The PM&R Newsletter for Mercy St. Francis UPMC Residency Program Alumni

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1 Winter 2010 Volume 1 Issue 1 the PM&R Alumni Newsletter The PM&R Newsletter for St. Francis Residency Program Alumni Table of Contents WELCOME from the Residency Directors... 1 From the Desk of... 2 Featured Alumni: Margaret Reidy, MD... 3 Alumni Survey... 4 Alumni List... 5 PM&R Residency today.. 7 The Back Page...8 Betty Y. Liu, MD, Senior Editor liuby@upmc.edu Mary Ann Miknevich, MD, Editor miknma@upmc.edu Stacey Snead-Peterson sneadpetersons@upmc.edu Mary Synnott, Artistic Director synnottm@upmc.edu PM&R Residency Program Kaufmann Building, suite th Avenue Pittsburgh, PA If you prefer to get The Point electronically remember to include your address when completing the survey on Page 4 Welcome As many of you probably already know, the former PM&R Residency programs for St. Francis/ and the University of Pittsburgh/ formally merged effective July 1, 2009, making us one of the largest (with 34 residents) and strongest PM&R Residencies in the entire country. As Alumni of these programs, you have laid the foundation for the future of PM&R in Pittsburgh. For those of you who have remained in our area, and those of you who have moved far and wide, we want to officially welcome you to our new Alumni Association, and our new newsletter The Point. The triangle represents not only Downtown Pittsburgh, but also the three groups that make up our Alumni. We want to hear from you and how you are doing. Inside you will find a list of our Alums quite impressive to see how many of you have graduated from the Pittsburgh programs. If we missed anyone please contact us so we can update the list. Also enclosed is an Alumni Survey. Please complete it and share what you have been up to. Your answers will help us with the Featured Physiatrist column and a section called Alumni News. As the current Program Director and Associate Director of the now combined PM&R Residency Program, we are very proud of all of you, and look forward to hearing from you! - Wendy and Mary Ann Hospital St. Francis Wendy Helkowski, MD Residency Program Director Mary Ann Miknevich, MD Residency Program Assoc. Director

2 FROM THE DESK OF... MICHAEL BONINGER, MD PROFESSOR AND CHAIR DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION 2 When I first arrived in Pittsburgh in 1993 PM&R was a Division of Orthopedic Surgery, the 16 residents outnumbered the full time faculty 4 to 1, and the division did not have any external research funding. Later this academic year we will celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the Department of PM&R. We have much to celebrate. At the top of the list is the bringing together of the Pittsburgh residency programs, Mary Ann and Wendy will telling you about that. My job is to tell you about what else is happening in the department. My sincere hope is that, as alumni of one of the residency programs, you will feel pride in our accomplishments. Our department is currently ranked second in NIH funding among all PM&R departments in the country. I am confident that if one included Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs funding we would be a clear cut number 1. We have strong research in assistive technology, traumatic brain injury (TBI), spinal cord injury (SCI) and a burgeoning direct brain interface program. We have accredited fellowships is SCI and pediatrics that are internal to our department. We are part of accredited fellowships in Sport Medicine and Pain Medicine with the Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Anesthesiology. We also have non accredited fellowships in Musculoskeletal Sports & Spine and in TBI. Our faculty have major roles at a national level in the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine and the Association of Academic Physiatrists. Locally, our faculty members are respected by the research and clinical rehab specialists and the community we serve. The faculty and staff of the department has grown to over 150 people and that does not count the faculty who are our partners in the residency program, Medical Rehabilitation Inc. In future issues I would like to tell you more specifics about the cutting edge research in the department and how we are pushing rehabilitation care into the next century. At the core of all we do is our residency program and we believe our alumni are our strongest untapped resource. -Mike The Point You are invited The Point Alumni Social at the 2011 AAPMR Annual Assembly November in Orlando, Florida If you re interested in receiving information about the social please check the Alumni Social box on the survey on page 4,details will be ed as they become available. Celebrating 10 Years of Department Status! A 10 year anniversary celebration in Pittsburgh is being planned. Stay tuned for information as it becomes available. Watch your for updates

3 FEATURED ALUMNI...MARGARET (PEG) REIDY, MD 3 Margaret E. Reidy, MD ( 89) currently serves as the President of Rehabilitation Network and Associate Medical Director for Corporate Care Management for Health System. The Rehabilitation Network consists of rehabilitation units in 5 community hospitals, Presbyterian Hospital and the Rehabilitation Institute (RI) at Hospital. In her Care Management functions, she works with Nurse Care Managers, Social Workers, hospital personnel and Medical Staffs to assist in improving patient movement throughout the continuum of care. Dr. Reidy and I met in her well lit Hospital office which looks out over the Uptown neighborhood of Pittsburgh. One notices her intelligent green eyes right away. Her confidence and ease makes her seem taller somehow. She made me immediately comfortable by telling me a story about one of her daughters. It is no secret that no matter what her professional status, her family is top priority. Here she answers questions about her new position as President of the Rehabilitation Network and how her training brought her to this point in her career. 1.When did you graduate from the Pitt Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency? I graduated in 1989 under John Jeffrey Nicholas as the residency director. I was in the third residency class and the first class which did a 4 year residency program. We had only 2 residents per year 2.What are your new job responsibilities? The administration is responsible for quality and operations in Rehab at. Montefiore, Horizon, Northwest, Passavant, ST. Margaret, and McKeesport. It is my responsibility to make sure the Inpatient Rehab Units at all the hospitals are adherent to regulations, provide quality care and maintain their patient census. 3.What excites you about your job? Many of the people I have trained and worked with in the past are now Department Chairs and internationally known in their own specialties. I hope to utilize this network I have built to assist in improving Rehab services and Rehab prominence. Because of my background as a physician, I see myself as a diplomat and translator between administration and physicians; I am more sensitive to the clinical aspects than the usual nonphysician administrator. I am especially excited about working with Mike Boninger, the Chair of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department. 4.What changes have you observed of the Residency Program through the years since you were a Rehab resident? I am very impressed by the quality of the new applicants for the residency. The quality, organization and diversity of the didactics of the program are markedly improved as well. 5.What is your vision for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation specialty in Pittsburgh? Nationally? Adapt to change. Reinvent ourselves to meet the needs out there. PMR as a specialty should be user friendly, we should be visible in the community as the experts on people with disabilities, and develop the specialty care in inpatient Rehab units but also in other care settings. Overall, physiatrists should strive to have better outcomes in all areas of rehab by being seen as the consultant for people with disabilities across the spectrum from preventive health care to inpatient management. a) Challenges? Being ready for the payment reforms b) Are we prepared? Yes. We have good leadership here with Dr. Boninger and the talented faculty. Knowing the strengths of each academic and clinical faculty member enables me to refer people to the right treatment expert in Rehab but also to call on experts in our specialty to assist in policy and program development and in strategic planning. c) Impact of new health care regulation? I feel that we have been preparing ourselves in Rehab and that we, here at Pittsburgh, are in a good place due to being part of a profitable and progressive Healthcare system. 6.What else do you want people want to know about you? I like to hike for exercise and am lucky to have public lands near my home. Getting lost on a long hike is a great way to relax and clear my mind. Peg stated that she has been training her entire career for her present job. She feels that she is prepared for the responsibilities because as a physiatrist, she is comfortable working on a team. She is using her skills from Rehab to problem solve, think outside the box and demonstrate her leadership abilities. As in a typical day in Rehab, she solves little problems which sometimes adds up to solutions to bigger problems. -Betty Liu, MD Assistant Professor Director, Fellowship Programs

4 2010 PM&R ALUMNI QUESTIONNAIRE Please answer the questions below. The information you provide will not be used outside the PM&R Alumni Association. 4 Name: Degree: Company/Organization/Practice: Work Address: City: State: Zip: Home Address: City: State: Zip: ( ) ( ) Work Phone: - Home Phone: - ( ) Mobile Phone: - address: Please list additional training (fellowship, additional residency) and location. What is your current occupation/position? What made you choose PM&R? What do you consider is your greatest professional and/or personal accomplishment? What challenges have you faced in your career? Is there a PM&R Alumni you would like to see featured in a future newsletter? If so, why? Would you like to receive future issues of this newsletter? Y N which version? USMail or Electronic Updates about the 10th Anniversary Celebration? Y N Updates about the AAPMR Alumni Social? Y N Mail or Fax to: Stacey Snead-Peterson,, Department of PM&R, 1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA FAX:

5 Alumni St. Francis 5 The following list of Alumni is divided by graduation years, each program is designated as follows: 1, St. Francis 2, and 3. Some of the faculty(*) and secondary clinical faculty (**) of the newly merged residency program are also alumni. Sometimes a good thing is just too good to leave behind! Jane Garboden (Gerneth), MD² ('68) Ronald Zimmerman, MD² ('70) Angelo Bilbao, MD² ('72) Gilbert Brenes, MD²* ('76) Jae-Chil Kim, MD² ('77) 1978 Young Kahn, MD² J.H. Kim, MD² 1982 William Frost, Jr, MD². Merle Janes, MD² Annemarie Valko, MD² 1983 John Evans, DO² Mary Ann Miknevich, MD²** 1984 Michael Cozza, MD² Frank Flit, MD² (dec) 1985 Frank Artuso, MD² Michael Delahanty, MD² 1986 James Cosgrove, MD ³ Susan Freedman, DO² Douglas Pavlak, MD² Liane Sher, MD² Jonathan Stone, MD ³ 1987 Catherine Birk (Tripoli), MD ³ James Bloom, MD² Jerry Fralick, MD² Glen Kelley, MD ³ Jeffrey Lemberg, MD²** Ronald Snyder, MD² 1988 Corey Anden, MD² Herbert Kunkel, MD² 1989 Arthur Androkites, MD² Virgil Balint, MD² Brian Boyle, MD² Mary Norek-Fabbrini,MD² Margaret Reidy, MD ³** Mary Vargo (Mulcahy), MD ³ 1990 Kennard Ford, MD² Paul Hoover, MD² Paul Lieber, MD ³ Ellen Mustovic (Haidet), MD ³** Robert Vandrak, DO² 1991 Andrew Cepulo, MD ³ Thomas Franz, MD ³ Ralph Laraiso, DO² Dennis Mateya, MD² Lester Prince, MD ³ Devin Troyer, MD² 1992 Alexandra Hope, MD ³ Kevin Kopera, MD ³ Kirk Mauro, MD² Elaine Scott, MD² 1993 Patricia Canfield, MD ³ Robert Deters, MD² Judith Esman, MD ³ Angelo Romagosa, MD ³ Subramani Seetharama, MD² Blake Veenis, MD² David Wiercisiewski, MD ³ 1994 Karen Balkman, MD² Archana Barve, MD ³ Frank Bender, III, MD² Tony Chin, MD ³ Michael Corcoran, MD ³ Margaret Mulderig, MD ³ William Palmer, MD ³ Elizabeth Polacheck, MD ³ Julia Wilcox, MD² Mark Wilcox, MD²** 1995 Brian Condit, MD² Gary Dilla, MD ³ Jon Gaudino, MD ³ Ronald Glick, MD ³ Maryanne Henderson, DO² Jeffrey Nissinoff, MD² Michael Orinick, MD ³ Alison Peterson, MD² 1996 Ganesh Balu, MD ³ Vincenta Gaspar-Yoo, MD ³ Angelo Guccione, MD² Alan Hippensteal, MD² Roxanne Hon, MD ³ Lynn Hung, MD ³ Debra Panucci, MD² Carlton Wong, MD ³ Greg Zimmerman, MD² 1997 Anthony Hayek, DO² Irene Heldman, MD ³ Lewis Herzbrun, MD² Stephen Parker, MD ³ Claudia Restrepo-Gartner, MD² Anthony Ricci, MD² Calvon Voong, MD ³ Michael Watts, MD ³ Richard Wilson, MD² Guy Zublin, MD ³ 1998 Ade Adedokun, MD² Richard Badke, MD² Leonard Cabacungan, MD ³* Ronald Kong, MD ³ Joe Lee, MD ³ Berna Richardson, MD ³ Victoria Sepesky-Iacoraiyelo, MD² Jamuna Sivajanthan Zheng Wang, MD² John Wassil, MD ³ 1999 Jerry Campbell-Wade, MD ³ Joseph Craig, MD ³ Harpreet Gulati, MD² Sanjiv Kaul, MD² Angell Lee, MD² Noreen Orevillo, MD² Barbara Pippin, MD ³ John Wrightson, MD ³ 2000 Nader F. H. Abdel Massieh, MD² Carolina Espejo, MD ³ Lance Lim, MD² Michael Rainer, MD ³ JasPaal Singh, MD ³* Benedict Woo, MD ³ 2001 Randall Bonfiglio, MD² Jimmy Cui, MD² Gary Dawson, MD ³ Shelana Gibbs-McElvy, MD²** James Kreshon, DO³ Ramon Lansan, MD ³ Viktoria Lemberikman, MD² Fides Pacheco, MD ³ 2002 Rajan Gupta, MD² Ning Jiang, MD ³ Suman Katara, MD ³ Dina Patterson, MD² Pierre-Richard Theard, MD²

6 Alumni St. Francis Maciej Charczuk, MD¹ John DeGuzman, MD ³ Anatoly Fortenko, MD¹ Ayman Hamed, MD¹ Ihab Labatia, MD ³ Mujahed Lateef, MD ³ Jean (Ji) Lee (Li), MD ³ Brinda Navalgund, MD ³ Suneetha Nuthalapaty, MD ³ Colleen Powell, MD ³ Gargi Raval, MD ³ 2004 Edwin Capulong, MD ³ Monica Carrion-Jones, MD¹ Russell Carter, MD ³ Grace Dasari, MD¹ W. Michael Fussell, DO¹ Gary Galang, MD ³ Nazih Iskander, MD¹ Holly Zhao, MD ³ 2005 Megan Cortazzo, MD ³* Lori Dean, MD¹** Brad Dicianno, MD ³ FernanDO³ Grandas, MD ³ Ghada Hanna, MD¹ Matthew Hodges, DO¹ Samir Iskander, MD¹ Tagreed Khalaf, MD ³ Cynthia Majerske, MD ³ Dana Martini, DO³* Brenda McMahon, MD ³ Rick Pellant, DO¹ Anatoly Shalnov, MD¹ 2006 Robert Brown, DO¹ Steven Burack, DO³ Cara Camiolo, MD ³* Sophie Hanna, MD¹ Kalliopi Kapsalis, MD¹ Pramila Kolisetty, MD¹ Inna Shuster, MD¹ Milton Swaby, MD ³ Karin Walke, MD ³ Heather Walker, MD ³ 2007 Tiffany Burnett, MD ³ Jerry Chuang, MD ³ Gregory D'Eramo, MD ³ Hannah Florida, MD¹ Melissa Jorden, MD¹ Pranitha Nalamada, MD¹ Jose' Ramirez-Del Toro, MD ³** Christina Reyes-Littaua, MD ³ Jeffrey Ward, MD¹ 2008 Tiffany Calloway, MD ³* Todd Franco, DO¹** David Jennings, DO³ Chong Kim, MD¹ Kelly Kopkowski, MD¹ Brad Kurowski Karl Liebe, MD ³ Harvey Rock Navrkal, MD¹ Justin Petrolla, MD ³ Daniel Somogyi, MD¹ Richard Wilroy, DO¹ 2009 Steve Brose, DO³ Allen Ray Dorsett, MD¹ Edward Heinle, MD¹ Allen Huang, MD ³ Joseph Kwok, MD ³ Tejas Parikh, MD ³ Michael Patterson, MD¹ Viji Shankar, MD¹** 2010 Angela Garcia, MD ³ Shailen Greene, MD ³ Thomas Kelly, MD ³ Stephen O'Connell, DO³ Manijeh Ryan, MD ³ Corrine Stuart, DO³ Maria Twichell, MD ³ M.Kristina Henzel, MD ³, PhD Luis Gandara, MD ³ James Otting, MD ³ Program - Resident Retreat l to r: First Row: Nazih Iskander, MD ( 04); 2nd Row: W. Michael Fussell, DO,(,04), Anatoly Shalnov, MD ( 05); 3rd row: Grace Dasari, MD ( 04), Ghada Hanna, MD ( 05); Top Row: Ellen Mustovic, MD (faculty), Robert Brown, DO ( 06), Kalliopi Kapsaolis, MD ( 06), Inna Shuster, MD ( 06) St. Francis Residents front, l to r: Frank Bender, MD (,94), Devin Troyer, MD( 91) back, l to r: Brian Condit, MD ( 95), Ralph Loraiso, MD ( 91), Dennis Mateya, MD ( 91) Residents and Faculty l to r: front row; Angelo Romagosa, MD ( 93); 2nd row: Patricia Canfield, MD ( 93), Mary Louise Russell, MD (PM&R faculty); 3rd row: Davie Wiercislewski, MD ( 93); 4th row: Sunil Hedge, MD, Cynthia Smith, MD, Louis Penrod, MD (PM&R faculty); 5th row: Michael Munin, MD (PM&R faculty), Katherine Flood, MD (PM&R faculty) If someone is missing from the list, a name is misspelled, or a grad year is incorrect, please contact Stacey Snead-Peterson at ( sneadpetersons@upmc.edu); corrections will appear in the next newsletter.

7 2010 PM&R RESIDENTS Resident PGY Medical/ Osteopathic School Jesse Sally, DO 3 Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine Trasey Holloway, MD 2 Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine Bessie Codera, MD 2 New York Medical College Kristen Schuerle, DO 2 Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine Kimberlee Leishear, MD 2 Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Tamia Patterson, MD 4 Wayne State University School of Medicine Shahla Hosseini, MD 3 University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Edward Garay, MD 2 University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ Feguens Bataille, MD 4 University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Anna Gaines, MD 3 University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Heather Pauli, DO 4 New York College of Osteopathic Medicine Justin Hong, MD 4 Chicago Medical School Timothy Burg, MD 2 Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine David DeChellis, DO 3 Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine Robert Campbell, MD 3 Ross University School of Medicine Jerome Lee, MD 4 University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Mohammed Khan, MD 3 Texas Tech University School of Medicine Avi Bhandary, MD 4 Poznan University of Medical Sciences Kyle Klitsch, MD 2 Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Mohammed Mawla, DO 3 New York College of Osteopathic Medicine David Alcantara, MD 3 Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine Matthew Maxwell, MD 2 Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science Jason Fogg, DO 4 West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine for Med school (DO), Eric Helm, MD 3 University of Toledo College of Medicine Matthew Pauli, DO 3 Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine missing from photo John Baber, DO 4 Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine Jennifer Carter, DO 4 Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Geeta Sathe, MD 4 Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine Stacey Snead-Peterson GME Academic Manager PM&R Residency Program Shana Heald Administrative Coordinator PM&R Residency Program

8 THE BACK PAGE The Back Page is a spot for news, comments and commentary Do you have news or information you would like to post? Perhaps an article to contribute? An award announcement? Send your contributions to Mary Synnott at synnottm@upmc.edu 8 The Pennsylvania Association of Rehabilitation Facilities (PARF) recognized PM&R Alumni and faculty member Gilbert Brenes, MD ( 76) with the Individual Distinguished Service Award during the annual meeting in State College, PA. PM&R Alumni Brad Dicianno, MD ( 05) and Tiffany Calloway, MD ( 08) flank PM&R faculty Michael Munin, MD, Physician group recipients of the Pumping it Up! service excellence award for patient satisfaction on the Rehab Unit at Montefiore. You are invited to Panther Rehab Grand Rounds where the faculty and residents meet to hear nationally renowned rehabilitation clinicians and researchers. Rounds are held monthly on the 2nd Wednesday, 7:00a - 8:00a in rm 6014 in the Biomedical Science Tower 3 (BST3) located on the corner of 5th and Darragh in Oakland. CME available. Please check for speaker schedule. Rehab Progress Newsletter and Rehab Grand Rounds are published three times a year. The newsletter includes clinical and research news from PM&R as well as our sister departments in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Science and Technology, and Communication and Speech Disorders. The grand rounds publication is a collaboration between a faculty member and a resident. Cosponsored by the Center for Continuing Medical Education participants are eligible for CME unit upon completion of the online quiz. Contact Mary Synnott at synnottm@upmc.edu to be added to the mailing list. Both publications are available on the department s academic web site at links are posted on the left hand sidebar. Check out our website at for events sponsored by the department and/or Rehabilitation Institute at. Clinical Connections is a continuing education series to discuss advances in rehabilitation research, clinical trials, breakthroughs in treatment, and more. Pre-registration is required; the nominal fee of $10 for non employees can be paid at the door. For the Clinical Connections schedule go to: For additional information contact Grace Campbell at Coming April 2, 2011 is the 2nd Annual Current Topics in Brain Injury Rehabilitation. Cara Camiolo Reddy, MD ( 06), Course Director, leads a team of physiatrists, neuropsychologists, and rehabilitation therapists in presentations on the latest breakthroughs in the treatment and research of brain injury. Check the website for updates and registration details.