Physician Leader Profiles
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John Braxton, MD,
MBA -- Dr.
Braxton received his M.D. from Howard University in 1984. He
completed a General Surgery Residency at the Walter Reed
Army Medical Center in 1990, and a Cardiothoracic Surgery
Residency at the Yale University School of Medicine in 1997.
Dr. Braxton is currently the Medical Director of the Cardiac
Surgery Recovery Unit, a member of the hospital Executive
Committee at the Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine,
and a Cardiothoracic Surgeon in private practice. He is
actively involved with the Northern New England
Cardiovascular Disease Study Group. He has co-authored
articles, which have resulted in local and national
presentations, and articles for publication. Early
leadership experiences with the Army have enabled him to
ease into physician leadership roles and become a change
proponent.
Anandan Devajan,
MD, MBA -- In
1977, Dr. Devarajan graduated from Madras Medical College,
at Madras University in Chennai, India. He completed his
residency in Internal Medicine at Stanley Medical College,
Chennai, India in 1980. Subsequently, he began practicing as
a solo Internist at his hometown of Tiruppattur, India. In
1982, he started a small hospital providing primary and
secondary level care facility. In 1986, he started Vignesh
Hospital, a state of the art tertiary care facility. Apart
from being the chairman and managing director of Vignesh
Hospital, he was also the attending physician and physician
supervising the non-invasive cardiac laboratory and critical
care unit. He actively organized academic programs for
practicing physicians in the town. He moved to the USA and
worked initially at the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at
Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. He currently
is in residency for Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai School
of Medicine. He is certified in Adult Echocardiography,
Vascular technology, Honors Diploma in Information
Technology and proudly graduated from the Physician
Executive MBA at The University of Tennessee. His wife is an
Ob/Gyn.
Robert Flora, MD, MBA -- Dr. Flora is currently the residency program director/medical student clerkship director of Ob/Gyn at Summa Health System/Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM). He also serves as head of the Section of Urogynecology and Reconstruction Pelvic Surgery. His appointment at NEOUCOM is at the level of associate professor in clinical obstetrics and gynecology and he serves as the vice-chair of the academic department. He also holds a joint appointment as clinical associate professor of urology. He was born in the Bronx, NY but grew up in Ohio. He attended undergraduate school at the University of Michigan, medical school and Ob/Gyn residency at Medical College of Ohio, and then went into private practice for three years. Returning to academics, a fellowship in Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic surgery was completed at Mt.Sinai/University of Connecticut and Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center. His wife, Linda, is also an Ob/Gyn.
Herman Gray,
MD, MBA -- Promoted
again in 2005, Dr. Gray leads the Detroit Medical Center's (DMC)
Children's Hospital of Michigan as its president. He
formerly served as Vice President of Graduate Medical
Education and Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
at the DMC and the Wayne State University School of Medicine
(WSU SOM) respectively, as well as Chief of Staff at
Children’s Hospital of Michigan (CHM). Dr. Gray has worked
in a variety of healthcare settings to learn firsthand about
many sectors of the health care industry. These experiences
include ten years in private practice (solo and small
group), academic medicine including several years as Vice
Chair of Education and Residency Program Director in
Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Michigan, and five
years in public health as Chief Medical Consultant for
Children’s Special Health Care Services (CSHCS) at the
Michigan Department of Public Health. He spent several years
in managed care as the Acting CEO of DMC owned managed care
plans (a PPO, an HMO, and a special health plan for children
with special health care needs), as well as Vice President
and Medical Director, Clinical Affairs of Blue Care Network,
a 600,000 member HMO that is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Dr. Gray is a graduate
of the University of Michigan Medical School. He did his
pediatric residency training and Chief Residency at
Children’s Hospital of Michigan (CHM)/Wayne State
University. He is active in numerous professional, civic and
community organizations (particularly those that advocate on
behalf of children) including being the president of a
public charter school board in Detroit.
Guillermo Herrera,
MD, MBA -- Dr.
Herrera was born in Guatamela and graduated from Medical
School at the University of San Carlos in Guatemala. Dr.
Herrera was trained in surgery, then public health and
epidemiology at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in
Atlanta. He is currently a Medical Epidemiologist working on
HIV/AIDS in Ankara, Turkey. He has lived in several
countries throughout the world where his focus has been on
public health and the establishment of Epidemiological
Training Programs around the globe. To date, Dr. Herrera has
worked in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, El Salvador,
Bolivia, Brazil and Turkey.
Roger Lucas, MD, MBA -- After growing up in Manila, Dr. Lucas graduated cum laude from Medical School at the University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center in the Phillipines in 1961. He subsequently completed two residencies in Pediatrics at Harper Hospital in Detroit, and at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in NY; a residency in Pediatric Pathology at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center; and, a Pathology Residency at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. Dr. Lucas is in private practice in NY and is an Attending Pediatrician at Babies & Children’s Hospital, and Lawrence Hospital in NY. He is an Instructor in Pediatrics at Columbia University.
Suresh Nekuri,
MD, MBA -- Dr. Nekuri graduated from Rangaraya Medical College in Kakinada,
India in 1992. He completed internships at both the
Government General Hospital in Kakinada, India, and at Mercy
Catholic Medical Center is Darby, PA. He completed a
residency in Internal Medicine at St. Luke’s Hospital,
Bethlehem, PA in 2001 Dr. Nekuri is currently an Attending
Physician at We Care Medical Group in Tazewell, TN.
Luis Rivera-Pomales,
MD, MBA --
After growing up in Puerto Rico, Dr. Rivera-Pomales received
his M.D. from the Universidad Central del Este in San Pedro
de Marcoris, Dominican Republic in 1985. In 1989, he
completed an Internal Medicine Residency at Ponce Regional
University Hospital in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He is currently
Director of Emergency Medicine and Professor of Medicine at
San Juan Bautista Medical Center in Caguas, P.R.
Eneida Roldan,
MD, MBA -- Dr. Roldan is currently Senior Vice-President, Associate Chief
Medical Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of Jackson Memorial
Hospital (Main Campus), Jackson Health System in Miami Florida. She
has currently been appointed to the Faculty of the College of
Medicine at Florida International University in affiliation with
Jackson Memorial Hospital (North Campus). Prior to this position,
she was President of Metropolitan Hospital of Miami who successfully
bought Pan American Hospital in Miami from where Dr. Roldan served
as President and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to her tenure in
Healthcare administration, Dr. Roldan was the Founder and Medical
Director for the Center for Bariatric Management in Miami, Florida.
After being born in Cuba, Dr. Roldan migrated to the USA at the age
three and completed medical school in 1981 having served her
residency at the University of Miami School of Medicine, Jackson
Memorial Hospital in Anatomic/Clinical Pathology 1981-1985, later
followed by a fellowship in Pediatric Pathology 1985-1987. She
remained as faculty at the University of Miami until 1989 at which
time she decided to pursue the field of weight management,
nutrition, and eating disorders. Dr. Roldan has participated in
national clinical studies in adults, adolescence, and children in
the field of obesity and has been involved in speaking nationally
and internationally, and participated in media (TV, radio,
newspaper, magazine, Internet) in Spanish and English concerning
obesity. In 1999, she was appointed Chairman of the American Board
of Bariatric Medicine. She currently sits on advisory boards in
organizations in the field of Public Health and Bariatric Medicine.
Dr. Roldan has been honored with several awards, including
Bariatrician of the Year and most recently named Fellow of the
American Society of Bariatric Medicine. She completed her Master of
Public Health with Honors at the University of South Florida. She is
a mother of three and is married to an ophthalmic surgeon.
Husain Saleh,
MD, MBA -- Husain
Saleh, M.D., MBA Dr. Saleh was born in 1955 in Damascus,
Syria. He graduated from the Damascus University School of
Medicine in 1980 and followed up with some postgraduate
training in Syria. He completed his training in anatomic/
clinical pathology at Western Reserve Health System, Ohio,
and Cytopathology at The University of Pennsylvania. Dr.
Saleh has been the chief of the Department of Pathology at
Sinai-Grace Hospital (a 400-bed community teaching hospital,
member of the Detroit Medical Center), Detroit, Michigan
since the start of 2001. Dr. Saleh has published several
articles in pathology, particularly in cytopathology (fine
needle aspiration). He is actively involved in residents and
medical students teaching and currently holds an academic
appointment at the level of Associate Professor of Pathology
with the school of medicine, Wayne State University,
Detroit.
Hank Schiffers,
MD, MBA
--
After
ompleting his MBA program (PEMBA) with the
University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2003 Dr. Schiffers made
significant career moves. After working with Guidant as
Country manager Business Solutions & Medical Services from
2003 - 2006 he was appointed Business unit Manager, Business
Development Germany & Austria at Stryker GmbH in November 2006. Dr.
Schiffers is member of the PEMBA faculty, teaching Global/International Healthcare during the
summer RP. He is trained in Six Sigma and Lean. Dr. Schiffers has worked in a variety of healthcare settings
(Philips HeartCare Telemedicines Services GmbH, Secumed
telematik GmbH) to learn firsthand about many sectors of the
health care industry. His experience includes eight years of
management in eHealth start up companies, telemedicine
services and medical devices companies. He is active in
numerous professional and community organizations and if
desired you can meet him on
www.schiffers-online.biz
Sharon Sneed,
MD, MBA -- Dr. need is a native of Detroit, Michigan. She received her
undergraduate and medical degrees from Wayne State
University. She is board certified in Emergency Medicine.
Four years ago, she began practicing Occupational Medicine.
Currently, she is employed as a center medical director for
a large occupational medicine corporation and practices
emergency medicine one-fourth of the time.
