The Quality Improvement Committee of UPMC Health Plan, composed of practicing physicians and the Health Plan’s chief medical officer, reports directly to the Board of Directors. In turn, every committee involved with medical care in the Health Plan reports to the Quality Improvement Committee. The committee reviews, evaluates, and provides direction in regard to performance monitoring and quality improvement.

The Quality Improvement Committee and its subcommittees determine Health Plan policy. This means the very people taking care of patients—and the very people involved in teaching physicians and developing new technologies—are empowered to make medical policies at the Health Plan.

Quality Improvement Committee

Henry Bakkila, MD
Karl Bernat, MD
Daniel Brooks, MD
Kenneth Ciesielka, MD
Stanley Cutler, MD
Michael Culyba, MD
Samuel Daisley, DO*
Nicholas DeGregorio, MD
Anne Docimo, MD
Michael Ginsburg, MD
Michael McGonigal, MD/
Brian Deyarmin, MD
Kuang-Yu Ou, MD
Joseph Santiesteban, MD
Ralph Schmeltz, MD
James Schuster, MD
Francis Solano, MD
Jalit Tuchinda, MD
R. Curtis Waligura, DO
Eugene Wiener, MD
Jay Ziegler, MD

* Chairperson

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Subcommittees

 

Medical Advisory/
Technology Assessment

David Baer, MD
Barbara Barnes, MD
Michael Culyba, MD
Anne Docimo, MD
Dennis Hurwitz, MD
Gerald Kaufer, MD
Robert Kisner, MD
Curtis Lamperski, MD
Jeffrey Minteer, MD*
Eugene Wiener, MD

* Chairperson

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Credentialing

Eileen Baade, MD
Michael Culyba, MD
Richard Erhard, DC
Marc Finder, MD
Renata Hoca, MD
Gerald Kaufer, MD
John Maher, MD
Christopher Olbrich, MD
Ralph Schmeltz, MD*
Jay Zeigler, MD

* Chairperson

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Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Karl Bernat, MD
Wynne Brown, MD
John Cinicola, MD
Colleen Culley, PharmD
Dennis Davis, MD
Anne Docimo, MD
Edward Donnelly, III, MD
Eileen Engel, MD
Roger Haskett, MD
Mary Hess, PharmD
Michael Jacobs, PharmD
Gerald Kaufer, MD
Jorge Lindenbaum, MD*
Raeann Maxwell, PhD
Michael Lamb, MD
Lee Ann McDowell, PharmD
Michael McGonigal, MD
James Schuster, MD

* Chairperson

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Asthma

William Calhoun, MD*
Lawrence Caliguiri, MD
Melissa Clark, MD
Michael Culyba, MD
Michael Finikiotis, MD
David Nash, MD
Keith Somers, MD
Vaughn Strimlan, MD
Eliseo Villalobos, MD

* Chairperson

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Behavioral Health/
Physical Health

Bernard Bernacki, DO
Anne Docimo, MD
Rohan Ganguli, MD
Rick Kinyon, LISW, MPA
Danforth Lincoln, MD
Marsha Marcus, PhD
Kenneth Nash, MD
Karen Powers, MD
James Schuster, MD*

* Chairperson

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Cardiology

Alan Bramowitz, MD
Simon Chough, MD
Howard Cohen, MD
Paul Cullen, MD
Anne Docimo, MD
Daniel Edmundowicz, MD
Alan Itskowitz, MD
Mark Schmidhofer, MD
Saul Silver, MD*

* Chairperson

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Diabetes

Usman Ahmad, MD
Michael Culyba, MD
Rosanne Granieri, MD
Peter Grondziowski, MD
James Johnston, MD
Mary Korytkowski, MD
Linda Siminerio, RN, PhD, CDE
Ralph Schmeltz, MD*
Grant Shevchik, MD
John Snyder, DPM
Stephen Wilson, MD

* Chairperson

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Gastrointestinal

Michael Culyba, MD
Linda Farkas, MD
Thomas Kelly, MD*
Morry Moskovitz, MD
Philip Kum-Nji, MD
Sharon Roseman, MD
Robert Schoen, MD
Mahesh Varindani, MD

* Chairperson

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Geriatric

Bob Arnold, MD
Karl Bernat, MD
Peter Cohen, MD
Victor Colaiaco, MD
Michael Culyba, MD
Hollis Day, MD
Anne Docimo, MD
Maryann Goldstein, CRNP
Susan Greenspan, MD
Shikha Iyengar
Rick Morycz, MD
Ben Mulsant, MD
Margaret Reidy, MD
Neil Resnick, MD*
Eric Rodriguez, MD
Fred Rubin, MD
James Schuster, MD
Paula Thomas, RN
Roger Zioncheck, MD

* Chairperson

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Musculoskeletal

Doris Cope, MD
Michael Culyba, MD
Anthony Delitto, PhD
Richard Erhard, D.C.
Jay Irrgang, PhD
Paul Lieber, MD
Lee Neiman, MD
Thaddeus Osial, MD
Joseph Schwerha, MD
Terence Starz, MD*
Molly Vogt, PhD.
John Warner, MD
Michael Weiss, MD
William Welch, MD
Ross Zafonte, DO

* Chairperson

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Pediatric

Leon Brostoff, MD
Michael Culyba, MD
Richard Lanz, MD
James Pitcavage, MD
Maryellen Schroeder, MD
Leslie Silberman, MD
Madeline Simasek, MD
Paul Slomiany, MD
Ellen Wald, MD
Eugene Wiener, MD
Glenna Winnie, MD*
David Wolfson, MD

* Chairperson

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Women's Health

Ya'aqov Abrams, MD
James Alonzo, MD
Eileen Baade, MD
Inis Bardella, MD
William Crombleholme, MD
Veena Dhar, MD
Anne Docimo, MD
Dennis English, MD
Robert Kaminiski, MD
David McFadden, MD
Donald McKinley, MD
Dean Pollack, MD
Mary Ann Portman, MD
Anne Shaheen, MD
Malay Sheth, MD*
Richard Sweet, MD
Margaret Watt-Morse, MD

* Chairperson

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