The POMA Board of Directors is made up of active and respected DOs in Pennsylvania. The officers are voted into position each year at the Annual Clinical Assembly. Find out more about this year's officers and other POMA leadership.
2023 POMA President Oath of Office & President's Speech
POMA 2023 - 2024 Officers
President
John J. Kalata, DO Erie
John J. Kalata, DO, MS, FACOFP, is board certified in family medicine, he is the assistant designated institutional official at LECOM Health-Millcreek Community Hospital (MCH) in Erie, Pennsylvania, and program director of the family medicine residency and transitional year residency at MCH. He is also a physician with Medical Associates of Erie.
A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and a 1986 graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, he completed his postgraduate training at Doctors Osteopathic Hospital in Erie. Dr. Kalata also completed a master’s degree in medical education at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine.
A fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, Dr. Kalata is a member of the POMA Foundation Board of Directors, the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Family Physicians Society, the American Osteopathic Association, and the Association of Osteopathic Directors and Medical Educators.
President-elect
William B. Swallow, DO Dingmans Ferry
William B. Swallow, DO, MS, FACOFP, recently retired as a physician with the Veterans Administration. Board certified in family medicine, Dr. Swallow attended the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, where he received his medical degree and completed his internship at Community General Osteopathic Hospital in Harrisburg, PA.
Dr. Swallow is champion of POMA's influence pillar. He is also a member of the POMA Foundation Board of Directors. A fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, he is a member of the American Osteopathic Association, the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Family Physicians Society and the PCOM Alumni Board of Directors. He also serves as chair of the Pennsylvania State Board of Osteopathic Medicine.
Vice President
George Wolters, Jr., DO
West Chester
George J. Wolters, Jr., DO, FACOEP, is a board certified emergency medicine physician who lives in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Founder and past president of RMH Emergency Medicine Assocites, PC in Media, PA, he is a graduate of Widener University in Chester and a 1979 graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed an internship at Cherry Hill Medical Center in New Jersey and an emergency medicine residency at PCOM.
A fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians, he is secretary of POMA's District 2 and serves as a delegate to the POMA and the American Osteopathic Association.
Secretary/Treasurer
Eric J. Milie, DO
Erie
Eric J. Milie, DO, FACOI, of Erie, is board certified in internal medicine and a physician at Medical Associates of Erie. He is also medical director of outpatient services and director of the internal medicine residency program at Millcreek Community Hospital in Erie.
Secretary/Treasurer of the POMA Foundation, Dr. Milie is also a fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Internists and a delegate to the POMA and the American Osteopathic Association.
Immediate Past President
Lisa A. Witherite-Rieg, DO Corsica
Lisa A. Witherite-Rieg, DO, FACOFP, recently retired as director of medical education and director of the family medicine residency program for Penn Highlands Healthcare in DuBois, Pennsylvania. Board certified in family medicine and osteopathic manipulative medicine, Dr. Witherite-Rieg is a graduate of Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania, and a 1992 graduate of the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed an internship at the former Youngstown (Ohio) Osteopathic Hospital and a family medicine residency at Clarion (Pa.) Osteopathic Community Hospital, now Clarion Hospital.
Dr. Witherite-Rieg is POMA's Education Pillar champion and chair of the Curriculum Committee. She is also chair of the POMA Foundation Board of Directors and previously served as chair of POMA District 12. A fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, she is a member of the American Osteopathic Association and the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Family Physicians Society.
Chief Staff Officer
Diana M. Ewert, MPA, CAE
Diana M. Ewert, MPA, CAE, is the chief executive officer of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association (POMA). A graduate of the University of Missouri - Kansas City, Ms. Ewert holds a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts and master’s degree in public administration with nonprofit management emphasis. She earned the designation of Certified Association Executive (CAE) in 1999. She has authored several articles on association management, as well as facilitated strategic planning and conducted a number of educational programs with nonprofit organizations.
Ms. Ewert previously served as the Vice President of Affiliate Affairs for the American Osteopathic Association in Chicago, Illinois. She also served as senior manager of state government relations for the American Academy of Family Physicians in Washington, DC, and executive director of the Missouri Academy of Family Physicians in Jefferson City.
In addition to serving on the POMA Board, Ms. Ewert also serves as CEO of the POMA Foundation.
