AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL - Key Persons


Abdalla Abdalla

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Neurologist

Adam Bartlett

Job Titles:
  • Loading Patient Reviews

Adarsh Gupta

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Alicia E. LaMancusa

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Finance
  • Interim CFO & Treasurer

Alicia Manly

Job Titles:
  • Interim Director of Urgent Care
  • Interim Medical Director, Urgent Care Pediatrician
Dr. Manly is the Interim Director of Urgent Care at Akron Children's. She earned her medical degree at the Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio and completed her pediatric residency at Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Va. She's certified by the American Board of Pediatrics.

Alisha Bauer

Job Titles:
  • Nurse Practitioner at Akron Children 's Hospital
Alisha is a pediatric nurse practitioner at Akron Children's Hospital. She's been practicing as a provider since 2015 and with Akron Children's since 2007. Alisha earned her master's degree from The University of Akron in Akron, Ohio and is certified by the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board.

Alison Matthews

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Urgent Care Physician

Allison Burke

Job Titles:
  • Director, Autism Diagnostic Clinic Child and Adolescent Psychologist

Amy Petrunak

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Andrea Knighton

Job Titles:
  • Pediatrician
  • Pediatrician at Akron Children 's Hospital Urgent Care
Dr. Knighton is a pediatrician at Akron Children's Hospital Urgent Care, where she's been practicing since 2012. She earned her medical degree from Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine in Athens, Ohio and completed her residency in pediatrics at Akron Children's. Dr. Knighton has a special interest in mental health and asthma. She's certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She's also a member of the American Osteopathic Association and the American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians.

Anthea R. Daniels

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Secretary

Anya Kleinman

Job Titles:
  • Pediatrician
Dr. Kleinman is a pediatrician and an emergency medicine physician at Akron Children's Hospital. She's been practicing since 2011 and with Akron Children's since 2018. She earned her medical degree from Ben Gurion-Columbia Medical School for International Health in Israel and completed her pediatric residency at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. She went on to complete the Advancing Pediatric Educator Excellence (APEX) program sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Hospital Medicine and the Academic Pediatric Association. Dr. Kleinman is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She's also an assistant professor of pediatrics at Northeast Ohio Medical University and has contributed to several publications and presentations on pediatric topics.

Barbara J. Varley

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Hospital Board of Directors

Bernett Williams

Job Titles:
  • Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer Vice President for Community Initiatives

Betsy Newlon

Job Titles:
  • Neurobehavioral Health Clinic Coordinator

Brian Dinger

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Primary Care and Regional Services
Akron Children's Hospital has named Brian Dinger, MBA, as vice president of primary care.

Brian Lapolla - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President
  • Vice President, Operations
Brian Lapolla is vice president of facility operations and logistics. Prior to this role, he served as executive director of facilities, construction and public safety. Lapolla joined Akron Children's in 2016 from FirstMerit Bank. He holds a Bachelor's and Master's degree in architecture from The Ohio State University and a Master's in Business Administration from Kent State University. In his role, he is responsible for oversight of the organization's facilities, planning and construction.

Brittney Williams

Job Titles:
  • Loading Patient Reviews

Bruce Benton

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Emergency Physician

Bruce H. Cohen

Job Titles:
  • Chairman, NeuroDevelopmental Science Center
Chair, NeuroDevelopmental Science Center; Philip H. Maynard Chair in NeuroDevelopmental Science Fund; Chairman, American Academy of Neurology Advocacy Committee; Pediatric Neurologist

Carole Ettinger

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Information Services Division

Chinasa Nwankwo

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Neurologist / Epileptologist

Christopher A. Gessner - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • President
  • President and Chief Executive Officer / CEO Council

Christopher Najarian

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Physiatrist Director, Spasticity Clinic / Loading. Loading Patient Reviews

Christopher Sarkis

Job Titles:
  • Pediatrician

Cortney Owoc

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Crystal Joyce

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Daniel Tabaka

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Danielle Paulin

Job Titles:
  • Director, Pediatric Emergency Ultrasound Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Darren R. Wells

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Hospital Board of Directors

David Magoolaghan

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Deepesh Randeri

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Information Security

Donna Backus

Job Titles:
  • Pediatrician

Dr. Noah Miller

Job Titles:
  • Endowed Chair in Pediatric Medicine Immediate past President, Medical Staff Pediatric Nephrologist

Edward Beatty

Job Titles:
  • Emergency Medicine Physician

Emily McFerren

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Emily Scott

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Eric Singer

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Erin Fain

Job Titles:
  • Pediatrician

Eva Szigethy

Job Titles:
  • Director, Pediatric Psychiatry and Psychology the Lois C. Orr Endowed Chair in Pediatric Psychiatry

Francesca Carra

Job Titles:
  • Physician Assistant

Glen L. Stephens

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Hospital Board of Directors

Gordon Edwards - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer

Grace Wakulchik

Job Titles:
  • Endowed Chair for Nursing Chief of Hospital Based Services Chief Nursing Officer

Gregg DiGiulio

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Gwyneth Hughes

Job Titles:
  • Loading Patient Reviews

Harun Rashid

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Information Services Chief Information Officer

Heather DeVault

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Huwaida Mansour

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Ian Rossman

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Neurologist

Jacob Sisko

Job Titles:
  • Physician Assistant

James Lee

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

James Rectenwald

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Janae Bragg

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Talent Management

Jawad Khan

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Enterprise Analytics

Jeffrey Hord

Job Titles:
  • Director, Division of Hematology
Director, Division of Hematology-Oncology; Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist; LOPen Charities and Mawaka Family Chair in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology; Vice President, American Society of Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology 2023-2024

Jennifer Andrews

Job Titles:
  • Pediatrician

Jennifer Dwyer

Job Titles:
  • Chief of Primary Care Pediatrician

Jessica Barnes

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Jessica Chen

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Joan Lauck

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Hospital Board of Directors

Joel Katz

Job Titles:
  • Loading Patient Reviews

John C. Orr

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Hospital Board of Directors

John F. Mayer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Hospital Board of Directors

John Lane

Job Titles:
  • Director, Pediatric Cardiology and Adult Congenital Heart Service Pediatric Cardiologist Sunrise Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

Joy Kosiewicz

Job Titles:
  • Interim Chief Legal Officer

Justin Wildemann

Job Titles:
  • Pediatrician

Kara C. Lewis

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Hospital Board of Directors

Kate Boroff

Job Titles:
  • Pediatrician

Kathryn Mosher

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Physiatrist Director, Neuromuscular Clinic / Loading. Loading Patient Reviews

Kelly Wiseman

Job Titles:
  • Co - Director, Summer Pediatric Research Scholars Program Physician Assistant

Kelsey Merison

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Neurologist

Kelsey Tasker

Job Titles:
  • Physician Assistant

Kerwyn Jones

Job Titles:
  • Medical Staff President Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon Sports Medicine Physician Department Quality Officer

Kristen Stefanski

Job Titles:
  • Developmental - Behavioral Pediatrician / Loading. Loading Patient Reviews

Kristene Grayem

Job Titles:
  • Chief Population Health Officer Executive Director, Akron Children 's Health Collaborative

Kristin Barrett

Job Titles:
  • Pediatrician

Laura Pollauf

Job Titles:
  • Director, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician Medical Staff past President

Lauren Ousley

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Lisa Aurilio - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer

Lisa M. Bandwen

Job Titles:
  • Secretary

Lisa Miyatake

Job Titles:
  • Pediatrician

Lucyna Zawadzki

Job Titles:
  • Director, Pediatric Epileptology Pediatric Neurologist / Epileptologist

M. Cristina Victorio

Job Titles:
  • Director, Headache Program Pediatric Neurologist

Margaret L. Stalter

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Hospital Board of Directors

Marissa Watson

Job Titles:
  • Pediatrician

Mark L. Wulkan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Hospital Board of Directors
  • Chairman, Department of Surgery Bruce F. Rothmann, M.D. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery Pediatric Surgeon

Mary Costello

Job Titles:
  • Site Director, Mahoning Valley Emergency Services Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Marya Strand

Job Titles:
  • Chairman, Department of Neonatal and Perinatal
Chair, Department of Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine; Thomas R. & Mary Lynn Crowley Endowed Chair in Neonatology and Maternal Fetal Medicine; Neonatologist-Perinatologist; Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist

Matt Rusch

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Revenue Cycle

Matthew Groninger

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Medical and Surgical Subspecialties

Megan Evers

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Megan Hopper

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Principal Giving

Melanie Rak

Job Titles:
  • Loading Patient Reviews

Micah Baird

Job Titles:
  • Director, Division of Pediatric Physiatry Medical Director, Rehabilitation Pediatric Physiatrist

Michael Bigham

Job Titles:
  • Chief Quality Officer

Michael Billow

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Michael Kohrman

Job Titles:
  • Director, Pediatric Neurology Pediatric Neurologist

Michael L. Forbes

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Hospital Board of Directors

Michael Mainwaring

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Business Development

Michael Rubin

Job Titles:
  • Chairman, Department of Pediatric Radiology

Michelle M. Luecke

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Hospital Board of Directors

Montrella S. Jackson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Hospital Board of Directors

Naa Adorkor Allotey

Job Titles:
  • Director, Emergency Medical Services Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Nicole Gombash

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Osama El-Assal

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Patrick M. Covey

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Hospital Board of Directors

Paul M. Dutton

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Hospital Board of Directors

Paul N. Catania

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Hospital Board of Directors

Paul Olivier

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Akron Children 's Hospital Mahoning Valley

R. Esther Lutes

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Rebecca D. Considine

Job Titles:
  • Research Institute

Reem Sarkis

Job Titles:
  • Pediatrician

Rev. Lewis Macklin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Hospital Board of Directors

Rhonda Larimore - CHRO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Human Resources Officer

Richard S. Rogers

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Hospital Board of Directors

Robert C. Berk

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Hospital Board of Directors

Robert J. Wells

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Hospital Board of Directors

Robert S. McGregor

Job Titles:
  • Chief Medical Officer
  • Member of the Hospital Board of Directors

Samantha Konen

Job Titles:
  • Myelo Clinic Program Coordinator

Sarah Kline Krammes

Job Titles:
  • Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Sarah Love

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Psychologist

Sarah Rush

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Informatics Chief Medical Information Officer Pediatric Neuro - Oncologist Marci M. Matthews Endowed Chair in Telehealth

Seth Linakis

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Shana Earle

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Professional and Support Services

Shana Schuler

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Psychologist

Shawn Lyden - Chief Strategy Officer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Strategy Officer

Shawn Robinson

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Shefali S. Mahesh

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Hospital Board of Directors

Shelley Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Hospital Board of Directors

Shelly Brown

Job Titles:
  • Chief Development Officer and Executive Director of the Foundation

Stephen E. Myers

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Hospital Board of Directors

Stephen Steiner

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Neurologist

Sudershan Subedi

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Tarun Bhalla

Job Titles:
  • Chairman, Anesthesia & Pain Medicine Interim Director, Akron Children 's Health Collaborative Pediatric Anesthesiologist

Thomas Wolski

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Timothy Lee

Job Titles:
  • Medical Director, Akron Campus Emergency Department Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician

Timothy M. Burke

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Hospital Board of Directors

Tina Sanzone

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Access and Patient Navigation

Tina Speicher

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Total Rewards

Todd Ritzman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman, Department of Orthopedics Director, Spine Center Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon

Virginia C. Addicott - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Virginia C. Drosos

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Hospital Board of Directors

Wade Wilde

Job Titles:
  • Pediatric Urgent Care Physician

William Kelleher

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Hospital Board of Directors

William M. Hopkins

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Hospital Board of Directors

Yonit Estrin

Job Titles:
  • Pediatrician