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The William W. Backus Hospital Annual Report 2006
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Message from the President and Chairman of the Board

Patient-Centered Care

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Dedicated, Caring Providers

Expert Medical Staff

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A Message from the
President of the Medical Staff

A Message from The William W. Backus Hospital Auxiliary

Financial & Statistical Summary

Board of Directors/
Board of Trustees 2005 - 2006

Board of Corporators 2005 - 2006

Medical Staff

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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
James A.Dyer,DMD
Kirk F. Engel, DDS
Richard J.Martin,MD,DMD
Tony Peterson, DDS

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
Ajay Dala,MD
Arash Delshad,MD
William D.Donovan,MD,MPH
Daniel Gilmartin,MD
Michael D.Greenaway,MD

Phillip Kohanski,MD
Herb Lustberg,MD
* Jeffrey C. Rudikoff,MD
Jenifer Siegelman,MD,MPH
James Thomas, M.D.
Gail R.Weingast,MD


Emergency Services

Victor Alexandar,MD
Nader M. Bahadory,DO
Jeffrey M. Bernstein,MD
Kathleen Campbell,DO
Thomas M. Ceddia,MD
Alfred G. Caudullo,MD
Louise G. Caudullo,MD
Robert E. Creutz,MD
Daniel P. Fagnant,DO
Fred R. Fenton,DO
Trudi K.Holt,MD

William E. J.Horgan,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
Leah E. Briones,MD
Helar E. Campos,MD
Arabinda Chatterjee,MD
Nita Chatterjee,MD
Bert A. Coppotelli,MD
Mark D.DePonte,MD
Jennifer Donahue,MD
Joseph D. Fitzpatrick,DO

William H.Hernandez,MD
Jason P. Hillman,DO
* Yogesh K. Katechia,MD
Jyothirmayee Korivi,MD
Joel W. Larcombe,MD
Anisha R. Parekh,MD
Amarillys Rodriguez,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
Ronald E. Clement,MD
David E. Coletti,MD
Larry Coletti,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 Consultants:
Philip 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
Mari Adachi,MD
* Jan J. Akus,MD
Terry Baksh,MD
Jennifer C. Bellino,MD
Anca M. Bulgaru,MD
Mario Cardillo,MD
Constantin Carseli,MD
Jai Chakrabarti,MD
Harjinder Chowdhary,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
Gladys Dychiao,MD
Joselito Endaya,MD
Donald J. Felitto,MD
Dennis R. Ferrer,MD
Keith R. Fish,MD
Katherine A. Flanagan,MD
John A. Foley,MD
Liliana Galan,MD
Jay M.Ginsberg,MD
Mithlesh Govil,MD
Paul M.Greif,MD
Tonya E.L. Hall,MD
Zia Hassan,MD
Mihkel J. Haus,MD
James M.Healy,MD
Christin L.Homiski,MD
Cornelio R.Hong,MD
Kandhasamy Jagathambal,MD
Gohar Jamil,MD
Mujgan Jamil,MD
Mahesh N. Kabadi,MD
Hanna Kackielo,MD
Nagireddy Kamireddy,MD
Dinesh Kapur,MD

Marshall S. Katz,MD
Stephen C. Lattanzi,MD
B. Anne Lovejoy,MD
Eufronio G.Maderazo,MD
Judy D.Mamaclay,MD
Ashan Manohar,MD
Mirela Mizumchi,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
Kolala R. Sridhar,MD
Clifford D. Stirba,MD
James E. Sullivan,MD
Naeem Tahir,MD
Radford D.Tanksley,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
Visiting Consultants:
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

Veronica Chang,MD
Gregory R. Criscuolo,MD
Murat Gunel,MD
* Camille G. Salame,MD

Dennis D. Spencer,MD
John G. Strugar,MD
Kenneth P.Vives,MD


Obstetrics And Gynecology

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

Visiting Consultants:
Winston A Campbell,MD
Paul A.DiSilvestro,MD
James F. X. Egan,MD
Cornelius O.Granai, III,MD
Richard G.Moore,MD
Anne-Marie Prabulos,MD
Henry Roque,MD
Garry Turner,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
* Lynne I. Portnoy,MD
Nicole I. Simpson,MD
Lisa E.Woody,MD


Ophthalmology

* Nauman Chaudhry,MD
Jasmine Elison,MD
Gregory M. Haffner,MD
Jeffrey A.Hertz,MD

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


Orthopedic Surgery

Gabriel Abella,MD
Ammar Anbari,MD
* William R. Cambridge,MD
Mark W.Gesell,MD
John J.Giacchetto,MD
Daniel T.Glenney,MD
Michael J. Halperin,MD
Tarik Kardestuncer,MD
Kenneth J. Paonessa,MD
Mohammad A Pasha,MD
William G. Richeimer,MD

Patricia A. Stuart,MD
Harlan C.Taliaferro,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
J. Clayton Finley, Jr.,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
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

Lakshmi Basu,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
Robert Kerrigan,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