Darlene Ann Dunay, D.O., FACOFP, is a board-certified family medicine physician with more than three decades of experience in primary care, operating a solo general practice in Old Forge, PA. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Biology with High Honors from Penn State University and her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, completing her internship, residency, and a preceptorship at Metropolitan Hospital-Parkview Division in Philadelphia. Dr. Dunay has a special interest in Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy and serves patients across the full spectrum of care, from pediatrics through geriatrics. She also serves as a school physician for the Old Forge and Pittston Area School Districts.

Throughout her career, Dr. Dunay has held numerous medical director roles in home health, hospice, and palliative care, and has been an active leader in osteopathic medical education, including serving as President of the PCOM Alumni Board of Directors and Chairman of the Penn State Worthington Scranton Campus Advisory Board.

Dr. Dunay is a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians and a member of the American Osteopathic Association, the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association, the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Family Physicians Society, and the Lackawanna County Medical Society. She has been recognized as an AOA Guardian of the Profession and received the Penn State Worthington Scranton Campus Alumnus of the Year award, among other honors.

Kathryn G. Graham, DO, is a hospitalist for Apogee Physicians, contracted to work at Penn Highlands Healthcare in DuBois, Pennsylvania. Board certified in internal medicine, she is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University and a 2013 graduate of the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed an internship, general surgery residency and internal medicine residency at Arnot Ogden Medical Center in Elmira, New York.

Dr. Graham is a member of the American Osteopathic Association, the American College of Physicians, the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and the American Thoracic Society.

James R. Latronica, DO, FASAM, is assistant professor of psychiatry and family medicine at the University of Pittsburgh (Pa.) School of Medicine and an attending physician at the Western Psychiatric Hospital in Pittsburgh. Board certified in family medicine and addiction medicine, Dr. Latronica is a graduate of Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania and a 2017 graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed a family medicine residency at Clarion (Pa.) Hospital and an addiction medicine fellowship at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

A fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, Dr. Latronica is a member of the American Osteopathic Association, the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, the American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Pennsylvania Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the Pennsylvania Society of Addiction Medicine, and the American College of Academic Addiction Medicine.

Jessica L. Masser, MS, DO, MSMedEd, FAAFP, FACOFP, is a board-certified family physician with Conemaugh Physician Group in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and assistant program director of the family medicine residency program at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center.

A graduate of Frostburg (Md.) State University and a 2007 graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, she received her Master in Medical Education from the Lake Erie (Pa.) College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed an internship and family medicine residency at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center. 

In addition to serving as trustee-at-large, she also serves as treasurer of POMA District VIII and vice speaker of the POMA House of Delegates. A fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, she is past president of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Family Physicians Society. She is also a member of the American Academy of Osteopathy and The Cranial Academy and the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians.

Jonathan Oline, DO, is a board-certified internal medicine physician at Lower Bucks Hospital's Community Health Center in Bristol, Pennsylvania. In 2024, he retired as a Colonel in the Medical Corps and Deputy Command Surgeon and Flight Surgeon at the 99th Readiness Division in Ft. Dix, JB-MDL, New Jersey. Dr. Oline is a graduate of LaSalle University in Philadelphia, and a 1983 graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed an internal medicine residency at PCOM and a cardiology fellowship at Deborah Heart and Lung in Browns Mills, New Jersey and an interventional cardiology fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.

Dr. Oline is a member of the American Osteopathic Association and serves as a member of the Pennsylvania State Board of Osteopathic Medicine.

Meera Shah, DO, MBA, is osteopathic program director of the family medicine residency program at Abington (Pa.) Family Medicine. Board certified in family medicine and geriatric medicine, she is a graduate of the University of Maryland Baltimore County and a 2007 graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed a family medicine residency at Abington Family Medicine and a geriatric medicine fellowship at Abington Memorial Hospital. She also received a master's degree in chemistry from the University of Maryland Baltimore County and a master in business administration in healthcare from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.

Dr. Shah is a member of POMA, the American Osteopathic Association, the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Family Physicians Society, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Geriatrics Society, the Society for Post Acute and Long Term Care Medicine, and the Pennsylvania Medical Society.

Hans T. Zuckerman, DO, is a board-certified family physician practicing at Geisinger Pottsville (Pa.). He also serves as division chief of the Department of Community Medicine for Schuylkill County and Geisinger Kulpmont in Northumberland County.

Dr. Zuckerman is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University and Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. He obtained his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from PCOM in 2014. Dr. Zuckerman completed his family medicine residency at Wellspan Good Samaritan Hospital Family Residency Program where he was Chief Resident from 2016-2017.

Dr. Zuckerman is a member of the American Osteopathic Association, the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Pennsylvania Medical Society and the American Medical Association.

New Physician in Practice

Katherine Taylor, DO, is a Family Medicine Resident Physician at Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, PA, working toward completion of the Lifestyle Medicine Residency Curriculum & Advocacy Track. Dr. Taylor earned a Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine from Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine. She is involved with the American Association of Family Physicians, American Osteopathic Association, Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association, and Pennsylvania Osteopathic Family Physicians Society, serving on various committees and task forces.

Resident Trustee

Dat Le, DO

Student Trustee

Reese Petrosky, OMS

Osteopathic Medical School Deans 
(Non-Voting Members)

DUQ-NCOM

John Kaufman, DO

Before joining Duquesne, Dr. Kauffman served as founding dean and chief academic officer of the Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine in Buies Creek, N.C., from 2011 until he was named dean emeritus in October 2019.

During his tenure at the Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine, Dr. Kauffman played an integral role in the school's launch and critical accreditation process. The Wallace School was the first medical school to open in North Carolina in 35 years and presently is the state's only osteopathic medical school.

Prior to his role at Campbell University, Dr. Kauffman served in several capacities at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM). In 2006, he was named associate dean for postgraduate affairs and in 2010 was promoted to vice dean for postgraduate affairs of the Virginia and South Carolina campuses. Under his leadership at VCOM, the number of residency positions increased from 40 to 280 in family medicine, internal medicine, dermatology and neurosurgery.

Dr. Kauffman also worked for University Hospitals of Cleveland from 2001-2006, during which he established University-based osteopathic residencies in dermatology and pediatrics as well as community-based residencies which included family medicine, internal medicine, and sports medicine.   He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Osteopathic Internists. He has spent more than 20 years of his career in medical education, directing medical education at medical centers and medical schools both in urban and rural communities.

He has participated in medical mission trips to nations in central America, South America, India and Africa. Dr. Kauffman holds numerous professional memberships and in 2014 was awarded the American Osteopathic Foundation's Educator of the Year award.

He earned a bachelor's degree in biology/psychology at Allegheny College and his doctor of osteopathic medicine at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed an osteopathic rotating internship at Clarion Community Hospital, in Clarion, Pa., and an internal medicine residency at Lehigh Valley Hospital Center in Allentown, Pa.

LECOM

Silvia Ferretti, DO

Silvia M. Ferretti, D.O. is the Provost, Senior Vice President, and Dean of Academic Affairs at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) in Erie, Pennsylvania.

When LECOM opened in 1993, Dr. Ferretti became the first woman dean of an osteopathic medical college. The college trustees promoted Dr. Ferretti to Provost as LECOM expanded to include a 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. Dr. Ferretti 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 Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association.

In addition, she has recently received two Ebony Excellence awards from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania for outstanding community service and academic/educational excellence. She is a recipient of the Distinguished Pennsylvanian Award from Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania in recognition of her contributions to the community, as well as a Proclamation from former Governor Tom Ridge for dedication to personal, community, and professional excellence. She has also been awarded a citation from the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for professional excellence and humanitarianism. She is an honored life member listed in Strathmore’s Who’s Who Millennium Edition.

The American Osteopathic Association also inducted Dr. Ferretti into the AOA Mentors Hall of Fame an honor given to those physicians who teach osteopathic medical students, interns, and residents and guide them on their careers as physicians.

PCOM

Peter Bidey, DO

Dr. Bidey sits on the Board of Governors of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) and acts as department chair of various ACOFP committees. He also chairs the NBOME Clinical Decision-Making and Key Features Content Committee. He is a member of ACOFP, POFPS, the American Osteopathic Association, and the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association. At PCOM, he is a member of the Student Professional Conduct Committee and faculty advisor to the PCOM Student Chapter of ACOFP and the PCOM Student Chapter of Primary Care Progress.

Dr. Bidey has been recognized for his dedicated work both as a teacher and clinician. His honors include Outstanding Advisor of the Year (PCOM; received three times), Osteopathic Family Medicine Educator of the Year (ACOFP), the Frederick J. Solomon, DO FACGP Award for Merit (POFPS), and Case Writer of the Year (NBOME), among others.  

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. Board-certified by the AOBFP in family medicine and OMT, he is a fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians.