HARTFORD HOSPITAL
MEDICAL STAFF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Medical Staff at Hartford Hospital (through December 2014) consists of 1331 Active
Staff, 198 Courtesy Staff, 538 Adjunct Staff and 94 Consulting Staff members. These
practitioners are members of 20 Clinical Departments and many more Subspecialty
Sections within these Departments. Excluding Adjunct Staff, there are 1110 males and
513 females (average age 51).
Department Chiefs:
Witold Waberski, MD
Peter Pasciucco, MD, DMD
Jeffrey Finkelstein, MD
Ethan Foxman, MD
Robert Hagberg, MD
Ajay Kumar MD
Inam Kureshi, MD
Adam Borgida, MD
Jerry Neuwirth, MD
Courtland Lewis, MD
Gregory S. Bonaiuto, MD
William Pastuszak, MD
Victor Herson, MD
Harold Schwartz, MD
Andrew Salner, MD
Thomas Farquhar, MD
Orlando Kirton, MD
Steve Shichman, MD
Anesthesiology
Dentistry
Emergency Medicine
Radiology
Cardiac Surgery
Medicine
Neurosurgery
OB/GYN
Ophthalmology
Orthopedics
Otorhinolaryngology
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Pediatrics
Psychiatry
Radiation Oncology
Radiology
Surgery
Urology
The medical staff providers represent various professions including physicians, dentists,
oral surgeons, psychologists, podiatrists and other licensed or certified health care
practitioners.
The Medical Staff Governance at Hartford Hospital includes four elected officers that serve
a two year term. The current medical staff officers include:
Stacy R. Nerenstone, MD
Matthew Saidel, MD
John D’Avella, MD
William Sardella, MD
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
The Medical Executive Committee is the governing body of the Medical Staff and consists
of the officers of the Medical Staff, the Chiefs of the Departments of Surgery, Medicine,
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Psychiatry, and seven at-large Active Staff members elected
by the Medical Staff. The current membership includes:
Stacy R. Nerenstone, MD
Matthew Saidel, MD
John F. D’Avella, MD
William Sardella, MD
Orlando C. Kirton, MD
Ajay Kumar, MD
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Chief of Surgery
Chief of Medicine
Medicine
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Nephrology
Surgery
Surgery
Medicine
Adam Borgida, MD
Harold L. Schwartz, MD
Jeffry Nestler, MD
April Goller, DO
Leah D. Meisterling, DO
Michael O’Loughlin, MD
Jarrod Post, MD
Kenneth Robinson, MD
Peruvamba Venkatesh, MD
Andrew Wakefield, MD
Chief of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Chief of Psychiatry
Past President
At-Large
At-Large
At-Large
At-Large
At-Large
At-Large
At-Large
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Psychiatry
Gastroenterology
Medicine/Hospital Medicine
Anesthesiology
Radiology
Medicine/Nephrology
Emergency Medicine
Medicine
Neurosurgery
The Medical Executive Committee has the primary oversight authority related to
professional activities and functions of the medical Staff and performance improvement
activities regarding the professional services provided by medical staff members with
clinical privileges.
There are approximately twenty seven other medical staff committees including the
Credentials Committee.
The Credentials Committee reviews the credentials of all applicants for medical staff
appointment, reappointment, and clinical privileges, conducts a thorough review of the
applications, interviews such applicants as may be necessary, and makes written reports
of its findings and recommendations to the Medical Executive Committee.
The Credentials Committee consists of at least seven members, including at least one
member each from the Departments of Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, and Obstetrics and
Gynecology. Current membership includes:
Gerald J. Becker, II, MD
Peter Doelger, MD
Lisa Kugelman, MD
Douglas H. MacGilpin, MD (Chairman)
Jeffrey H. Morgenstern, MD
Mahesh I. Patel, MD
Steven Reiner, DDS
Kenneth J. Robinson, MD
Margaret K. Szerejko, MD
Peruvamba R. Venkatesh, MD
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Orthopedics
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medicine
Pediatrics
Urology
Medicine
Dentistry
Emergency Medicine
Radiology
Medicine