Daniel Young, MD

Program Director

Title: Program Director - Family Medicine Residency

Medical School: Upstate Medical Center

Residency: United Health Services Hospitals

Specialty Areas: Family Medicine, Child Sexual Abuse, Public Health and Organized Medicine

Background: Enjoys Golf, Hiking, Performing Magic

Marita R. Powell, DO

Title: Director, Osteopathic Family Medicine

Medical School: NYCOM

Residency: Osteopathic Internship-Massapequa General, Family Practice Residency-UHS Wilson Medical Center.

Specialty Areas: Family Medicine, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, Communications and Biomedical Ethics

Background: Licensed Registered Pharmacist (Commonwealth of Massachusetts). Enjoy: family, writing, swimming, published poet.

Andrea Barbis, LCSW-R

Title: Faculty Social Worker; Assistant Coordinator, Behavioral Science

Graduate School: Arizona State University

Specialty Areas: Trauma Issues including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Anxiety; EMDR; Children, including play therapy, child welfare and development.

Background: Child Protective Services caseworker, Therapist for a Sexual Abuse Treatment Program, Emergency Room Social Worker, Pediatric Social Worker, Inpatient Psychiatric Social Worker (child & adult) and in private psychotherapy practice. I enjoy sewing, music festival and playing with my two sons.

Shawn A. Berkowitz, MD

Title: Director, Clinical Campus (Medical School) Geriatrics

Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Geriatrics

Medical School: St. George's University School of Medicine

Residency: Wilson Family Medicine Residency Program - Johnson City, NY

Specialty Areas: Geriatrics, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Preventative Health Care, Wilderness Medicine, Practice Management

Background: Cornell Outdoor Education; Outdoor Programs Instructor for mountaineering, kayaking, canoeing, mountain-biking, skiing, caving.

Jacqueline Bhandari, MD

Title: Family Medicine Residency Faculty

Medical School: SUNY Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY

Residency: Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, PA

Specialty Areas: Family Medicine

Sue Connelly, LCSW

Title: Academic Social Worker

Graduate School: MSW: Marywood College

Specialty Areas: Behavioral Science

Background: Loves Pugs and coordinates Annual Southern Tier Pugfest

Cara Corpora, DO

Title: Family Medicine Residency Faculty

Medical School: New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY

Residency: Wilson Family Medicine Residency Program, Johnson City, NY

Specialty Areas: Osteopathic Manipulation (OMT), Acupuncture

Background: Enjoys bike riding, dance (tap and ballroom), cooking and spending time with family

James Crosby, MD

Title: Director of Geriatric Fellowship

Medical School: SUNY Upstate University - Syracuse, NY

Residency: Wilson Family Practice Residency

Specialty Areas: Geriatrics, Dermatology

Background: UHS - Previous Residency Director, 30+ years on faculty. Fun: Grandkids, harmonica, piano, guitar, orchids, garden. Passion: Spirituality

Safa Maklad, MD

Title: Family Medicine Faculty

Medical School: Ain Shams University, Egypt

Residency: Wilson Family Medicine Residency Program, Johnson City, NY

Specialty Areas: OB, Outpatient Surgery, Primary Care

Background: Enjoy horseback riding.

Donald Nash, MD

Title: Director, Sports Medicine Fellowship

Medical School: Medical College of Pennsylvania, (now Drexel University College of Medicine)

Residency: UHS C.S. Wilson Family Practice Residency; Board Certified (American Board of Family Practice); Certificate of Added Qualification in Sports Medicine (ABFP)

Specialty Interests: Resident education, medical supervision of athletic events, fly fishing, backpacking, running and weight training.

Debbie Paxton, DO

Title: Pediatrics Rotation Coordinator, Family Medicine Residency Faculty

Medical School: West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg, WV

Residency: Wilson Family Medicine Residency Program, Johnson City, NY

Specialty Areas: Osteopathic Manipulation, Acupuncture, Primary Care

Background: Dr. Paxton started her medical career in nursing. She was an ICU nurse and subsequently went to medical school. She enjoys the company of her daughter and son-in-law. She can often be found on weekend's barbequing with her friends. She is a Facebook Farmville fanatic.

Christopher Ryan, MD

Title: Medical Director, Broome County Health Department

Medical School: SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY

Residency: Family Medicine, USAF Medical Center Scott, Scott AFB, IL

Background: Enjoys computers (especially open-source software), reading (especially mid-twentieth century history), vegetable gardening, and bicycling.

Joshua D. Steinberg, MD

Title: Assistant Professor of Family Medicine

Medical School: SUNY Upstate Medical University College of Medicine, Class of 1995

Residency: St. Joseph's Family Practice Residency - Syracuse, NY, Class of 1998

Specialty Areas: Patient Centered Care, Obstetrics, Evidence Based Medicine and Information Mastery

Background: Before UHS, was faculty at SUNY Upstate Medical University, hospitalist at St. Joseph's Hospital in Syracuse, and faculty at University of Cincinnati. Enjoys: Cooking, running and playing with his joyful 3 year old son.

John Wacendak, MD

Title: Medical Director

Medical School: SUNY HSC - Syracuse, NY

Residency: Family Practice, UHS

Specialty Areas: Obstetrics, Sports Medicine, School Medicine

Background: In his spare time he enjoys hunting, fishing, and farming.