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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
   Acting Chief, Suher Baker, DMD
Dermatology
   Chief, Richard L. Edelson, MD
Diagnostic Radiology
   Chief, James Brink, MD
Internal Medicine
   Chief, Jack A. Elias, MD
   Associate Chief, Michael C. Bennick, MD
Laboratory Medicine
   Chief, Brian R. Smith, MD
Neurology
   Chief, Stephen G. Waxman, MD, PhD
   Assistant Chief, Norman S. Werdiger, 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
   Assistant Chief, José Costa, MD
Pediatrics
   Chief, Margaret Hostetter, MD
   Associate Chief, Joseph H. Zelson, MD
Psychiatry
   Acting Chief, William H. Sledge, MD
Surgery
   Chief, Robert Udelsman, MD
   Associate Chief, Stephen Ariyan, MD
Therapeutic Radiology
   Chief, Peter M. Glazer, MD
Yale Cancer Center
   Director, Richard L. Edelson, MD

Committee Chairs of the Medical Board

Autopsy
   Jon S. Morrow, MD
Bioethics
   Mark R. Mercurio
   Reverend Peg Lewis
Cancer
   Richard L. Edelson, MD
Credentials
   Lynda Rosenfeld, MD
Emergency Services
   Gail D'Onofrio, MD
Equipment & Product Standards
   Paula Jurewicz, RN
Graduate Medical Education
   Rosemarie L. Fisher, MD
Infection Control
   Louise-Marie Dembry, MD
Medical Records
   Patrick O'Connor, MD
   Jean Pawlich
Nutrition
   Rosemarie L. Fisher, MD
Operating Room
   Douglas Vaughn, MD (Acting)
Pharmacy & Therapeutics
   Robert S. Baltimore, MD
Physician Health
   Paul Kirwin, MD
Radiation Safety & Radioactive Drug
   Ravindar Nath, PhD
Rehabilitation
   Peter Jokl, MD
   Michael Parisi
Tissue
   Earl Glusac, MD
Transfusion
   David S. Fischer, MD
   Edward L. Snyder, MD

Medical Staff (2007)

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