Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Executive Committee 2021 – 2023
- President: Joel Baker, DO*
- President-Elect: Kartik Shah, MD*
- Past President: Ronald Polinsky, MD*
- Secretary/Treasurer: Scott Horner, MD*
Committee Chairs and Representatives on Medical Executive Committee
- Credentials Committee Chair: Irving Ehrlich, MD*
- GME Representative: Alexis Reedy-Cooper, MD*
Department Chiefs and Chairs
Department of Anesthesiology (Includes Pain Management)*
- Chair: Andre’ Robinson, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine*
- Chair: Amit Sareen, MD
Department of Family Practice (Includes Sports Medicine and Chiropractic)*
- Chair: Dipesh P. Patel, MD
Department of Medicine*
- Chair: Leif Christiansen, DO
Section Chiefs:
- Allergy and Immunology: Edward Skorpinski, MD
- Cardiology: Mayank Modi, MD
- Critical Care/Pulmonary Medicine: Joseph Mariglio, MD
- Gastroenterology: Louis LaLuna, MD
- Hospitalists: Brian Rueter, DO
- Infectious Disease: Ambreen Umer, MD
- Nephrology: Parvaneh Abtahi, MD
- Neurology: Warqaa Majeed, MD
- Oncology: Marc Rovito, MD
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Patti Brown, MD
- Palliative Care: Theresa Mercurio, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology*
- Chair: Joel Baker, DO
Department of Pathology*
- Chair: Peter Christ, MD
Department of Pediatrics (includes Neonatology)*
- Chair: Mary Ann Mancano, MD
Department of Psychiatry*
- Chair: Mark Putnam, MD
Department of Radiology*
- Chair: Kartik Shah, MD
Section Chief:
- Radiation/Oncology: Navesh Sharma, DO, PhD
Department of Surgery*
- Chair: Michael Abboud, MD
Section Chiefs:
- Dentistry: Christopher Kosenske, DMD
- General Surgery: Michael Abboud, MD
- Neurosurgery: Gregory Thompson, MD
- Ophthalmology: Neil Chesen, MD
- Orthopedics: Jorge Bustillo, MD
- Otolaryngology: Jeffrey Driben, MD
- Plastic/Reconstructive Surgery: Benjamin Schlechter, MD
- Podiatry: Timothy Stringer, DPM
- Urology: Scott Horner, MD
- Vascular/Endovascular: Ali Amin, MD
Members at Large*
- Brian Rueter, DO – 1st term (2020-2022)
- Haitham Kanneh, MD – 1st term (2020-2022)
- Paul Kim, MD – 1st term (2020-2022)
- Frank Quigley, DO – 2nd term (2021-2023)
- Sara Kleiman, DO – 1st term (2021-2023)
- Haley Spagnola, DO – 1st term (2021-2023)
Ancillary Staff
Sub Section Chief:
- Advance Practice Provider: Jessica Fisher, CRNP *
- Optometry: Glenn Corbin, III, OD
Vice President of Medical Affairs*
* Voting Member