Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Executive Committee 2023-2025

• President: Kartik Shah, MD*
• President-Elect: Amit Sareen, MD*
• Past President: Joel Baker, DO*
• Secretary/Treasurer: Scott Horner, MD*

Committee Chairs and Representatives on Medical Executive Committee

• Credentials Committee Chair: Irving Ehrlich, MD*
• GME Representative: Alexis Reedy-Cooper, MD*

Department Chiefs and Chairs

Department of Anesthesiology (Includes Pain Management)*

• Chair: Andre’ Robinson, MD

Department of Emergency Medicine*

• Chair: Amit Sareen, MD

Department of Family Practice (Includes Sports Medicine and Chiropractic)*

• Chair: Dipesh P. Patel, MD

Department of Medicine*

• Chair: Ayodele Ganiyu Ayoola, MD, FACP

Section Chiefs:

• Allergy and Immunology: Edward Skorpinski, MD
• Cardiology: Mayank Modi, MD
• Critical Care/Pulmonary Medicine: Haitham Toufik Kanneh, MD*
• Gastroenterology: Philip Jonathan Elbaum, DO
• Hospitalists: Priya Vijay Amin, DO*
• Infectious Disease: Rutul Jagdish Dalal, MD
• Nephrology: Parvaneh Abtahi, MD
• Neurology: Warqaa Majeed, MD
• Oncology: Marc Rovito, MD
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Patti Brown, MD
• Palliative Care: Theresa Mercurio, MD

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology*

• Chair: Joel Baker, DO

Department of Pathology*

• Chair: Peter Christ, MD

Department of Pediatrics (includes Neonatology)*

• Chair: Mary Ann Mancano, MD

Department of Psychiatry*

• Chair: Mark Putnam, MD

Department of Radiology*

• Chair: Kartik Shah, MD

Section Chief:

• Radiation/Oncology: Charu S. Sharma, MD

Department of Surgery*

• Chair: Michael Abboud, MD

Section Chiefs:

• Dentistry: Christopher Kosenske, DMD
• General Surgery: Michael Abboud, MD*
• Neurosurgery: John P. Weaver, MD 
• Ophthalmology: Neil Chesen, MD
• Orthopedics: Christopher Schumacher, MD
• Otolaryngology: Jeffrey Driben, MD
• Plastic/Reconstructive Surgery: Tobias C. Long, MD
• Podiatry: Timothy Stringer, DPM
• Urology: Scott Horner, MD*
• Vascular/Endovascular: Ali Amin, MD

Physician Advisor*

• Sara Kleiman, DO

Members at Large*

• Haitham Kanneh, MD – 2nd  term (2023-2025)
• Frank Quigley, DO – 3rd term (2023-2025)
• Christopher Rogers, DO – 1st term (2022-2024)
• Pallack Agarwal, MD – 1st term (2022-2024)
• Haley Spagnola, DO – 2nd term (2023-2025)

Ancillary Staff

Sub Section Chief:

• Advance Practice Provider: Ryan Cook, PA-C *
• Optometry: Glenn Corbin, III, OD

Vice President of Medical Affairs*

* Voting Member