APPOINTMENTS Manaf Afyouni has been named Chief Operating Officer at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (CCAD). He replaces Mark McPhee, MD, who is returning to the United States to pursue new opportunities. Afyouni joined CCAD in June 2011 as Chief Integration and Community Affairs Officer. Since then, he has led integration planning with Sheikh Khalifa Medical City and collaborative work with Health Authority – Abu Dhabi and Abu Dhabi Health Services Co. Giovanni Piedimonte, MD, FCCP, has been named Chair of Cleveland Clinic’s Pediatric Institute & Children’s Hospital. Dr. Piedimonte, an international leader in pediatric pulmonology formerly was Chairman of Pediatrics at the West Virginia University (WVU) School of Medicine. Brian Harte, MD, FACP, has been appointed President of South Pointe Hospital. Dr. Harte has served as the Chief Operating Officer at Hillcrest Hospital since late 2010 and has been on the hospital’s medical staff since 2006. He also has served as Medical Director for Cleveland Clinic Enterprise Business Brian Harte, MD Intelligence in the Division of Medical Operations since 2009 and will continue in that role. After joining Cleveland Clinic in 2004, Dr. Harte served three years as Chairman of the Department of Hospital Medicine, and also was Interim Chairman for the Medicine Institute. He has an academic appointment in the Department of Medicine for Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. Dr. Harte completed his residency and internship at University of CaliforniaSan Francisco School of Medicine. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Medicine and received an undergraduate degree with honors in history from Yale University.
Joanne Zeroske has been appointed President of Marymount Hospital. Zeroske, a registered nurse, has 30 years’ experience with Cleveland Joanne Zeroske Clinic. She served as Euclid Hospital’s President for the past three years. Under her leadership, Euclid Hospital earned recognition as a top-performing hospital. Frederick Frost, MD, was appointed Chairman of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation by the Board of Governors. Dr. Frost joined the staff in 1997 and has served as Interim Chairman. He is an Associate Frederick Frost, Professor of Medicine MD in the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and is widely published in the field of spinal cord injury. Elizabeth Salay, MD, is the new Associate Medical Director of the Brunswick Family Health Center in Brunswick, Ohio. Dr. Salay is a native of Copley, Ohio, who attended the University of Dayton (Ohio) as an undergraduate and the University of Cincinnati for medical school. She completed her residency in internal medicine at the University of Vermont, returning to Ohio in 2000. She practiced medicine in the Akron, Ohio, area, until joining Cleveland Clinic in October 2008. David Gurd, MD (ORS ’05), has been named head of the Pediatric Spinal Deformity Surgery Program in the Center for Pediatric Orthopaedics. The position is part of the leadership team for the center, which provides comprehensive care for orthopaedic problems affecting children and young adults, including traumatic injuries and developmental conditions in the bones, joints and muscles. Dr. Gurd,
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who joined Cleveland Clinic in 2006, specializes in the treatment of scoliosis. Rochelle Rosian, MD (RH ’96), has been appointed Director of Regional Rheumatology. In her new role, she will meet with all of the rheumatologists who practice in the region, function as the regional liaison for rheumatology, communicate Rochelle Rosian, with family health MD center medical directors, participate in Orthopaedic & Rheumatology Institute regional planning, participate in rheumatology staff and Leadership Council meetings, and coordinate call and scheduling coverage issues. Dr. Rosian also is a current Copresident of Cleveland Clinic’s Women’s Professional Staff Association. Pelin Batur, MD (IM’01,GIM/WH’03), Community Internal Medicine, has been appointed Education Director for Primary Care Women’s Health. Amy Polster, MD, is the new Associate Medical Director for the Chagrin Falls Family Health Center. Dr. Polster is a board-certified dermatologist. Matthew F. McManus, MD, PhD (ACLPTH’08), has been named President and CEO of PrimeraDx, a molecular diagnostics company, and he also has been appointed to the company’s board of directors. “With Matthew’s recent experience running one of the country’s major reference laboratories at Cleveland Clinic and his training as a physician-scientist, he brings a unique combination of customer perspective, leadership skills, operational expertise and scientific understanding to the company,” says Interim CEO Vincent Miles. At Cleveland Clinic, Dr. McManus expanded the reference laboratory and secured funding for the construction of a major new lab facility.