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The William W. Backus Hospital Annual Report 2005
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2005 Annual Report Home

Message from the President

Caring People and
Responsive Programs

Improving the
Emergency Department

Improving the Surgical Services

Improving Inpatient Units

Improving Services for
Cancer Patients

A Message from the
Chairman of the Board

A Message from the
President of Medical Staff

A Message from the William W. Backus Hospital Auxiliary

Financial & Statistical Summary

Board of Directors/
Board of Trustees 2004 - 2005

Board of Corporators 2004 - 2005

Medical Staff

 

 

Medical Staff

Anesthesiology

 

Cynthia L. Campbell, MD
James M. D'Amato, MD
Adam D. Goldstein, MD
Edward P. Hargus, MD
Yong Nam Jo, MD
John J. Paggioli, MD

Mary Ann Pudimat, MD
* Paul A. Pudimat, MD
Koon Ja Rhee, MD
Robert L. Ringering, DO
Richard T. Warner, MD


Dentistry

Donald A. Amaro, DMD
Steven L. Berke, DMD
Christopher B. Clark, DMD, MDS
James A. Dyer, DMD
Kirk F. Engel, DDS
Melanie Fatone, DMD
Richard J. Martin, MD,DMD
Aravind B Menon, DMD

Albert A. Pilvelis, DDS
Jeffrey D. Rosow, DMD
Richard T. Snayd, DDS
*Robert H. Strick, DMD

Visiting Consultants
Ross J. Sanfilippo, DMD


Diagnostic Imaging

James T. Burch, MD
Felicia A. Cuomo, MD
William D. Donovan, MD, MPH
Michael D. Greenaway, MD
Phillip Kohanski, MD

Herb Lustberg, MD
*Jeffrey C. Rudikoff, MD
Jenifer Siegelman, MD, MPHJames Thomas, M.D.
Gail R. Weingast, MD


Emergency Services

Nader M. Bahadory, DO
Jeffrey M. Bernstein, MD
Thomas M. Ceddia, MD
Robert E. Creutz, MD
Daniel P. Fagnant, DO
Fred R. Fenton, DO
Trudi K. Holt, MD
Kyle B. McClaine, MD

Mitchell G. Moffat, MD
Richard G. Ryan, MD
Alexander L. Schoenfeld, MD
*Robert D. Sidman, MD
MaryAnn E. Smith, MD
W. Gordon Van Nes, MD
Vivian L. Weinberger, DO
Wendy A. Witt, MD


Family Practice

Olawale Ayeni, MD
Bruce E. Bailey, MD
Leah E. Briones, MD
Helar E. Campos, MD
Bert A. Coppotelli, MD
Mark D. DePonte, MD
Jennifer Donahue, MD

William H. Hernandez, MD
*Yogesh K. Katechia, MD
Jyothirmayee Korivi, MD
Anisha R. Parekh, MD
Jon T. Umlauf, MD
Claire M. Warren, MD
Leila S. Williams, DO


General Surgery

Sultan Ahamed, MD
Tom P. Bell, MD
Sergio R Casillas, MD
Thomas C. Cherry, Jr., MD
David E. Coletti, MD
Larry Coletti, MD
Ronald E. Clement, MD
Mario H. Diaz, MD
Michael M. Deren, MD
Jeffrey S. Goldblatt, MD
Randolph H. Helmholz, MD
Kathleen Kurowski, MD

A. Cecilia Lorenzo, MD
Richard J. Martin, MD,DMD
Francis O'Connor, MD
John A. Pagnozzi, MD
Thomas Sena, MD
*Mark E. Tramontozzi, MD
James Valente, MD
John H. Wesolek, MD
Visiting ConsultantsPhilip D. Allmendinger, MD
Steven T. Ruby, MD


Genitourinary Surgery

Richard E. Colman, MD
*Franklin P. Friedman, MD

Anthony D. Quinn, MD
Steven H. Schoenberger, MD


Internal Medicine

 

Abera H. Abay, MD
Jan J. Akus, MD
Frank L. Anderson, MD
Terry Baksh, MD
Sanjay P. Barochia, MD
Jennifer C. Bellino, MD
Anca M. Bulgaru, MD
Mario Cardillo, MD
Constantin Carseli, MD
Mary Cummings Satti, MD
Steven M. Curland, MD
Kristen Currie, MD
Jorge A. Dabdoub, MD
Stuart M. Deglin, MD
Stephen Ducey, MD
Paul H. Deutsch, MD
Mandeep S. Dhami, MD
Leslie J. Domalik, MD
Donald J. Felitto, MD
Dennis R. Ferrer, MD
Keith R. Fish, MD
Katherine A. Flanagan, MD
John A. Foley, MD
Sue-Ellen A. Franklyn, MD
*Liliana Galan, MD
Jay M. Ginsberg, MD
Mithlesh Govil, MD
Paul M. Greif, MD
Tonya E.L. Hall, MD
Mihkel J. Haus, MD
James M. Healy, MD
Christin L. Homiski, MD
Cornelio R. Hong, MD
Kandhasamy Jagathambal, MD
Mujgan Jamil, MD
Mahesh N. Kabadi, MD
Hanna Kackielo, MD
Nagireddy Kamireddy, MD
Dinesh Kapur, MD
Marshall S. Katz, MD
Robert Kerrigan, MD
Jessie J. Larson, MD
Stephen C. Lattanzi, MD
B. Anne Lovejoy, MD

Eufronio G. Maderazo, MD
Judy D. Mamaclay, MD
Ashan Manohar, MD
Rex S. Moss, MD
Mihaela O. Negulescu, MD
Caryn M. Nesbitt, MD
Thomas C. Peter, MD
Bernard J. Podurgiel, MD
Andrzej P Porebski, MD
Steven L. Powell, MD
Yahya H Qureshi, MD
Muhammed A Qureshi, MD
Olimpia A. Radu, MD
Michael J. Rajkumar, MD
Altaf Rasool, MD
Howard W. Rogers, MD
Donna M. Romito, DO
You S. Sang, MD
Jeffrey P. Seltzer, MD
Peter H. Shea, MD
Eduardo Siccion, MD
Dennis E. Slater, MD
Christopher H. Sorli, MD
Kolala R. Sridhar, MD
Clifford D. Stirba, MD
James E. Sullivan, MD
Naeem Tahir, MD
Radford D. Tanksley, MD
Austin C. Tagbo, MD
K. Stephens Taylor, MD
Luminita Tudor, MD
Socorro J. Vargas, MD
Sandeep Varma, MD
Kartik Viswanathan, MD
Setu K. Vora, M.D.
Salman Zafar, MD
Uzma Zaidi, MD

Visting Consultants
Robert J. Bundy, MD
Robert E. Levin, MD
Joseph F. O'Keefe, MD
Joseph W. Peters, MD
Richard Quintiliani, MD


Neurology

*Anthony G. Alessi, MD
Julius F. Deiparine, MD
Anis Racy, MD
David J. Shiling, MD

Derek R Smith, MD
John P. Tauro, DO
David L Tinklepaugh, MD


Neurosurgery

* Gregory R. Criscuolo, MD
Camille G. Salame, MD

Kenneth P. Vives, MD


Obstetrics And Gynecology

H. John Bodin, MD
Stephen T. Briggs, MD
Robert E. Crootof, MD
Ellen C. DeNigris, MD
Gene Freylikhman, MD
Suzelle A. Hendsch, MD
*David A. Kalla, MD
Patrice M. Marchand, MD
Melissa J. Welch, MD

Visiting Consultants
Winston A Campbell, MD
Paul A. DiSilvestro, MD
Cornelius O. Granai, III, MD
Richard G. Moore, MD
Anne-Marie Prabulos, MD
Henry Roque, MD
Garry Turner, MD
Amy I. Whitsel, MD


Occupational Medicine

Cristina Blejan, MD
Steven D. Cherry, DO
David D. Henderson, MD
Claudia G. Hix, DO

Evelyne D. Miller, MD
*Jonathan S. Mittelman, MD
Amarillys Rodriguez, MD
Thomas Y. Tsai, MD


Ophthalmology

Nauman Chaudhry, MD
Gregory M. Haffner, MD
*Jeffrey A. Hertz, MD
Edward S. Lim, MD

Peter S. McKay, MD
David E. Oakley, MD
Neil Pastel, MD
Anish U. Shah, MD


Orthopedic Surgery

Gabriel Abella, MD
William B. Balcom, MD
*William R. Cambridge, MD
John J. Giacchetto, MD
Daniel T. Glenney, MD
Michael J. Halperin, MD
Kenneth J. Paonessa, MD
Mohammad A Pasha, MD
William G. Richeimer, MD
Patricia A. Stuart, MD
Anil Taneja, MD

Podiatric Surgery Privileges
Joseph W. DiFrancesca, DPM
Jeffrey M. Kierstein, DPM
Harris L. Kleinkopf, DPM
Eric A. Levine, DPM
Anthony H. Morgan, DPM
Christopher R. Payette, DPM
Edward M. Tarka, DPM


Otolaryngology

Jerilyn S. Allen, MD
William T. Culviner, MD
Steven J. Green, MD

*Thomas H. Lesnik, MD
Stephen M. Rouse, MD


Pathology

Taher U. Akhand, MD
* Sa-id Esfahanian, MD

Gowd S. Nagaraj, MD


Pediatrics

 

Nancy K. Cusmano, MD
Mary E. Eslick, MD
*Laurentiu P. Galan, MD
Richard W. Geller, MD
Richard J. Lavoie, MD
Gisela T. Lee, MD
Joseph A. Newell, MD
Robyn E. Pemberton, MD
Ravi Prakash, MD
David L. Schoon, MD
Timothy J. Sullivan, MD
Rachna Walia, MD
Ramindra Walia, MD

Visiting Consultants
David P. Cheromcha, MD
John Fahey, MD
Mark R. Mercurio, MD
Steven M. Peterec, MD
Susan K. Ratzan, MD


Psychiatry

 

Brian T. Benton, MD
Barclay G. Caras, MD
Gene I. Maran, MD
* Mahmoud S. Okasha, MD

MaryGene Santa Teresa, MD

Visiting Consultants
Bassam A. Awwa, MD


Therapeutic Radiology

 

Joseph M. Colasanto, MD
James J. Fischer, MD
Peter M. Glazer, MD
Bruce G. Haffty, MD
Susan A. Higgins, MD
Anwar Khan, MD
Jonathan P. Knisely, MD

Sheida Mani, MD
*Meena S. Moran, MD
Richard E. Peschel, MD
Kenneth B. Roberts, MD
Yung H. Son, MD
Joanne Weidhaas, MD
Lynn D. Wilson, MD


Honorary Staff

Ruth M. Anderson, MD
Michael G. Betten, MD
Casimir E. Bielecki, MD
S. Pearce Browning, III, MD
Carl C. Conrad, MD
Pasquale J. Costa, MD
Kenneth M. Cynn, MD
Malcolm S. Edgar, Jr., MD
Gerald R. Fabry, MD
Paul J. Gerity, MD
Christopher C. Glenney, MD
Louis B. Goldblatt, DDS
Albert G. Gosselin, MD
Leonard A. Greene, MD
J. Clement Griffin, MD
James A. Harkins, MD
Salim S. Isa, MD
Joan A. Kadish, MD

Manuel E. Kadish, MD
A. Joseph Kantharaj, MD
Morris E. Katz, MD
Eliahu Koren, MD
Adam C. Labenski, DDS
Warren W. LaPierre, MD
Woong Bum Lee, MD
Jeremiah J. Lowney, DDS
Thomas J. Masterson, MD
Michael T. Phillips, DDS
Katherine M. Prioli, MD
Howard B. Segal, MD
Clemencio B. Torres, MD
Anthony D. Tramontozzi, MD
Hany S. Wahba, MD
William A. Wainright, MD
Clifford E. Wilson, MD

 

*Chiefs of Service