Hospital Leadership
Our leadership takes great pride in MidState Medical Center and The Hospital of Central Connecticut: pride in the facilities our patients and their families visit every day…pride in the technology and outcomes our physicians are able to provide to those in need…and pride in the level of care our colleagues provide to the community every day.
Hartford HealthCare Central Region Executive Leadership
Lucille Janatka
Central Region President
Gary Havican
Regional Vice President, Operations
Catherine W. Stevens
Regional Vice President, Patient Care Services
Carolyn Freiheit
Regional Vice President, Finance
Jonathan Velez, MD
Regional Vice President, Medical Affairs
Tina Akowitz
Director, Human Resources
Eveline Schaffer-Shekhman
Director, Communications & Business Development
Central Region Board of Directors
Joseph Voelker
Chairman of the Board
Denise McNair
Vice Chair
Letterio Asciuto, MD
Member-at-Large
Steven Basche
Member-at-Large
Irfan Chughtai, MD
Member-at-Large
Paul Czepiga
Member-at-Large
Nadine Francis-West
Member-at-Large
Carl Grant
Member-at-Large
Joseph Harrison, MD
Member-at-Large
Jason Howey
Member-at-Large
Lucille Janatka
Ex-officio
Bruce Koeppen, MD
Member-at-Large
John Rathgeber
Member-at-Large
Richard Dreiss, MD
Ex-officio
George Springer, Jr.
Member-at-Large
Alan Weiner, MD
Invited Guest
Catherine Stevens
Regional Vice President, Patient Care Services
Jonathan Velez, MD
Regional Vice President, Medical Affairs
The Hospital of Central Connecticut Director Emeriti
Phillip T. Davidson*
John E. Dillaway
Norman E.W. Erickson*
Marie S. Gustin, PhD
Ralph G. Mann
John S. Manning
Harry N. Mazadoorian
Frank R. Miller
Carl J. Sokolowski
Laurence A. Tanner
Edward P. Toffolon, MD
Angelo Tomasso, Jr.*
William W. Weber
Lindsley Wellman
MidState Medical Center Director Emeriti
Paul B. Baron*
L. Stewart Bohan*
H. Donald Burbank
Cynthia A. Gutierrez
David B. Hyman, DDS
Ronald J. Meoni
Louis Meyer, MD
Gary O. Olson
David W. Parke, MD
Robert P. Patton
Molly H. Savard
Richard D. Stapleton
David P. Walker
*Deceased
HOCC Medical Executive Committee
Letterio Asciuto, MD
Michael Balkunas, MD
Robert Belniak, MD
David Buono, MD
Richard Dreiss, MD, Chairman
Joseph Garner, MD
Shovendra Gautam, MD
Joel Gelber, MD
Annmarie Golioto, MD
Fadi Hammami, MD*
Barry Jacobs, MD
Lucille Janatka
Michael Loiacono, DO
Linda Matonis, MD
Rupal Panchal, MD
Gerard Roy, MD
Bret Schipper, MD
Rekha Singh, MD
Catherine Stevens, RN**
Neil Wasserman, MD
Morgan Werner, MD
*Interim Vice President Medical Affairs, Central Region
**Invited guest
MidState Medical Executive Committee
Jonathan Craig Allen, MD
Rafal Barczak, MD
Howard Boey, MD
Richard Frank, MD
Harry Hajedemos, MD
Fadi Hammami, MD*
Lucille Janatka
Michael Kellogg, MD
Leonard Kolstad, MD
Daniel Kombert, MD
Walter Kupson, DO
Peter Leff, MD
Mark Ludwig, MD
Andrew Metzger, MD
Vincent Pepe, MD
George Spivack, MD
Catherine Stevens, RN**
Alan Weiner, MD, Chairman
Jean Wong, MD