Medical Staff Leaders Announced for 2011-2012 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center
Jefferson Hills, PA - February 14, 2011
Thomas Timcho, president and CEO, Jefferson Regional Medical Center, has announced the new Medical Staff leadership for 2011-2012. Medical Staff officers include Christopher Dooley, MD, president; Timothy K. Honkala, MD, vice president, and Ambaram V. Chauhan, MD, secretary-treasurer.
Dr. Dooley (in photo), who succeeds Natalie Furlong, DO, as president, has been medical director of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Jefferson Regional for 11 years and is affiliated with Emergency Physicians of Pittsburgh, Ltd. He previously was associate director of the Department of Emergency Medicine and EMS medical director at Jefferson Regional, overseeing medical command for 16 ambulance services and more than 200 paramedics.
Dr. Dooley is a cum laude graduate of Assumption College, Worcester, Mass., attended medical school at Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico; completed an internship in general surgery at South Baltimore General Hospital and a residency in emergency medicine at Worcester City Hospital. He has been a Fellow, American College of Emergency Physicians, since 1987.
Department chairs for 2011-2012 include:
Department of Medicine – Robert N. Mitro, DO, chairperson; Andrew Laman, MD, vice chairperson
Department of Surgery – Chong S. Park, MD, chairperson; Mark L. Lesh, MD, vice chairperson
Department of Emergency Medicine – Christopher Dooley, MD, chairperson; Richard P. Sullivan, MD, vice chairperson
Department of Diagnostic Imaging – Stephen B. Kelminson, MD, chairperson; Brandon W. Chan, MD, co-vice chairperson; Todd A. Goodnight, MD, co-vice chairperson
Department of Psychiatry – Guillermo Borrero, MD, chairperson; Jack Mannheimer, MD, vice chairperson
Department of Pathology – Mahpareh Mostoufi, MD, chairperson; Michael Berman, MD, vice chairperson
Department of Anesthesiology – Robert A. Gregg, MD, chairperson; Tigran Vartazarian, MD, vice chairperson