Leadership & Faculty

Cara Ruggeri, DO, FACP
Program Director – Transitional Year Program, Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine, Director of Osteopathic Recognition Residency and Chief Residency: St. Luke’s University Hospital

• Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
• Residency and Chief Residency: St. Luke’s Hospital
• Professional Interests: Patient Safety, QI, Communication Skills, Simulation, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, Wellness

Ana Rosado, MD, MS, FACP
Faculty and Medical Clerkship Director

• Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine
• Residency and Chief Residency: St. Mary’s Hospital-Yale University affiliate
• Professional Interests: Medical Student Teaching, Simulation, Patient Safety

Harsh Goel, MD
Faculty

• Medical School: Government Medical College – Patiala
• Internship: University of Alabama Hospital – Birmingham
• Residency: Wellspan (York Hospital)
• Professional Interests: Research, Medical education, Simulation

John Hippen, MD, FACP
Internal Medicine Residency
Transitional Year Program

• Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
• Residency and Chief Residency: Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medicine
• Professional Interests: Patient-Centered Care, Bedside Teaching, Motivational Interviewing, Consultative Medicine, Perioperative Medicine and Diabetes

Lauren McKay, DO
Faculty

• Medical School: Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine
• Residency: St. Luke’s University Health Network
• Professional Interests: Teaching, Working with Underserved Communities, Palliative Medicine and Advanced Care Planning

Justin Psaila, MD
Chief of Medicine

• Medical School: New York Medical College, 1996
• Residency: St. Vincent Hospital
• Professional Interests: Hospitalist Medicine, Transition of Care, Utilization

Pooja Saraiya, DO
Faculty

• Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine – Bradenton Campus
• Interests: Hospitalist medicine, medical education, patient safety, interdisciplinary communication