The South Campus of Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine is headquartered in Wilkes-Barre, PA, with office space at Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre, 25 Church St., Fourth Floor. The South Campus serves the following counties: Carbon, Columbia, Luzerne and Schuylkill.
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South Campus leadership
Michael Ferraro, MD
Regional Associate Dean, South Campus
Assistant Professor of OB/GYN
mferraro@som.geisinger.edu
Faculty Profile
Devon M. Bremer, MS
Director of Clinical Education Administration
570-504-9655
Fax: 570-504-2812
dbremer@som.geisinger.edu
Melissa Ide
Senior Education Specialist, South Campus
570-558-3956
Fax: 570-504-2813
mide@som.geisinger.edu
The following core team of educators manage clinical rotations throughout years three and four, when students are living full-time in each regional campus:
Mary Elizabeth Sokach, DO
Regional Assistant Dean, South Campus
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
Kimberly Kovalick, DO
Regional Assistant Dean, Northeast
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
Lisa Holtz, MD
Regional Clerkship Director, Pediatrics
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Matthew Joseph, DO
Regional Clerkship Director, Family Medicine
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
Steve Kafrissen, MD
Regional Clerkship Director, Psychiatry
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Joseph Stella, DO
Regional Clerkship Director, Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery
Gehred Wetzel, DO
Regional Clerkship Director, OB-GYN
Assistant Professor of OB-GYN
Jessica Zingaretti, DO
Regional Clerkship Director, Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine