Medical Staff Leadership

2025 Medical Board

President Medical Staff & Chairman Medical Board	Mohammad Bilal, MD
Vice President	John Yu, MD
Secretary/Treasurer	Maritza Groth, MD
Member-at-Large	Phillip Nizza, DO
Member-at-Large	Mohamad Abouzeid, MD
Immediate Past President	Christine Ruggiero, MD

Medical Board Members

Director, Dept. of Anesthesiology	David Park, MD
Director, Dept. of Dentistry	Joshua Gish, MD
Director, Dept. of Emergency Medicine	Adam Wos, MD
Director, Dept. of Family Medicine	Jessica Blydenburgh, DO
Director, Dept. of Internal Medicine	George Coritsidis, MD
Director, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology	Peter Finamore, MD
Director, Dept. of Orthopaedics	Michael Fracchia, MD
Director, Dept. of Pathology	Daniel Perrault, MD
Director, Dept. of Pediatrics	James Cavanagh, MD
Director, Dept. of Psychiatry	Erin Dainer, 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	Anas Sawas, MD
Medical Director, Mather Hospital/Northwell Health	Joseph Ng, MD
JCPCM	Kara Kvilekval, MD
JCPCM	Arif Ahmad, MD
Vice President for Nursing	Tara Matz
Vice President for Quality	Christine Amoroso
Director of the Hospitalist Program	Halyna Chykyda, MD
Bylaws Committee Chairman	Joshua Kern, MD
Chief Financial Officer	Brian DeFeo
Vice President, Mather Hospital/Northwell Health	Wayne Shattes
Vice President, Administration	Michael Burghardt
Executive Director, Mather Hospital/Northwell Health	Kevin McGeachy

2025 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	Jessica Blydenburgh, DO
Director, Dept. of Internal Medicine	Arthur Klein, MD
Director, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology	Peter Finamore, MD
Director, Dept. of Orthopaedics	Michael Fracchia, MD
Director, Dept. of Pathology	Dan Perrault, MD
Director, Dept. of Pediatrics	James Cavanagh, MD
Director, Dept. of Psychiatry	Erin Dainer, 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	Arthur Klein, MD (Interim)
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	Shayna Sanguinetti, MD
Chief, Section of Neurosurgery	Sumeer Sathi, MD
Chief, Section of Ophthalmology	Anzhelika Vaccaro, 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	Kenneth Kneessy, MD
Chief, Section of Podiatry	Ernest Isaacson, DPM
Chief, Section of Pulmonary Medicine	Andrew Weber, MD
Chief, Section of Rheumatology	Arthur Klein, MD (Interim)
Chief, Section of Thoracic Surgery	Vijay Singh, MD
Chief, Section of Urology	Carl Mills, MD
Chief, Section of Vascular Surgery	Kara Kvilekval, MD