Meet the Faculty

Our emergency medicine faculty trained in many different facilities, bringing a wealth of knowledge and different skill sets to teach our residents. Several of our faculty members are involved nationally in emergency medicine organizations including American College of Emergency Physicians, Council of EM Residency Directors and National Association of EMS Physicians. Our faculty members bring a national perspective to the program and have a rich network of colleagues that is especially helpful to our seniors as they look for jobs all over the country.

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
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
Melinda Wardin, phone: 989-583-6961


Administrative Assistant
Cindy Lupcke, phone: 989-583-6872



Emergency Department E-mail: emergency.medicine@cmich.edu



Faculty

Allison Ayotte, D.O.
EM Residency: (2006)
AOBEM Board Certified

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

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

Aaron Dora-Laskey, M.D.
EM Residency:
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

Angela Gregory, M.D.
EM Residency: Synergy Medical,
Saginaw, MI (2012)
ABEM Board Eligible

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

Ken Hanson, M.D.

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

Ryan Kirby, M.D.
EM Residency: Genesis Regional Medical Center
Flint, MI (2012)
ABEM Board Eligible

Lakshma Kottamasu, M.D.
EM Residency: (1979)
ABEM Board Certified

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

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)
ABEM Board Certified

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

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 (2009)
ABEM Board Certified

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

Daniel Salinsky, M.D.
EM Residency: Wayne State University
Detroit, MI (2012)
ABEM Board Eligible

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

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

Joseph Spadafore M.D.
EM Residency: (1981)
ABEM Board Certified

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

Tiffany Weiss - Feldkamp, D.O.
EM Residency: Synergy Medical Education Alliance,
Saginaw, MI
ABEM Board Eligible

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