Sturdy Health Boards, Committees, and Foundation Members
Sturdy Memorial Hospital Board of Managers
OFFICERS
Donna N. Kimmel | Chair of the Board
Amy Pfeffer | Treasurer
Rose Larson | Clerk
John R. Korona | Past Chair of the Board
BOARD MEMBERS
F. Andrew Beise
Aimee B. Brewer
Stephen J. Burlone
Frank Cook
Kevin Cryan
Cathleen DeSimone, Esq.
Richard DiGiacomo
James J. DiLisio
Roger Forman
Laura Gignac
Nithin Karanth, MD
Dennis Leahy
Thomas Noel, Esq.
Brian Patel, MD
Ralph P. Schlenker
Michael Thursby, DO
Ronald Van Ness-Otunnu, MD
Sturdy Health Medical Group Board of Directors
OFFICERS
Michael Thursby, DO | President
Aimee B. Brewer | Executive Director & Clerk
Amy Pfeffer | Treasurer
BOARD MEMBERS
Steven Bensson, MD
Lisa Bowie, MD
Donna N. Kimmel
John R. Korona
Asma Latif, MD
Sturdy Memorial Hospital Medical Staff Executive Committee
OFFICERS
Mark Umphrey, DO | President & Chair
Alicia Blazejewski, MD | Vice President
Tanvi Khurana, MD | Secretary & Treasurer
Lisa Bowie, MD | Immediate Past President
MEMBERS
Sonali Ayar, MD | Pathology
Aimee B. Brewer | President & CEO – Ex Officio
Jeannine Connolly, MD | OB/GYN
Owen Debowy, MD | Pediatrics
Richard Demopoulos, MD | Surgery Chair
Samuel Evans, MD | At-Large
Wayne Gietz | EVP & Chief Operating Officer – Ex Officio
Grant Goodrich, MD | At-Large
Rachel Kurinsky, MD | Family Medicine
Christopher Nacca, MD | At-Large
Natalia Naritsin, MD | Hospitalist
Brian Patel, MD, FACEP | Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs & Chief Medical & Quality Officer
Andrew Porter, MD | Orthopedics
Lisa Salameh, MHA, BSN, RN | Vice President of Patient Care Services & Chief Nursing Officer– Ex Officio
Boris Sinayuk, MD | Radiology
Amer Tabba, MD | Anesthesia
Ronald Van Ness-Otunnu, MD | Ambulatory Care
Benjamin Vaughan, MD | Medicine
Sturdy Health Foundation Board of Directors
OFFICERS
Ralph P. Schlenker | President
Donna N. Kimmel | Chair of the Board & Vice President
F. Andrew Beise | Treasurer
Rose Larson | Clerk
John R. Korona | Past Chair of the Board
BOARD MEMBERS
Aimee Brewer | Executive Director
Stephen J. Burlone
Frank Cook
Kevin Cryan
Cathleen DeSimone, Esq.
Richard DiGiacomo
James J. DiLisio
Roger Forman
Laura Gignac
Nithin Karanth, MD
Dennis Leahy
Thomas Noel, Esq.
Brian Patel, MD
Michael Thursby, DO
Ronald Van Ness-Otunnu, MD
Sturdy Health Foundation Members
Donald C. Abbott
Justin Alexander
Joseph Andruzzi
Marco A. Arismendi
F. Andrew Beise
Steven Bensson, MD
Richard V. Boucher
James Boushell
Jeffrey Bradley
Stephen J. Burlone
Lindsey Hanson Campbell, Esq.
Luciano Canova
Kimberly Castro
Walter J. Cekala
Attiya Chaudary
Patricia A. Cochrane
Jane Coogan, Esq.
Frank B. Cook
Virginia M. Coppola
Kevin Cryan
Mark Cuddy
Robin Cuddy
Dwayne DeMond
Cathleen DeSimone, Esq.
Richard DiGiacomo
Dennis Dion
James Downs
Kevin J. Dumas
Mary Ellen Fauth
Roger Forman
Diana Franchitto
Dan Goncalves
Julie A. Hall
Peter W. Ham
Mary R. Hourigan
Edwin H. Hurley
Benton W. Keene III
Brian J. Kelly, MD
Dennis Kelly
Thomas Kelly
Donna N. Kimmel
John R. Korona
Nancy Lamothe
Betty Larson
Rose Larson
Edwin F. Leach
Dennis Leahy
Paul M. Lenahan
John A. Lepper
Carol R. Levis
Mark F. Logan, PhD
David London
Domenic Longobardi
David R. Martin, Esq.
Amanda McHale
Meg McIsaac
Sharon M. Mullane, MD
Patrick Murray
Thomas R. Noel, Esq.
Kevin M. O'Neil
Timothy J. O'Neill
Charles Oliver
Mia Ortiz
Jared Perkoski
Donald A. Pierce, DMD
Kevin Poirier
Michael J. Poissant
John Reilly
Paul J. Schleicher, Sr.
Ralph P. Schlenker
Kurt M. Schweinshaut
Jack A. Siddall
Jean M. Siddall-Bensson, MD
Cynthia Sierra
Richard A. Smith, MD
Christopher L. Sweet
Kimberly Thomas
Robert E. Thresher
William B. Vernon
Michaele Whelan, PhD
Catherine M. White
Elizabeth H. Whitfield
