POMA District Trustees

J. Steven Blake, DO, MSc, FACOI, is a gastroenterologist at Blake Gastroenterology Associates, LLC. Dr. Blake is a graduate of the University of Mississippi and a 1989 graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM). He completed an internship at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and an internal medicine residency and gastroenterology fellowship at PCOM.

Dr. Blake is a member of the National Osteopathic Medical Association, the American Osteopathic Medical Association, the American College of Osteopathic Internists, the Pennsylvania Society of Gastroenterology and the Medical Society of Eastern Pennsylvania.

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Thomas S. Dardarian, DO

Thomas S. Dardarian, DO, FACOOG dist., is a board certified obstetrician/gynecologist specializing in maternity care at Bryn Mawr (Pa.) Hospital. He is also medical director of Lifecycle WomenCare in Bryn Mawr and a clinical assistant professor at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM).

Past president of the American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOOG), he is a distinguished fellow of the ACOOG, a member of the American Association of Gynecological Laparoscopists and a medical advisory board member of the Sandy Rollman Ovarian Cancer Foundation. A member of the POMA Foundation Board of Directors, he is also a delegate to the POMA and the American Osteopathic Association.

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Rehab Tabchi, DO

Rehab Tabchi, DO, is associate program director of the St. Luke's Family Medicine Residency Program at the Sacred Heart Campus in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Board certified in family medicine, she is also medical director of Star Community Health Family Practice-Sigal in Allentown and an adjunct assistant professor of clinical medicine for the Temple University School of Medicine.

A graduate of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, she is a 2007 graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed a family medicine residency at Sacred Heart Hospital.

In addition to serving as trustee for District 3, Dr. Tabchi is also the district chair and serves as a delegate to the POMA and the American Osteopathic Association. She is a member of the AOA, the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians and the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Family Physicians Society. 

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Karen E. Arscott, DO, MSc, AOBNMM, lives in Scranton, PA and is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. Dr. Arscott had a private practice in Clarks Summit, PA. From February 2004 through September 2012, she held the position of program director for Maywood University’s Physician Assistant Program.

She is a delegate to the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association and is a Pennsylvania delegate to the American Osteopathic Association House of Delegates. Dr. Arscott has been named a patient representative on the FDA Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee and on the Integration Panel for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program – Lung Cancer Research Program, has spoken on behalf of cancer patients to The Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at The Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C., at the Radiologic Society of North America conference and at the second annual Workshop on Clinical Outcome Assessments (COAs) in Cancer Clinical Trials. Dr. Arscott graduated from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and is board certified in neuromuscular medicine.

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Daniel M. Kambic, DO

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Bruce B. Frantz, DO

Cynthia Meyer, DO 

Col. Regan P. Shabloski, DO

Colonel Regan P. Shabloski, DO, FACOFP, FAOCOPM is an emergency medicine physician and assistant dean of clinical education at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) in Erie, Pennsylvania. He is also a Colonel with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. Dr. Shabloski is a graduate of Mansfield University of Pennsylvania and a 1992 graduate of Kirksville (Mo.) College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed an internship and a family medicine residency with obstetric and emergency medicine emphasis at Metro Health Center in Erie. 

A fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, the American Osteopathic College of Occupational and Preventive Medicine and the Institute for Leadership in Medicine, Dr. Shabloski is a board member of POMA and a member of numerous osteopathic, medical and military organizations. 

Alternate TrusteePatrick F. Leary, DO

Cathleen McGonigle, DO, MSMedEd, is director of Osteopathic Principles and Practice (OPP) and assistant professor of family medicine and OPP at LECOM at Seton Hill in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Osteopathic board certified in family medicine and osteopathic manipulative medicine, she is a graduate of Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania and a 2001 graduate of LECOM. She completed a family medicine residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and a primary care sports medicine fellowship at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh.

In addition to serving as a board member of POMA, she is a member of the education committee for the POMA District VIII Winter Conference.

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Valeri L. Roth, DO, FAOCO, is a board certified otolaryngologist and facial plastic surgeon with a private practice in Hermitage, Pennsylvania. Dr. Roth is a graduate of Grove City (Pa.) College and a 1992 graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. After completing residency at PCOM, she joined the armed forces and was stationed at Dewitt Army Community Hospital at Fort Belvoir in Virginia and Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC. Dr. Roth is a fellow of the American Osteopathic College of Otolaryngology and a member of the American Osteopathic Association.

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Matthew J. Shore, DO

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George D. Vermeire, DO

Leif E. Christiansen, DO

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Eric P. Peck, DO is a board certified family physician with Penn Highlands Healthcare in DuBois, Pennsylvania. A 1994 graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, he completed an internship and family medicine residency with the United Health Services, Wilson Memorial Regional Medical Center in Johnson City, New York.

A fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, he serves as a delegate to the POMA.

Alternate Trustee

 Mark W. Maloney, DO

Richard M. Purse, DO, a resident of Yardley, Pennsylvania, is board certified in radiology and nuclear medicine. Dr. Purse is a physician with MobilexUSA/Rely Radiology.  He is also a clinical associate professor of radiology at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM). 

Chairman of POMA’s Committee on Radiology, Dr. Purse serves as the POMA representative to the Department of Environmental Protection’s Bureau of Radiation Protection for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  He also serves as a delegate to the POMA and the American Osteopathic Association.

Angelo J. Ratini, DO

Silvia M. Ferretti, DO

Silvia M. Ferretti, DO is the Provost, Vice President and Dean of Academic Affairs at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) in Erie, Pennsylvania. Dr. Ferretti became the first woman dean of an osteopathic medical college in 1993 when LECOM opened it's doors. The college trustees promoted her to Provost when LECOM added their School of Pharmacy.

Dr. Ferretti is a Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine/Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at LECOM. Currently, she is active in the Student Promotion and Graduation Committee, the Curriculum Committee, and the Osteopathic Graduate Medical Education Committee. Prior to joining LECOM, she was chief of rehabilitation at Great Lakes Rehabilitation Hospital in Erie and taught at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine where she earned her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Degree. She completed her internship at the Hospital of Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, and subsequently, a residency in Physical Medicine Rehabilitation at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Ferretti is a past Chairperson of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s, Department of State, Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, State Board of Osteopathic Medicine. She is a past Chairperson of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Board of Deans Executive Committee. She is also a member of, and affiliated with, the AOA; the American Osteopathic College of Rehabilitation Medicine; the American Congress of Rehabilitation; the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; and the Erie County Medical Society. Dr. Ferretti is also a delegate and a member of the board of trustees of the POMA.

Peter F. Bidey, DO

Peter F. Bidey, DO, MSEd, FACOFP, is the Dean and Chief Academic Officer of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Program in Philadelphia. Dr. Bidey has served on the PCOM faculty since 2012, and since 2018 he acted as vice chair of the Department of Family Medicine. He is a clerkship director and co-course director for myriad ambulatory, family medicine and primary care skills. He is also on the staff at Main Line Health - Lankenau Medical Center. He previously served as an attending physician, as well as director of medical education and as program director of the family medicine residency at Suburban Community Hospital in Norristown.

In addition to serving as a member of the POMA Board of Trustees, he is also a member of the ACOFP Board of Governors.  Past president of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Family Physicians Society, he is also a member of the American Osteopathic Association.

Dr. Bidey holds a bachelor's degree from Duquesne University, a doctor of osteopathic medicine degree from PCOM, and a master of science in education degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Osteopathic board certified in family medicine and OMT, he is a fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians.

John Kauffman, DO

John M. Kauffman, DO, FACP, FACOI, is the founding Dean and Professor of Medicine at the Duquesne University College of Osteopathic Medicine. Prior to joining Duquesne, he served as founding dean and chief academic officer of the Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine in Buies Creek, North Carolina for eight years. He also worked at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine and University Hospitals of Cleveland.

A fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Osteopathic Internists, he is a member of numerous professional membership organizations. He has participated in medical mission trips to nations in Central America, India and Africa.

Dr. Kauffman holds a bachelor's degree in biology/psychology from Allegheny College and a doctor of osteopathic medicine degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed an osteopathic internship at Clarion (Pa.) Community Hospital and an internal medicine degree at Lehigh Valley Hospital Center in Allentown.