COLUMBUS MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION - Key Persons


Denison Neale Jr

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
Mr Neale has had a successful career for over forty years in the commercial real estate mortgage banking business. He is currently with Bellwether Real Estate Capital.

F Donald Rothermich

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • First Vice President - Investments With Raymond James
Mr Rothermich is First Vice President-Investments with Raymond James and Associates. He has been a successful financial adviser for over forty-five years. Mr Rothermich is a past President and Chairman of the Central Ohio Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation and has been a Board Member for over 50 years. He is the son of CMRF founder, Norman O Rothermich, MD.

Ronald L Whisler

Dr Whisler is a graduate of The Ohio State University College of Medicine. He completed his Internship/Residency at The Ohio State University, and his subspecialty training at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine and Mayo Clinic. After which, he returned to The Ohio State University where he was named Director of the Division of Immunology in 1980. His specialty interests include osteoarthritis, bursitis, rheumatoid arthritis and vasculitis, with research focused on osteoarthritis and autoimmunity. He has been involved in numerous research studies on the cause and treatment of arthritis and disorders affecting the immune system. Dr Whisler was a friend and colleague of Dr Norman O Rothermich, founder of the CMRF, and co-authored many arthritis publications with him.

Stacy P Ardoin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Associate Professor of Rheumatology at the Ohio State University Medical Center
Dr Ardoin is Associate Professor of Rheumatology at The Ohio State University Medical Center, Chief of the Division of Pediatric Rheumatology at Nationwide Children's Hospital, and Staff Physician at Rainbow Babies Hospital. Dr Ardoin is a past receipt of grants from the Rheumatology Research Foundation, the Lupus Foundation of America, and the National Institute of Health. She served as the elected Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Committee Chair for the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance for three years and has published numerous articles.

Thomas J Bonasera

Job Titles:
  • Attorney
  • Member of the Board
Mr Bonasera is an Attorney with Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP. He has been recognized as one of Ohio's Super Lawyers every year since its inception as voted by his peers. He focuses on trust and estate administration and litigation, estate planning and closely-held business matters.