Kevin Bernard, MD, is a physiatrist at New England Baptist Hospital (NEBH). In this role he specializes in non-surgical treatment options for conditions of the back, neck and spine.

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Leslie R. Cadet, MD, MPH is a native Floridian who completed her medical education and internship training at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine/ Jackson Memorial Hospital. She is an accomplished Air Force Veteran whose work as a Flight Surgeon aided in the successful execution of 1,080 combat missions and 2,000 airlift missions in support of Operations INHERENT RESOLVE and ENDURING FREEDOM. As an occupational health consultant and primary care physician, Leslie routinely cared for aviators, aircraft mechanics, and intelligence officers. In 2015 she was recognized as the Global Strike Command Flight Surgeon of the Year. In the last years of her military tenure, Leslie served as the Medical Director of the Flight Medicine Clinic where she was assigned. She led 23 personnel in seamless clinical operations to provide high quality care to over 700 beneficiaries while simultaneously completing overseas/special operational duty clearances for a base populace of approximately 5,100 active duty personnel. Her leadership style has proven to be engaged, organized, and highly effective.

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Ms Holihan has 30 years of experience in clinical nursing and occupational and corporate health management. Eileen has worked for a number of Fortune 500 companies and is currently with Pitney Bowes where she helped develop programs for employees transitioning to telecommuting positions and has been providing telehealth services to its employees since 2014.
Eileen holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from the College of Mount St. Vincent as well as Master of Science and Master of Public Health degrees respectively in Epidemiology and Behavioral Health Sciences and Health Promotion. Eileen is board certified in Occupational Health Nursing and is past President of the Connecticut State Occupational Health Nurses Association. She is an elected member of the Council of Nurse leaders in Business and Health and a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. She is a past recipient of the Medique Grant for Leadership in Occupational Health Nursing and the 2013 NEAOHN Conference Grant for the comprehensive health promotion program she helped to develop and implement for Pitney Bowes’ telecommuting employees.

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Dr. Linde is a recent graduate of the Yale Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program. Prior to OEM Fellowship, he completed his residency training in internal medicine in the Primary Care Internal Medicine residency at Yale, where he was chief resident. One of his main professional interests is in educationing general practioners on occupational and environmental medicine issues. He has worked on numerous educational projects including CME activities, curriculum design, and lectures.

Mellisa Pensa is a board-certified family and OEM physician and instructor in the Yale Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program. Her primary research interest is understanding environmental impacts on human health using a community-based approach. Dr. Pensa’s current research projects include the assessment of community health impacts of an unconventional natural gas compressor station and the acute and long-term health impacts of heat waves on industrial workers. Dr. Pensa practices family medicine in a New Haven-based federally qualified health center, where she is passionate about addressing occupational and environmental exposures. Dr. Pensa and Dr. Linde have developed a residency curriculum designed to teach primary care physicians to recognize and assess occupational and environmental exposures.

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Eric D. Schwartz, M.D., joined Shields Radiology Associates in July 2009. Dr. Schwartz received his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed his radiology residency at University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, where he was Chief Resident from 1998 to 1999. Following a neuroradiology fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Schwartz held faculty appointments at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. During that time, he received grants from the NIH, as well as private foundations, focusing on advanced MR imaging of spinal cord injury. In 2004, he received the Cornelius G. Dyke Memorial Award from the American Society of Neuroradiology for his research. In addition to his numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, he is co-author of the medical text Spinal Trauma: Imaging, Diagnosis, and Management, published in 2006. Dr. Schwartz is certified by the American Board of Radiology with a Certificate of Additional Qualification in Neuroradiology. He is a member of the American Society of Neuroradiology, American Society of Spine Radiology, American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America, and American Roentgen Ray Society.

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Dr. Timmons is the department chair of occupational medicine at Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics in Nashua and Keene, New Hampshire. In this role he provides clinical leadership to the Dartmouth Hitchcock system in the community group practices of Southern New Hampshire. He has extensive background in occupational medicine, in both civilian and military settings. Dr. Timmons was a flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force for 9 years, before transitioning to the Massachusetts Air National Guard, where he is the chief of aerospace medicine at the 104th Fighter Wing, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield, Massachusetts. In addition, he has civilian appointments as a senior FAA Aviation Medical Examiner, a Civil Surgeon, a Medical Review Officer, and a DOT medical examiner. Dr. Timmons received his medical degree from the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences-College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his occupational medicine residency and Masters in Public Health at the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. He is board certified in occupational medicine, and is a fellow of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Dr. Tomassoni is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Yale University and Medical Director of the Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response (CEPDR) of the Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS). Board certified in Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology, he has extensive experience as a clinician and educator and has served in numerous regional and national professional leadership and consulting positions. He is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, the American College of Medical Toxicology, and the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology. He began his career with degrees in education and biochemistry by designing curriculum and computer interactive teaching tools. While in medical school at UMDNJ he served on the Faculty Council,
supporting early curriculum reform efforts targeting improved integration of basic and clinical sciences with increased small group education. He is a winner of the American College of Emergency Physicians “National Teaching Faculty Award” and the Yale Emergency Medicine “Outstanding Teaching” Award. He has served as Chair of the American Association of Poison Control Centers’ Council of Medical Directors, has been elected to two terms on the Board of Trustees of the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology (AACT) and serves as a member of the Advanced Hazmat Life Support Scientific Advisory Committee. Dr. Tomassoni has special training and experience in Disaster Medicine, EMS, hyperbaric and tactical medicine and has served as a flight physician. Serving for many years as Medical Team Manager for the national
FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Massachusetts Task Force 1 Tony was deployed to the World Trade Center collapse on September 11, 2001. He currently serves as a Medical Officer with CT DMAT.

Dr. Wuerz graduated from medical school at the University of Tuebingen in Germany. After research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Massachusetts General Hospital, he completed two years of orthopaedic surgery residency at the Inselspital in Berne, Switzerland. He then returned to Boston for a two year NIH Career Development Grant after earning a masters degree at the London School of Economics in Health Policy and Economics. He completed an orthopaedic surgery residency at the Cleveland Clinic and a sports medicine fellowship at Rush University in Chicago. He was then awarded the traveling fellowship of the International Society of Hip Arthroscopy training at the Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colorado, and the Schulthess Klinik in Zurich, Switzerland, focusing on hip arthroscopy and hip preservation surgery. He started working at the New England Baptist Hospital as an attending physician before joining the Boston Sports and Shoulder Center.

Dr. Van Flandern is past President of the Medical Staff and has been a member of the Arthroplasty, Infection Control and Medical Executive Committees, as well as served as Chairman of the Operating Room Products Committee at NEBH.

In addition to his work at NEBH, Dr. Van Flandern holds an academic appointment as Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Tufts University School of Medicine and as a Faculty Lecturer at Harvard University Medical School.

Dr. Van Flandern has published numerous works of 01thopedic literature and has traveled widely as a lecturer. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and earned his medical degree from Northwestern University. He completed both his general surgery and orthopedic surgery residencies at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, and completed the Otto E. AuFranc Fellowship in Adult Reconstructive Surgery at New England Baptist Hospital.

After completing his Fellowship in Boston, Dr. Van Flandern practiced in Cincinnati, Ohio for three years. He returned to the Boston area in 1998, when he joined Longwood Orthopedic Associates. Dr. Van Flandern is married and the father of four children. In his spare are time he enjoys golf, triathlon competition and spending time with his family.

Van Flandern specializes in joint replacement surgery of the knee and hip as well as anterior hip replacement and hip arthroscopy.