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OUR FACULTY

Highly Qualified Caregivers and Teachers

Our residents are primarily taught by a core faculty of over 70 board certified pediatricians and subspecialists, in addition to more than 30 medical faculty members with joint appointments in other disciplines including surgery, anesthesia, dentistry, psychiatry, pathology, and radiology. The hospital-based practice is further complemented by an extensive network of community pediatricians who practice within the Geisinger network throughout the surrounding counties.  Although not located on our Danville campus, these pediatricians communicate with our residents as they share common patients and are a valuable source of information and advice about what to expect from a future career in pediatrics.

Subspecialty sections add to the diversity of the extensive general pediatric practice. These subspecialty sections include adolescent medicine, allergy, cardiology, child abuse, critical care, endocrinology, gastroenterology and nutrition, genetics, hematology/oncology, hospital medicine, immunology, infectious disease, neonatology, nephrology, neurodevelopmental pediatrics, neurology, palliative care, pediatric emergency medicine, pulmonology, and rheumatology.  Additionally, a number of other pediatric specialists from both surgical and non-surgical fields are part of our teaching faculty.  These include physicians with specific pediatric certification and expertise in anesthesia, cardiothoracic surgery, dentistry and oromaxillofacial surgery, dermatology, general surgery, orthopaedics, maternal and fetal medicine, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, psychiatry and psychology, radiology and neuroradiology, sports medicine, transplant surgery, trauma surgery, and urology.

Like our residents, our pediatric faculty choose to come to Geisinger because of the unique experience that it offers - a chance to practice academic primary and tertiary care pediatrics in a rural setting.  In fact, a large number of our faculty are former members of our residency program who have returned after completing their subspecialty training or starting their careers in other locations.  Our faculty are very approachable and really want to contribute to the education of our residents.  Our faculty members serve as mentors and advisors, helping residents not only academically, but also coaching them and helping set a trajectory for their future in medicine.  

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OUR PEDIATRIC FACULTY

ADOLESCENT MEDICINE

Sergio Buzzini, MD           

Residency:    University of Illinois at Chicago

Fellowships: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
                       University of North Carolina

ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY

David Anmuth, MD

Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine


Puneet Bajaj, MD             

Residency:    St. Peters University Hospital

                        Reading Hospital and Medical Center

Fellowship:    Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Warden, Hwan, MD

Residency:    Albert Einstein Medical Center

Fellowship:    Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children


Jaison Jose, DO

Residency:    Albany Medical Center

Fellowship:    Milton S. Hershey Medical Center          

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Ogechukwu Ndum, MD

Residency: University Hospitals Case Medical Center

Fellowship: University of Michigan Health System

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Stacy Rosenberg, MD

Residency:    University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Fellowship:    University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

ANESTHESIOLOGY

Thao Alite, MD

Residency:    MCP/Hahnemann School of Medicine (Internship)

                        Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Fellowship:    University of Illinois - Chicago Medical Center


Johannes Getachew, MD

Residency:    Illinois Masonic Medical Center

Fellowship:    University of Pittsburgh Medical Center


Karen Johnson, MD

Residency:    Cleveland Clinic

Fellowship:    Children’s Hospital Medical Center - Cincinnati


Anne Lunney, MD

Residency:    Children's Mercy Hospital

                        University of North Carolina Hospitals

Fellowships:  Children's National Medical Center

                        University of Washington Medical Center


Mark Robbins, MD

Residency:    Medical Center Hospital of Vermont

                        Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Medicine

Fellowship:    Children's National Medical Center


Tanisha O. Robinson, MD

Residency:    Cleveland Clinic

Fellowship:    Yale – New Haven Hospital

CARDIOLOGY

Fareed Ahmad, MD          

Residency:    MetroHealth Medical Center

Fellowship:   SUNY – Upstate University Hospital


Ram Bishnoi, MD

Residency:    Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Fellowship:    Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Medicine


David Connuck, MD

Residency:    University of Rochester Medical Center

Fellowship:    University of Rochester Medical Center


Shuping Ge, MD

Residency: St. Vincent's Hospital - New York

Fellowship: University of Colorado Children's Hospital


Avnit Golten, MD

Residency:    Long Island College Hospital

Fellowship:    Mount Saini Medical Center


Karen Lurito, MD

Residency:    Indiana University School of Medicine

Fellowship:    Indiana University School of Medicine


Robert Mangano, MD

Residency:    Albany Medical Center

Fellowship:    Medical College of Virginia


Shira Shore, MD

Residency:    University of Maryland School of Medicine

Fellowship:    Children’s Hospital Medical Center - Cincinnati

CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY

Carlo Bartoli, MD, PhD

Residency: University of Pennsylvania Hospital

Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

CHILD ABUSE

Paul Bellino, MD              

Residency:    Geisinger Medical Center


Pat Bruno, MD                 

Residency:    Children’s Hospital - Columbus

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Cassandra Kessock, DO

Residency: Geisinger Medical Center

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Marita Lind, MD

Residency: Geisinger Medical Center

CRITICAL CARE

Justin Azar, MD

Residency: Children's National Medical Center

Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

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Robin Craig, DO

Residency: Jersey Shore Medical Center

Fellowship: Jacob School of Medicine

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Richard Lambert, MD       

Residency:    Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Fellowship:    Shands Hospital at the University of Florida

Frank Maffei, MD

Residency:    University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Fellowships:  University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

                        Strong Memorial Hospital – University of Rochester


Jake Sequeira, MD
Residency: Shands Hospital at University of Florida

Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Richmond

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John Sullivan, MD

Residency:    New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center

Fellowship:    Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Robert Tamburro, MD

Residency:    Western Reserve Care System - Southside Medical Center

Fellowship:    Methodist Hospital of Memphis

Tessy Thomas, DO

Residency:    Geisinger Medical Center

Fellowship:    Baylor College of Medicine

Ronald Wong, DO

Residency:    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

Fellowship:    Children’s Hospital - Los Angeles

DERMATOLOGY

Howard Pride, MD
Residency:    Geisinger Medical Center

EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Sarah Alander, MD

Residency:    University of Michigan - Spectrum Health

Fellowship:    Children's Mercy Hospital


S. Jason Crelin, DO

Residency:    Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network

Fellowship:    University of Rochester Medical Center

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Nancy Clemens, MD

Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

ENDOCRINOLOGY

Naghma Aijaz, MD           

Residency:    Saint Mary’s Hospital (Internship)

                        Yale – New Haven Hospital

Fellowship:    SUNY – Stony Brook Hospital

Kathryn Gibbons, MD

Residency: Geisinger Medical Center

Fellowship: Yale/New Haven Children's Hospital

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Mushtaq Godil, MD
Residency:    Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center

Fellowship:    SUNY – Stony Brook Hospital

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Deliamille Perez Santiago, MD

Residency:    University Medical Center - Jacksonville

Fellowship:    University Medical Center - Jacksonville

GASTROENTEROLOGY

Tavleen Bhatia, MD

Residency:    Saint Peters University Hospital

Fellowship:    SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine


Dean Richard Focht, MD

Residency:    Madigan Army Medical Center

Fellowship:    Children’s Hospital Medical Center - Cincinnati


Brian Maksimak, DO

Residency:    Geisinger Medical Center 

Fellowship:    Cleveland Clinic

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Grant Morris, MD

Residency: Geisinger Medical Center

Fellowship: Nationwide Children's Hospital


Mahmoud Sabri, MD

Residency:    Maimonides Medical Center

Fellowship:    University of Pittsburgh Medical Center


Nancy Swiader, DO

Residency:    Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital

Fellowship:    Nationwide Children’s Hospital


Eduardo Tron, MD

Residency:    Maimonides Medical Center        

Fellowship:    New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University

GENERAL PEDIATRICS

Stacey Cummings, MD

Residency:    University of Connecticut Health Center


Kathryn DeHart, MD

Residency:    Geisinger Medical Center 


Michal Maksimak, MD

Residency:    Cleveland Clinic     


Kaitlin Murtha, DO

Residency:  Geisinger Medical Center


Michele Neff-Bulger, DO

Residency:    Geisinger Medical Center 


Matthew Nelson, DO

Residency:    Geisinger Medical Center 

 
Allison Scheussler, DO

Residency:  Crozier Chester Medical Center


Ashley Shamansky, DO

Residency:    Children’s Hospital - Columbus

Fellowship:    Children’s Hospital - Columbus


Emily Szmal, DO

Residency:    Geisinger Medical Center

GENETICS

Gary Bellus, MD

Residency:    Saint Louis Children’s Hospital

Fellowship:    John’s Hopkins University School of Medicine

                       University of Colorado Health Sciences Center


Bonnie Salbert, DO

Residency:    Delaware Valley Medical Center (Internship)

                        Spectrum Health – Butterworth Campus

Fellowship:    Medical College of Virginia Hospitals


Andrea Seeley, MD

Residency:    University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers

Fellowship:    University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers

HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY

Jennifer Kovatch, MD

Residency: University of Missouri Department of Child Health

Fellowship: Penn State-Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

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Michal Miller, MD

Residency:    Geisinger Medical Center

Fellowship:    University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics


Jagadeesh Ramdas, MD

Residency:    Louisiana State University School of Medicine

Fellowship:    Louisiana State University School of Medicine


Girmay Tekle-Yohannes, MD

Residency:    Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

Fellowship:    Cleveland Clinic

HOSPITAL MEDICINE

Rose Barham, MD

Residency:    University of Rochester Medical Center


Paul Bellino, MD

Residency:    Geisinger Medical Center

Jessica Carney, DO
Residency:    Richmond Heights General Hospital (Internship)

                        Sparrow Health System


Holly Cimprich, DO
Residency:    Geisinger Medical Center

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Lauren Green, MD
Residency:    University of Illinois  - Chicago Medical Center


Robert Blake Lowe, DO

Residency:  Geisinger Medical Center

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Sarah Marks, MD
Residency:    University of North Carolina Hospitals


Michaelyn Notz, DO
Residency:    Geisinger Medical Center


Andrew Peckham, MD
Residency:    University of Rochester Medical Center


Colleen Walsh, DO
Residency:    Geisinger Medical Center

INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Swathi Gowtham, MD

Residency:    UMDNJ Robert Wood Medical School - Rutgers

Fellowship:    John’s Hopkins University School of Medicine

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Nicole Samies, DO

Residency: Geisinger Medical Center

Fellowship: University of Alabama


Jennifer Vodzak, MD

Residency:    Saint Christopher’s Hospital for Children

Fellowship:    Saint Christopher’s Hospital for Children

MATERNAL AND FETAL MEDICINE

Kajal Angras, DO

Residency:    New York Methodist Hospital

Fellowship:    Geisinger Medical Center


Fereshteh Boozarjomehri, MD

Residency:    Harlem Hospital Center

Fellowships:  Sinai Samaritan Medical Center

                       Columbia Presbyterian Hospital


Jay Bringman, MD
Residency:    Saint Barnabas Medical Center

Fellowships:  Women and Infants Hospital

                        University of Tennessee Health Science Center


Eric Hodgson, MD

Residency:    Yale - New Haven Hospital

Fellowship:    Yale - New Haven Hospital


Awathif Mackeen, MD

Residency: University of Connecticut Health Center

Fellowship: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

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Michael Paglia, MD
Residency:    Duke University Medical Center

Fellowship:    Duke University Medical Center

John Ross, DO

Residency:    Doctors Hospital - Columbus

Fellowship:    Geisinger Medical Center

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Diane Tims, DO

Residency: UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine

Fellowship: University of Connecticut Health Center

NEONATOLOGY

Daniel Adu, MD

Residency:    Marshfield Clinic - Marshfield Center

Fellowship:    University of Wisconsin Medical School and Public Health


Amanda Arsenault, MD

Residency:    Brown University Program in Medicine

Fellowship:    Women and Infants Hospital – Brown University


James Cook, MD

Residency:    University of Virginia Medical Center

Fellowship:    Duke University Medical Center

 
Edward Everett, DO

Residency:    Geisinger Medical Center

Fellowship:    University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

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Maura Gable, DO

Residency: Alfred I. Dupont Hospital for Children

Fellowship: Alfred I. Dupont Hospital for Children


Ray Hayes, DO

Residency:    Geisinger Medical Center

Fellowship:    Wake Forest – University Baptist Medical Center

 
Lauren Johnson, MD

Residency:    Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Fellowship:    Children’s National Medical Center

 
Secelela Malecela, MD

Residency:    Metropolitan Hospital Center - New York

Fellowship:    Georgetown University Medical Center


Graciela Rabri, MD

Residency:    University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

Fellowship:    University of South Florida and Affiliated Hospitals

NEPHROLOGY

David Kenagy, MD

Residency:    Children’s National Medical Center

Fellowship:    Saint Louis Medical Center


Basema Dibas, MD

Residency:    Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Fellowship:    Children’s Mercy Hospital – Kansas City

NEURODEVELOPMENTAL PEDIATRICS

Thomas Challman, MD

Residency:    David Grant USAF Medical Center (Internship)

                        Mayo Clinic

Fellowship:    Kennedy Krieger Institute

 
Scott Myers, MD

Residency:    Geisinger Medical Center

Fellowship:    Kennedy Krieger Institute

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Matthew Weeks, DO

Residency: National Capital Consortium

Fellowships: University of Washington

                       Madigan Army Medical Center

NEUROLOGY

Marvin Braun, MD

Residency: University of Calgary, Alberta Children's Hospital

Fellowships: Weill Cornell Medical Center

                       Alberta Children's Hospital

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Jill Gotoff, MD

Residency:    Massachusetts General Hospital

Fellowship:    Children’s Hospital - Boston

 
Henry Maguire, MD

Residency:    Yale University

Fellowship:    Children’s Hospital – Boston


AnneMarie Morse, DO

Residency:    SUNY Downstate - Brooklyn

Fellowships:  SUNY Downstate - Brooklyn

                        Montefiore Medical Center-Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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Hema Murali, MD

Residency:  Albert Einstein Healthcare Network

Fellowship:  Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science


Laufey Yr Sigurdardottir, MD

Residency:    University of Connecticut

                        University of Pennsylvania

Fellowship:    Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia


Eric Strong, MD

Residency: Children's National Medical Center

Fellowship: Children's National Medical Center

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Liana Theroux, MD

Residency:    University of Virginia

Fellowship:    Northwell Health at North Shore University Hospital/Long Island Jewish Medical Center  

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Akila Venkataraman, MD

Residency: SUNY at Bufflao, University Hospital

Fellowships: Long Island Jewish Medical Center

                       Maimonides Medical Center


Yuliya Zinger, MD

Residency:    University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Fellowship:    University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

OPHTHALMOLOGY

Collin Hair, MD

Residency:    Abington Memorial Hospital (Internship)

                        UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School - Newark

Fellowship:    Vanderbilt University School of Medicine


Thomas Wilson, MD
Residency:    Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network (Internship)

                        University of South Florida College of Medicine

Fellowship:    The Hospital for Sick Children - Toronto

ORTHOPAEDICS

David Andreychik, MD

Residency:    Lankenau Hospital (Internship)

                        Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University

Fellowship:    Southern Illinois University School of Medicine


John Deegan, DO

Residency:    Geisinger Medical Center

Fellowship:    Children’s Hospital of Atlanta


Megan Fernandez, DO

Residency:    Pinnacle Health Hospitals

Fellowship:    Children's Hospital of Atlanta


W. Fred Hess, MD

Residency:    University of South Florida and Affiliated Hospitals

Fellowship:    Kansas University Medical Center


John Parenti, MD

Residency:    Geisinger Medical Center

Fellowship:    Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children


Mark Seeley, MD
Residency:    University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers

Fellowship:    Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

OTOLARYNGOLOGY

J. Scott Green, MD
Residency:    Geisinger Medical Center


Jeremy Mock, MD

Residency:    University of Colorado Hospital (Internship)

                        Geisinger Medical Center

Fellowship:    Johns Hopkins University Hospital School of Medicine


Aileen Wertz, MD

Residency:    University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers

Fellowship:    Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

PALLIATIVE CARE

Robert Tamburro, MD

Residency:    Western Reserve Care System - Southside Medical Center

Fellowship:    Methodist Hospital of Memphis

PEDIATRIC SURGERY

Christopher Coppola, MD

Residency:    Yale – New Haven Hospital

Fellowship:    Children’s National Medical Center


Alfred Kennedy, MD

Residency:    Geisinger Medical Center

Fellowships:  Children's Mercy Hospital

                        Alfred I. Dupont Hospital for Children


Tara Loux, MD

Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Fellowship: Miami Children's Hospital

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Meera N. Mennon, MD

Residency:  Georgetown University

Fellowships:  Children's Hospital of Los Angeles

                        Children's National Medical Center

PSYCHIATRY/PSYCHOLOGY

Amanda Castro, MD

Residency: Montefiore Medical Center - Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center - Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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Heather Hoover, PhD

Doctorate:     Arizona State University

Residency:    Geisinger Medical Center

Fellowship:    Geisinger Medical Center


Shelley Hosterman, PhD

Doctorate:     Lehigh University

Residency:    University of Nebraska Medical Center

Fellowship:    Geisinger Medical Center


Tawnya Meadows, PhD

Doctorate:     Mississippi State University

Residency:    University of Nebraska Medical Center

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Yusef Modan, MD

Residency: North Shore University Hospital

Fellowships: Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital

                       Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell


Sean O'Dell, PhD

Doctorate:     Lehigh University

Residency:    Munroe-Meyer Institute

Fellowship:    Geisinger Medical Center


Monika Parikh, PhD

Doctorate:     Washington State University

Residency:    University of Rochester Medical Center

Fellowship:    Geisinger Medical Center

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Jessica Sevecke-Hanrahan, PhD

Doctorate:     Central Michigan University

Residency:    Geisinger Medical Center


Amy Wysocki, MD

Residency: West Virginia University School of Medicine

Fellowship: West Virginia University School of Medicine

PULMONOLOGY

Kevin Furguson, MD

Residency: North Shore University Hospital

Fellowship: West Chester Medical Center

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Vasanthi Pugazhendhi, MD

Residency:    SUNY Downstate - Brooklyn

Fellowship:    SUNY Downstate - Brooklyn


Jonathan Spahr, MD

Residency:    Geisinger Medical Center

Fellowship:    University of Wisconsin

 
Catherine Wubbel, MD

Residency:    Children's Hospital - Columbus

Fellowship:    Shands Hospital at the University of Florida

RADIOLOGY

Jason Higgins, DO

Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center

Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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Faruq Mahmud, MD

Residency:    Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health Care Center (Internship)

                    Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center of Chicago

                    Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center

Fellowship:    Texas Children's Hospital

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Kiran Sargar, MD

Residency:    B. J. Medical College

Fellowships:  University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

                    Washington University, School of Medicine      

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George Wu, MD

Residency: Stony Brook University Hospital

Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

RHEUMATOLOGY

Emily Brunner, DO

Residency:    Geisinger Medical Center

Fellowship:    University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

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Elaine Cassidy, MD

Residency: Case Western Reserve University

Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center


Thomas Hahn, MD

Residency:    Geisinger Medical Center

Fellowship:    Children's Hospital Medical Center - Cincinnati

SPORTS MEDICINE

Sergio Buzzini, MD

Residency:    University of Illinois at Chicago

Fellowships: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

                    University of North Carolina         


Matthew McElroy, MD

Residency:    Geisinger Medical Center

Fellowship:   Saint Vincent Health System 


Emily Olmes, DO

Residency:    Geisinger Medical Center

Fellowship:    Geisinger Medical Center

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Jeffrey Summers, DO

Residency:    Geisinger Medical Center

Fellowship:    Geisinger Medical Center

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