Medicine 2011 Annual Report

Medicine Leadership

Leadership Committees

Christiana Care Medicine Leadership Team (MLT)

The MLT meets weekly and advises the Hugh R. Sharp, Jr. Chair of Medicine on operational and strategic issues pertaining to Christiana Care Medicine. It consists of the vice chair, all associate chairs, the medical director of Christiana Care Hospitalist Partners, and the Medicine vice president. When relevant, other departmental leaders with expertise in the topic(s) under discussion are invited to attend.

Executive Committee

In addition to the Medicine Leadership Team the other key departmental leadership committee is the Executive Committee which consists of section chiefs, elected departmental representatives, and other senior leaders. It meets monthly and serves an important decision making and advisory role. As the pace of change increases at Christiana Care in response to health care reform, input will be critical from these department leaders, who serve as liaisons and representatives of the private and employed physicians in their sections.

Medicine Leadership Team:

Virginia U. Collier, M.D., FACP, Hugh R. Sharp, Jr., Chair of Medicine

Robert M. Dressler, M.D., MBA, FACP, Vice Chair, Director of Operations, IMSL, Director of Patient Safety, Quality and Performance Improvement

Julie Silverstein, M.D., FACP, Associate Chair, Ambulatory Medicine, Section Chief, General Internal Medicine

Brian M. Aboff, M.D., FACP, Associate Chair, Education, Program Director, Internal Medicine and Transitional Year Residency Programs

Allen Friedland, M.D., FACP, FAAP. Program Director, Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program

Michael Eppehimer, MHSA, Vice President

Dan Elliott, M.D., MSCE, Acting Associate Chair for Research

Edmondo Robinson, M.D., MBA, FACP, Medical Director, Christiana Care Hospitalist Partners

Executive Committee:

Virginia U. Collier, M.D. - Chair

Brian Aboff, M.D., Associate Chair, Education and Program Director, Internal Medicine & Transitional Year, Education Committee Chair

Kunal Bhagat, M.D., Member At Large

David Biggs, M.D., Oncology Section Chief

Joanne Brice, M.D., Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine

Matthew Burday, D.O., Member At Large

Robert Cox, M.D., Section Chief, Renal and Hypertensive Diseases

Patricia Curtin, M.D., Section Chief, Geriatrics

Anthony Cucuzzella, M.D., Chair, Department of Medicine Credentials Committee

Robert Dressler, M.D., Vice Chair of Medicine and Director of Patient Safety, Quality and Performance Improvement

Michael Eppehimer, MHSA (ex officio), Medicine Vice President

Kelly Eschbach, M.D., Section Chief, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Marcianna Filippone, M.D., Gastroenterology Section Chief

Allen Friedland, M.D., Medicine-Pediatrics Section Chief and Program Director, Medicine-Pediatric Residency Program

John Goodill, M.D., Pain & Palliative Care Section Chief

Robert Kopecki, D.O., Member At Large

M. James Lenhard, M.D., Endocrinology Section Chief and Chair, Department of Medicine Clinical Research Committee

Roy Kao, M.D., Assistant Chief of Service

Timothy Manzone, M.D., Nuclear Medicine Section Chief

Thomas Mueller, M.D., Neurology Section Chief

Anand Panwalker, M.D., Infectious Disease Section Chief

Shakaib Qureshi, M.D., Rheumatology Section Chief

Albert Rizzo, M.D., Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Section Chief

Julie Silverstein, M.D., Associate Chair, Ambulatory Medicine and Section Chief, General Internal Medicine, and Chair, Department of Medicine Professional Excellence Committee

R. Bradley Slease, M.D., Hematology Section Chief

William Weintraub, M.D., Cardiology Section Chief

Marc Zubrow, M.D., Medical Director, eCare

Section Chiefs:

Greg Marcotte, M.D.
Allergy & Clinical Immunology

William Weintraub, M.D.
Cardiology

Peter Panzer, M.D.
Dermatology

M. James Lenhard, M.D.
Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases

Marcianna Filippone, M.D.
Gastroenterology

Patricia Curtin, M.D.
Geriatrics

R. Bradley Slease, M.D.
Hematology

Anand Panwalker, M.D.
Infectious Disease

Julie Silverstein, M.D.
Internal Medicine

Joanne Brice, M.D.
Division of Hospital Medicine

Terry Horton, M.D.
Division of Addiction Medicine

Allen Friedland, M.D.
Medicine-Pediatrics

Thomas Mueller, M.D.
Neurology

Timothy Manzone, M.D.
Nuclear Medicine

David Biggs, M.D.
Oncology

Carine Sakr, M.D.
Occupational/Preventive Medicine

John Goodill, M.D.
Pain & Palliative Care

Kelly Eschbach, M.D.
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Albert Rizzo, M.D.
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

Robert Cox, M.D.
Renal & Hypertensive Diseases

Shakaib Qureshi, M.D.
Rheumatology