POMAF Leadership

POMA Foundation Officers 2024-2025

Pamela Goldman DO
Pamela S.N. Goldman, DO
Chair

Pamela S.N. Goldman, DO, MHSA, FACOI, is a medical director for a major healthcare company and a specialist in hospital medicine and utilization medicine; a clinical assistant professor at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine; and an adjunct professor at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) Health Services Administration.

A graduate of Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, and a 2006 graduate of LECOM, she completed an internship and internal medicine residency at Frankford Health Care System in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She also received a Master of Health Services Administration degree from LECOM and completed a healthcare leadership and management for physician’s certificate program from the American College of Osteopathic Internists (ACOI) and the University of Texas at Dallas.

Past president of POMA, Dr. Goldman is a fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Internists and serves on the ACOI Board of Directors. She is also a member of the American Osteopathic Association and the American College of Physicians.

Valeri Roth, DO
Valeri Roth, DO
Vice Chair

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.

Eric Milie DO
Eric Milie, DO
Secretary-Treasurer

Eric 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 POMA, Dr. Milie is also a fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Internists and is a delegate to the POMA and the American Osteopathic Association.

Donna Delfin, DO
Donna Delfin, DO

Donna L. Delfin, DO is a board certified family physician practicing at Primary Care Concordville, formerly at Family Physicians at the Pavilion in Glen Mills, PA. A graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, she completed a family medicine residency at Crozer Family Medicine in Springfield, Pennsylvania.

In addition to serving as a member of the POMA Foundation, she is a member of the POMA Board of Trustees and Vice Chair of POMA District 2. She is also a member of the American Osteopathic Association.

Anthony DiMarco, DO
Anthony DiMarco, DO

Anthony E. DiMarco, DO, FACOFP, is a physician at Main Line Health Concordville in Glen Mills, PA. Osteopathic board certified in family medicine, he is also a board certified independent medical examiner.

Dr. DiMarco is a graduate of LaSalle University and a 1987 graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed an internship and family medicine residency at Metropolitan Hospital in Springfield, Pennsylvania.

Past president of POMA, he is a fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians and a member of the American Osteopathic Association and the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Family Physicians Society.

Joan Grzybowski DO
Joan Grzybowski, DO

Joan M. Grzybowski, DO, FACOFP, is a board certified family physician who practices at Roxborough Memorial Hospital and at PCOM's Hassman Family Medicine Center in Philadelphia.  She is also an assistant professor of family medicine at PCOM.

A graduate of King's College, Dr. Grzybowski is a 1987 graduate of PCOM, where she also completed an internship and family medicine residency.

Past president of POMA, she also serves as Vice Chair of the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians. A fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, she is also past president of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Family Physicians Society and a member of the American Osteopathic Association. 

John Kalata, Do
John Kalata, DO

John Kalata, DO, MS, FACOFP, 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 an AOA board certified family 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 immediate past president of POMA and a member of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Family Physicians Society, the American Osteopathic Association, and the Association of Osteopathic Directors and Medical Educators. 

Suzanne Kelley, DO
Suzanne Kelley, DO

Suzanne Kelley, DO, MPA, FACOFP, is a retired board certified family physician residing in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.  A graduate of Elizabethtown (Pa.) College and a 1977 graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), Dr. Kelley completed her postgraduate training at the Hospital of PCOM.  She also completed a quality assurance and utilization review fellowship at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and earned her master of public administration degree from Pennsylvania State University. 

Past president of POMA and POFPS, Dr. Kelley is a fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians and a diplomate of the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians.

Kieren Knapp, DO
Kieren Knapp, DO

Kieren Knapp, DO, FACOFP dist., is a board certified family physician at WellSpan Family Medicine - Jacobus (Pa.)

A graduate of Iowa State University and a 1979 graduate of the Des Moines (Iowa) University — Osteopathic Medical Center College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery, Dr. Knapp completed his postgraduate training at Memorial Hospital.

A distinguished fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP), Dr. Knapp is past president of the POMA and the ACOFP. He is also a member of the American Osteopathic Association.

Cynthia Meyer, DO
Cynthia Meyer, DO

 

William Swallow, DO 
William B. Swallow, DO

William B. Swallow, DO, MS/FM, FACOFP, Captain MC, USNR (Ret.), is an AOA board certified family physician who lives in Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania. A US Navy Veteran, Dr. Swallow served his country in the United States Naval Reserves as Captain in the Medical Corps with deployment to Saudi Arabia during Desert Shield/Storm, Director of Medical Services at Fleet Hospital 22, Battalion Surgeon at Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 21 in Lakehurst, New Jersey; and Senior Medical Officer at the Operational Health Support Unit in Bethesda, Maryland. He has also served his community in leadership roles of the American Red Cross, Optimist International and local emergency management agencies.

Dr. Swallow earned bachelor's and master's degrees at Bucknell University and earned a master's degree and osteopathic medical degree at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Following his postgraduate training at Community General Osteopathic Hospital in Harrisburg, he maintained a private practice in Milton, Pennsylvania before joining Geisinger Health System as a staff physician. After completing his military assignments, Dr. Swallow provided care to American veterans with the Veterans Health Administration.

A fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, he is the 2024-25 POMA President and he is a member of the American Osteopathic Association and the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Family Physicians Society.

Frank Tursi DO
Frank M. Tursi, DO

Frank M. Tursi, DO, is a family physician with Medical Associates of Erie in Erie, Pennsylvania.  He is board certified in family medicine with a certificate of added qualifications in geriatrics, and is certified by the American Medical Directors Association.  A Federal Aviation Administration medical examiner, Dr. Tursi is a professor of family medicine, osteopathic manipulative medicine and geriatrics at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Erie. An active staff member and resident trainer at Millcreek Community Hospital in Erie, he is also a staff member at Presque Isle Rehabilitation and Nursing Center and Golden Living — Walnut Creek. A graduate of Widener College and a 1981 graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dr. Tursi completed postgraduate training at Millcreek Community Hospital. 

Past president of POMA, Dr. Tursi is a member of the AOA Board of Trustees.  He is also a member of the  Pennsylvania State Board of Osteopathic Medicine, the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Family Physicians Society and the Association of Osteopathic Directors of Medical Education.

George Wolters, Jr. DO
George Wolters, Jr., DO

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 Associates, PC in Media, Pennsylvania, 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 POMA's 2024-25 president-elect, secretary of POMA's District 2 and a member of the American Osteopathic Association.

Angela Zawisza, DO
Angela D. Zawisza, DO

Angela Zawisza, DO, FAAP, is chair of the pediatric department at Lehigh Valley Hospital - Schuylkill in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Board certified in pediatrics, she is a graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, and a 2007 graduate of Des Moines (Iowa) University - Osteopathic Medical Center College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery. She completed an internship and pediatric residency at Geisinger Medical Center's Janet Weis Children's Hospital in Danville, Pennsylvania.

A fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, she is POMA's 2024-25 vice president and a member of the American Osteopathic Association. 

Joseph Zawisza, DO
Joseph Zawisza, DO

Joseph Zawisza, DO, FACOI, FACOP, maintains a private practice with locations in Schuylkill Haven and Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, with his sister. Board certified in internal medicine and pediatrics, he is a graduate of Mansfield College and a 2005 graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed an internal medicine and pediatrics residency at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania.

A fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Internists and the American College of Osteopathic Pediatrics, he is past president of POMA and a member of the American Osteopathic Association and the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Family Physicians Society.

Andy Sandusky
Andy Sandusky, MPA

Andy Sandusky, MPA, is the chief executive officer of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association (POMA).  Mr. Sandusky previously served as Executive Vice President of Public Policy and Administration Affairs for POMA.

Prior to joining POMA, he represented a Fortune 110 healthcare company in its government, public and PAC affairs; served as a Senior Associate at a government relations firm; served as Executive Policy Director at the Pennsylvania Department of Health; and was Chief Operating Officer of the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians.

Mr. Sandusky earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Pittsburgh and a master's degree in public administration from Pennsylvania State University.

In addition to serving as CEO of POMA, Mr. Sandusky also serves as CEO of the POMA Foundation and Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Family Physicians Society.


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