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Physicians new to The Hospital of Central Connecticut

For a complete listing of Hospital of Central Connecticut medical staff members, please visit Medical Staff. For a copy of our free Physician Guide, which lists active medical staff members, their specialties, office locations, and phone numbers, please submit a request.

New Medical Staff members in 2012

Chief, Pediatrics
Nagwa Khadr, M.D., F.A.A.P.

Gynecologic Oncologists
M. Heather Einstein, M.D., M.S.

Hospitalists
Muhammad Al Mounayer, M.D.
Brian Beaulieu, M.D.

Internal Medicine Specialists
Douglas P. Olson, M.D.

Neonatologist
Bernadette A. Hillman, M.D.

Orthopedic Specialist
Todd Applegate, D.O.

Surgeons
Albert L. Geetter, M.D.

Surgical Oncologist
Bret M. Schipper, M.D.

Vascular surgeon
Jonathan E. Hasson, M.D.

New Medical Staff members in 2011

Anesthesiologists
Kevin J. Finkel, M.D.
Bernard V McNulty III, M.D.

Cardiologists
Eric Crespo, M.D., MPH, FACC

Electrophysiologist/Cardiologist
Meir Friedman, M.D.

Emergency Physicians
Beth A. Joseph, M.D.
Camielle A. Rizzo, M.D.

Gynecologic Oncologists
Angela S. Kueck, M.D.

Hospitalists
Cecil F Christian, M.D.
Aleksandr Korniyenko, M.D.

Internal Medicine
Peter Davis Smith, M.D.

Internal Medicine Specialists
Tracy Gulling, D.O.
Henry D Todd, M.D.
Lynne Todd, M.D.

Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist
Elisa A Gianferrari, M.D.

Neurologists
Maame A Dankwah-Quansah, M.D.

Obstetrician / Gynecologists
Andrea Joyner, M.D.

Oncologist / Hematologists
Jason L Chang, M.D.
Jeffrey W. Langsam, D.O.

Orthopedic Surgeons
Glenn Freeman, M.D.
David Yanoff, M.D.

Pathologist
Susan Parker, M.D.

Radiologists
Jason D. Mayo, M.D.

Urologist
Kenneth R. Kurz, M.D.





Chief, Pediatrics

Nagwa Khadr, M.D., F.A.A.P.

Nagwa Khadr Education

Medical degree, Faculty of Medicine Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; internship, Ain Shams University Hospitals, Cairo; senior house officer (general medicine resident), Charing Cross Hospital, London. Pediatrics residency, Henry Ford Health System/Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit.



General Info

Areas of interest include children’s welfare; general pediatrics problems and disorders from birth to age 21; infectious diseases; asthma and allergies; ear, nose and throat problems; attention deficit hyperactivity disorders; and preventive medicine and immunizations.


Primary Practice

Hospital of Central Connecticut Pediatrics: 860-224-5691




Gynecologic Oncologists

M. Heather Einstein, M.D., M.S.

M. Heather Einstein Education

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City; obstetrics/gynecology residency, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wis.; pelvic reconstruction clinical research fellowship, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City; gynecologic oncology fellowship, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics.


General Info

Gynecologic oncologist

Primary Practice

Hartford Hospital, 85 Seymour St, Suite 705, Hartford: 860-545-4341




Hospitalists

Muhammad Al Mounayer, M.D.

Muhammad Al Mounayer Education

Medical degree, Damascus University, Damascus, Syria; residency, Damascus Health Directorate; internal medicine residency, St. Vincent's Medical Center, Bridgeport, Conn.

General Info

Fluent in Arabic.

Primary Practice

Hospital of Central Connecticut: (860) 224-5661 #3

Brian Beaulieu, M.D.

Brian Beaulieu Education

University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Mass.; internal medicine internship/residency Yale-New Haven Hospital; infectious disease fellowship, Yale University School of Medicine.

General Info

Hospitalist

Primary Practice

Hospital of Central Connecticut: (860) 224-5661 #3




Internal Medicine Specialists

Douglas P. Olson, M.D.

Douglas Olson Education

George Washington University, Washington, D.C.; internal medicine internship and residency, and chief resident, Yale University School of Medicine.



Primary Practice

Community Health Center, 85 Lafayette St., New Britain: 860-224-3642





Bernadette A. Hillman, M.D.

Bernadette Hillman Education

St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo.; pediatric residency and chief resident, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, Md.; neonatology fellowship, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore.


General Info

Neonatologist

Primary Practice

The Hospital of Central Connecticut: 860-224-5691




Orthopedic Specialist

Todd Applegate, D.O.

Todd Applegate Education

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia; general surgery internship/orthopedic surgery residency, Boston Medical Center, Boston; fellowship in orthopedic surgery of the spine, NYU Langone Medical Center’s Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York City.

General Info

Orthopedic surgeon

Primary Practice

Applegate Orthopedic Spine Center, 5 Pequot Park Rd., Suite 201A, Westbrook: 860-391-8068




Surgeons

Albert L. Geetter, M.D.

Education

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (now Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania), Philadelphia; general surgery internship/residency, Tufts-New England Medical Center (now Tufts Medical Center), Boston.

General Info

Most recently worked for State Department of Public Health as medical director for bioterrorism and as chief forensic medical investigator. Before that he was in private practice in Hartford for more than 30 years. Prior to that, he was a surgeon with rank of captain in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, which included working at Army hospitals in Vietnam.


Primary Practice

HOCC Wound Care Center: 860-378-1400




Surgical Oncologist

Bret M. Schipper, M.D.

Bret Schipper Education

Medical degree, Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica, West Indies; general surgery internship, S.U.N.Y. Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, N.Y.; general surgery residency, research fellowship and surgical oncology fellowship, University of Pittsburgh.

General Info

Specializes in robotic surgery and surgical care for patients with colon, liver, pancreas and gastric cancers.



Primary Practice

Central Connecticut Surgical Oncology, 40 Hart St., Building D, New Britain: 860-827-1981




Vascular surgeon

Jonathan E. Hasson, M.D.

Jonathan Hasson Education

Albany Medical College of Union University, Albany, N.Y.; general surgery residency, New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, New York City, and at the former Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago; vascular research fellowship and vascular surgery clinical fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

General Info

Former chief, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Waterbury Hospital; former chief, Vascular Surgery and other surgery sections, First Health Moore Regional Hospital, Pinehurst, N.C. Formerly with the U.S. Army Reserve Medical Corps, serving in Desert Storm with last rank of lieutenant colonel. Has served on the U.S. International Medical/Surgical Team and is part of the Connecticut Disaster Management Assistant Team. Assistant clinical professor of surgery, University of Connecticut School of Medicine; has held academic appointments at Harvard Medical School and University of Wisconsin-Madison.


Primary Practice

MidState Medical Group, 455 Lewis Ave., Suite 203, Meriden: 203-634-1900




Anesthesiologists

Kevin J. Finkel, M.D.

Kevin Finkel Education

Medical degree, University of Connecticut (UConn) School of Medicine; general surgery internship, UConn School of Medicine; anesthesiology residency, Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Mo.; regional anesthesiology fellowship, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, N.H.


Primary Practice

New Britain Anesthesia, PC, 100 Grand St., New Britain: (860) 224-5266

Bernard V McNulty III, M.D.

Bernard McNulty III Education

Medical degree, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C. ; transitional internship and anesthesiology residency, Hartford Hospital.

Primary Practice

New Britain Anesthesia, PC, 100 Grand St., New Britain: (860) 224-5266




Cardiologists

Eric Crespo, M.D., MPH, FACC

Eric Crespo Education

Medical degree, University of Connecticut (UConn) School of Medicine; categorical internal medicine internship/residency, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.; cardiovascular medicine fellowship, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C.; clinical cardiac electrophysiology fellowship, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt. Master of public health, The University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, N.C. He practices at Interventional Electrophysiology.


General Info

Assistant professor of medicine, UConn School of Medicine.

Primary Practice

Hartford Hospital, 80 Seymour St., Hartford: 860-545-1506




Electrophysiologist/Cardiologist

Meir Friedman, M.D.

Education

Medical degree, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, N.Y.; internal medicine internship and residency, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, N.Y.; cardiology fellowship, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York City; electrophysiology fellowship, New York-Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia University Medical Center, New York City.

Primary Practice

Hartford Hospital Interventional Electrophysiology, 80 Seymour St., Hartford: (860) 545-1506




Emergency Physicians

Beth A. Joseph, M.D.

Beth Joseph Education

Medical degree, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City; emergency medicine residency, University of Connecticut and Hartford Hospital.

Primary Practice

Hospital of Central Connecticut Emergency Department: (860) 224-5675

Camielle A. Rizzo, M.D.

Camielle Rizzo Education

Medical degree, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pa.; transitional year internship, York Hospital, York, Pa.; emergency medicine residency, University of Connecticut Health Center/Hartford Hospital, Farmington; hospice and palliative medicine fellowship, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Emergency Department.


Primary Practice

Hospital of Central Connecticut Emergency Dept.: 860-224-5675

Additional Practice

Hospital of Central Connecticut Wolfson Palliative Care: 860-224-5463




Gynecologic Oncologists

Angela S. Kueck, M.D.

Angela Kueck Education

Medical degree, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C.; obstetrics/gynecology residency, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C.; gynecologic oncology fellowship, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Primary Practice

263 Farmington Ave., Farmington: (860) 679-8434




Hospitalists

Cecil F Christian, M.D.

Cecil Christian Education

Medical degree, the School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, N.Y.; internal medicine internship/residency, Saint Vincent’s Hospital (now closed), New York City.



Primary Practice

The Hospital of Central Connecticut:

Aleksandr Korniyenko, M.D.

Aleksandr Korniyenko Education

Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica, West Indies; internal medicine internship/residency, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City.



Primary Practice

The Hospital of Central Connecticut: (860) 224-5661 #3




Internal Medicine

Peter Davis Smith, M.D.

Peter Davis Smith Education

Medical degree, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland; internal medicine internship, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland; internal medicine residency, University of Connecticut.

General Info

Treats adults and adolescents. Additionally, focus on primary care transgender medicine, gay and lesbian medicine. Accepting new patients.

Staff physician and medical director, Wesleyan University Davison Health Center, Middletown.



Primary Practice

Unionville Primary Care 1825 Farmington Ave., Unionville: (860) 673-1869




Internal Medicine Specialists

Tracy Gulling, D.O.

Tracy Gulling Education

Medical degree, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, Pa.; osteopathic medicine internship and allopathic medicine residency, University of Connecticut Health Center.

General Info

Previously assistant director of medicine, Hartford Hospital. Dr. Gulling has an interest in bariatric medicine. Accepting new patients.

Primary Practice

Central Connecticut Primary Care: (860) 229-0100

Henry D Todd, M.D.

Henry Todd Education

Medical degree, Spartan Health Sciences University, Saint Lucia, West Indies; internal medicine internship and residency, Overlook Medical Center, Summit, N.J.

General Info

Accepting new patients.

Primary Practice

Kensington Primary Care: (860) 828-3361

Lynne Todd, M.D.

Lynne Todd Education

Medical degree, Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica, West Indies; internal medicine internship and residency, Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester, New Rochelle, N.Y.

General Info

Office hours: M-F, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Accepting new patients.

Previously a faculty member in the Internal Medicine Residency Program, Overlook Medical Center, Summit, N.J. Previously a hospitalist at Nyack Hospital, Nyack, N.Y.

Primary Practice

Plainville Primary Care: (860) 747-4377




Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist

Elisa A Gianferrari, M.D.

Elisa Gianferrari Education

Medical degree, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vt.; obstetrics/gynecology internship and residency, maternal-fetal medicine fellowship, University of Connecticut Health Center.


Primary Practice

The Hospital of Central Connecticut: (860) 224-5310

Additional Practice

85 Jefferson St., Suite 625, Hartford: (860) 545-2884




Neurologists

Maame A Dankwah-Quansah, M.D.

Maame Dankwah-Quansah Education

Medical degree, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio; internal medicine internship, Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, N.Y.; neurology residency, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, N.Y.; neuro-oncology fellowship, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City.



Primary Practice

455 Lewis Ave., Suite 221, Meriden: (203) 694-8550




Obstetrician / Gynecologists

Andrea Joyner, M.D.

Andrea Joyner Education

Medical degree, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, Ala.; obstetrics/gynecology residency, University of Connecticut Health Center.

Primary Practice

HOCC Women’s Health Outpatient Clinic: 860-224-5261

Additional Practice

Hartford Hospital Women's Ambulatory Health Services: 860-972-2780




Oncologist / Hematologists

Jason L Chang, M.D.

Jason Chang Education

Medical degree, New York University School of Medicine; residency, internal medicine, NYU Hospitals Center. Clinical Instructor, Department of Medicine, Bellevue Hospital. Fellowship, hematology and oncology, NYU Hospitals Center.


General Info

Participated in clinical melanoma research at NYU. Co-author of several professional articles and textbook chapters.


Primary Practice

Cancer Center of Central Connecticut, 40 Hart St., Building A, New Britain: 860-224-4408

Additional Practice

55 Meriden Ave., Suite 1-A, Southington: 860-621-9316

Jeffrey W. Langsam, D.O.

Jeffrey Langsam Education

Medical degree, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine; internship, University of Connecticut; residency and fellowship, SUNY Downstate Medical Center.

Primary Practice

Grove Hill Medical Center, 300 Kensington Ave., New Britain: (860) 224-6254




Orthopedic Surgeons

Glenn Freeman, M.D.

Glenn Freeman Education

Education: Medical degree, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Mass.; general surgery internship/orthopedic surgery residency, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga.

Primary Practice

Hospital of Central Connecticut:

David Yanoff, M.D.

David Yanoff Education

Medical degree, Albany Medical College, Albany, N.Y.; internal medicine internship, Hospitals of the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh; orthopedic surgery residency, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center (now Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center), Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

Primary Practice

The Hospital of Central Connecticut:




Pathologist

Susan Parker, M.D.

Susan Parker Education

Medical degree, University of Connecticut School of Medicine; pathology internship, anatomic and clinical pathology residency, University of Massachusetts (UMass) Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, Mass.


Primary Practice

Hospital of Central Connecticut:




Radiologists

Jason D. Mayo, M.D.

Jason Mayo Education

Medical degree, New York Medical College, Valhalla, N.Y.; internal medicine internship, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, N.Y.; radiology residency, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York City; musculoskeletal radiology fellowship, NYU Langone Medical Center/Hospital for Joint Diseases.

Primary Practice

Hospital of Central Connecticut Radiology:




Urologist

Kenneth R. Kurz, M.D.

Kenneth Kurz Education

Medical degree, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City; general surgery internship, general surgery and urology residencies, chief resident of urology, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center (now New York-Presbyterian Hospital), New York City; urology residency, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City.

Primary Practice

455 Lewis Ave., Suite 210, Meriden: (203) 238-1241