Medical Leadership

Children’s has over 60 departments and sections dedicated to pediatric expertise. The list below is of those who hold medical leadership positions within the organization. Please click on the physician’s name to find:

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If you have any questions, please contact the Medical Staff Office at (614) 722-3040.

Administrative Team

Chief Executive Officer	Steve Allen, MD
Chief Medical Officer	Richard J. Brilli, MD
Associate Chief Medical Officer	J. Terrance Davis, MD
Director, Medical Operations	Leslie Mihalov, MD
Surgical Operations Officer	Jonathan I. Groner, MD
Physician-in-Chief	Michael T. Brady, MD
Surgeon-in-Chief	R. Lawrence Moss, MD
Administrative Medical Director	Bruce P. Meyer, MD
Medical Director, Quality	Richard McClead, MD

Medical Staff Officers

Medical Staff President	Steve Teich, MD
Medical Staff Vice President	Sue Hammond, MD
Immediate Past-President	William Cotton, MD

Chiefs of Departments

Anesthesiology	Joseph D. Tobias, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery	Mark Galantowicz, MD
Dentistry	Paul S. Casamassimo, DDS
Hospital Medicine	Scott A. Holliday, MD
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine	Sue Hammond, MD
Ophthalmology - Interim Chief	Don L. Bremer, MD
Orthopaedics - Interim Chief	Kevin E. Klingele, MD
Otolaryngology - Interim Chief	Charles A. Elmaraghy, MD
Pediatric Surgery	Gail E. Besner, MD
Pediatrics	Michael T. Brady, MD
Psychiatry - Interim Chief	Richard H. Gilchrist, MD
Radiology	William E. Shiels, II, DO

Chiefs of Sections - Pediatrics

Adolescent Health	Terrill D. Bravender, MD
Allergy	Garry H. Rupp, MD
Ambulatory Pediatrics	Olivia W. Thomas, MD
Cardiology	Timothy F. Feltes, MD
Child and Family Advocacy	Jonathan D. Thackeray, MD
Critical Care	Nadeem Khan, MD
Dermatology	Patricia M. Witman, MD
Developmental Behavioral Peds	Daniel L. Coury, MD
Emergency Medicine	Leslie K. Mihalov, MD
Endocrinology, Metabolism & Diabetes	David R. Repaske, MD, PhD
Family Practice	Patrick J. Fahey, MD
Gastroenterology/Nutrition	Carlo Di Lorenzo, MD
General Pediatrics
Hematology/Oncology	Randal S. Olshefski, MD
Infectious Diseases	Octavio Ramilo, MD
Molecular & Human Genetics	Dennis W. Bartholomew, MD
Neonatology	Edward G. Shepherd, MD
Nephrology	Hiren P. Patel, MD
Neurology	E. Steve Roach, MD
Pediatric Psychology and Neuropsychology	Keith O. Yeates, PhD
Physical Medicine	Michelle Miller MD
Pulmonary Medicine	Karen S. McCoy, MD
Rheumatology	Charles H. Spencer, MD
Toxicology	Marcel J. Casavant, MD

Chiefs of Sections - Dentistry

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery	Peter E. Larsen, DDS
Orthodontics	Henry Fields, DDS
Pediatric Dentistry	Homa Amini, DDS

Chiefs of Sections - Hospital Medicine

Hospital Pediatrics	Scott A. Holliday, MD
Adult Hospital Medicine	Scott A. Holliday, MD

Chiefs of Sections - Pediatric Surgery

General Pediatric Surgery	Gail E. Besner, MD
Neurosurgery
Obstetrics/Gynecology	Geri D. Hewitt, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	Richard E. Kirschner, MD, FAAP, FACS
Urology	Venkata R. Jayanthi, MD

Chiefs of Sections - Laboratory Medicine

Anatomic Pathology	Peter B. Baker, MD
Clinical Pathology	Kathleen K. Nicol, MD

Chiefs of Sections - Radiology

Diagnostic Radiology	William E. Shiels, II, DO
Nuclear Medicine	Elizabeth A. Hingsbergen, MD

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