Many of the Health Professions Organization's former officers wish to remain accessible to answer questions about life after graduating from the University of Scranton. Please contact them to ask about their medical and graduate education, the school they attended (or are attending), and the application process.

Daniel Herr (herrd@musc.edu), class of 2011, served as President, majoring in Biochemistry, Cell & Molecular Biology, and in Philosophy. He is now enrolled in the M.D./Ph.D. program at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC. Updated 06/12/11

Melissa Wasilewski (wasilewskim2@gmail.com), class of 2011, served as Research Chairperson, majoring in Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, and Biomathematics. She is currently in the MD/PhD program at Temple University School of Medicine. She will happily answer questions about Temple or MD/PhD programs.Updated 06/25/11

Tara Gramigna (gramignat2@gmail.com), class of 2011, served as Co Vice President of Presentations, majoring in Biology. She is currently in the D.O. program at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Philadelphia, PA. Tara is happy to answer any questions about PCOM or applying to medical school. Updated 07/23/11

Kira Wagner (kira.wagner17@gmail.com), class of 2011, served as the pre-veterinary chairperson, majoring in Biology and Philosophy. She is currently in the DVM program at Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. She will be happy to answer any questions about Tufts or applying to vet school. Updated 08/21/11

Justin Savitski (justin.savitski@gmail.com), class of 2011, served as Treasurer, majoring in Biochemistry. He is now enrolled in the D.D.S. program at Marquette University School of Dentistry in Milwaukee, WI. In addition to offering a helping hand to anyone interested in or applying to MUSoD or to another dental school, Justin will answer any questions about life in dental school or adjusting to the demands of a professional program.Updated 10/01/11

Clark Veet (clark.veet@jefferson.edu), class of 2010, served as President, majoring in Biology and Philosophy. He is currently in the M.D. program at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA. Updated 07/1/10

Matt Mercuri (matthew.mercuri@med.nyu.edu), class of 2010, served as Webmaster, majoring in English and Philosophy. He is currently in the M.D. program at the New York University School of Medicine in New York City, NY. Updated 07/1/10

Mary Lynch (maryeliselynch@yahoo.com),class of 2010, served as Co Vice President of Presentations, majoring in Biochemistry. She is currently in Kenya on a Fulbright Scholarship. Updated 07/1/10

Ishita Dalal (IDalal610@gmail.com), class of 2010, served as Co Vice President of Presentations, majoring in Biology and Philosophy. She is currently in the M.D. program at Drexel University's College of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA. Updated 07/1/10

Kathryn Brokus (kbrokus@gmail.com), class of 2010, served as Vice President of Service, majoring in Biology and Philosophy. She is currently in the D.O. program at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Philadelphia, PA. Updated 07/1/10

Edward DelSole (edward.delsole@nyumc.org), class of 2009, served as President. He is currently in the M.D. program at New York University School of Medicine in New York, NY. Edward is happy to talk to students about medical school and New York University. Updated 01/13/11

Tom Churilla (churillat2@gmail.com), class of 2009, served as Vice President of Presentations. He is currently in the M.D. program at The Commonwealth Medical College in Scranton, PA. Updated 12/16/10

Alexandra Biga (abiga001@umaryland.edu), class of 2009, served as Vice President of Service. She is currently in the DDS program at the University of Maryland Baltimore College of Dental Surgery in Baltimore, MD.Updated 12/18/10

Meg Mathewson (mathewsonm@gmail.com), class of 2009, served as Secretary. She is currently in the MD program at The Commonwealth Medical College in Scranton, PA. Updated 12/18/10

Jason Stankiewicz (stankiewicz.jason@gmail.com), class of 2009, served as Webmaster. He is currently in the M.D. program at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA. He gladly hosts Scranton students interviewing at Philadelphia schools. Updated 12/16/10

Andrew Notarianni (apn3@georgetown.edu), class of 2008, served as President. He is currently in the M.D. program at Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C. Any HPO students or pre-professional students may contact me with questions about Georgetown, DC, or any part of medical education in general without hesitation. Updated 01/13/11

Kaci Haines (khain002@umaryland.edu), class of 2008, served as Vice-President of Presentations. She is currently in the M.D. program at University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD. Kaci sat as an interviewer and voting member on the Committee of Admissions for the University of Maryland SOM last year. She is happy to answer any questions regarding admissions and how Scranton students can make themselves more competitive applicants. Updated 12/16/10

Jesse Kiefer (kieferj2@gmail.com), class of 2008, served as Treasurer. He is currently in the M.D. program and Honors in Bioethics Program at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago IL, likely pursuing a residency in anesthesia. Jesse can answer questions about Chicago, anesthesia, residencies, and how to show interest in residencies through medical school.Updated 12/18/10

Drew Shiner (drew.shiner@gmail.com), class of 2007, served as President. He majored in biology and philosophy at Scranton, and completed the M.D. program at Georgetown University School of Medicine in 2011. He is currently an internal medicine intern at San Antonio Military Medical Center (formerly Brooke Army Medical Center), and is in the process of applying for residency in emergency medicine. Drew attended Georgetown on a 4-year U.S. Air Force Health Professions Scholarship . Please feel free to contact Drew if you have any questions about Georgetown, HPSP, or the military in general. Updated 9/2/11

John J. Mercuri (john.mercuri@alumni.scranton.edu), class of 2007, served as Webmaster. He majored in Biology and Philosophy, and he ran for the varsity cross country team. In 2012, John graduated from the combined M.D./M.A. Bioethics program at the NYU School of Medicine in New York, NY. John is currently an orthopaedic surgery resident at the NYU Langone Medical Center's Hospital for Joint Diseases. Please feel free to contact John with any questions that you may have. Updated 6/18/12

Joseph Butash (jbutash@gmail.com), class of 2007, served as Vice President of Service. Joe majored in Biomathematics and Philosophy, and he is currently in the M.D. program at Jefferson Medical College. Joe plan to pursue a career in Emergency Medicine. Joe is available to answer any questions about applications, medical school, and residency. Updated 2/20/11

Michael Quartuccio (michael.quartuccio@jefferson.edu), class of 2006, served as President. He completed his M.D. program at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA.in 2010 and now is an internal medicine resident at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. Updated 12/16/10

Neil Patel (neilpatel84@gmail.com), class of 2006, served as Vice-President of Service. After graduating he went to Georgetown Universiry School of Medicine where he completed the M.D. program in 2010. He is currently a medical intern at Penn State Hershey Medical center and will be starting his anesthesia residency next year at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Neil is happy to answer any questions about applying to medical school or anesthesia residency programs. Updated 01/13/11

Colin Flannery (flanneryc2@gmail.com), class of 2006, served as Vice-President of Presentations. He is currently at the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. Updated 9/16/10

Paurush Shah (paurush.shah@jefferson.edu), class of 2006, served as Secretary.  He graduated from the M.D. program at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA. Currently, Paurush is an intern at the Jefferson University Hospital. Updated 12/20/10

Kevin Hauck (KevinDHauck@gmail.com), class of 2006, served as Treasurer. He is currently at Temple University where he is finishing the fifth year of a five year MD/MPH program and interviewing for Internal Medicine residency programs. He maintains a strong interest in health policy and has lobbied and organized educational events for health care reform. He is also interested in Public Health. He is happy to help out UofS undergrads in any way he can, and can always be reached by email. Updated 01/13/11

Sol De Jesus (dejesuss2@hotmail.com), class of 2006, served as Webmaster. She graduated from the M.D. program at Ponce School of Medicine in Puerto Rico. She was accepted to the Penn State Hershey Medical Center Neurology Residency program and is scheduled to begin June 2011. She is currently completing her transitional year at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital in Puerto Rico.Updated 12/20/10

Kristin Riley (kriley1@hmc.psu.edu), class of 2005, was a Biology Major and former President of HPO. Kristin graduated from the M.D. program at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA. She is currently an OB/GYN resident at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center. Updated 12/16/10

Greg Dodson (dodsongm@gmail.com), class of 2005 and former webmaster of HPO, graduated from UMDNJ-SOM in Stratford, NJ in 2009. He Completed his intership at Crozer-Keystone in Delaware county, PA in 2010. He is currently working at Cooper University Hospital in an anesthesia residency. Feel free to contact him about osteopathic or general medical school questions. Updated 12/17/10

Michael Archer (MAARCHER@partners.org), class of 2005 was formerly the HPO Secretary and graduated from LECOM-Erie in 2009. He started his General Surgery training at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA in 2009 and recently completed his third year of residency. He has started a two-year post-doctoral research fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. After this fellowship, he expects to go back to Allegheny General to finish his last two years of General Surgery training before heading (hopefully) to a Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship.

Jennifer (Miller) Koehl (jkoehlvmd@gmail.com), class of 2004, is the former HPO pre-veterinary chairperson. In 2008, she completed her VMD at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine in Philadelphia, PA. She is currently a small animal associate veterinarian in Chester County, PA. Updated 12/19/10

Mary Kenney Cirigliano (mkcirigliano@gmail.com), class of 2004, served as vice president of presentations. She went to medical school at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and did a residency in Family Medicine at Mercy Suburban Hospital in Norristown, PA. She is currently practicing with Kaiser Permanente in Silver Spring, MD. She is glad to answer questions, address concerns, and share what the process from undergrad to attending was like. Updated 2/11/12

Dario Englot (englot@gmail.com), class of 2003, was a Web-Developer and Research Coordinator. He graduated from the M.D./Ph.D. program at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT. He is currently a resident in neurosurgery at the University of California, San Francisco. He is more than happy to talk to any students interested in another perspective or advice. Updated 12/17/10

Jesse Kayal (jesse.kayal@gmail.com), class of 2003, served as Co-Vice President of Presentations. He graduated from the M.D. program at UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine in Piscataway, NJ. He completed residency in family medicine at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Medical Center. He now serves as an attending faculty physician at Hunterdon Family Medicine Residency Program in Flemington, NJ. Updated 12/20/10

Deidre Lynn (deirdreklynn@gmail.com), class of 2003, served as Publicity Coordinator and Student Government Liaison. She was in the D.O. program at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Philadelphia, PA. She was an Internal Medicine resident at UMass Medical Center in Worcester, MA. Currently, Deidre is a fellow in pulmonary/critical care at the University of Massachusetts.Updated 12/19/10

Jed Gonzalo (jgonzalo@bidmc.harvard.edu), class of 2002, served as Secretary. He graduated from the Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, PA, in 2006. After finishing his residency in Internal Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard in Boston, MA, he is pursuing a fellowship in General Internal Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. Updated 11/29/10

Mark Fitzgerald (mpf3y@virginia.edu), class of 2002, served as Web-Developer for the HPO. He is currently in the M.D./Ph.D. program at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville, VA. He has interviewed students for the M.D./Ph.D. program, and he encourages questions from students interested in this dual-degree. Updated 11/29/10

Chris Jones (Christopher.A.Jones@duke.edu), class of 2002, served as President. In 2006, he completed the M.D. program at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA. He has completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Brown University in Providence, RI. Chris has completed fellowship training in Geriatrics and is currently a fellow in Hospice and Palliative Care at Duke University in Durham, NC. As someone who sat on the Committee on Admissions at Jefferson Medical College, he is happy to help Scranton students figure out which experiences and opportunities will make them the most desirable applicants to medical school. Updated 11/29/10

April Troy (puscavagea2@yahoo.com), class of 2002, served as Vice-President of Service. She completed her M.D. degree at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicinein Baltimore, MD. She completed her M.P.H. at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. April is now a Pediatrics Chief Resident at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C.. Updated 11/29/10

Pamela Taffera (pamelataffera@hotmail.com, pamelataffera@catholichealth.net), class of 2002, served as Vice-President of Presentations. She was a DO/MBA, graduate from combined DO/MBA program at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia. After completing a residency in Family Medicine at the Saint Joseph Family Practice Residency in Reading, PA, Pam joined the faculty as an attending physician. Updated 11/29/10

If you are a former HPO officer, and you would like to be added to this list, please e-mail us your information and let us know!