GREGORY K. BEARD, D.O. (KCUMBCOM ’87), was recently named medical director of the UPMC Hamot Trauma Program in Erie, Pennsylvania. Board certified in surgery, he is also a physician with Great Lakes Surgical Specialists in Erie. Dr. Beard completed an internship and emergency medicine residency at Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Stratford, New Jersey, and a trauma/surgical critical care fellowship at UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh. He is a member of the American Osteopathic Association.
TIMOTHY CHESLOCK, D.O. (LECOM ’07), was the subject of “Geisinger ER Doc Honed Skills in War Zone,” published in the Times Leader on January 3, 2012. A major in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, Dr. Cheslock has served in the military for 15 years, and recently returned from a tour of duty in Afghanistan. An emergency medicine physician at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Dr. Cheslock completed an internship and emergency medicine residency at Saint Vincent Health Center in Erie, Pennsylvania.
GAIL E. SHIRLEY, D.O. (PCOM ’81), joined the Pocono Medical Center Physician Associates office in Tannersville, Pennsylvania. Board certified in family practice, she completed an internship at Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Stratford, New Jersey, and a family practice residency at the Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Shirley is a member of the American Osteopathic Association, the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians and the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Family Physicians Society.
DAVID H. SIRKEN, D.O. (NYCOM ’87), was recently elected to a four-year term as a commissioner for Lower Moreland Township, Montgomery County. A senior attending staff physician at Aria Health in Philadelphia, and an clinical assistant professor at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dr. Sirken also maintains a private adult neurology practice in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania. Board certified in neurology with a certificate of added qualification in headache management and vascular neurology, he completed an internship at Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, and an internal medicine residency at Mercy Catholic Medical Center in Darby, Pennsylvania. Dr. Sirken is a member of the American Osteopathic Association.
IN MEMORIAM
RICHARD B. GREENBERG, D.O. (PCOM ’52), passed away on May 22, 2011, at the age of 83. Specializing in family practice, he maintained a private practice in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, for over 45 years. Dr. Greenberg was a life member of the POMA and the American Osteopathic Association.
SIDNEY KOCHMAN, D.O. (PCOM ’44), passed away on February 24, 2007, at the age of 88. Specializing in internal medicine, he completed an internship at Philadelphia Osteopathic Hospital. A life member of the POMA and the American Osteopathic Association, Dr. Kochman maintained a private practice in Philadelphia.