Trustees

Chairperson of the Board of Trustees
Wilfredo Fernandez

Members of the Board:

Michael Armstrong, MBA
Donna Boles, MBA
Bernadette Countryman
Sr. Ellen Dauwer, SC
Dean Emmolo
Kathleen Fagan, PhD, APN, WHNP-BC
Ronald Garner, CPA
Msgr. George Hundt
Talia Griep, CPA
Sr. Karen Helfenstein, SC
Alfred Lee, CPA
Michael Mainero, MD
Gualberto Medina
William O’Shaughnessy, Esq.
Jai Parekh, MD
Robert Paz
Dustin M. Riccio, MD
Sr. Rosemary Smith, SC
Roberto Solis, MD
Sr. Maureen Sullivan, SC

Liaison to St. Joseph’s Health
Seton Ministries Inc. Trustee:
Sr. Noreen Neary

Executive Team

Dustin M. Riccio, MD – President and Chief Executive Officer
Michael Alwell – Vice President, Revenue Cycle
Janine Begasse – Vice President, Quality & Safety
Lisa Brady – Senior Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer
Robert Budelman, III – Vice President, Chief Development Officer
Michael Cairoli – Vice President, Wayne Site Administrator
Tom Casey – Vice President, Marketing and Public Relations
Joseph Duffy, MD – Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer
Sister Patricia Mennor, SC – Vice President, Mission
Kenneth M. Morris, Jr. – Vice President, External Affairs
Linda A. Reed – Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer
Caswell Samms – Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Deborah Smith, RN – Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer
Anthony Tesoriero – Vice President, Facilities Operations
Christopher Trotz, MD – Vice President, Physician Services
Padmaja Upadya, MD – Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, SJWMC, Patient Safety Officer
Pia House Walker – Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer
Jane White – Vice President, Oncology

Medical Staff Leadership

St. Joseph’s Health Medical Staff Officers

President – Roberto Solis, MD
Immediate Past President – Michael Mainero, MD
Vice President – Otto Sabando, DO
Secretary/Treasurer – Aiman Rifai, DO

System Medical Board Members

Anesthesiology – Stephen Winikoff, MD
Dentistry – Hillel Ephros, DMD, MD
Emergency Medicine – Nilesh N. Patel, DO
Family Medicine – Shideh Doroudi, MD
Medicine – Roberto Solis, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology – Roger Kierce, MD
Ophthalmology – Swati Parekh, MD
Orthopedics – Arash Emami, MD
Pathology – Amer Akmal, MD
Pediatrics – Michael Lamacchia, MD
Psychiatry – Carlos Rueda, MD
Radiology – Frank Yuppa, MD
Rehabilitation Medicine – Priscilla Kaszubski, DO
Surgery – Eric Choi, MD

Senior VP and System CMO – Joseph Duffy MD

Member-at-Large – Mark Ruoff, MD
Member-at-Large – Patrick Michael, MD
Member-at-Large – Megan Wannamaker, DO
Member-at-Large – Melissa Warta, MD
Member-at-Large – Yana Cavanagh, MD
Member-at-Large – Mourad Ismail, MD
Member-at-Large – Franz Yanagawa, MD
Member-at-Large – Oren Bernheim, MD
Member-at-Large – Khaled Hassan, MD 

Bylaws Committee Chair – Hillel Ephros, MD, DMD
Cancer Committee Chair – Elias Obeid, MD
Credential Committee Chair – Aiman Rifai, DO
Infection Control Committee Chair – Jin Suh, MD
Medical Education Committee Chair – Otto Sabando, DO
Medical Records Committee Chair – Robert Rizzo, MD
P&T Committee Chair – Alan Sori, MD
Tissue Committee Chair – Amer Akmal, MD