Medical Staff Leadership

2022 Medical Board

President Medical Staff & Chairman Medical Board	Christine Ruggiero, MD
Vice President	Mohammad Bilal, MD
Secretary/Treasurer	John Yu, MD
Member-at-Large	Adam Wos, MD
Member-at-Large	Maritza Groth, MD
Immediate Past President	Nicholas Craig, MD

Medical Board Members

Director, Dept. of Anesthesiology	Derick George, MD
Director, Dept. of Dentistry	Joshua Gish, MD
Director, Dept. of Emergency Medicine	Adam Wos, MD
Director, Dept. of Family Medicine	Mark Wasserman, MD
Director, Dept. of Internal Medicine	Arthur Klein, MD
Director, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology	Melissa Nicosia, MD
Director, Dept. of Orthopaedics	Michael Fracchia, MD
Director, Dept. of Pathology	Michael Bellone, MD
Director, Dept. of Pediatrics	James Cavanagh, MD
Director, Dept. of Psychiatry	Donna Donoghue, MD
Director, Dept. of Radiology	Joshua Kern, MD
Director, Dept. of Surgery	Randall Schrager, MD

Ex-Officio Members

Chief Medical Information Officer/AVP Medical Affairs	Joseph Ng, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Mather Hospital/Northwell Health	Joan Faro, MD
JCPCM	Kara Kvilekval, MD
JCPCM	Arif Ahmad, MD
Vice President for Nursing	Marie Mulligan, RN
Vice President for Quality	Christine Amoroso
Director of the Hospitalist Program	Halyna Chykyda, MD
Bylaws Committee Chairman	David Paul, MD
Chief Financial Officer	Joseph Wisnoski
Vice President, Mather Hospital/Northwell Health	Wayne Shattes
Vice President, Administration	Michael Burghardt
Executive Director, Mather Hospital/Northwell Health	Kevin McGeachy
President, Mather Hospital/Northwell Health	Kenneth Roberts

2022 Department Directors/Section Chiefs

Director, Dept. of Anesthesiology	Derick George, MD
Director, Dept. of Dentistry	Joshua Gish, MD
Director, Dept. of Emergency Medicine	Adam Wos, MD
Director, Dept. of Family Medicine	Mark Wasserman, MD
Director, Dept. of Internal Medicine	Arthur Klein, MD
Director, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology	Melissa Nicosia, MD
Director, Dept. of Orthopaedics	Michael Fracchia, MD
Director, Dept. of Pathology	Michael Bellone, MD
Director, Dept. of Pediatrics	James Cavanagh, MD
Director, Dept. of Psychiatry	Donna Donoghue, MD
Director, Dept. of Radiology	Joshua Kern, MD
Director, Dept. of Surgery	Randall Schrager, MD
Chief, Section of Bariatric Surgery	Arif Ahmad, MD
Chief, Section of Cardiology	Michael Matilsky, MD
Chief, Section of Critical Care	Maritza Groth, MD
Chief, Section of Dermatology	Joseph Cavallo, MD
Chief, Section of Endocrinology	Ella Rosenbloom,MD
Chief, Section of Gastroenterology	Robert Baranowski, MD
Chief, Section of General Surgery	Hesham Atwa, MD
Chief, Section of Hematology & Oncology	David Chu, MD
Chief, Section of Hospital Medicine	Halyna Chykyda, MD
Chief, Section of Infectious Disease	Philip Nizza, DO
Chief, Section of Nephrology	Nand Wadhwa, MD
Chief, Section of Neurology	Anna Leskiv, MD
Chief, Section of Neurosurgery	Sumeer Sathi, MD
Chief, Section of Ophthalmology	Alfred Cossari, MD
Chief, Section of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery	Joshua Gish, DDS
Chief, Section of Orthodontics	Anthony Maresca, DDS
Chief, Section of Otolaryngology	Ajay Chitkara, MD
Chief, Section of Pain Management	Steven Litman, MD
Chief, Section of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery	Hillard Warm, MD
Chief, Section of Podiatry	Daniel Stern, DPM
Chief, Section of Pulmonary Medicine	Glen Granati, MD
Chief, Section of Rheumatology	Arthur Klein, MD (Director, Internal Med)
Chief, Section of Thoracic Surgery	Mark Genovesi, MD
Chief, Section of Urology	Carl Mills, MD
Chief, Section of Vascular Surgery	Kara Kvilekval, MD