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College of
Health Sciences

Faculty Senate

 

Leadership

Glen R. Finney, MD

Chair of Faculty Senate 
Professor of Neurology

Questions?

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Contact Anne Gallagher, MHSA, director of Faculty Affairs, at apgallagher1@geisinger.edu.

S. Mark Poler, MD

Vice Chair of Faculty Senate
Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Anesthesiology
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Darren Jacobs, MD

Secretary of Faculty Senate
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

Institutional senators (2024-2026)

  • Anesthesia: Matthew Desciak, MD
  • Autism & Developmental Medicine: Vanessa Troiani, PhD
  • Bioethics & Decision Sciences: Christopher Chabris, PhD
  • Cardiology: Martin Matsumura, MD
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery: Tyler Wallen, DO
  • Dermatology: Mary Grace Petrick, MD
  • Emergency Medicine: Mark Olaf, DO
  • ENT (Otolaryngology): Arun K. Gadre, MD, FACS
  • Family Medicine: Tyler Policht, MD
  • Genomic Health: Tooraj Mirshahi, PhD
  • Hematology/Oncology: Sumera Khan, MS, MS
  • Internal Medicine: Wasique Mirza, MD
  • Medical Education: Amy Allison, MPH, MLS
  • Neurology: Dana Vanino, DO
  • Neurosurgery: Darren Jacobs, DO
  • Nursing Education: Wendy Nagy, MSN, RN
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology: Sabrina Whitehurst, MD, FACOG
  • Ophthalmology: Wells Reinheimer, DO
  • Orthopedics: Theodore J. Tomaszewski, MD
  • Palliative Medicine: Lauren Nicholls, MD
  • Pathology: Renee Frank, MD
  • Pediatrics: Stacey Cummings, MD
  • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: Edward W. Heinle, III, MD
  • Population Health Sciences: Lisa Bailey-Davis, DEd, RD
  • Psychiatry: Imad Melhem, MD, MMM, CPE
  • Radiation Oncology: Julie Jiang, MD
  • Radiology: Nicholas Montecalvo, MD
  • Surgery: Michael Marvin, MD, FACS
  • Urology: Matthew Meissner, MD
  • Vascular Surgery: Evan Ryer, MD

Regional senators (2024-2026)

  • Northeast: Clemens M. Schirmer, MD, PhD
  • Central: Kyle Marshall, MD
  • West: Jameel Durrani, MD
  • Guthrie: Laura Leonard, MD
  • AtlantiCare: Dominick Zampino, MD – Ends 6/30/2027

At-large senators (2023-2025)

  • Atul Bali, MD
  • Ion Dan Bucaloiu, MD
  • Kendra Boell, DO, MBA, CPE
  • Paul Covello, DDS, MD 
  • Swathi M. Gowtham, MD
  • Kamran Husain, MD
  • Victor O. Kolade, MD, MS
  • Sarah Kwan, MD, FACP
  • Silviu Marica, MD, FACS, FSVS, RPVI
  • Jean Miner, MD, MHA, MMEL, FACS
  • Laura Morton Newhouser, DO, FAAFP
  • Varun R. Pulakanti, MD
  • Alvin K. Sharma, MD
  • Mark Shelly, MD
  • Margrit Shoemaker, MD, FACP
  • Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, MD
  • Keith Willner, MD
  • Li Zhang, MD, PhD
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