Emergency Medicine - Faculty

The Department of Emergency Medicine is under the direction
of Mary Jo Wagner, M.D. (Program Director & Chair)
Residency Faculty include:

Mary Jo Wagner, M.D. Program Director & Chair EM Residency: St. Vincent Medical Center, Toledo, OH (1991) ABEM Board Certification 2009 Outstanding Contribution in Education Award/Video Biography
Tracie Potis, M.D. Assistant Director EM Residency: Synergy Medical Education Alliance Saginaw, MI (2008) ABEM Board Certified
Christian Jacobus, M.D. Assistant Director and Clerkship Director EM Residency: University of Cincinnati Hospital, Cincinnati, OH (2007) ABEM Board Certification
Mildred Willy, M.D. Assistant Director EM Residency: St. John's Hospital, Detroit, MI (1999) ABEM Board Certification
Noel Wagner, M.D. SVMCA Medical Director EMS Division Department of Emergency Medicine Assistant Program Director EM Residency: State University of New York, Brooklyn, NY (1999) ABEM Board Certification

Residency Coordinator

Patricia Sewell , phone: 989-583-6817


Residency Administrative Assistant

Cindy Lupcke, phone: 989-583-6872
Melinda Wardin, phone: 989-583-6961


Emergency Department E-mail:em@synergymedical.org



Faculty

Mary Lynn Arvanitis, D.O.
EM Residency: Metropolitan Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI (1995)
AOBEM Board Certification

Andrew M.Bazakis, M.D.
EM Residency: University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (2000)
ABEM Board Certification

Tim Brown, M.D.
EM Residency: Synergy Medical Education Alliance
Saginaw, MI (2008)
ABEM Board Certified

Kevin Carnahan, D.O.
EM Residency: Botsford General Hospital,
Farmington Hills, MI (1998)
AOBEM Board Certification

Catherine Champagne , D.O.
EM Residency: Synergy Medical Education Alliance
Saginaw, MI (2006)
ABEM Board Certified

Kathleen Cowling, D.O.
EM Residency: Michigan State University -
Lansing Affiliated Hospitals, Lansing, MI (1995)
ABEM Board Certification

Matthew Deibel , M.D.
EM Residency: MSU/Spectrum Health Systems,
Grand Rapids, MI (2005)
ABEM Board Certification

Frederick Dunham, M.D.
General Surgery Residency: St. Joseph Hospital,
Pontiac MI (1983)
ABEM Board Certification

Andrew Franklin, M.D.
EM Residency: St. Francis Medical Center,
Peoria, IL (2001)
ABEM Board Certified

Harry Frederick, D.O.
Internship: South Bend Osteopathic Hospital,
South Bend, IN (1979)
ABEM Board Certification

Lance Freeman, M.D.
EM Residency: Grace Hospital,
Detroit, MI (1994)
ABEM Board Certification

Kirsten Guenther, M.D.
EM Residency: William Beaumont Hospital,
Royal Oak, MI (2002)
ABEM Board Certification

Brian Hartfelder, M.D.
EM Residency: Detroit Receiving Hospital,
Detroit, MI (1995)
ABEM Board Certification

Risty Kalivas, D.O.
Internal Medicine Residency: Saginaw Cooperative Hospitals, Inc.,
Saginaw, MI (1990)
AOBEM Board Certification

Anjanette Kemp, D.O.
EM Residency: Mount Clemens General Hospital
Detroit, MI (1998)
AOBEM Board Certification

Timothy Kaufman, M.D.
EM Residency: University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH (2001)
ABEM Board Certification

Lakshma Kottamasu, M.D.

Nicole McCadie, D.O.
EM Residency: Synergy Medical Education Alliance,
Saginaw, MI (2011)
Board Eligible

Michelle McLean, M.D.
EM Residency: Synergy Medical Education Alliance,
Saginaw, MI (2005)
ABEM Board Certified

Steven McLean, M.D.
EM Residency: Detroit Receiving Hospital,
Detroit, MI (1998)
ABEM Board Certification

James Mlejnek, M.D.
EM Residency: Synergy Medical Education Alliance,
Saginaw, MI (2011)
Board Eligible

George Moylan, D.O.
EM Residency: St. Vincent's Medical Center,
Toledo, OH (1993)
ABEM Board Certification

Jeffrey Nielsen, M.D.
EM Residency: MSU/Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies,
Kalamazoo, MI (1999)
ABEM Board Certification

Charles Nightingale, M.D.
EM Residency: Synergy Medical Education Alliance,
Saginaw, MI (2006)
ABEM Board Certification

Renee M. Nilan, M.D.
EM Residency: Henry Ford Hospital,
Detroit, MI (1998)
ABEM Board Certification

Christa Persyn, M.D.
EM Residency: Synergy Medical Education Alliance,
Saginaw, MI (2007)
ABEM Board Certification

Brian Purchase, D.O.
EM Residency: Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital Medical Center,
Pontiac, MI (1998)
AOBEM Board Certification

Jamie Ross. M.D.
EM Residency:
St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center,
Toldeo, OH

Richard S. Ross,D.O.
EM Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center,
Philadelphia, PA (1996)
AOBEM Board Certification

Rosarita Rullan, D.O.
EM Residency: Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital Medical Center,
Pontiac, MI (1997)
AOBEM Board Certification

Robert Satonik, M.D.
Designated Institutional Official
EM Residency: Richland Memorial Hospital,
Columbia, SC (1994)
ABEM Board Certification

Tracie Shea, M.D.
EM Residency: Synergy Medical Education Alliance
Saginaw, MI (2008)
ABEM Board Eligible

Aaron Smith M.D.
EM Residency: Synergy Medical Education Alliance
Saginaw, MI (2006)
ABEM Board Certification

Tory Synder, D.O.
EM Residency: Synergy Medical Education Alliance,
Saginaw, MI (2004)
ABEM Board Certification

Steven Vance, M.D.
EM Residency: MSU/Spectrum Health System,
Grand Rapids, MI (2004)
ABEM Board Certification

Jason White, M.D.
EM Residency: Henry Ford Hospital,
Detroit, MI (1984)
ABEM Board Certification

Terri Williams, M.D.
EM Residency: Wright State University School of Medicine - Integrated Residency
Dayton, OH (1995)
ABEM Board Certification