gandhi 

Terry Hanson 

Christine Janicek 

Thomas Marzocca 

Lyndon Matthews 

Anisa Shaikh 


Donald Lynch 


Care Unit 

Lisa O’Hare 


Gail Soehnlein 

Pharmacy 

Frank Malena 



Maria Arcaina-Armendi 

Maria Scaglione 

Planning 

Christine Lee 


Chris Brockner 

Nicola Cirilli 

Ricky Davis 

Salvador Deauna 

Daniel Jones 

Chuck Merrow 

Alberto Parisi 

Stjepan Radic 

Robert Rubin 

Mark Salmeri 

Thomas Tufaro 

Plastic and 


MaryLee McGoorty 

Radiology 

Bonnie Deegan 

Michael Fragale 

Ronne Hopkins 

Natalie Levy 

Cindy Ortiz 


Carlos Broncano 

Maureen Fay 

Kristine Passarella 

Robert Wasniewski 




Diane Mehler 

Deyanira Suarez 


Toni Miller 

Surgical DAR 

Linda Featherstone 

Helen Krajacic 

Stephanie Mattila 

Nora Schuffenhauer 

17 YEARS 

Accounting 

Deborah McCain 


Diane Thomas 

Lucienne Valentin 


Ana Viecco 


Antonia Gallorini 

Anticoagulation Service 

Rupal Trivedi 


Mikhail Bronstein 


Todd Kempton 

Shari Shaw 


Joseph Czwazka 

Tara Powell 

John Rokosny 

Juan Santos 

Elizabeth Sozanski 

Jana Tancredi 


Joan De Vito 

Mary Nugent 

Center for 


Joan Farber-Rosenblat 

Center for Healthy Senior Living 

Mary Kuhn 


Department 

Juan Reyes 


Paula Cortez 

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William Salerno 

Department of 

Pain & Palliative Care 

Richard Rosenbluth 


Yolande Aqui 

Elaine Benson 

Barbara Bisig 

Corinna Byrne 

Diane Daniello 

Luis Garcia 

Leslie Huhn 

Mark Kushner 

Maria Levine 

Marciano Manio 

Elisabeth Micich-Otero 

Myla Pasaporte 

Lyn Puleo 

Maria Rego 

Sheila Rhodes 

Tara Rodriguez 

Joan Sentipal 

Elaine Wagner 



Rochelle S. Morrow 


Margo Molenaar 


Department 

Jennifer Benech 

Margaret Keating 

Annmarie Realmonte 

Rene Stewart 

Sefton Virgo 

Endoscopy 

Eileen Cordasco 

Teresita Dimaano 

Maria Torres-Iyoy 


Orlando Del Valle 

Edy Rosario 

Finance 

Suzanne Guy 

Foundation 

Elizabeth Kraus 


Management 

Laura Green 

Jenny Kogan 

Julia Moss 

Berthilde Thevenot 


Jacqueline Stack 

Lamoyne Wilkins 

John Theurer 

Cancer Center 

Debra Bavolar 

George Beninati 

Maryetta De Andrea 

Elizabeth Dorusak 

Janet Ippolitto 

Kelly Kobbe 

Joann Kunzweiler-Simon 

Judy Sonzogni 

Vicki Tuchman 



Suseela Koppula 

Vijayalkshmi Muthuswamy 

Abraham Zerykier 




Lisa Boccassini 

Sharon Burrowes 

Rachel Devine 




Rosa Ruddock 





Deborah Peters 

Gregory Rubino 



Institute for 


Dana Rosen 




Mary Fernandez 

Cynthia Ficarra 



Neonatology 

Harold Perl 

Laundry 

Carmen Der-Boghossian 


Patrick Tabasco 

MICCOM 


Paul Favia 


Care Unit 

Joellen Buell 

Neonatology – Hospital 

Mayuri Shah 

Nutrition and 


Maria Maceri 


Debra Ciuppa 

Yves Fernandez 

Tina Massolo 

Virginia Hachadourian 

Pathology 

Jayasheela Chandrashaker 

Ian Kuczynski 

Marietta Lopez 

Shahnaz Mian 

Maria Strama-De Jackmo 


Margaret Kennedy 



Andrea Prezwodek 


Matthew Wallach 

Plastic and 


Annmarie Reilly 


Marina Mateo 

Maryanne Spotts 

Joely Wrenn 

Purchasing 

Sherry Fanaro 

Radiology 

Jill Alport 

Lesley Duca 

Joseph Major 

Jessica Throne 

Rosemarie Wellman 

Shirley Willis 

Ann Yocovelli 


Bernadette Gooney 


Paul Nestmann 

Matthew Orlando 

Safety 

Michael De Mauro 




Linda Jones 

Surgical DAR 

Donna Cricco 



Robin Bogert 

18 YEARS 


Willene Eason 



Bernadette Connor 

Helen O’Mahoney 


Lee Durkin 

Elyse Kalaydjian 



Mary Jane Warden 


Tracie Bruno 


Margaret Bogaczyk 

Margaret Gerard 

Kathleen Hamilton 

Doris Herrera 

Young-Sook Lupetti 

Thomas Mahady 

Maria Vivar 

Melanie Wedlick 


Irene Lindsley 

Center for 

Clinical Research 

Diane Agar 


Department 

Annie Leon 

Julio Martinez 


Renee Durkin 


Catalina Alvarez 

Debra Carfi 

Kathleen Cocozzo 

Claudia Douglas 

Donna Frank 

Coralie Haricha 

Lois Mahonchak 

Laura Mango 

Claudine Mardaga 

Jenny Moncayo-Disko 

Audrey Shaw-Simpson 

Mary Sison 

Arlene Syvertsen 


Department 

Deborah Milo-Coyne 

Endoscopy 

Keri Cebulash 

Kathleen Comizio 


Diamonto Argitis 

Altagracia Hernandez 


Madeline Ceraul 


Audrey Murphy 


Ann Dobbelaar 

Fitness Club 

James Miastkowski 


Management 

Scott Mc Cormack 

Linda Ricciardi 


Linda Walker 


Steven Sperber 


Ann Bowman 

Colleen Tirella 



Doreen Zappitelli 

Institute for 


Leticia Arguinzoni 



Lauren Dempsey 

John Theurer 

Cancer Center 

Thomas Capiaghi 

Natalie Howard 

Kim Kiernan 

Jo-Ann Lee 

Janice Morris 

Judi Toback 

Rosemary Wetzelberger 



Blood and Marrow Transplant 

Nancy Polifroni 




Denise Crosta 




Gail Gesser 

Victoria Mulbauer 

Cynthia Wise 




Karen Love 

Anne Reap 





Jill Brooks 

Dorothy Gagliardi 




Valsa Mathew 

Tracey Scarpa 

Laundry 

Maria Mazo 

Pasqua Visentini 


Rosa Lourenco 

MICCOM Communications 

Center 

Matthew Fenkart 

Nutrition and 


Maria Abedrabouh 

Percival Brady 

Diane Finckenauer 

Susan Kraus 

Stuart Scarino 

Maria Stanish 

Olga Webber 

Office of Knowledge 

Management 

William Ahearn 


Helen Lim 

Maryann Villanella 

Pathology 

Evangeline Bontogon 

Maria Garcia 

Geraldine Hogan 

Kanan Patel 

Ritaben Patel 

Irene Seegers 

Jeanne Titanski 


Care Unit 

Bruce Friedman 

Pharmacy 

Andrew Castro 

Noli Dumatol 

Claudio Flores 

Richard Maciag 

Elizabeth Tamakloe 



Ivonne Nguyen 


Allen Prinzi 


Alice Guterl 

Michelle McMillan 

Maryanne O’Sullivan 

Ellen Pelayo 

Pulmonary Lab 

David Branchick 

Radiology 

Marianne Kaiser 

Susan Smith 


Salimullah Faroqui 

Daniel Kochukoshy 

Senalia Leger 

Raymond Murphy 


Douglas Clark 

David Hertz 

Dwayne Humes 

Anthony Navatta 



Eileen De Cesare 

Surgical DAR 

Patrick De Gennaro 

Helen Lumapan 

101



John J. LoCurto 


Todd Mac Donald 

Theresa Vitale 

19 YEARS 


Sandra Moreno 

Diane Popp 

Donna Shockley 



Margot Alleyne 

Joyce Smith 



Linda Dowson 


Ana Castro 

Capacity Management 

Susan Giordano 


Maureen Braeske 

Filomena Contreras 

Barbara Gumbman 

Bertha Kelly 


Patricia Pizarro 

Center for 


Rosa Collazo 


Department 

Richard Johnson 


Danica Gjoreska 


Virginia Flynn 

Corporate and 


Robert Virgona 


Department 

Adrienne Radossich 

Department of 


Elly Delaportas 

James Hunter 

Tammy Russo 


Maria Argen 

Gina Burian 

Kathleen Concilio 

Tara Conlan 

Karen Dunchus 

Karen Fern 

Maureen Giannini 

Laura Maccone 

Carol Marcelletti 

Hetal Naik 

Wendy Paponette 

Mara Ponterdolph 

Kathleen Tanella 

Fern Taylor 

Darlene Weber 

Patricia Westcott 

Rita Wormke 

Department of Immunology/ 


Maryann Michelis 


Diane De Voto 


Andres Melendez 

Endoscopy 

Lynnann Anderson 

Martha Moles 


Gilbert Boyd 

Lisa Marzullo 

Executive Health 

Lynn Femia 

Harriet Lessin 

Finance 

Kathy Sireci 


Management 

Mary Glover 

Dora Mendoza 

Melinda Thompson 

Hospice 

Evelyn Gorek 

Theresa Reynoso 


Paulette Wright 


Mark Parrish 

John Theurer 

Cancer Center 

Diane Den Bleyker 

Joanne Growney 

Andrea Hairston 

Lisa Kramer 

Joyce Kreitman 

Laura Kudlacik 

Laura McBride 



Karen Bye 




Linda Carroll 




Elena Cobleigh 




Cynthia Pierson 




Faith Salinger 





Maria Carollo 

Nancy Durning 




Roseann Doody 

Meaghan Kelly 



Neurology Services 

Ann Stiefbold 




Yukiko Kimura 


Care Unit 

Victor Carter 

Regine Manus 

Nutrition and 


Giovanna Caruso 

Karen Duren 

Thelma Eason 

Edison Gomez 

Maria Guhr 

Victor Marquez 

John Piccione 

Nutrition Counseling 

Lorna Pascal 


Alicia Tee 

Carmen Vicente 

Wade Brown 


Bridget Livingston 

Pathology 

Dorothy Bartke 

Nora Calupad 

Hilda Edwards 

Freda Flash 

Arkadiusz Goetz 

Marvin Howell 

Melanie Marcincak 

Chitralekha Patel 

Evangeline Villaraza 

Patient Safety 

Deborah Offitto 


Daniel Scardino 


Care Unit 

Cynthia Strauch 


Joann Pearson 


Pamela Accordino 


Susan Kalage 

Anita Stechow 

Pharmacy 

Maria Morfa 


Steven Bellina 

Plastic and 


Theresa Ebel 

Maryann Kourgialis 

Maryann Relovsky 


Nancy Flade 

Susan Gniewek 

Kim Piatti 

Radiology 

Martha Carmona 

Adrienne Del Favero 


Mirelys Rivera 

Kathleen Servello 

Roger Stemcovski 




Adele Rebelo 


Maureen Daly 

Pamela Lowe 

Andrea Stoneley 

Surgical DAR 

Janet Cook 

Gordana Josevski 

Kathleen Kwiatkowski 

Vera Richardson 

Geralyn Sroka 



Edna Moya 

20 YEARS 


Edna Weiland 


John Harris 

Demetria Phillips 

Cathie Ray 

Eric Taylor 

Audio/Visual Services 

Miguel Mercado 



Eleanor Stucker 



Bonnie Grossman 


Steven Paradiso 

Michael Stein 


Diane Costanza 

Adela Millan 

James O’Hare 


Sandra Dillon 

Mary Ferrara 

Ivonne Neuner 

Susana Orozco 

Whitney Perrotta 

Carol Ramsay 

Mary Sullivan 


Loryn Albano 

Nancy Fox 

Patricia Megaris 

Center for 


Suebok Park 

John Wiley 


Department 

Zelma Adams 


Rosie Garvin 


Ann-Marie Drummond 


Department 

Mary Rosenberg 

Department of 


Carol Visco 


Karen Keating 

Kathe Olohan 


Suzanne Baldwin 

Susan Cassidy 

Amy Coombs 

Patricia Descafano 

Marilyn Doran 

Gretchen Flynn 

Wanda Gibson 

Maureen Goodman 

Deborah Graham 

Sarahann Huvane 

Colette Kaltner 

Donna Lacorazza 

Kathy Maguire 

Saramma Mathew 

Ila Patel 

Jennifer Price 

Judy Ruiz 

Todd Smith 

Susan Tudda 

Leah Villareal 

Karen Zaugg 

Department Of Operations 

Joyce Gardella-Hayes 


Michael Bolona 

EEG 

Clemente Orbes 


Department 

Maria Fressola 

Endoscopy 

Susan Curlis 

Patrice O’Connor 

Roberta Primerano 


Nancy Alvarez 

Yujany Arboleda 

Laurinda Brito 

Jose Cobos 

Miguel Macias 

Maria Neves 

Francisco Rozo 

Giuseppe Tantillo 


Barbara Cassella 

Finance 

Hazel Francis-Beckett 


Management 

Wanda Thompson-Shannon 

Hospice 

Greata Johnson 


Grace Pichardo 

Colleen Scherdel 


Martha Howell 

Richard Lo Russo 

Janet O’Toole 

102


John Theurer 

Cancer Center 

Ann McNeill 

Marilyn Parrish 

Arianne Van Vliet 

Teresa Williams 



Audiology 

Lisa Nostrand 




Dawn Biss 




Donna Appelgren 





Carol Friedman 

Catherine Rowland 

Laura Van De Putte 



Institute for 


Lenora Brancaccio 

Marilyn Di Piazza 

Connie Escolano 

Judith Kershner 

Hildy Lipner 




Karen De Luccia 

Deborah Mc Garrity 

Susan Thompson 


Carol Loelius 


Alison Forte 


Care Unit 

Frank Blatterman 

North Jersey 

Primary Care Subacute 

Gary Schwartz 


Michael Petrenko 

Nutrition and 


Quisqueya Blanchfield 

Janet Hilaris 

Kevin Nelson 

Irma Newdorf 

Gerard Sikora 


Theresa Andretta 

Gail Dluhy 

Sue Lemba 

Laura Wisse 

Barbara Wolthoff 

Pathology 

Elizabeth Brnic 

Annette Ciavirella 

Nicholas Corpus 

Patricia Kirkland 

Mary La Freniere 

Jo Ottomanelli 

Syed Sarmast 

Wendy Trapani 


Sophy Abraham 


Theresa Gibbs 


Garland Dance 

Deborah Madan 

Evelyn Pemberton 

Pharmacy 

Greg Eskinazi 

Theresa Kressaty 

Errol Taylor 



Miriam Miranda 

Lillian Negron Vazquez 


Richard Hoz 

Chris Kamilaris 

Augusto Perisse 

Richard Proctor 

James Surita 


Anne Rizzi 

Catherine Theiss 

Joan Tommaney 

Marlyn Torreto-Bondoc 

Radiology 

Jo Banom 

Jessica De Santis 

Megan Lennon 

Paul Lizotte 

Louise Sauls 

James Socci 


Paul Maffei 

Angela Vita 




Joanne Patire 

Arlene Richardson 

Natalie Siemaszko 


Andre Aultmon 

Specialty Care 

Transport Unit 

John Avery 

Mark Schmidt 

Surgical DAR 

Noreen Hauck 

Christy Magno 

Michele Moore 

Virology 

Gary B. Munk 

21 YEARS 


Marie Seraphin 



Elizabeth Dishuk 

Maria Fisco 


Joanne Costa 


Giuseppina Capodici 

Patricia Iadarola 

Anne Nieves 

Kathleen Paricio 

Dawn Siek 

Christopher Wyman 


Maria Betley 

Maria Ramirez 

Nancy Rizzie 

Laurie Schubert 

Cynthia Van Winkle 


Department 

Shirley Lovett 


Ruzha Skoblar 


Diane Anderson 

Annette Nardi 


Lois Danz 


Department 

Kathryn Banyar 


Irene Apgar 

Jeannie Appelgate 

Elizabeth Bueno 

Elsa Chiu 

Marion De Masi 

Diane De Matteo-Szott 

Elizabeth Dodd 

Susan Drago-Reilly 

Wanda Drakeford 

Barbara Ficarra 

Barbara Heber 

Ella Hines 

Patricia Johnson 

Shobhana Joseph 

Paula Lamanna-Rydzewski 

Emelyn Masbang 

Pamela Michaelson 

Uriel Newman 

Patricia Pagan 

Narendra Patel 

Laura Scalera 

Beth Segall 

Nancy Solan 

Lynne Van Wyk 

Glenda Viray 

Doreen Washington 

Department of Operations 

Clare Kinsley 


Nancy La Viola 


Juan Collazo 

Robert Lomax 


Department 

Donna Duncalf 

Lloyd Evans 

Karen Mattes-Szucs 

Ceceile Whilby-Burnett 

Endoscopy 

Paula Cooper 

Donna Sapnar 

Donna Wilson 


Maria Ball 

Raul Urena 


Linda Motyka 

Finance 

Gwendolyn Pierce-Shields 


Management 

Zerla Bartolome 

Mildred Jaslow 

Kelly McGough 

Joanne Trippodi 

Hospice 

Linda Gurick 


Victoria Javier 

David Prebish 

Frank Vilardo 


Robin Cash 

Gay Schrumpf 

Institutional 

Review Board 

Cheryl Dubenezic 

John Theurer 

Cancer Center 

Anastasia Kamp 

Karen Nelson 

Victoria Sica 

Jacqueline Trobiano 




Sandra Cusack 



Genetics 

Ann Considine 



Institute for 


Punam Kashyap 

Eileen Mc Guire 

Patricia Ryan 





Anne Kreminski 

Carol Tendler 




Marilyn Jasenzak 

Crystal Oliver 

Christine Perdon 

Laundry 

Lenka Gjoreska 


Denise Griner 


Care Unit 

Jodi Kennedy 

Ronald Spethmann 

Nutrition and 


Christopher Conklyn 

Clover Davis 

Monica Foster 

Joseph Porter 

Modesta Torres 


Nigel Arthur 

Eleanor Dunn 

Kelly Morgan 

Laurie Ricci 

Casey Stone 

Karen Nappi 

Pathology 

Sharon Clifford 

Diane Levato 

Daphne Meza 

Rosa Ramos 

Catherine Riggi 

Danielle Seixas 

Cynthia Sloan 


Care Unit 

Barbara Prince 


Janet Post 


Lisa Dolack 

Lisa Prospero 


Edwin Nunez 

Pharmacy 

Virginia Lemey 

Samuel Pardo 

Physician Billing 

Emiller Jones 

Planetree TM 

Kathleen L. Raines 


Charles Rodriguez 


Margaret Daly 

Maria Frisina-Cruz 

Susan Hawkins 

Shirley Parrello 

Pulmonary Lab 

Eileen Harrison 

Purchasing 

Irene Perez 

Radiology 

Dawn Alvarez 

Felisa Besada 

Michele D’Agostino 

Ariel Domingo 

Florence Gentles 

Deirdre Kochakian 

Patricia Meeks 

Stephen Moravick 

Catherine Whitfield 


Graham Callan 

Suzanne Noseworthy 


Bobby Higgs 

Debra Stubbs 

Surgical DAR 

Erlinda Obias 



Kathleen Doyle 

103


22 YEARS 

Accounting 

Krista Malizia 


Joyce Flowers 


Michele Bogucki 


Pamela Ward 


Basil L. Fargnoli 


Christina Rifflard 

Kevin Weaver 



Linda Bertie 


Robert Collada 



Donna McGourty 


Doreen Di Zenzo 


Andrea Florio 

Kunjamma George 

Barbara Hall 

Susan Kalebic 

Maureen Kuhl 

Maria Salib 


Veronica Betts 

Center for 


Annette Felix 

Tara Ruggiero 

Center for 


Susan Mathus 


Department 

Angela Reaves 


Sandy Dixon 

Corporate and 


Joseph Gorman 

Department of 


Mary Jahnke 

Department of 

Neurosurgery 

Lisa Cocoziello 


Gwen Algozzini 

Mavis Brown 

Daren Buzzerio 

Josephinegisella Davi 

Lisa Failace 

Novlette Hammond 

Nancy Hosein 

Nanette Jones 

Kelly Leitch 

Barbara Lucas 

Sharran Lumkong 

Michele Makely 

Sharon Mancini 

Tonya McDonald 

Anne McGeough 

Barbara Moore 

Geriann Oxley 

Janet Paisley 

Arnel Perez 

Pamela Pittman 

Kim Roberson 

Helen Vicente 

Nancy Weland 


Annette Schmidt 


Yvonne Carlton 


Department 

Alvaro Acero 

Mary Aprile 

Michael Diffley 

Herman Morchel 

Dawn Straniero 

Gillian Velardi 

Endoscopy 

Ann Allarey-Quimbo 

Geri Descafano 

Catherine McPolin 

Donna Puleo 

Danielle Rodriguez 


Cecelia Cuartas 



Fitness Club 

Jay Simon 


Management 

Jacqueline Drysdale 

Tawn Parham 


Ana Santos 


Maryann Collins 


Josephine Andrews 

Edith Spinelli 



Toni Manzo 

John Theurer 

Cancer Center 

Marie Del Favero 

Judith Howes 

Robin Mc Connell 

Denise Menonna-Quinn 

Laura Metcalfe 



Genetics 

Sivya Twersky 



Dermatology Services 

Suzanne Ingwersen 




Elizabeth Vaccarino 



Institute for 


Randye E. Huron 




Yvette Bailey 

Stephanie Stith 

Nutrition and 


David Gustafson 

Karen Proctor 

Luis Rico 

Elwood Tuck 


Joan Banovic 

Susan Boguszewski 


Martha Meza 

Pathology 

Soosamma Chacko 

Nancy Cospito 

Maud Evans 

Theresa Fox 

William Grolly 

Kavita Patel 

Ersilia Zarro-Schmitt 


Francis Skinner 


Carol Wynne 

Pharmacy 

Deborah Goodman 

Ana Mercado 

Janet Van Glahn 


Richard Nutter 

Plastic and 


Maureen Hogdahl 

Kathleen Kennedy 

Donna Palmieri 


Cathryn Monaghan 

Pulmonary Lab 

Christopher Salmon 

Radiology 

Josephine Acevedo 

Jose Alvarez 

Anthony Arcuri 

Donald Banton 

Victoria Davis 

Ormand Harrison 

Frank Maggiore 

Caroline Nieves 

Kathleen Rodriguez 




Bessie Latos 

Judith Silon 

Catherine Wissell 


John Johnson 


Carol Kulkens 

Zachary Tsentas 

Surgical DAR 

Tina-Louise Dowd 

Linda Russo 

Johnny Sledge 



Sharon Ramsaier 

23 YEARS 


Bettie Dozier 


Antonio Goncalves 


Phyllis Hammond 

Lisa Lambiase 


Lisa Mcclenny 

Diane Richard 

Center for 


Denise Awwad 

Jung Kim 

Patricia Paternoster 

Center for 


Maryellen Riordan 


Anna Daniele 


Marion Casella 

Lisa Collins-Jones 

James Gaines 

Imelda Guerra 

Anna Klobus 

Denise Koch 

Suja Kurian 

Grace Lacuesta 

Anne Larkin 

Carolyn Lloyd 

Patricia Orlak 

Linda Wymbs 


Stephen Howes 


Department 

Eric Graham 

Kathleen Ward 

Endoscopy 

Deborah Evans Degroote 

Deborah Tonnessen 


Maria Helena Cortez 

Stephen Curkin 

Rosa Fernandes 

Cesar Mercado 

Gustavo Meza 

Jaime Orozco 

Guillermo Perez 

Maria Silva 

Finance 

Maritza Alvarez 

Michele Reilly 


Management 

Kimberley Spruill 

Hospice 

Jane Duncan 


Susan Di Meglio 

Patricia Farese 



Mona Lefkowitz 

John Theurer 

Cancer Center 

Karlene Hall 

Sheron Keeling 

Mary Morgan 




Jeffrey R. Boscamp 



Audiology 

Andrea Tomlinson 





Hope Castoria 

Carlene Cord 

Joanne Esposito 

Sherri Mayans 




Thelma Lucky-Heard 



Social Work 

Alissa K. Sandler 

Judith Solomon 

MICCOM 


Michael Beliveau 


Lynn Wagner 

Nutrition and 


Rochelle Gill 

David Gonzalez 

Evrit Headley 

Raul Orozco 

Georgia Rebelo 

June Spence 

Linda Williams 


Maricon Damian 

Alinder Londono 

Barbara Zanetto 

Pathology 

Stephanie Carter 

Patricia Coughlan 

Karen Erickson 

Deborah Green 

Mary Taylor 

Carole Yorkin 

Pharmacy 

Alfonzo Bautista 


Mark Maiorano 

Plastic and 


Fiona Stephan 


Geralyn Mastrangelo 

Purchasing 

Sandy Manansala 

Radiology 

Susan Karpinski 

Eileen Parapar 

Antoinette Quashie 

Risk Management 

Patricia Santaniello 

Specialty Care 

Transport Unit 

Lorna Brown 

Virology 

Mary Vassallo 

104


24 YEARS 


Diane Piccolino 

Children’s Hospital – 

Audiology 

Carol Dolshun 



Kathleen Hemmerly 

Margaret Jengo 


Vicki Calacione 


Patricia Aquilano 

Dierdre Cabral 

Arlene Fretz 

Stephanie Lynes 

Clara Morris 

Sheila Scollo 

Center for 


Joanne Richardson 


Brenda Gibbons 

Department of 


Mohammad Ghodsi 


Nieva Alcazaren 

Josette Alquitran 

Maureen Daniello 

Citas Dumatol 

Laurie Gaydos 

Jacqueline Holczer 

Janet Kilroy 

Mary Linder 

Diane Lo Presti 

Regina Mazur 

Virginia Minnich 

Veronica Nelson 

Mary Ray 

Karen Vander Werf 

Sharon Welner 


Sharon Thompson 


Department 

Juanita Wilson 

Endoscopy 

Evangeline Epper 

Lois Marek 


Pureza Ribeiro 



Maureen Keating 

Finance 

Mary Sharpe 


Management 

Roseann Assissi 

Laurie Napolitano 

Hospice 

Celia Smith 


Joan Orseck 


Joan Cornette 

John Theurer 

Cancer Center 

Colleen Jenkins 




Edith Marino 




Angela Casella 

Diane Healy 

Denise McCue 

Joyce Ogletree 




Jamie Boman 

Laundry 

Luis Bardellini 


Luis Reyes 


Susan Hutter 

MICCOM 


Howard Seiden 

Anthony Verley 


Care Unit 

John Mayo 

Pamela Murphy 

Nutrition and 


Fitzroy Anderson 


Robyn Kretzschmar 

Christina Wenzel 

Gail Wojciechowski 

Marybel Zapotosky 

Patrice Pulford 

Pathology 

Maria Brahim 

Lynda Buono 

Madeline Cooke 

Ching Feng 

Rosalie Garrone 

Pharmacy 

Joanne Birardi 

Raida Karkenny 

Natalie Pedevillano 

Aida Teshome 


Joseph Redstone 


Jacqueline La Valle 

Radiology 

Michael Blumenfeld 

Bertha Daniel 

Babu Mathew 


Lucille Damiano 

Rose Litterini 

Marie Sudol 

Lauren Vazquez 




Kerri-Lynn Tronolone 


Luis Nazario 


Joy Guarino 

Surgical DAR 

Phyllis Marshall 

25 YEARS 


Phyllis Fatuova 


Kathleen Laico 


Janice Cioffi 

Elizabeth Leonardo 

Keith McWilliams 


Denyse Addison 

Francine De Luise 

Corporate Compliance 

Patricia St. James 


Thomas Caren 

Lucy Covino 

Janice Dorman 

Leonora Hernandez 

Donna Ledingham 

Barbara Lehe 

Pauline Morgan 

Sandra Pizzuro 

Dawn Shpudejko 

Laureen Vespoli 

Patricia Walters 

Marianne Watson 


Department 

Ruth Cordoba 

Endoscopy 

Catherine Herrmann 

Marieann Raguindin 


Maria Ramos 



Finance 

Thomas Anton 


Teresa Moore 

Charles Pawlowski 




Joyce Benech 




Darlyn Savage 




Christa Orr 

John Theurer 

Cancer Center 

Marianne Fierro 

Peggy Ford 

Marketing and 

Communications 

Kathaleen Stumpf 

MICCOM 


Albert McNally 


Care Unit 

Pam Crawbuck 

Cayla De Lima 

Donald Holmes 

Pathology 

Diane Fabian 

Rosemarie Illge 

Jane Pascale 

Christine Triguero 


Irene Talledo-Rolloque 


Suzanne Wilt 

Pharmacy 

Donna Grosso 

Tina Malave 

Susan Rogers 


Francisco Orozco 

Charles Petersen 

Radiology 

Lorraine Armani 

Maria Mark 

Linda Work 


Donna Barca 

Cheryl Simpson 

26 YEARS 

Accounting 

Christopher Clarke 



Sean Conlon 


Maryann Barto 

Carolyn Schell 

Center for 


Fe Kintanar Vela 

Corporate Compliance 

Thomas Flynn 


Carolinda Jones 


Department 

Wilson Toledo 


Teresa Amorim 

Bernard Johnson 

Lestine Robinson 


Management 

Virginia Atherton 

Hospice 

Patricia Donegan-Uchitel 



Linda Cohen 

John Theurer 

Cancer Center 

Patricia Lane 

Gladys Seshie 




Deborah Kennelly 

Susan Salvatore 



Genetics 

Robin Wolf 



Quality 

Lorraine Krivak 




Kristine Best 

Heidi Teitelbaum 

MICCOM 


Thomas Rose 

Nutrition and 


Janice Gardner 


Kathleen Gaydos 


Samuel Thomas 

Pharmacy 

Carol Hertel 


Karen Barlow 

Rebecca Montalvo 

Radiology 

Phyllis Cassella 


Ellen Forstrom 




Joyce Jackson 


Inez Moore 

27 YEARS 


Deborah Schoenborn 

Lois Stahl 

Joanne Zahn 

Center for 


Nancy Eskin 


Elizabeth Andriulli 

Elena Asencio 

Helen Boncore 

Maryann Monaco 

Laurie Sandoval 

Jacquline Thaw 

Endoscopy 

Amalia Moya 

Hospice 

Eileen Quartuccio 


John Dubac 

105




Institute for 


Norie Hubner 




Kathleen Cohen 


Care Unit 

Zachary Weissman 

Nutrition and 


Benjamin Williams, Jr. 


Debra Lione 

Carolyn O’Brien 

Pathology 

Lorraine Castro 

Michele Schwartzseid 

Linda Tobias 


Guillermo Barrera 


Pamela Finch 

Radiology 

Diane Cutrone 


Gregory Bocchicchio 

Surgical DAR 

Kathleen Budny 

Barbara Farrell 

28 YEARS 


Loretta Squiers 

Milagros Yabut 


Joseph Cerbone 


Marie Peiffer 


Maria Domingues 

Maryjane Lyons 

Nellie Tomic 


Anne Goodman 

Joan Marro 

Joann Pavia 

Center for 


Carolyn Biedenkapp 


Kathleen Ellard 

Robin Hutton 

Ma Pungot 

Cyrille Sabo 

Laura Stiansen 

Nancy Vinciguerra 

Endoscopy 

Kathleen Del Campo 

Carol Holzli 


Flor Arellano 

Maria Ribeiro 


Nancy R. Corcoran 

Foundation 

Leslie Alonso 



Joanne Wendolowski 


Management 

Piedade Fernandes 

Joan Martorella 

Hospice 

Caridad Gallorini 


Irene Panagiotis 

John Theurer 

Cancer Center 

Elizabeth Koller 


Affairs 

Jerome F. Levine 

Nutrition and 


Maria Santos 


Suzanne Pazoga 


Rosanna Luongo 

Pain and Palliative 

Care Center 

Tracy Wissell 

Pathology 

Albert De Boer 

Gisela Rahbari 


Laureen Ministero 

Radiology 

Jane Donohue 

Janet Jackiewicz 

Louis Longobardo 

Ranjan Patel 


Bruce Gelotte 




Mary Cashin 

Surgical DAR 

Rosita Jaworski 

Doreen Watson 


Jennifer Golding 

29 YEARS 



Cherie Ann Lynch 


Elizabeth Schneider 

Center for 


Maureen Bennett 

Diane Brigati 


Department 

Jesteena Ocello 


Pamela Pascarelli 


Gloria Carter 

Heidi Catalano 

Ellen Dammers 

Lori Di Piazza 

Catherine Ericson 

Irene Happe 

Marilyn Jordan 

Elizabeth Labay 

Cila Merriam 

Bernadette Minasian 

Mary Monacchio 

Karen Pfeil 

Louise Zaros 


Diane Cheer 


Department 

Mary Cameron 

Joyce Rich 

Endoscopy 

Annakutty George 


Management 

Hermil Carter 


Gail Morchel 


Michele Funt 

Galisher Thomas 



Theresa Gabay 



Audiology 

Maryrose McInerney 





Teresa Hall 



Institute for 


Irma Arndt 



Quality 

Karen Lee 




Linda Tuozzo 

Nutrition and 


Plassie Clark 

Office of Knowledge 

Management 

Stephan Moran 


Elizabeth Jillson 

Pathology 

Cynthia Agnese 

Adrienne Casatelli-Gerken 

Frank Hollis 

Ruth Link 

Linda Sherman-Atkins 

Pharmacy 

Elizabeth Conforti 

Arpi Kuyumjian 

Bruce McCloud 


Antonio Badim 


Claire Cyriax 

Karen Vasiliou 

Radiology 

Maureen McCarter 

Thomas Meehan 

Jorge Nuviola 

Diane Stickna 

Marguerite Witherspoon 


Barbara Brossok 

Surgical DAR 

Debra Tufel 

30 YEARS 


Eileen Gallagher 


Marcella Attanasie 

Center for 


Donna Felter 

Terri Freguletti 


Arleen Puzio 


Barbara Alberts 

Gary Higgins 

Nancy Luongo 

Roma Reighard 

Deborah Stone 

Nancy Van Buitenen 


Erica De Freitas 


Department 

Josephine Correggio 

Loralyn Cuppi 

Endoscopy 

Patricia Tiseo 

Silvana Zambrano-Suarez 


Paul Johnson 

Foundation 

Frances Jones 


Management 

Tonya Tate 


Wendy Hess 


Patricia Gorgone 


Barbara Wise 

John Theurer 

Cancer Center 

Maeve McKinley 




Colleen Kearney 




Helen Talley 




Denise Callanan 



Institute for 


Deborah Sieger 




Stacie Whitford 

Medical Staff Office 

Bobby Revis 

Nutrition and 


Jacqueline Nicholson 

Pathology 

Ingrid Brassel 

Susan Smith 



Rozalia Lyak 


Zvi Lyak 


Joseph Capone 

Surgical DAR 

Jill Krapels 

Virology 

Blanca Gerard 

31 YEARS 


Diane Polifrone 

Center for 


Evelynne Gunther 


Janet Longo 


Marion Chumbley 

Maria Franck 

Donna Guy 

Carmela La Spina 

Carmelita Matthias 

Nina Poleshuk 

Paula Ruiz De Somocurcio 


Eunice Dufont 


Department 

Deborah Nunziato 

Endoscopy 

Julianna Brickner 


Annunziata Gagliostro 

Hepatitis Treatment Center 

Joan Gehm 

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Patricia Schlett 

Joint Commission 


Renee Harvey 


Peter Williams 

Virology 

Sandra Dran 


Emma Jones 

Therese Palazzo 

Pathology 

Donna Steeg 

Nutrition and 


Deborah Adams 

Pathology 

Kathleen Bailey 

39 YEARS 


David Medley 

42 YEARS 


Ernestine Blackmon 

Nutrition and 


Barbara Silver 

Judy Thomas 


Livingston Douglas 

Pharmacy 

Alice Gnatiuk 



Karen Minnett 


John Boccino 

Pulmonary Lab 

Linda Wolfson 

32 YEARS 


Department 

Edward Malillo 


Cheryl Marchal 


Jean Ehrenworth 

Mary Mannion 


Armanda Soares 


Judith Haystrand 




Linda Stanton 



Float Pool 

Susan Campeau 

Life Support 

Training Center 

Karen Della Fave 

Nutrition and 


Ruth Boeschen 

Marsha Eisen 

Roni Finkelstein 

Lucricia Romano 


Karen Malleck 

Radiology 

Beth Nichols 

Nancy Rhein 


Carol Lipsett 

33 YEARS 



Debra Dziubinsky 


Teresa Santoro 

Joanne Wells 


Marvin Taylor 


Lauren Giani Hrablook 


Sandra Rohrbacher 

John Theurer 

Cancer Center 

Beth Schnall 


Sergio Luciano 

Maureen Ciardella 

Pathology 

Kathleen Lail 

Carmel Stefanelli 

Ann Weinrich 


Teresa Rosolen 

34 YEARS 


Donna Christiano 

Maxine Davis 

Elaine Felten 

Patricia Rundecker 


Laura Cima 


Management 

Vera Charlot 




Frances Parisi 

Laundry 

Vilma Ciudad-Real 

Nutrition and 


Judy Hunt 

Marie Manara 

Radiology 

Beverly Patrizze 

35 YEARS 


Patricia Schuck 


Karen Vienckowski 


Virender Sethi 


Connie Brammer 


Karen Harris 


Denise Occhiuzzo 

Ella Stewart 


Carmen Polifronio 


Mary Lamontagne 




Leigh Quintero 

Pulmonary Lab 

Carol Kozakiewicz 

Radiology 

Kevin Kenney 

Emily Parslow 

Surgical DAR 

Carol Schultz 

36 YEARS 


Elaine Hoehl 

Karen Matuscak 


Department 

Donna Banta 


Peter A. Gross 

Finance 

Evon Horton 




Judith Cenicola 

Surgical DAR 

Regina Miehe 

37 YEARS 


Sharyn Cerreta 


Virginia Addon-Romeo 

Judith Urgo 





Diane Ohme 

Nutrition and 


Carolyn Wilson 

Pathology 

Roberta Osborn 

38 YEARS 


Theresa Richardson-James 

Center for 


Marie Percarpio 


Rosemary Hunt 

Endoscopy 

Diane Dunne-Vanezis 


Victor Pena 


Management 

Vicki Goodman 


Maureen Imbrogno 

Marjorie Morrow 

Nutrition and 


Jean Callis 

Pathology 

Kathleen Reilly 


Sandra Franck 



Diana Costagliola 


Management 

Dolores De Celis 

Pathology 

Virginia Di Mauro 

40 YEARS 

Center for 


Dorothy Murray 


Department 

Lina Fiorilla 





Carmen Mason 




Kathleen Gehm 

Nutrition and 


Anne Dubose 


Marvia Williams 

41 YEARS 


Claire Spaulding 


Department 

Martha Garcia 


Jeanne Polley 

Karen Setti 

Nutrition and 


Doris Callis 

Pathology 

Barbara O’Hara 


Jane Olsen 

Endoscopy 

Loretta Edwards-Eastman 

Radiology 

Barbara Cope 

43 YEARS 


Walter L. Goddard 


Geraldine Harris 

Nutrition and 


Bettie Powell 

Pathology 

Barbara Lynch 

44 YEARS 


Sandra Gethings 

46 YEARS 



Helen Chimel 

Center for 


Balda Saalfrank 

47 YEARS 



Alexander Dubose 

50 YEARS 


Mable Medley 

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2010 ❯ STATISTICS 

TEN-YEAR 

2000 2010 PERCENT CHANGE 

Audiology Visits 20,990 24,598 17.2% 

Audrey Hepburn Children’s House Visits 3,202 7,660 139.2% 

Babies Born 4,377 6,320 44.4% 

Betty Torricelli Institute for Breast Care Exams 29,242 43,414 48.5% 

Bone Marrow/Peripheral Stem Cell Transplants 161 335 108.1% 

Cardiac/Peripheral Catheterizations, Diagnostic 4,828 5,528 14.5% 

Cardiac/Peripheral Procedures, Interventional 4,989 5,279 5.8% 

Cardiology, Electrophysiology Studies 639 1,734 171.4% 

Cardiology Procedures, Non-Invasive 83,917 86,456 3.0% 

Dialysis Treatments 40,944 44,395 8.4% 

Diabetes Center Visits 1,200 1,804 50.3% 

Total Emergency/Trauma Visits (Adult and Pediatric) 67,197 106,255 58.1% 

Heart Failure Program Visits 744 1 2,227 199.3% 

Hepatitis Treatment Center Visits 645 1,617 150.7% 

Hospice 15,746 16,370 4.0% 

Inpatient Admissions 63,442 74,230 17.0% 

Institute for Sleep/Wake Disorders Visits 1,625 1,989 22.4% 

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TEN-YEAR 

2000 2010 PERCENT CHANGE 

Length of Stay – Actual Medicare 6.78 5.63 17.0% 

Maternal Fetal Medicine Visits 10,033 10,207 1.7% 

Mobile Intensive Care Unit Completed Calls 4,112 7,598 84.8% 

Mobile Intensive Care Unit Total Number of Dispatches 10,246 16,103 57.2% 

Newborn Intensive Care Admissions 585 961 64.3% 

Non-Invasive Vascular Laboratory 12,263 17,460 42.4% 

Oncology Outpatient Adult Visits 21,911 41,889 91.2% 

Organ Transplants: Kidney Transplants 41 45 9.8% 

Pain Center Visits 2,042 3,137 53.6% 

Pathology Procedures 3,297,841 5,477,376 66.1% 

Pediatric Specialist Visits 2,060 70,522 3323.4% 

Physicians on Staff 1,085 1,542 42.1% 

Pulmonary Laboratory Procedures 7,970 10,201 28.0% 

Radiation Oncology Treatments (including TomoTherapy) 23,303 26,682 14.5% 

Radiology, CT Scans 22,614 58,853 160.3% 

Radiology, Diagnostic Procedures 114,698 149,996 30.8% 

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine Procedures 5,132 6,557 27.8% 

Radiology, Special Procedures 2,192 3,574 63.0% 

Radiology, Ultrasound Procedures 11,921 24,438 105.0% 

Respiratory Therapy Treatments 205,616 312,369 51.9% 

Satellite Emergency Department n/a 11,346 n/a 

Surgical Procedures (including cardiac surgery) 28,332 34,201 20.7% 

Tomorrows Children’s Institute Hematology/Oncology Visits 7,570 10,514 38.9% 

Virology Procedures 32,347 60,350 86.6% 

Volunteers 1,646 1,900 15.4% 

1 

2001 Statistic 

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2010 ❯ SOURCES AND USES OF FUNDS 

SOURCES OF FUNDS 

Medicare 30.8% 

7.7 

5.6 1.6 

30.8 

HMO 28.3% 

Commercial 5.6% 

26 

Blue Cross 26% 

Self Pay 1.6% 

28.3 

Medicaid 7.7% 

TOTAL 100% 

Based on Net Revenue per HWC report (2010 and 2009) 

USES OF FUNDS 

Salary and Wages 44.4% 

4.1 

2 .5 

Employee Benefits 10.5% 

10.5 

Supplies and Other 38.5% 

44.4 

Depreciation 4.1% 

Interest 2% 

38.5 

Loss on early extinguishment of debt .5% 

TOTAL 100% 

Unaudited Financial Statement Information based on run date 1/28/2011 

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2010 ❯ COMMUNITY HEALTH BENEFITS 

BOARD OF HEALTH CONTRACTS 

The Health Awareness Regional Program 

(HARP) administrates professional public health 

services to 30 Bergen County municipalities 

through Board of Health contracts. 

Towns served include: 

Bergenfield, Bogota, Carlstadt, City of 

Hackensack, Closter, Cresskill, Dumont, East 

Rutherford, Elmwood Park, Emerson, Englewood 

Cliffs, Fair Lawn, Fairview, Fort Lee, Garfield, 

Hasbrouck Heights, Leonia, Mahwah, Montvale, 

New Milford, Palisades Park, Ramsey, Ridge - 

field, Ridgefield Park, River Edge, Rochelle Park, 

South Hackensack, Tenafly, Township of 

Washington, and Wallington. 

In collaboration with partners throughout 

New Jersey, HARP develops programs to meet 

the needs of the community. 

Major partnerships include: 

Bergen County Health Officers, Health 

Departments, Municipalities, Schools, the 

American Cancer Society – Bergen County 

Chapter, Partnership for a Healthy Bergen 

County, Access to Care Task Force in Bergen 

County, Community Health Improvement 

Partnership, Bergen County Health Depart - 

ment, Bergen County Cancer Coalition, Bergen 

County Municipal Nurse Association, School 

Nurses Association, Northern New Jersey 

Maternal and Child Health Consortium, Passaic- 

Bergen Lead Coalition, the New Jersey Public 

Health Administrators Association, New Jersey 

Office of Cancer Control and Prevention: 

Melanoma Cancer Taskforce Work Group and 

the New Jersey Department of Health and 

Senior Services: Maternal/Child Health Best 

Practices Task Force. 

PROMOTING A HEALTHY COMMUNITY 

Handwashing/Cough Into Your Sleeve 

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention, handwashing is one 

of the most important means of preventing 

the spread of infection. HARP maintained 

a proactive approach and focused on prevention 

by providing seventy-six (76) programs on 

how and when to wash hands which were 

presented to 1,232 children throughout 

Bergen County. 

Flu Immunization Programs 

As part of the public health response to the 

influenza virus in the community, HARP 

partnered with municipalities to provide 

education and vaccinations. Educational 

materials were distributed to at-risk populations. 

HARP worked with health officers, 

public health nurses, health departments, 

municipalities, child care centers, day cares 

and communities. Through this partnership, 

HARP assisted in vaccinating 3,376 individuals 

and continues to work to achieve maximum 

immunization rates. 

In 2010, HARP presented 264 health promotion 

programs to 5,666 participants. Topics included 

but were not limited to alcohol abuse, tobacco 

education, nutrition, injury control, physical fitness 

and exercise, substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, 

and STD awareness. HARP also provided 311 

adult health screening programs to 2,872 participants 

that included blood pressure, stroke risk 

assessment, cholesterol, prostate specific 

antigen (PSA), diabetes risk assessment, 

osteoporosis, sun safety, and body fat/BMI 

assessment. HARP administered 70 childhood 

immunization clinics that provided free 

immunizations through the Vaccine for 

Children program. 

Project Healthy Bones 

In 2010, HARP launched a new Project Healthy 

Bones class. Project Healthy Bones is an 

osteoporosis exercise and education program 

for older adults with or at risk for osteoporosis. 

The program includes exercises that target the 

body’s larger muscle groups to improve 

strength, balance and flexibility. HARP participated 

in the New Jersey State Department of 

Health and Senior Services Older Adult Health 

and Wellness Program training for Project 

Healthy Bones as Lead Coordinators. HARP is 

looking to expand this offering in 2011. 

CORPORATIONS 

HARP provided lectures, screenings, and health 

promotion programs for corporations to assist 

them in their efforts to provide their employees 

with information on healthy lifestyle choices. 

These services included health fairs, educational 

presentations, and courses on nutrition. HARP 

also provided CPR and First Aid classes, in 

addition to Bloodborne Pathogen Training, 

Hepatitis B and Tdap immunizations, 

Tuberculosis health education and testing. 

HARP provides these services to corporations 

throughout Bergen County. 

OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS INCLUDE: 

Free screenings with HUMC’s AIR Express 

mobile asthma care unit for uninsured and 

under-insured families in Hackensack – 

screenings held at schools and churches. 

Free prostate cancer screenings every year for a 

week throughout Northern New Jersey, Harlem, 

and Manhattan – partnership with the Daily 

News – more than 22,400 men have been 

screened in the past eight years. 

Free community health education through our 

Speakers Bureau. 

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