CLASS NOTES of individuals who have made an extraordinary impact in the healthcare community and whose acts reflect dedication to excellence in their area of expertise beyond the scope of their profession.
1993
Kimberly Legg Corba, DO,
President’s Reception Honors Joseph Kuchinski, DO ’86 The President’s Recognition Reception was held on November 5, 2015, at Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue. Jay S. Feldstein, DO ’81, president and chief executive officer, PCOM, presented the annual award to Dr. Kuchinski. Dr. Kuchinski is an attending physician at Tully Urgent Care Center/Clinic 21 in Norwalk, Connecticut, at Samaritan Hospital in Troy, New York, and at Memorial Hospital in York, Pennsylvania. He is board-certified in emergency medicine, and he has been involved in postgraduate education. A loyal supporter of his alma mater, Dr. Kuchinski has served on PCOM’s Alumni Association Board of Directors, including as president, and currently represents the PCOM Alumni Association on the PCOM Boards of Trustees. New members of the 1899 Society were also recognized during the reception, including Ronald Blanck, DO ’67; Joanne Hullings, DO ’96; Gary Kolarik, DO ’89; and Harvey Spector, DO ’63. 1899 Society members are donors whose cumulative giving exceeds $50,000. Dr. Kuchinski and Mrs. Andrea Kuchinski. reflect dedication to excellence in their area of expertise beyond the scope of their profession.
George N. Spyropoulos, DO,
West Chester, PA, was appointed medical director of The Clinic in Phoenixville.
Barbara T. Williams-Page, DO, Drexel Hill, PA, received the
Distinguished Alumni Award at the “I Am the Dream: The Past, Present and Future” awards ceremony on February 26, 2016, at PCOM. The award recognizes the actions
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Orefield, PA, has opted to follow a new business model, direct primary care, for her practice. Dr. Corba’s practice, Green Hills Family Health Care, was founded 12 years ago and was top-ranked for four consecutive years by the Achieving Clinical Excellence program of Lehigh Valley Health Network’s Physician Health Organization.
Edward M. Marici, DO, MSc ’98, Red Hook, NY, earned his
board certification in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery from the American Osteopathic Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. The new certification focuses on a specialty that is commonly called urogynecology and deals with disorders of the pelvic floor. Dr. Marici practices at Columbia Memorial Health in the Women’s Minimally Invasive Center.
1994
Marnie P. O’Brien, DO,
Bethlehem, PA, was included in an “ask the doctors” (Morning Call, March 13, 2016) to discuss and provide her expertise on LASIK. George J. Seretis, DO, Woolwich Township, NJ, was elected as a new member of the board of trustees at The Memorial Hospital of Salem County, where he is currently on staff. Dr. Seretis is also in private practice in Logan Township, at SeretisCare Family Practice.
1995
John B. Bulger, MBA, DO,
Danville, PA, was named chief medical officer for Geisinger Health Plan (GHP). In this role he is responsible for working with Geisinger Health System and community providers to improve the quality of medical care for GHP members. Dr. Bulger joined Geisinger in 1998 in the Department of General Internal Medicine. He developed Geisinger Medical Center’s Hospitalist Program and led the program’s development to include six hospitals and more than 100 physicians and advanced practitioners. Most recently, he served as the chief quality officer, a position he held since 2011.
Gerald V. Maloney, DO,
Hanover Township, PA, was appointed to the board of directors for the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute. Dr. Maloney is the chief medical officer for Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center and its Geisinger South WilkesBarre campus.
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Christine N. McGinn, DO, New
Hope, PA, founder and chief executive officer of the Papillion Gender Wellness Center, recently consulted on the film The Danish Girl. Dr. McGinn has appeared on Dr. Oz, CNN with Anderson Cooper, and “The Oprah Winfrey Show” to discuss a variety of issues in transgender medicine. Jill C. Snyder, DO, Sugarloaf, PA, has joined Lehigh Valley Physician Group–Hazleton. She has relocated her office from to Brookhill Plaza, Conyngham; her practice is known now as LVPG Gynecology–Brookhill Plaza.
1996
David J. Addley, DO,
Philadelphia, PA, was recognized by the Council of the City of Philadelphia as a 2016 Philadelphia Living Legend. Dr. Addley receives this honor for his more than 14 years of service as a cardiologist at Mercy Fitzgerald and Mercy Philadelphia hospitals, specializing in cardiovascular disease. Those honored as Philadelphia Living Legends are also recognized for their dedication to their patients and to “the preservation of life, limb, health, healing and happiness.”
1998
Jonathan Eckstein, DO, Valley
Stream, NY, was presented with the American Osteopathic Foundation Caring for Communities Award for his work at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital and for his extraordinary humanitarian work in the Rockaway Peninsula providing compassionate medical care that will improve health outcomes for area seniors. Dr. Eckstein teaches at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine and Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. Simona C. Eng, DO, Salisbury, MD, was elected vice president of medical staff at Peninsula Regional Medical Center (PRMC). She has been a part of the medical staff at PRMC since 2001 and is board-certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine. Jan E. Gavis, DO, West Chester, PA, joined the Family Medicine Department at Saint Francis Healthcare in Brandywine. Dr. Gavis previously practiced family medicine at Family Physicians in Media, and completed her residency at Crozer-Keystone Health System.
2000
Kelly C. Baldwin, DO,
Coral Springs, FL, joined the Murfreesboro Medical Clinic in the Urology Department. He is board-certified in urology and is also a member of the American Medical Association, American Osteopathic Association and
American College of Osteopathic Surgeons. Kristen A. Berry, DO, Ardmore, PA, had her article “Make Adequate Hydration a Habit All Year” and a column “True and False about the Common Cold” published in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Dr. Berry is a family medicine physician at PCOM.
Brendan M. Flynn, DO,
Leesburg, VA, joined the Blue Ridge Hospice as its new medical director. Dr. Flynn will oversee patient care, procedures and programs at Blue Ridge. Previously, Dr. Flynn worked as a staff physician with Good Shepherd and Lifepath Hospices. He also served with Denver Hospice and volunteered with Project Angelheart, where he delivered meals to chronically and terminally ill patients. Joseph J. McComb, III, DO, Broomall, PA, graduated with a master of business administration degree from Villanova University.
2001
Deepak N. Deshmukh, DO,
Yorktown, VA, was pinned Lieutenant Colonel by his father, Colonel Deshmukh, during the formation of the 48th Combat Support Hospital in Fort Story, Virginia Beach. Dr. Deshmukh joined the US Army in 2001 after graduation. He has been deployed to Afghanistan twice and Iraq once as a member of forward surgical teams, and is now a member of the Combat Support Hospital unit. Both Dr. Deshmukh and his father are vascular surgeons as well as war veterans. Carl R. Hoegerl, DO, Forest, VA, published an osteopathic study card and app (Borm Bruckmeier Publishers) to help osteopathic medical students, residents and physicians after he saw students struggle in their rotations because they didn’t have a single, concise and complete tool to reference.
2002
Nicole Heath Bixler, MBA/ DO, Land O’ Lakes, FL, was
elected president of the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association (FOMA) during its 113th annual convention. Dr. Bixler previously served as trustee and president of FOMA District 13. She was also appointed to the Florida State Physician Workforce Advisory Council by the State Surgeon General. Dr. Bixler is a full-time family physician, practicing with her husband in Spring Hill.
Joseph M. McGinley, Jr., DO,
Lehighton, PA, joined the primary care provider team at St. Luke’s Lehighton Family Practice. Peter Ojuro, DO, Utica, NY, has joined the Mohawk Valley Health System Medical Group at its new Gastroenterology and Advanced