Medical and Dental Staff Appointments: February 2019
All Locations•All Specialties
Welcome the following physicians to Hackensack Meridian Health.
Bayshore Medical Center
MEDICAL STAFF APPLICATIONS
- Lydia M. Kasper, DO – Active Staff, Emergency Medicine
- Milena Kolesnikova, MD – Active Staff, Medicine/Internal Medicine/Hospitalist
- Sotirios Papafragkou, MD – Active Staff, Surgery/Plastic and Hand Surgery
- Gohar Petrosyan, MD – Active Staff, Medicine/Internal Medicine/Hospitalist
ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS APPLICATIONS
- Glynda R. Daradar, APN-C – Medicine/Cardiology
- Kimberly H. Mora, APN-C –Medicine/Hospice and Palliative Care
Hackensack University Medical Center
MEDICAL STAFF APPLICATIONS
- Seth Narins, MD – Provisional Attending, Surgery/Transplant
- Martin Gizzi, MD – Provisional Attending, Neurology
- Chiamaka Ilonzo, MD – Provisional Attending, Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Jenny Ayala, MD – Provisional Attending, General Internal Medicine
- Alexander Roth, MD – Provisional Attending, Hospitalist Medicine
- Justin Donovan, DPM – Provisional Attending, Podiatry
ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS APPLICATIONS
- Eric Le Clair, PA – Orthopaedic Surgery
- Elizabeth Luketich, PA – Orthopaedic Surgery
- Janelle Aquino, APN –Provisional Attending, Hematology & Oncology
- Danielle Schillen, APN – Provisional Attending, Hematology & Oncology
Jersey Shore University Medical Center
MEDICAL STAFF APPLICATIONS
- Zarine Balsara, MD – Locum Tenens, Surgery/Pediatric Urology (BE-Urology, must achieve by 6/30/22) Extension of temporary privileges as a Locum Tenens physician for a period not to exceed 6 months.
- Kerry Bergman, MD – Locum Tenens, Surgery/Pediatric (BC-Surgery, Pediatric Surgery) Temporary privileges as a Locum Tenens physician for a period not to exceed 6 months.
- Terrence Curran, MD – Locum Tenens, Surgery/Trauma (BC-Surgery, Surgical Critical Care) Extension of temporary privileges as a Locum Tenens physician for a period not to exceed 6 months.
- Edward Fein, MD – Active Staff, Medicine/Pulmonary (BC-Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine)
- Neha Gupta, MD – Locum Tenens, Psychiatry/Child (BC-Psychiatry & Neurology) Extension of temporary privileges as a Locum Tenens physician for a period not to exceed 6 months.
- Peter Litwin, MD – Active Staff, Psychiatry (BC-Psychiatry & Neurology)
- Valerie Niketakis Wujciak, MD – Active Staff, Pediatrics/General (BC-Pediatrics)
- Aref Obagi, MD – Active Staff, Medicine/Internal Medicine – Hospitalist (BC-Internal Medicine)
- Payam Torrei, MD – Telemedicine Staff, Radiology/Diagnostic (BC-Diagnostic Radiology)
- Scott Wessner, DO – Locum Tenens, Surgery/Trauma (BC-General Surgery, Critical Care Surgery) Extension of temporary privileges as a Locum Tenens physician for a period not to exceed 6 months.
ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS APPLICATIONS
- Caitlin Cleary-Lynch, PA-C – Orthopaedics/Fracture
- Andrea Conway, PA-C – Surgery/Plastic
- Joeleen Mandel, APN – Surgery/Urology
- Laura McCarthy, APN – Medicine/Neurology
- Carlo Pepia, APN – Medicine/Neurology
- Ilona Poley, PA-C – Surgery/Urology
- Bonifacio Tanchingco, APN – Medicine/Internal Medicine
- Aileen Vasquez, APN – Medicine/Digestive Diseases
- Christian Waga, CRNA – Anesthesiology/General
JFK Medical Center
MEDICAL STAFF APPLICATIONS
- Teena Bhatla, MD – Consultant Staff, Pediatrics (BC – Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology)
- Joaquin Cantillo, MD – Active Staff, Anesthesia (BC – Anesthesiology)
- Brandon Poterjoy, DO – Active Staff, Pediatrics (BC – Pediatrics, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine)
ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS APPLICATIONS
- Orlando Gopez, CRNA – Anesthesia
- Ibironke Macaulay, APN – Medicine
- Lilly Paulose, APN – Medicine
- Samret Perry, APN – Medicine/Infectious Disease
- Christine Tufano, APN – Medicine/Gastroenterology
Ocean Medical Center
MEDICAL STAFF APPLICATIONS
- Eric Alcera, MD – Active – Medicine/Psychiatry (BC – Yes – Psychiatry & Neurology) (BC – Yes – Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)
- Peter Litwin, MD – Active – Medicine/Psychiatry (BC – Yes – Psychiatry & Neurology)
- Lori Russo, MD – Active – Anesthesiology (BC – Yes – Anesthesiology) (BC – Yes – Anesthesiology – Critical Care Medicine)
ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS APPLICATIONS
- Cailtin Cleary-Lynch, PA-C
- Joeleen Mandel, APN
- Iloney Poley, PA-C
- Lauren Tagle, APN
- Brielle Truijillo, PA-C
- Danica Wriski, CRNA
Palisades Medical Center
MEDICAL STAFF APPLICATIONS
- Harshvardhan Chaobal, DO – Anesthesia/Anesthesiologist
- Vincent Cirella, MD – Anesthesia/Anesthesiologist
- Wojciech Franzl, MD – Anesthesia/Anesthesiologist
- Kevin Jones, MD – Anesthesia/Anesthesiologist
- Madhu Jotwani, MD – Anesthesia/Anesthesiologist
- Dae Sik Kim, DPM – Orthopedics/Podiatry
- Kamilah Muhammad-Harris, MD – Anesthesia/Anesthesiologist
- Anthony Randozza, MD – Anesthesia/Anesthesiologist
- Merwin Richard, MD – Medicine/Cardiology
- Bankim Shah, MD – Medicine/Pulmonary
- Mordecai Wertheim, MD – Medicine/Internal Medicine
ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS APPLICATIONS
- Liliana Kovacevic, APN – Anesthesia/CRNA
- Sigrid Marfo, APN – Anesthesia/CRNA
- Michelle Medina, APN – Anesthesia/CRNA
- Rehab Ogingo, APN – Anesthesia/CRNA
- Suzanne Parra, APN – Anesthesia/CRNA
- Carol Quiroz, APN – Anesthesia/CRNA
- Leanna Vastoler, PA – OB/GYN
Raritan Bay Medical Center
MEDICAL STAFF APPLICATIONS
- Vanessa Abrina, MD – Active Staff, Provisional Attending – Medicine/General Internal Medicine (BC- American Board of Internal Medicine – Internal Medicine)
- Danny Phan, DPM – Active Staff, Podiatry – Surgery /Orthopedics Surgery/Podiatry (BC- American Board of Podiatric Medicine – Board Eligible)
- Sudha Thota, MD – Active Staff, Telemedicine – Radiology/Telemedicine (BC- American Board of Radiology – Diagnostic Radiology)
ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONAL APPLICATIONS
- Tara Chencinski, APN – Active Staff, Allied Health Professional – Medicine/General Internal Medicine (BC- American Academy of Nurse Practitioners)
Riverview Medical Center
MEDICAL STAFF APPLICATIONS
- Saima Ali, MD – Neurology (BC – Psychiatry & Neurology)
- Peter Litwin, MD – Psychiatry (BC – Surgery)
ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS APPLICATIONS
- Glynda Daradar, APN – Cardiology
- Briana Miller, PA-C – Cardiology
Southern Ocean Medical Center
MEDICAL STAFF APPLICATIONS
- Kristen Radcliff, MD – Affiliate, Surgery / Orthopaedics (BC –YES – Orthopaedics)
ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS APPLICATIONS
- Natasha Kargbo, APN – Medicine / Internal Medicine
- Kelly Leddy, PA – Surgery / Orthopaedics
- Brianna Dziedzic, PA – Surgery / Orthopaedics
