Hospital for Special Care's medical staff is comprised of a dedicated group of specialists in the fields of internal medicine, geriatrics, infectious diseases, physiatry (physical medicine and rehabilitation), pulmonology, psychology and pediatrics. All medical staff members are employees of Hospital for Special Care - so they are available at all times to oversee patient care.

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John Votto, DO - President & CEO/Chief of Staff

• Areas of Expertise: Pulmonary care, ventilator care, chronic lung diseases, cost of care for long-term patients
• Licenses: Connecticut
• Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine

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Brenda Nurse, MD - Chief, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology/Director, Medical Education

• Areas of Expertise: Infection control in long-term care, infections/colonization with resistant bacteria (MRSA; VRE) in long-term care, urinary tract infections in long-term care, infections in elderly patients
• Licenses: New York, Connecticut
• Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Wound Care Management

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Thomas J. Soltis, MD, MPH - Chief of Geriatrics

• Areas of Expertise: Primary care management of patients with multiple and complex medical and physical needs, and general geriatric issues including inpatient assessment, dementia, and incontinence
• Licenses: Connecticut
• Board Certifications: Geriatric Medicine, Internal Medicine

John Del Valle, MD - Staff Physician

• Areas of Expertise: Primary care management of patients with multiple and complex medical and physical needs, hypertension.
• Licenses: Connecticut and Ohio
• Board Certifications: Internal Medicine

Sharon Yoon, MD

• Areas of Expertise: Primary care management of patients with multiple and complex respiratory, medical and physical needs.
• Licenses: Connecticut
• Board Certifications: Board Eligible

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John P. Pelegano, MD - Chief of Pediatrics/Interim Director of Children with Special Healthcare Needs Clinic at CCMC

• Areas of Expertise: Developmental disabilities and care of children who are technology-dependent
• Licenses: Connecticut
• Board Certifications: Pediatrics

John Bean, PA-C, MS - Physician Assistant

• Licenses: Connecticut
• Board Certifications: NCCPA

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Steven G. Beck, MD - Medical Director of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

• Areas of Expertise: Low back pain, cumulative trauma injuries, work conditioning/work hardening, sports injuries, electrodiagnostic medicine
• Licenses: Connecticut
• Board Certifications: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

William J. Pesce, DO - Staff Physiatrist, Director of Sub-Acute Unit Brittany Farms

• Areas of Expertise: Musculoskeletal/spine injuries, pain management, electrodiagnostic medicine, nerve and muscle injuries
• Licenses: Connecticut
• Board Certifications: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Dennis L. Rosati, MD - Director Brain Injury Service, Medical Director, Neurobehavioral Unit

• Areas of Expertise: Acquired brain injury, amputee rehabilitation, pain management
• Licenses: Connecticut
• Board Certifications: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Subramani Seetharama, MD - Director of Spinal Cord Injury Program

• Areas of Expertise: Spinal cord injuries, musculoskeletal and sports injuries, EMG/NCS studies
• Licenses: Connecticut, Massachusetts, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio
• Board Certifications: FAAPMR, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spinal Cord Injury

David Monti, MD Attending Physiatrist

• Areas of Expertise: Stroke Rehabilitation, Electro diagnostic studies, Spasticity Management, Management of Traumatic Brain Injuries
• Licenses: Connecticut
• Board Certifications: American Board of PMR

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John K Stanwood, Ph.D. - Chief of Psychology

• Areas of Expertise: Neuropsychology, rehabilitation psychology, health psychology
• Licenses: Connecticut, Arizona

Timothy Belliveau, Ph.D. - Clinical Neuropsychologist

• Areas of Expertise: Adjustment to brain injury and spinal cord injury, computer assistance with complex diagnosis
• Licenses: Connecticut
• Board Certifications: Clinical Neuropsychology, American Board of Professional Psychology

Dennis Johnston, Ph.D. - Director of Neuropsychological Services

• Areas of Expertise: Traumatic brain injury, neuropsychological assessment, neuropsychological rehabilitation, disability, assessment of mild brain injury, behavior related to acquired brain injury, coping with acute or chronic determination illness, anxiety disorders
• Licenses: Connecticut
• Board Certifications: American Board of Professional Disability Consultants

Steven Brown, Psy.D. - Clinical Neuropsychologist

• Areas of Expertise: Neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation
• Licenses: Connecticut, Maryland
• Board Certifications: Clinical Neuropsychology, American Board of Professional Psychology

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Paul Scalise, MD, FCCP.	- Chief of Internal Medicine
	- Chief of Pulmonary Medicine
	- Medical Director of HSC Hartford Satellite

• Areas of Expertise: Pulmonary Disease, critical care medicine, weaning from mechanical ventilation
• Licenses: Connecticut
• Board Certifications: Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine

Steven R. Prunk, MD, FCCP	- Associate Chief of Pulmonary Medicine
	- Medical Director, Pulmonary Rehabilitation

• Areas of Expertise: Pulmonary disease, critical care medicine, internal medicine
• Licenses: Connecticut
• Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine

Marcy Goldstein, MD, FCCP, D,ABSM

• Areas of Expertise: Pulmonary disease, sleep medicine
• Licenses: Connecticut
• Board Certifications: Pulmonary Disease, Sleep Medicine and Internal Medicine

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Kevin J. Felice, D.O. Chief, Department of Neuromuscular Medicine
Director, Neuromuscular/ALS Center & EMG Lab
Professor of Neurology
University of Connecticut School of Medicine

• Areas of Expertise: neuromuscular disease, electroneuromyography, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, spinal muscular atrophy, muscular dystrophy, myasthenia gravis, polyneuropathies, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy and Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathies
• Licenses: Connecticut
• Board Certifications: Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology, Neuromuscular Medicine, Electrodiagnostic Medicine

Charles H. Whitaker, MD Chief, Co-director, Department of Neuromuscular Medicine

• Areas of Expertise: Electrodiagnostic testing (nerve conduction studies and electromyography), the diagnosis and treatment of neuromuscular disorders which include ALS, the muscular dystrophies, myasthenia gravis, hereditary neuropathies (e.g., Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease) and immune mediated neuropathies
• Licenses: Connecticut
• Board Certifications: Neuromuscular Medicine, Electrodiagnostic Medicine, Neurology, and Clinical Pathology