Experts Matter. Find Yours.

Connect for media, speaking, professional opportunities & more.

Filters

Joan Pirrung, MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC

Joan Pirrung, MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC

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
Alyssa German, PA-C

Alyssa German, PA-C

Physician Assistant at ChristianaCare Primary Care at Concord Health CenterChristianaCare

Alyssa German is a physician assistant at ChristianaCare Primary Care at Concord Health Center.

Family Medicine
Harshila Kakkilaya, M.D.

Harshila Kakkilaya, M.D.

Primary Care Pediatrician at ChristianaCare Primary Care at Woodstown, NJChristianaCare

Dr. Harshila Kakkilaya is a family medicine physician at ChristianaCare Primary Care at Woodstown.

Pediatric ObesityGeneral Pediatrics
Raymond Carter, M.D.

Raymond Carter, M.D.

Clinical Leader at ChristianaCare’s Concord Health CenterChristianaCare

Disease Prevention and ControlPrimary Care
Ray A.  Blackwell, M.D., M.J.

Ray A. Blackwell, M.D., M.J.

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)
Carol Ritter

Carol Ritter

Nurse ManagerChristianaCare

Carol Ritter leads the nurses at arguably the nation’s preeminent intensive care unit.

Nursing
Jason M. Silversteen, DO

Jason M. Silversteen, DO

Clinical Lead, Outpatient Neurology SpecialistsChristianaCare

Jason M. Silversteen is a board-certified neurologist and holds current medical licensure in Delaware.

Autoimmune NeurologyNeuromyelitis Optica Spectrum DisorderTransverse MyelitisAutoimmune EncepahlitisMOG Antibody Disease
David Chen, M.D., MPH

David Chen, M.D., MPH

Medical Director for Empowering Victims of Lived Violence (EVOLV) and Physician Scientist with iREACHChristianaCare

Dr. David Chen is the medical director for EVOLV and a physician-scientist with the Institute for Research on Equity and Community Health.

Firearm ViolenceCommunity Violence ExposureGun ViolenceFirearm Injury Prevention
Jeffrey Cole, DDS, MBA, FAGD

Jeffrey Cole, DDS, MBA, FAGD

Program's Director for General Practice Dentistry ResidencyChristianaCare

Jeffrey Cole is the program director of the General Practice Dentistry Residency Program at ChristianaCare.

Dentistry
Natalia Rivera-Torres, Ph.D

Natalia Rivera-Torres, Ph.D

Research ScientistChristianaCare

Natalia Rivera-Torres is a research scientist who is credited with elucidating the mechanism of homology directed repair in human cells.

Homology Directed Repair in Human CellsEXcision And Corrective Therapy (ExACT)Single-Strand Template Repair (SSTR)Predicting Gene Editing OutcomesGene Repair