The SCCM Pennsylvania Chapter is a multiprofessional organization composed of critical care practitioners, whose purpose is to foster collaboration among caregivers at a state level for the enhancement of patient care. Members of the chapter include physicians, nurses, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, physician assistants and other healthcare professionals.
The Pennsylvania Chapter's mission is to provide its members with educational opportunities, professional resources and a chance for networking with other critical care professionals from across the state to improve the quality of critical care in the state of Pennsylvania.
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PRESIDENT
Lori Demko, ACNP-BC, CCRN, MSN, RN, Pittsburgh Critical Care Associates, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
PRESIDENT ELECT
Joshua A. Marks, MD, FACS, FCCM, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA, USA
SECRETARY
Mandi Krach, MSN, CRNP, AGACNP-B, UPMC Altoona, PA, USA
TREASURER
Barbara Birriel, PhD, ACNP-BC, FCCM, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, USA
PAST PRESIDENT
Navitha Ramesh, MD, FCCP, Mountain Top, PA, USA
REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES
SE Rep: Daniel Wu, DO, FACOS, FACS, FCCM, Trinity Health St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, PA, USA
NE Rep: Brenda M. Engler, DNP, ACNP, BS, CCRN, Geisinger Medical Center Danville, Danville, PA, USA
WEST Rep: Janine E. Then, BCPS, UPMC Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
CENTRAL Rep: Amanda Holyk, BCCCP, PharmD, Mount Nittany Medical Center, State College, PA, USA
Communications Committee: Richard B. Arbour, BSN, CCNS, CCRN, CNS, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Membership Committee:
Edward C. Stene, MSN, CRNP, AGACNP-BC, CCRN, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA
Education Committee:
Members: Joshua A. Marks, MD, FACS, FCCM, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Member: Brenda Engler, ACNP, BS, CCRN, DNP, Geisinger Medical Center Danville, Danville, PA, USA
PA Medical Society Rep:
Herb Partick, MD, MSEE, FCCM, Jefferson Health, Philadelphia, PA, USA