Delaware Experts

Director of Robotic SurgeryChristianaCare

Dr. Peter Santoro specializes in advanced robotic techniques, with special interests in complex abdominal wall hernia repair.

Abdominal Wall ReconstructionMinimally Invasive SurgeryGeneral SurgeryRobotic SurgeryHernia Repair

Medical Director of the Neonatal Intensive Care UnitChristianaCare

Dr. Andrew Ellefson is a neonatologist currently serving as the Medical Director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at ChristianaCare.

Neonatology

Clinical Service Line Leader, Acute MedicineChristianaCare

Internal medicine physician and acute medicine leader focused on hospital medicine, care quality and population health.

Internal MedicineHospital MedicineAcute Care MedicineHealth Care LeadershipPopulation Health

President of Union HospitalChristianaCare

Joan Pirrung is the interim president at ChristianaCare’s Union Hospital.

Acute Inpatient Surgical and Trauma ServicesTrauma Service LeadershipTrauma NursingTrauma CareAdult Health

Drosdick Endowed Dean and Professor of Mechanical EngineeringVillanova University

Michele Marcolongo, PhD, PE, is an expert in biomaterials and engineered biomedical solutions to treat disease.

Engineering Education and ResearchUniversity LeadershipMedical DevicesBack PainBiomaterials

Chief of Cardiac SurgeryChristianaCare

Ray Blackwell is Chief of Cardiac Surgery and is also the W. Samuel Carpenter, III, Distinguished Chair of Cardiovascular Surgery.

Adult Cardiac SurgerySurgical Resynchronization TherapyECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation)Cardiac SurgeryLeft Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)

PsychologistChristianaCare

Nicole Duffy is a health psychologist at ChristianaCare’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute.

Counseling PsychologyMeaning Centered PsychotherapyPosttraumatic StressHead/Neck Cancer

Assistant Teaching Professor of Public Administration; Nonprofit Coordinator | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

Lauren Miltenberger, PhD, is an expert on the influence of government on nonprofit organizations.

Nonprofit FundraisingNonprofit Human CapitalHuman Service ContractingPersonnel ManagementPublic Administration

Section Chief of Medicine-PediatricsChristianaCare

Dr. Allen Friedland specializes in medical education and primary care in internal medicine and pediatrics.

Special Health Care NeedsMedicine-PediatricsMedical EducationMedicinePediatrics

InstructorMilwaukee School of Engineering

Deborah Varnell researches optical coherence tomography, 3D imaging and electrical engineering.

3D ImagingElectrical EngineeringOptical Coherence Tomography

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