The Elder Service Plan Care Team
Elder Service Plan participants receive care from an integrated PACE team of stellar doctors, nurses, and support providers who are highly trained and experienced in working with seniors.
Primary Care
James F. Pedulla, MD
Dr. Pedulla has been with EBNHC since 1988. He has been a geriatrician with the Elder Service Plan since its inception in 1990, and has served as its Medical Director for the past 14 years. With a BA from Harvard College and his MD from Northwestern University Medical School, Dr. Pedulla trained in internal medicine at the former Boston City Hospital from 1984 to 1987. He is certified as a geriatrician by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Kenneth Gerweck, MD
Kenneth Gerweck attended the University of Massachusetts for both medical school and then residency in family medicine. In 2004, he completed a geriatric medicine fellowship at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Gerweck is bilingual, speaking fluent Spanish. He considers his employment at Elder Service Plan to be a personal achievement given the novel, all-inclusive approach of the program.
Mary Gorman, MSN
Mary Gorman has been with the Elder Service Plan since 2004. She has a BA in sociology and psychology from Connecticut College in New London, CT, and a MSN from the MGH Institute of Health Professions. Mary also worked at Cambridge Hospital in the medical/cardiac care (telemetry) unit as a staff RN. Mary is very pleased to be part of a team approach to health care. She believes the ESP program allows providers to get to know patients better than a traditional health care system.
Nancy B. Seigal, GNP
For 15 years, Nancy Seigal has been a member of the primary care team of the Elder Service Plan. She received her bachelor of science in nursing from Boston College in 1987, and was employed at Beth Israel Hospital on an acute medical and cardiac telemetry unit. She completed her master of science degree at the University of Massachusetts in 1993, specializing in gerontology. Nancy is a Basic Cardiac Life Support Instructor at EBNHC, and is involved with many quality assurance and improvement initiatives.
Pamela Woo, APRN, BC
Pamela Woo began working with the Elder Service Plan in May 2006. In 2005, Pamela graduated from the Simmons College adult nurse practitioner program with a focus in geriatrics, and has a background in adult acute care medicine. She also has a degree from Bowdoin College in biochemistry. Pamela enjoys volunteering her medical services overseas. In April 2007, she spent a week in Costa Rica providing health care in the villages and improving her Spanish language skills.
Donna Golden, RNP
Donna Golden, a graduate of Northeastern University, Boston, has been a registered nurse for over 30 years. In 2003, she became an adult nurse practitioner. She has been a wound, ostomy, and continence clinical specialist since 1983. Donna enjoys working with seniors and developed a home visit program on the South Shore before joining the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center's PACE Elder Service Plan in 2008.
PACE Day Health Center Nursing
Sharon Marinello, RN
Sally Trinidad, RN
Janice Eason, LPN
Ed Estacio, LPN
Maria Torcivia, LPN
Cathi Hughes, LPN
Home Care NURSING
Peg Ackerman, RN, Home Care Director
Sherry Colindres, RN, Home Care Manager
Lisa Yarrow, RN
Joanne Avellino, RN
Roberta Wyatt, RN
Lisa D’Amico, RN
Lisa Mortell, RN
Jennifer Winam, LPN
Lisa Grover, RN
Diane Maraio, LPN
Maria Blanchard, LPN
Cheryl Griffen, LPN
Michelle Stimpson, LPN
Maria Mondesir, RN
Social Work
Phil Fleisher, LICSW, Discipline Leader
Barbara Searles, MSW/LICSW
Pat Logan, MSW/LICSW
Eileen Keane, LICSW/Phd (candidate)
Martha Frost, LCSW
Charlene Broock, MSW/LICSW
Activities
Patricia Diaz, CRT, Discipline Leader
Paula Gunn, MS/ADC
Debi Morrissey, LSW
Nutrition
Carol Singletary, RD/CDE, Discipline Leader
Tori Murphy, RD
Jeanne Wynot, RD/CDE
Rehabilitation
Jayne Gibson, RPT, Discipline Leader
Erin Consigli, OT/L
Lisa MacPhail, COTA
Chrissi Montgomery, RPT
Bill Quinn, PTA
Karen Colwell, PTA
Mike Byrne, CRT
