Leadership

Mount Nittany Health System is led by a board of directors with representation from Mount Nittany Physician Group, Mount Nittany Medical Center, The Foundation for Mount Nittany Medical Center, physicians and community leaders.

Board of Directors, Mount Nittany Health System

Board Officers

Carl A. Anderson, III, Chair
James B. Thomas, Ph.D., Vice Chair
Thomas J. Harris, Secretary
Thomas F. Brown, Treasurer

Board Members

Steven E. Brown, FACHE
Jonathan Dranov, MD
James E. Freije, MD
Carl Raup
Wayne Sebastianelli, MD

Board of Trustees, Mount Nittany Medical Center

Board Officers

Carl Anderson III, Chair
James B. Thomas, Ph.D., Vice Chair
Thomas J. Harris, Secretary
Thomas F. Brown, Treasurer

Board Members

Richard D. Allatt, MD
Patricia Best, D. Ed.
S. Diane Brannon, Ph.D.
Steve E. Brown, FACHE, President and CEO
Jonathan Dranov, MD
Eugene M. Kephart, D.Ed.

 

Philip I. Park
Wayne J. Sebastianelli, MD, Chief of Medical Staff
Karen P. Shute
Paul Suhey, DO
Charles Witmer

Board of Directors, Mount Nittany Surgical Center

Board Officers

Carl Anderson, III, Chair
James B. Thomas, Ph.D., Vice Chair
Thomas F. Brown, Treasurer
Thomas J. Harris, Secretary

Board Members

Ken Pasch, Director-at-Large
Steven E. Brown, FACHE, Director
Richard J. Wisniewski, Director
Janet Schachtner, Director
John Giustozzi, MD, Medical Director

Board of Directors, Mount Nittany Physician Group

Board Officers

Pete Roy, III, MD, Chair
Steven E. Brown, FACHE, Secretary
Paul Guillard, MD, Treasurer
Craig Collison, MD, Vice Chair

Board Members

Carl Anderson, III
Thomas F. Brown

Mount Nittany Executive Leadership

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Steven E. Brown, FACHE
President and CEO

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Richard Wisniewski, CPA
Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

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Jeffrey A. Ratner, MD
Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs

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Janet Schachtner, RN, MSN
Senior Vice President, Patient Care Services

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Tom Stoessel, MBA
Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer

Wayne Thompson

Wayne Thompson, MS
Senior Vice President, Information and Chief Information Officer

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Lou Brungard, MBA
Vice President, Facilities and Plant Services

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Gerald Dittmann, SPHR
Vice President, Human Resources

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Linda Kuhlman, RN, MSN
Vice President, Professional and Clinical Services

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Gail A. Miller, RN, MS, CPHQ
Vice President for Quality

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Patty Watson, RN, MSN
Vice President, Nursing and Chief Nursing Officer

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Rob Wunar, MHA, CMPE, COPM
Vice President, Mount Nittany Physician Group

Medical Staff, Mount Nittany Medical Center

Officers

Wayne Sebastianelli, MD, Chief of Medical Staff
Richard Allatt, MD, Assistant Chief of Medical Staff
Donald F. Mandetta, MD, Secretary
Paul Suhey, DO, Treasurer

Members at Large

Jeffrey Eaton, MD
John C. Coppes, MD
Michael P. Flanagan, MD

Department Chairs, Mount Nittany Medical Center

John Giustozzi, MD
Anesthesia Department


Theodore Ziff, MD
Emergency Department


Anthony Cardell, MD
Medicine Department

Theodore Hovick, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology Department


Raymond Vautour, MD
Pathology Department


Craig Collison, MD
Pediatrics Department

Timothy Derstine, MD
Behavioral Health Services


Ari Geselowitz, MD
Radiology Department


James S. Martin, MD
Surgery Department

The Foundation’s 21st Annual Golf Tournament raised $150,000 for the new Cancer Center.

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