Leadership and Faculty

Cara Ruggeri, DO, FACP
Program Director
Program Director of Osteopathic Recognition Residency

• Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
• Residency and Chief Residency: St. Luke’s Hospital
• Professional Interests: Patient Safety, QI, Communication Skills, Simulation, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, Wellness

David Leh, MD
Faculty and Course Director for Doctoring Course

• Medical School: Thomas Jefferson School of Medicine
• Residency: Henry Ford Medical Center
• Professional Interests: Evidence-based Medicine, Medical Education and Biological Prosthetic Implant

James Phillips, DO, FACP
Faculty

• Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
• Internship: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Osteopathic
• Residency: St. Luke’s Hospital
• Professional Interests: Ambulatory Medicine, Simulation, Teaching Yale Modules

Ana Rosado, MD, MS
Associate Program Director, Faculty and Medical Clerkship Director

• Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine
• Residency and Chief Residency: St. Mary’s Hospital-Yale University affiliate
• Professional Interests: Medical Student Teaching, Simulation, Patient Safety

Justin Psaila, MD
Chief of Medicine

• Medical School: New York Medical College, 1996
• Residency: St. Vincent Hospital
• Professional Interests: Hospitalist Medicine, Transition of Care, Utilization

Raymond Durkin, MD
Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine

• Medical School: Hahnemann University School of Medicine
• Residency: Lehigh Valley Hospital
• Fellowship: Lankenau Hospital
• Professional Interests: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Intervention

Bankim Bhatt, MD
Chief of Endocrinology

• Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School
• Residency: Washington Hospital Center
• Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
• Professional Interests: Comprehensive Diabetes Care, Telemedicine, Student Teaching, Research

Noel Martins, MD
Chief of Gastroenterology

• Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
• Residency: Harvard’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• Fellowship: University of Massachusetts
• Professional Interests: GI cancers, Pancreatic Diseases and Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Research

Sanjiv Agarwala, MD
Chief of Hematology/Oncology

• Medical School: Seth G.S. Medical College
• Residency: Dunedin Hospital- Otago University, Tata Memorial Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh Presbyterian Medical Center
• Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh Presbyterian Medical Center
• Professional Interests: Research and Clinical Trials in Renal Cell Cancer and Melanoma, Immunotherapy

Peter Ender, MD
Chief of Infectious Diseases

• Medical School: Lewis Katz Temple University School of Medicine
• Residency: Wilford Hall U.S. Air Force Med. Center
• Fellowship: Wilford Hall U.S. Air Force Med. Center
• Professional Interests: HIV, course director for ID for TUSM

Robert Gayner, MD
Chief of Nephrology
Vice President for Medical and Academic Affairs

• Medical School: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
• Residency: Montefiore Medical Center
• Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania
• Professional Interests: Adult Kidney Disease & Hypertension, Teaching, Medical Leadership

Livia Bratis, DO
Chief of Pulmonary/Critical Care

• Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
• Residency: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
• Fellowship: Hahnemann University School of Medicine
• Professional Interests: QI, Smoking Cessation, Critical Care Medicine, Sleep Medicine

Charles Ludivico, MD
Chief of Rheumatology

• Medical School: Lewis Katz Temple University School of Medicine
• Residency: Temple University Hospital
• Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
• Professional Interests: Research