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Medical Staff

Medical Staff Administration

Peter N. Herbert, MD
   Chief of Staff
Thomas J. Balcezak, MD
   Associate Chief of Staff
Victor A. Morris, MD
   Assistant Chief of Staff

Elected Officers of the Medical Staff

Leo M. Cooney Jr., MD
   President
Thomas F. Sweeney, MD
   President Elect
Lynda Rosenfeld, MD
   Secretary
Brett Gerstenhaber, MD
   Immediate Past President

Clinical Department Chiefs

Anesthesiology
   Chief, Roberta Hines, MD
Child Psychiatry
   Chief, Fred Volkmar, MD
Dentistry
   Chief, Suher Baker, DMD
   Associate Chief, Harold Horton, DMD
Dermatology
   Chief, Richard L. Edelson, MD
Diagnostic Radiology
   Chief, James Brink, MD
   Assistant Chief, T. Robin Goodman, MD
Emergency Medicine
   Gail D'Onofrio, MD
Internal Medicine
   Chief, Jack A. Elias, MD
   Associate Chief, Michael C. Bennick, MD
Laboratory Medicine
   Chief, Brian R. Smith, MD
   Assistant Chief, Norman Werdiger, MD
Neurology
   Chief, David A. Hafler, MD
   Assistant Chief, Philip S. Dickey, MD
Neurosurgery
   Chief, Dennis Spencer, MD
   Assistant Chief, Phillip S. Dickey, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
   Chief, Charles J. Lockwood, MD
   Associate Chief, Lawrence J. Wartel, MD
   Assistant Chief, Peter E. Schwartz, MD
Ophthalmology
   Chief, James Tsai, MD
   Assistant Chief, David E. Silverstone, MD
Orthopedics
   Chief, Gary E. Friedlaender, MD
   Assistant Chief, Jeffrey M. Summer, MD
Pathology
   Chief, Jon S. Morrow, MD, PhD
Pediatrics
   Chief, Margaret Hostetter, MD
   Associate Chief, Joseph H. Zelson, MD
Psychiatry
   Chief, John H. Krystal, MD
   Assistant Chief, William H. Sledge, MD
Surgery
   Chief, Robert Udelsman, MD
   Associate Chief, Stephan Ariyan, MD
Therapeutic Radiology
   Chief, Peter M. Glazer, MD
Yale Cancer Center
   Director, Yale Cancer Center & Physician-in-Chief, Smilow    Cancer Hospital, Thomas J. Lynch

Committee Chairs of the Medical Board

Autopsy
   Jon S. Morrow, MD
Adult Ethics
   Rev. Susan Asher
   Mark Siegel, MD
Pediatric Ethics
   Mark R. Mercurio, MD
Cancer
   Thomas Lynch, MD
Clinical Services
   Leo M. Cooney, MD
   Subcommittees:
     Equipment and Product Standards
        Paula Jurewicz, RN
     Nutrition
        Rosemarie L. Fisher, MD
        Deborah Ford-Flanel, RD
     Radiation Safety and Radioactive Drug
        Ravinder Nath, PhD
     Rehabilitation
        Peter Jokl, MD
        Michael Parisi, PT, MS, MBNA
Credentials
   Lynda Rosenfeld, MD
Emergency Services
   Gail D'Onofrio, MD
Graduate Medical Education
   Rosemarie L. Fisher, MD
Infection Control
   Louise M. Dembry, MD
Institutional Practice Qualilty and Peer Review Committee
   Leo M. Cooney, MD
Medical Records
   Patrick O'Connor, MD
   Jean Pawlich, RHIA
Operating Room
   Douglas Vaughn, MD (Acting)
Pharmacy & Therapeutics
   Robert S. Baltimore, MD
Physician Health
   Paul Kirwin, MD
Tissue
   Earl Glusac, MD
Transfusion
   David S. Fischer, MD
   Edward L. Snyder, MD

Medical Staff (2010)

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