HARTFORD HOSPITAL
MEDICAL STAFF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Medical Staff at Hartford Hospital (through December 2014) consists of 1331 Active Staff, 198 Courtesy Staff, 538 Adjunct Staff and 94Consulting Staff members. These practitioners are members of 20 Clinical Departments and many more Subspecialty Sections within these Departments. Excluding Adjunct Staff, there are 1110males and 513 females (average age 51).
Department Chiefs:
Witold Waberski, MD / AnesthesiologyPeter Pasciucco, MD, DMD / Dentistry
Jeffrey Finkelstein, MD / Emergency Medicine
Ethan Foxman, MD / Radiology
Robert Hagberg, MD / Cardiac Surgery
Ajay Kumar MD / Medicine
Inam Kureshi, MD / Neurosurgery
Adam Borgida, MD / OB/GYN
Jerry Neuwirth, MD / Ophthalmology
Courtland Lewis, MD / Orthopedics
Gregory S. Bonaiuto, MD / Otorhinolaryngology
William Pastuszak, MD
Victor Herson, MD
Harold Schwartz, MD / Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Pediatrics
Psychiatry
Andrew Salner, MD / Radiation Oncology
Thomas Farquhar, MD / Radiology
Orlando Kirton, MD / Surgery
Steve Shichman, MD / Urology
The medical staff providers represent various professions including physicians, dentists, oral surgeons, psychologists, podiatrists and other licensed or certified health care practitioners.
The Medical Staff Governance at Hartford Hospital includes four elected officers that serve a two year term. The current medical staff officers include:
Stacy R. Nerenstone, MD / PresidentMatthew Saidel, MD / Vice President
John D’Avella, MD / Secretary
William Sardella, MD / Treasurer
The Medical Executive Committee is the governing body of the Medical Staff and consists of the officers of the Medical Staff, the Chiefs of the Departments of Surgery, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Psychiatry, and seven at-large Active Staff members elected by the Medical Staff. The current membership includes:
Stacy R. Nerenstone, MD / President / MedicineMatthew Saidel, MD / Vice President / Obstetrics & Gynecology
John F. D’Avella, MD / Secretary / Nephrology
William Sardella, MD / Treasurer / Surgery
Orlando C. Kirton, MD / Chief of Surgery / Surgery
Ajay Kumar, MD / Chief of Medicine / Medicine
Adam Borgida, MD / Chief of Obstetrics & Gynecology / Obstetrics & Gynecology
Harold L. Schwartz, MD / Chief of Psychiatry / Psychiatry
Jeffry Nestler, MD / Past President / Gastroenterology
April Goller, DO / At-Large / Medicine/Hospital Medicine
Leah D. Meisterling, DO / At-Large / Anesthesiology
Michael O’Loughlin, MD / At-Large / Radiology
Jarrod Post, MD / At-Large / Medicine/Nephrology
Kenneth Robinson, MD / At-Large / Emergency Medicine
Peruvamba Venkatesh, MD / At-Large / Medicine
Andrew Wakefield, MD / At-Large / Neurosurgery
The Medical Executive Committee has the primary oversight authority related to professional activities and functions of the medical Staff and performance improvement activities regarding the professional services provided by medical staff members with clinical privileges.
There are approximately twenty seven other medical staff committees including the Credentials Committee.
The Credentials Committee reviews the credentials of all applicants for medical staff appointment, reappointment, and clinical privileges, conducts a thorough review of the applications, interviews such applicants as may be necessary, and makes written reports of its findings and recommendations to the Medical Executive Committee.
The Credentials Committee consists of at least seven members, including at least one member each from the Departments of Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, and Obstetrics and Gynecology. Current membership includes:
Gerald J. Becker, II, MD / OrthopedicsPeter Doelger, MD / Obstetrics and Gynecology
Lisa Kugelman, MD / Medicine
Douglas H. MacGilpin, MD (Chairman) / Pediatrics
Jeffrey H. Morgenstern, MD / Urology
Mahesh I. Patel, MD / Medicine
Steven Reiner, DDS / Dentistry
Kenneth J. Robinson, MD / Emergency Medicine
Margaret K. Szerejko, MD / Radiology
Peruvamba R. Venkatesh, MD / Medicine
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