The Bellevue Hospital
Recognizes Our
Medical Staff
Eudora Brown Almond of Georgia is credited with starting the first Doctor’s Day Observance on March 30, 1933.
The date marks the anniversary of the first use of general anesthesia in surgery. The first National Doctor’s Day was celebrated in 1991.
Representing the Medical Staff of The Bellevue Hospital are Medical Staff Officers for 2014. Pictured from left to right are:
David West, M.D., Member-at-Large; Gregory Karasik, M.D., President; Donald Smith, Jr., M.D., Vice President; and
Douglas Hoy, M.D., Chairman, Credentials Committee. Not pictured, Abigail Chudzinski, D.O., Secretary-Treasurer
In observance of National Doctor's Day and every day of the year, the Family of The Bellevue Hospital
would like to congratulate and thank all of the members of the hospital's active, courtesy, affiliate and
honorary medical staff for all they do for their patients, our hospital, and the communities they serve.
Anesthesiology
Edwin T. Brott, M.D.
Jonathon A. Gruneich, M.D.
Paul S. Potter, M.D.
Cardiology
John Abboud, M.D.
Michael P. Brunner, M.D.
Albert V. Chan, M.D.
William R. Colyer, M.D.
Jennifer Cummings, M.D.
Michael Davis, M.D.
Samer J. Khouri, M.D.
Daniel Kosinski, M.D.
Christopher H. May, M.D.
George V. Moukarbel, M.D.
Chad E. Raymond, D.O.
Raul A. Schwartzman, M.D.
Robert Steele, M.D.
Family Practice
Orville R. Amburn, M.D.
Marcia Braun, M.D.
Edward Hemeyer, M.D.
Daniel Herring, D.O.
Douglas Hoy, M.D.
Kim Knight, M.D.
Marc A. Naderer, M.D.
Richard Tobey, D.O.
Neurology
Brendan W. Bauer, M.D.
William R. Bauer, M.D.
Steven Benedict, M.D.
Nicole J. Danner, D.O.
Zulfiqar Hussain, M.D.
Mouhammad A. Jumaa, M.D.
Khaled Yassine, M.D.
Syed F. Zaidi, M.D.
Gastroenterology
Martin H. Beerman, M.D.
Siva Nair, M.D.
Maher Salam, M.D.
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Hala Bunni, M.D.
Corey Fazio, D.O.
Gregory Karasik, M.D.
James Kasten, M.D.
Cardiovascular Disease
Christopher Cooper, M.D.
Ehab Eltahawy, M.D.
Blair Grubb, M.D.
Chiara Liguori, M.D., FACC
Oncology
Timothy Adamowicz, D.O.
James Fanning, M.D.
Vinay K. Gudena, M.D.
Brian Murphy, M.D.
Vitaliy Pishchik, M.D.
Alfred P. Vargas, M.D.
Internal Medicine
Benjamin E. Ball, D.O.
Charles Valone, D.O.
Ophthalmology
Ronald Brown, M.D.
Ken E. Parschauer, D.O.
Neurological Surgery
Dale E. Braun, M.D.
Azedine Medhkour, M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Altagracia M. Chavez, M.D.
General Surgery
Jihad Abbas, M.D.
Michael E. Grillis, D.O.
Philip M. Hutchison, D.O.
Fredric Itzkowitz, D.O.
Paul Laffay, D.O.
Munier M. Nazzal, M.D.
Albert Vargas, M.D.
Optometry
Mark Motley, O.D.
Mark Pifer, O.D.
Orthopedic Surgery
J. A. Huddleston, D.O.
George C. Stepanic, Jr., D.O.
Otolaryngology
Paul S. Biedenbach, D.O.
Jeffrey Christoff, D.O.
Benjamin Murcek, D.O.
Hilary H. Timmis, Jr., M.D.
Pain Management
Adam J. Hedaya, M.D.
William E. Hogan, Jr., M.D.
Zachary M. Zumbar, M.D.
Pathology
Yilan L. Chang, M.D., Ph.D.
Robert H. Crabtree, M.D.
Karen Gerken, M.D., Ph.D.
Larry Von Kuster, M.D.
Pediatrics
Abigail C. Chudzinski, D.O.
Melanie E. Jungblut, M.D.
Wendy Millis, M.D.
Glenn Trippe, M.D.
Paul R. Wnek, M.D.
Physical Medicine/Rehabilitation
Vicenta C. Gaspar-Yoo, M.D.
Plastic Surgery
Teresa Ghazoul, M.D.
Podiatric Surgery
Nicholas A. Brown, D.P.M.
Marc Dolce, D.P.M.
Chris Pensiero, D.P.M.
Psychology
Michelle D. Clinger, Ph.D., LPCC
Pulmonary Medicine
Jeffrey Hammersley, M.D.
Youngsook Yoon, M.D.
Radiation Oncology
George Engeler, M.D.
Khalid Siddiqui, M.D.
Radiology
David West, M.D.
Steven R. Zieber, M.D.
Rheumatology
Robert Haladay, M.D.
Matthew E. Morrow, M.D.
Teleradiology
John Aryan, M.D.
Ronnell Hansen, M.D.
Mohammad Naseem, M.D.
Eugene Oh, M.D.
Robert Ortega, M.D.
Joseph P. Shen, M.D.
Ibrahim Syed, M.D.
Thoracic Surgery
Francis DiPierro, M.D.
Anthony Rizzo, M.D.
Barry Zadeh, M.D.
Urology
Gregory P. Cook, M.D.
Robert Rice, M.D.
Donald L. Smith, Jr., M.D.
Patrick Waters, M.D.
Vascular Surgery
Javier A. Alvarez-Tostado, M.D.
George Anton, M.D., FACC
Daniel G. Clair, M.D.
Matthew Eagleton, M.D.
Rebecca L. Kelso, M.D.
Levester Kirksey, M.D.
Sean P. Lyden, M.D.
Timur P. Sarac, M.D.
Sunita Srivastava, M.D.
Honorary Staff
Theodore R. Ball, M.D.
Joseph E. Colizoli, M.D.
Clarence Diehl, M.D.
Richard Judkins, M.D.
Patricia A. Kaine, M.D.
Frank Komorowski, M.D.
Peter White, M.D.
Affiliate Staff
Jenneth Collins, O.D.
Charles P. House, Sr., D.O.
Nick Mulchin, D.O.
Panju Prithviraj, M.D.
Robert S. Reeves, M.D.
Emergency Medicine
Rami A. Ahmed, D.O.
Brad D. Gable, M.D.
Jack Hay, D.O.
Waseem A. Khawaja, M.D.
Erin Kurtz, D.O.
Quang K. Le, M.D.
Frank Magro, D.O.
Melissa Marker, D.O.
Jason E. Ondrejka, D.O.
John J. Parente, D.O.
Jeffrey L. Pay, D.O.
Stephen Reineck, D.O.
Karen J. Stacey-Erwin, M.D.
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