CLASS NOTES gynecology residency at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Odessa.
ON A PERSONAL NOTE
Kelli Quercetti Farrell, DO,
Philadelphia, PA, has joined Beebe Medical Group’s ENT and facial plastic surgery practice located at Beebe’s Rehoboth Beach Health Campus as an ear, nose and throat specialist.
Kris Shallcross Gordon, DO,
Bailey baby
Katie A. Bailey, DO ’12, and
husband William Bailey, Atlanta, GA, announce the birth of their son, Liam, born on October 31, 2015.
Stacey Lea DonFrancesco, DO ’11, Cranston, RI, was
married on June 13, 2015, to Adam Neil Strodel in a ceremony at St. Augustin’s Church, Newport. Dr. DonFrancesco is a plastic surgery fellow at PCOM. Her husband graduated from Syracuse University and is a financial adviser at Vanguard. William H. Greenhut, DO ’08, and wife Sharon, New City, NY, welcomed daughter Vienna the liaison to Campbell University. Dr. DeMeo joined the Division of Neonatology at WakeMed in 2015.
Nicole M. Geissen, DO,
Portland, ME, is a new member of the cardiothoracic surgery team at Maine Medical Partners, a physician practice affiliated with Maine Medical Center in Portland. She completed her cardiothoracic surgery residency at Rush University Medical Center. William H. Greenhut, DO, New City, NY, was appointed adjunct clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. Richard A. Lopez, DO, Yardley, PA, joined Geisinger Community Medical Center as a trauma surgeon. He also completed a critical care fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in 2015. Most recently, he served as a trauma, critical care and emergency surgeon at Aria Health, Philadelphia. He is a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma.
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Amy Lee Curry, DO, Salisbury,
MD, joined Peninsula Surgical Group in Salisbury. She completed her general surgery residency at
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Haughton wedding Lily, born on December 13, 2015. Vienna joins big brothers Brayden and Caleb.
Amber L. Haughton, MS/ Psy ’15, Bensalem, PA, married
David Edmond on September 18, 2015, in Newtown. Michael L. Lunn, DO ’05, and Dr. Carah Bernice Santos, Portland, ME, were married at Saints Peter and Paul Church in San Francisco. The couple works at Allergy and Asthma Associates of Maine, in Portland, where Dr. Lunn is a partner. Claire E. Otteni, DO ’15, Raleigh, NC, married Dr. Jake
Pumerantz baby Michael Dorfman on May 23, 2015. at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. Dr. Otteni is completing her internship at Delaware County Memorial Hospital. Dr. Dorfman, a graduate of Penn State University and Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry, is an orthodontic resident at Temple University. Aaron W. Pumerantz, DO ’09, and wife Christa Pumerantz, MS/ODL ’09, Rockville, MD, celebrated the birth of their daughter, Gracyn Marie, born on August 25, 2015.
PCOM, where she was awarded intern of the year and resident of the year, and in her final year was given the responsibility of chief resident. She then went on to a fellowship at the Colon and Rectal Clinic, Orlando, where she specialized in minimally invasive colon and rectal surgery.
Monique A. Gary, MS/Biomed ’05, DO, Wyncote, PA, breast
surgical oncologist, has joined Grand View Surgical Associates in Sellersville, a Grand View medical practice.
Michael Kaminsky, DO, Gainesville, FL, was named chief
resident of the anesthesia program at the University of Florida, UF Health, Shands, in Gainesville. Marissa Magid, DO, Egg Harbor City, NJ, opened Verona Women’s Health in Verona after completing her OB/GYN residency at South Jersey Healthcare. George P. Margetas, DO, Dover, PA, has joined OSS Health. He completed his residency at Memorial Hospital in York, and his fellowship training in orthopedic surgery at Baltimore’s Sinai Hospital.
Carmella C. Marshall, MS/ PA-C, Parkville, MD, joined
Scotland Health Care System at the Scotland Urgent Care Center as a full-time physician assistant.
PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE
Kevin J. McHale, DO, Mount
Laurel, NJ, joined PinnacleHealth System as non-invasive cardiologist at the Pinnacle Health Cardiovascular Institute.
Aaron W. Pumerantz, DO,
Rockville, MD, was stationed at Fort Bliss as the chief of rheumatology.
Christa Marie Pumerantz, MS/ODL, Bethesda, MD,
accepted a position as an inpatient occupational therapist at Providence Hospital–Sierra Campus in El Paso.
Stephanie R. Straka, DO,
Orchard Park, NY, joined University of Buffalo UBMD Pediatrics. She is also a clinical assistant professor at the UB Medical School.
2010
Candice L. Abrahams, DO, Los
Angeles, CA, joined the internal medicine team at Visalia Medical Clinic. She completed her internship and residency at Georgia Regents University and is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Kaysi Shawn Benefield, DO,
Odessa, TX, has joined Johnston Health’s Southeast Women’s Center. Dr. Benefield completed an osteopathic internship at St. Petersburg General Hospital in Florida and an obstetrics and
Sag Harbor, NY, has joined Southampton Osteopathy as a board-certified physician in family practice. Dr. Gordon completed his residency at Southampton Hospital. Daria Lin Guelig, DO, Wellsboro, PA, has joined Dr. Darius Adabi and Emily Solow at Susquehanna Health General Surgery in Wellsboro.
Jennifer Elaine Hanson, DO,
Moosic, PA, joined the medical group of Geisinger-Moosic as an internal medicine physician. She is board-certified in internal medicine and completed her internal medicine residency at Abington Memorial Hospital in 2013.
Matthew John Stanishewski, DO, Bennington, VT, joined
Southwestern Vermont Medical Center’s Rheumatology Department. He recently served as a rheumatology fellow at Roger Williams Medical Center, Rhode Island Hospital and the VA Medical Center in Providence. Dr. Stanishewski also worked as a clinical trial investigator with the Center for Medical Research in Providence.
2011
Joanna D. Bayles, DO, Bay Saint
Louis, MS, joined Hancock Medical Center’s family medicine practice in Diamondhead, Georgia.
Christopher M. Burritt, DO,
Philadelphia, PA, will be graduating in June from his fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Dr. Burritt plans to open a psychiatry private practice in Chester County, where he will see children, adolescents and adults.
Stacey Lea DonFrancesco, DO,
Cranston, RI, was a first-place podium award winner and second-place poster winner in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the 2015 Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Surgeons. She shares the award with Ted S. Eisenberg, DO ’75. Their poster was entitled “Tuberous Breast Deformity: A Simpler Surgical Approach.”
Justin Lyons Guthier, DO,
Coopersburg, PA, was named chief cardiology fellow for the Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown.
Hajra Mohammad Hasan, DO,
Martinez, GA, has joined St. Mary’s Medical Group, Inc. and will provide primary care services at Johnson and Murthy Family Practice in