EINSTEIN - Key Persons


Ahashta Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Medical Director of Einstein Medical Center Montgomery
Ahashta Johnson is Medical Director of Einstein Medical Center Montgomery (EMCM) Palliative Care, Core Faculty Member of EMCM Internal Medicine Residency, Faculty Member of EMCM Palliative Medicine Fellowship and Chairperson of EMCM Ethics Committee. In addition to focusing on maximizing quality of life for her palliative medicine patients, supporting end of life care for Einstein Montgomery Hospice patients, leading committee review of ethical matters at EMCM, educating and mentoring residents and fellows at EMCM, she has special interests in effective communication, compassion in medicine and narrative medicine. Through training in Vital Talk communication techniques, she teaches effective communication skills through role play. She has been an active participant in Einstein's Narrative Medicine Program since inception. Her newest endeavor is co leading EMCM Schwartz Rounds Planning Committee, to hold Schwartz Rounds fostering compassion in medicine.

Alberto Esquenazi

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Alex Clarke

Job Titles:
  • Operations Manager

Alison Korman Feldman

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

ANGIE NICHOLAS

Job Titles:
  • CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER MONTGOMERY and EINSTEIN PHYSICIANS MONTGOMERY
As Chief Medical Officer of Einstein Medical Center Montgomery and Einstein Physicians Montgomery, Angie Nicholas, MD, has oversight of the clinical services provided to patients at those locations. She has oversight for a group of over 60 physicians in Montgomery County. Board certified in Family Medicine, she also works clinically at Einstein Physicians King of Prussia Family Medicine and Einstein Physicians North Wales Family Practice. In her role, Dr. Nicholas has worked to enhance the patient experience, quality, productivity and physician engagement. Prior to joining Einstein, Dr. Nicholas was Senior Director, Clinical Software and Enterprise Services, at Siemens Medical Solutions and was in clinical practice at Colonial Family Practice in Coatesville, Pa. Previously, she was Chief Medical Information Officer for Susquehanna Health for nearly 12 years.

ANNMARIE PAPA

Job Titles:
  • VICE PRESIDENT and CHIEF NURSING OFFICER, EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER MONTGOMERY
AnnMarie Papa was named Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at Einstein Medical Center Montgomery in 2014. In her role, she has responsibility for directing the personnel, operations and financial activities for nursing services and the Interventional Platform at Einstein Medical Center Montgomery. With more than 35 years of experience in the nursing field, Papa has worked at Jeanes Hospital, Chestnut Hill Hospital and Doylestown Hospital, serving in a variety of positions of increasing responsibility, particularly in the area of emergency services. She joined Einstein from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where she held multiple nursing leadership positions, most recently serving as Clinical Director for Emergency, Observation and Medical Nursing. Papa holds a Doctorate in Nursing Practice and is a Fellow of both the American Academy of Nursing and the Academy of Emergency Nursing.

Beth Duffy

Job Titles:
  • PRESIDENT and CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER MONTGOMERY and EINSTEIN PHYSICIANS MONTGOMERY
In 2018, Beth Duffy was named President and Chief Operating Officer of Einstein Medical Center Montgomery and Einstein Physicians Montgomery. Previously, in 2012, she was named Chief Operating Officer of Einstein Medical Center Montgomery and Einstein Physicians Montgomery. In this role, she leads EMCM's clinical and administrative leaders in all day-to-day operations as well as the physician practice company that includes multiple primary care practices, as well as several specialty practices and the hospitalist service. The promotion was the latest advance in Duffy's more-than-30-year career at Einstein. Prior to her current position, she served as Vice President and Director, Activation Planning, collaborating with physicians, leaders and employees to ensure the successful 2012 opening of southeastern Pennsylvania's first completely new hospital in more than a decade. She oversaw the completion of an estimated 100,000 individual tasks that were part of this $350 million project. Previously, Duffy served in a variety of positions with increasingly more responsibility in Einstein clinical, regulatory and support service operations, including the role of Vice President-Healthcare Services. In 2013, she was named an Emerging Executive of the Year by Philadelphia Business Journal.

BILL RYAN

Job Titles:
  • VICE PRESIDENT for GOVERNMENT RELATIONS and PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Drawing on more than 40 years as a campaign operative, political consultant and healthcare lobbyist, Bill Ryan serves as Vice President for Government Relations and Public Affairs at the Einstein Healthcare Network. As the lead for Einstein's governmental and community affairs operations, Bill has been active with North Philadelphia organizations from the Logan Community Development Corporation to serving as the liaison between Einstein and UndiosPA PR. Bill connected residents from Puerto Rico with health services as they were displaced to Philadelphia. Bill has been the driving force behind the creation of the North Philadelphia Health Enterprise Zone a partnership between the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Department of Education, the City of Philadelphia, area hospitals and other stakeholders, a collaboration designed to address health disparities in North Philadelphia. He also is responsible for overseeing and directing federal, state and local lobbying efforts at Einstein and was active with the passage of both the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Hospital Assessments, legislation which provided more than $500 million of additional funding for hospitals across Pennsylvania. In addition, Bill was part of the lobbying team that helped create Pennsylvania's DSH allocation for OB services. Since joining Einstein in 2006, Bill has overseen the growth of governmental funding from a baseline of around $23 million annually to more than $60 million annually. Bill also identified and secured capital funding of more than $11 million for Einstein projects. Bill's efforts have been recognized by the Delaware Valley Healthcare Council of The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) in 2007 and 2011 for outstanding advocacy efforts on behalf of hospitals, patients and the community. Prior to joining Einstein, Bill served as Acting President and Vice President of Advocacy for the Arthritis Foundation of Eastern Pennsylvania. While at the Arthritis Foundation, Bill created a legislative appropriation which grew to more than $480,000 annually and was influential in the creation of the Pennsylvania Arthritis and Osteoporosis Legislative Caucus - a first in the nation. His efforts led to the creation of the Pennsylvania Arthritis Action Plan which became the template for the World Health Organization's (WHO) Arthritis Action Plan. Bill resides in Shamong, New Jersey with his wife Anastasia Zuccaro and two daughters, Gabriella and Taylor.

Brain Cancer

Job Titles:
  • Head

Bud Wright

Job Titles:
  • Financial Analyst

Carole S. Ben-Maimon

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Christine Salley

Job Titles:
  • MSHE Nutrition Educator, Pantry PSE Coordinator

Clarence Iszard

Job Titles:
  • Nutrition Educator, Community Coordinator

CRAIG J. SIEVING

Job Titles:
  • Vice President - Facilities Management for Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia
  • VICE PRESIDENT FACILITIES MANAGEMENT, EINSTEIN HEALTHCARE NETWORK
In 2014, Craig Sieving was promoted to Vice President-Facilities Management for Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, MossRehab, Einstein Medical Center Elkins Park and other facilities. In his role, Craig has responsibility for Maintenance & Engineering, Construction, Environmental Services, Protective Services, Mailroom & Print Shop, Materials Management, Safety & Emergency Preparedness, Property Management and Food & Nutrition Services. Previously, Sieving served as Network Director, Facilities Management, at Einstein for 10 years. During that time, he oversaw numerous large projects that have enhanced the network's clinical and service areas. Some of his notable accomplishments include implementing a comprehensive energy reduction plan and leading significant contract negotiations with utility providers that resulted in lower energy use and costs, developing and implementing a network-wide Facilities Quality Management System, and redeveloping, implementing and overseeing the network's regulatory compliance program for the Utility and Fire Safety systems.

Dinh Nguyen

Job Titles:
  • Data Coordinator

Dixieanne James

Job Titles:
  • Position of President and Chief Operating Officer of Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia
In 2019, Dixieanne James was promoted to the position of President and Chief Operating Officer of Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, Einstein Medical Center Elkins Park, MossRehab, Willowcrest, and Center One. In 2014, she was named Vice President of Strategic Planning and Business Development for Einstein Healthcare Network. In this role, she oversaw Einstein's strategic planning and business development functions, focusing on identifying and prioritizing both short- and long-term growth opportunities for the network's many locations and clinical service lines. James partnered with Einstein's clinical, research, academic and administrative leadership to develop and implement volume- and revenue-generating strategies that positioned Einstein for success as the healthcare environment continues to evolve and transform. She joined Einstein as Corporate Director of Strategic Planning in March 2008 and was named Associate Vice President, Physician Enterprise Development and Operations, in 2012.

Dorlyn McLaughlin - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President
Dorlyn McLaughlin is Vice President, Healthcare Services and a longtime Einstein leader. Prior to this role, she was Associate Vice President, Physician Services, and prior to that, the Administrator for the specialty practice operations and clinical programs for the Department of Surgery. She is recognized for strong leadership and teambuilding skills with expertise in accreditation and regulatory compliance, business development, program planning and operations management. As Vice President, Healthcare Services, McLaughlin is responsible for the Surgery, Neurosurgery, and Dental Medicine service lines and oversees physician practice operations for the Emergency Department, Radiology, Pathology, Anesthesia, Pain Management and Psychiatry.

DOUGLAS MCGEE

Job Titles:
  • CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER, EINSTEIN HEALTHCARE NETWORK
As Chief Academic Officer and ACGME Designated Institutional Official, Dr. McGee oversees the Office of Academic Affairs, which provides institutional oversight for all graduate, undergraduate and continuing medical education programs throughout Einstein Healthcare Network. McGee has played a leading role in advancing learning- and teaching-related projects at Einstein. He coordinated the conception, planning, fundraising and building of the Einstein Center for Clinical Competency, which is designed to improve patient safety and health-care delivery while helping residents transition from classroom instruction to clinical interaction. Dr. McGee is an Assistant Dean at Jefferson Medical College. He has served in many roles in various state and national organizations, including having as President of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians (PACEP) and President of the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD). Dr. McGee is presently a member of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Review Committee for Emergency Medicine and represents the American College of Emergency Physicians on the Emergency Medicine GME Funding Task Force. He is a frequent presenter at local and national meetings and has lectured extensively on topics in trauma, diagnostic testing, CT scan interpretation, genitourinary emergencies, and residency administration. Dr. McGee completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, served as the Associate Director of the Emergency Medicine Residency from 1992 to 2000 and as the Residency Program Director from 2000 to 2008.

Erica Harris

Job Titles:
  • Physician at Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia
Erica Harris is an attending emergency physician at Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, the Medical Director of Einstein's Trauma Intervention Program and an Associate Director of Jefferson's Center for Injury Research and Prevention. She completed a fellowship in Injury and Public Health Research at Drexel University where she worked with clients of the Healing Hurt People violence intervention program. In her work with victims of violent injury, she has employed digital storytelling and the visual and creative arts both as a therapeutic modality and channel through which to engender compassion in others for victims of violence, drawing attention to the gun violence epidemic. She also serves as the faculty advisor for Airway, the resident-run story telling forum for emergency physicians. She has published creative nonfiction essays and a short film exploring work on the frontlines during the pandemic, empathy in physician training and the perspective of being a physician-turned-patient.

Frederick D. Seymour

Job Titles:
  • Health Education Supervisor

Geoffrey M. Duffine

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

GERARD F. BLANEY

Job Titles:
  • EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT and CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, EINSTEIN HEALTHCARE NETWORK
Gerard F. (Gerry) Blaney joined Einstein more than 34 years ago as a general accountant and has held numerous positions with increasing responsibility within the Finance Department, most recently serving as Vice President of Finance and Interim Chief Financial Officer. During his tenure, Gerry has been responsible for all of Einstein's financial reporting, budgets and regulatory filings, and had oversight for the Purchasing and Materials Management Departments as well.

Gina Marone

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Healthcare Services and Chief Nurse Executive for Einstein Healthcare Network
Gina Marone is Vice President of Healthcare Services and Chief Nurse Executive for Einstein Healthcare Network. In this role, she has oversight of nursing for Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, Einstein Medical Center Elkins Park, MossRehab, and Willowcrest. In addition, she has administrative responsibility for the Emergency Department. Marone joins Einstein from the MD Anderson Cooper Cancer Center where she served as Vice President of Clinical Operations at multiple New Jersey locations. Prior to that, she served in several capacities with increasing responsibilities at Cooper University-Healthcare in Camden, NJ, most recently as Vice President for Patient Care Services and Associate Chief Nursing Officer. With 29 years experience as a nurse, Marone started her career as a Registered Nurse in the Cardiac Progressive Care Unit at Lankenau Hospital and in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Hahnemann Hospital, before moving into management roles.

Jack F. Adler

Job Titles:
  • Member of the LIFE

Jay B. Minkoff

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

JAY D'LUGIN

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Information Technology Executive Steering Committee
  • VICE PRESIDENT and CHIEF MEDICAL INFORMATION OFFICER, EINSTEIN HEALTHCARE NETWORK
As CMIO, Dr. D'Lugin is responsible for supporting the selection, design and implementation of clinical information systems that support the transition of care across the Network. He focuses on transformation and innovation using Information Technology (IT) in a way that produces value for the Einstein organization. As a member of the Information Technology Executive Steering Committee, Dr. D'Lugin represents the needs and requirements of the physician community and serves as an advocate of management in promoting the use of IT in the clinical setting. He is responsible for driving both optimization and adoption of the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and compliance with regulatory requirements that impact physicians. In addition, he works in partnership with clinical and administrative leadership to translate clinician requirements into information system needs for clinical, teaching and research systems.

Jimmy John

Job Titles:
  • Health Education Supervisor

John P. Korman

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Joshua S. Gross

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Julia Spillane

Job Titles:
  • Health Education Supervisor

Ken Levitan

Job Titles:
  • PRESIDENT and CEO, EINSTEIN HEALTHCARE NETWORK
Ken Levitan, who moved into his current position in January 2021, has been part of the Einstein network for more than 13 years. Most recently, he was executive vice president and chief administrative officer, which included leading the network's Incident Command Center throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Ken also had oversight for several Einstein departments, including Human Resources, Information Services, Strategy and Planning, Performance Improvement, and Government/Community Relations. While previously serving as chief information officer, Ken led the transformation of Einstein's use of information technology, including the development and implementation of a network-wide electronic medical record system known as Albert Einstein Clinical Information System (AECIS), and the installation of $25 million of IT equipment and software to support the opening of Einstein Medical Center Montgomery. His background also includes working at Ernst & Young where he was an executive director leading the Healthcare Provider Information Technology practice. Einstein has been part of Ken's family for a long time, with his late father Mark Levitan, having served as Einstein's chief executive officer in the 1980s. Ken and his wife have two adult children and reside in the Fairmount neighborhood of Philadelphia

Kineret Shakow

Job Titles:
  • Project Director

Kisha Lee Gadsden

Job Titles:
  • Health Educator, Senior & Pantry Coordinator

Lamont Louis

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer for Einstein Physicians
Lamont Louis joined Einstein in 2018 as Chief Operating Officer for Einstein Physicians. He provides executive leadership focusing on improving Einstein Physicians office efficiency, access to care for our patients and referring community and helping to lead our Einstein 360 efforts. Prior to joining Einstein, Louis led several large medical groups including the Lehigh Valley Physician Group Poconos, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine Faculty Practice and the Academic Faculty Practice of St. Christopher's Hospital for Children.

Laura Mager

Job Titles:
  • Dietitian / Nutrition Educator

Lawrence S. Reichlin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the LIFE

Lewis I. Gantman - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Maddie Monahan

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager

Maria McCall

Job Titles:
  • VICE PRESIDENT of HEALTHCARE SERVICES
  • Vice President of Healthcare Services Responsible for the Operation and Growth
Maria McCall joined Einstein Healthcare Network in October 2019 as Vice President of Healthcare Services responsible for the operation and growth of Einstein's Cardiothoracic, Cardiology, Digestive Disease and Transplant, Urology, and Orthopedic service lines. A seasoned healthcare leader with proven experience in service-line growth and development, McCall's expertise includes business development and strategic planning, physician integration and alignment, quality assurance and performance, and employee engagement. McCall joined Einstein from Trinity Health in Langhorne, PA, where she served as Service Line Administrator for the Oncology Division responsible for the development and achievement of the oncology service line's strategic objectives. Earlier in her career, McCall served as Senior Administrative Director for Surgery and Medical Specialties at Crozer-Keystone Health Network in Springfield, PA; Senior Director of Clinical Services at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia; and Operations and Compliance Manager for Solid Organ Transplant at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. McCall earned a Master of Science degree in Health Policy and Administration and a Bachelor of Science degree in Biobehavioral Health from Penn State University. She is also a graduate of the United States Presidential Management Fellowship program, a Six Sigma Lean Black Belt Professional, and a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Matthew S. Levitties

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Maureen Jordan

Job Titles:
  • Position of Vice President, Healthcare Services at Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia
  • VICE PRESIDENT, HEALTHCARE SERVICES, EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER PHILADELPHIA
Maureen Jordan holds the position of Vice President, Healthcare Services at Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia. Her areas of responsibility include Radiology, the Women's Center, Patient Escort, Laboratory and Pathology Medicine, Organ Disease and Transplantation, OB-GYN and Pediatrics, Pharmacy Services, Respiratory Care and Pulmonary Diagnostics, Urology, Sterile Processing, Radiation Safety, and Regulatory Agencies. After joining Einstein in 1996, Jordan was named Manager and then, Director of Respiratory Care and Pulmonary Diagnostics for Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia in 1998 and 2000 respectively. She was promoted to Assistant Vice President in 2010, serving as the leader for a number of both clinical and non-clinical Einstein areas. More recently, Jordan has served as the leader for the Einstein G.P.S. Standards of Behavior Committee. In that role, she ensured the network-wide involvement of over 150 front-line employees across the entire Einstein continuum who came together to identify the specific behaviors that, when adopted, will ensure that employees are living up to Einstein's Code of Conduct in all dealings with patients, their families and one another.

Michael George

Job Titles:
  • Leader
  • VICE PRESIDENT, HEALTHCARE SERVICES
Michael George is a longtime Einstein leader and was named Vice President, Healthcare Services in 2019. He is recognized for strong leadership, teambuilding, strategy development, business growth and operations management skills. Previously, as Associate Vice President, he provided executive leadership for physicians and staff in more than 90 physician practice sites along with management of the following clinical departments: Heart and Vascular, Cancer, Women and Children's, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Medicine Specialties, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and regional Multi-specialty practices. As Vice President for Healthcare Services, he has service line responsibility, including hospital operations and physician practice executive management responsibility for Medicine, Neurology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Pediatrics, Oncology, as well as practice management responsibility for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Nazanin Moghbeli

Job Titles:
  • Co - Director
  • Artist
Nazanin Moghbeli is an Iranian-American cardiologist and artist. She is the Director of the Cardiac Care Unit at Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia and Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College. She founded and directed the first Penn Women's Cardiovascular Center at Pennsylvania Hospital, then served as Associate Director of the Women's Cardiovascular Center at Penn Radnor prior to joining Einstein. She received her medical and public health degrees at Johns Hopkins University, while studying at the Maryland Institute of Art in the evenings. She completed a residency in internal medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and a cardiovascular fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a committed medical educator and has designed innovative curricula in the medical humanities for programs throughout the United States and Europe. Her art studio is located in Manayunk, PA and she is part of the Philadelphia based Femme Collective. In her art, Nazanin grapples with her dual identities as an Iranian and American, artist and physician, to shed light on what happens when what seems disparate comes together. Her works have been exhibited throughout the United States and Europe. Learn more about her work here.

Nikita B. Peden

Job Titles:
  • MSHS, Nutrition Educator, Community Coordinator

Patricia (Pat) Modafferi

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Healthcare Services at Einstein Medical Center Montgomery
Patricia (Pat) Modafferi is Vice President of Healthcare Services at Einstein Medical Center Montgomery, where she leads the operational oversight and strategic direction of numerous ancillary and clinical support departments, including network responsibility for the radiology service line. Modafferi has more than 25 years of community and hospital healthcare leadership experience. She served as a member of the Activation and Transition team responsible for the successful facility planning, operational model design and execution of the opening of Einstein Montgomery in September 2012. Before joining Einstein, Modafferi held various positions in leadership, including Vice President, at Montgomery Hospital Medical Center. Prior to joining Montgomery Hospital, Modafferi served as Director of Community Programs and Education for the American Lung Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania.

Rachel B. Sakofs

Job Titles:
  • LN Dietitian

Rachel Fleishman

Job Titles:
  • Co - Director
  • Attending Neonatologist at Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia
Rachel Fleishman is an attending neonatologist at Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, and Founder & Director of the Narrative Medicine Program for Einstein's Urban Core. When not caring for infants and attending high risk deliveries and training pediatric residents and neonatal fellows, she teaches narrative medicine throughout the medical center, facilitates storytelling sessions, and writes creative nonfiction. Through her writing and teaching, she hopes to highlight how humanity and humility are central to the care of patients and their families. She aspires to link her interests in patient safety and narrative medicine over the breadth of her career by fostering a culture of safety grounded in empathic understanding and narrative humility. Her essays touch on themes such as motherhood, perinatal ethics, pregnancy, and life and death in the neonatal intensive care unit. Her essays appear in literary magazines, newspapers, prestigious medical journals, and medical humanities publications. Read her work here.

Richard A. Wolfson

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Richard C. Sheerr

Job Titles:
  • Member of the LIFE

Richard J. Braemer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the LIFE

Robert J. Lipstein

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

ROHIT GULATI

Job Titles:
  • Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia
  • EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT and CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER PHILADELPHIA, EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER ELKINS PARK, MOSSREHAB, CENTER ONE, and WILLOWCREST
Dr. Gulati joined Einstein in 2018 as Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, Einstein Medical Center Elkins Park, MossRehab, Center One and Willowcrest. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Dr. Gulati oversees quality and patient safety departments, infection prevention, and the Medical Staff Office for these campuses. Dr. Gulati participates as a member of the executive leadership team and serves as liaison between nursing, clinical staff and medical leadership. He takes the lead on critical initiatives and works with Einstein's officers for graduate medical education and regulatory affairs. Prior to joining Einstein, Dr. Gulati was Vice Dean Clinical Affairs for West Virginia University Medicine and Chief Medical Officer for University Health Physicians in Martinsburg, WV. He has lectured across the country on topics pertaining to medical economics, patient access and care, and clinical improvement programs.

Sabina Velilla

Job Titles:
  • Nutrition Educator, Community Coordinator

Samuel L. Frieder

Job Titles:
  • Member of the LIFE

Shaneka D. Bowen

Job Titles:
  • Health Education Supervisor

Steven Berk

Job Titles:
  • Member of the LIFE

Steven L. Sivak

Job Titles:
  • Chief Medical Officer
  • PRESIDENT, EINSTEIN PHYSICIANS PHILADELPHIA
Dr. Steve Sivak was appointed to the position of Chief Medical Officer in 2014, with oversight for Einstein Physicians Philadelphia, a group of 500 providers offering primary care and advanced specialty care and procedures in the greater Philadelphia region. In his role, he provides physician leadership as Einstein develops a clinically integrated network for the organization and its participation in Noble Health Alliance. Over his more than 30-year career, Dr. Sivak has had a strong interest and expertise in the education of medical students and residents and more recently has broadened his experience in population health management. Prior to joining Einstein in 2001 as the Paul J. Johnson Chairman, Department of Medicine, Dr. Sivak spent nearly seven years as the Program Director, Internal Medicine and Vice Chairman, Department of Medicine for Saint Vincent's Medical Center in New York. He also worked as the Program Director and Chief of General Internal Medicine at Westchester County Medical Center in Valhalla, N.Y., for more than 12 years. In his current role, Dr. Sivak has worked to enhance the patient experience, quality, productivity and physician engagement.

Susan Kline Klehr

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Thomas N. Perloff

Job Titles:
  • Member of the LIFE

Thomas Smith

Job Titles:
  • CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER ELKINS PARK and MOSSREHAB
In 2016, Thomas Smith was named Chief Operating Officer of Einstein Medical Center Elkins Park and MossRehab, recognized as one of the top rehabilitative hospitals in the United States and one of the top workplaces in the Greater Philadelphia region. In his role, Smith has responsibility for all of MossRehab's inpatient and outpatient locations, as well as day-to-day oversight of Einstein Medical Center Elkins Park, which offers a full range of services, including a 24-hour Emergency Department. Throughout his career, Smith has served in a variety of clinical, programmatic and hospital leadership roles. He joined MossRehab in 1989 as an Occupational Therapist for MossRehab's nationally recognized Stroke and Brain Injury Programs. In 2000, Smith became the program director for the Drucker Brain Injury Center and later served in this capacity for the MossRehab satellite units at Aria Frankford, Aria Bucks and Doylestown Hospitals. In 2011, Smith became the Assistant Vice President for MossRehab and Einstein Medical Center Elkins Park.

Vanessa Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Nutrition Educator, Pre - School Partner Coordinator

WALT G. WYATT

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Finance
  • VICE PRESIDENT of FINANCE, EINSTEIN HEALTHCARE NETWORK
As vice president of finance, Walt Wyatt oversees network budgeting, cost reporting, fiscal services, financial reporting, decision support, as well as various revenue cycle areas. Walt joined Einstein in 1989 as manager of budget and reimbursement for MossRehab and has held various titles over the years as his roles and responsibilities have changed. He has served as VP of finance since 2018. Prior to joining Einstein, Walt worked in public accounting as a healthcare consultant. He graduated from LaSalle University with a degree in accounting and finance.