John Braxton, M.D. 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, M.D. 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, M.D. 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, M.D. 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, M.D. 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, M.D. 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, M.D. 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, M.D. 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, M.D. Dr. Roldan is President of Pan American Hospital in Miami. Prior to this appointment she was the Executive Vice President of Medical Services, Medical Advisory Board, Monarch Health Sciences in Elk Grove, California. She is also 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 and completed medical school in 1981 at the University of Miami. She then started her residency in Anatomic/Clinical Pathology 1981-1985, later followed by a fellowship in Pediatric Pathology 1985-1987. She stayed 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. She has been in private practice since then in this field and has participated in national clinical studies in adults, adolescence, and children in the field of obesity. Currently, Dr. Roldan is involved in speaking internationally, and participates 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. Dr. Roldan has been honored with several awards, including Bariatrician of the Year. She completed her Master of Public Health at the University of South Florida. Her husband is an ophthalmic surgeon.

Husain Saleh, M.D. 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, M.D.  After completing 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, M.D. 

Dr. Sneed 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.