Central Ohio Trauma System


Board of Trustees

The following individuals are Officers of COTS. 

Clifford L. Mason, EMTP, Vice President Ohio Fire Chiefs Association, Fire Chief Madison Township Fire Department, Groveport, Ohio; representing the Central Ohio Fire Chiefs Association; COTS President

Robert A. Lowe, MD, FACEP, Director Emergency Medical Services, Doctors Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, COTS Vice- President

Susan A. Tilgner, MS, RD, LD, RS, Health Commissioner, Franklin County Board of Health, Columbus, Ohio; COTS Secretary-Treasurer

Kathryn J. Haley, RN, BSN, Trauma Program Director, Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio; COTS Immediate Past-President

Robert E. Falcone, MD, FACS, Health Care Consultant, Past President Grant Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio; Trustee Emeritus
 

The following individuals are appointed by their institutions to serve on the Central Ohio Trauma System Board of Trustees. 

 

Angela Allion, RN, MSN, Manager, Emergency Services, Fairfield Medical Center, Lancaster, Ohio

David Boehmer, DO, Medical Director, Emergency Services, Dublin Methodist Hospital, Dublin, Ohio
Jennifer A. Bogner, PhD, Director of Research, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Dodd Hall Rehabilitation Services, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio
Marco J. Bonta, MD, FACS, Medical Director, Trauma & Surgical Services, Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
Mary Jean Botos, RN, BSHM, Director Risk Management, Quality & Accreditation, Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital, New Albany, Ohio
Robert W. Coles, Deputy Chief of Special Operations, Columbus Division of Fire, Columbus, Ohio

Michael R. Dick, MD, Medical Director, Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University Hospitals East, Columbus, Ohio

Carol J. Elliott, MSN, RN, Director, Emergency Services, Mount Carmel East, Columbus, Ohio
Charles Feicht, DO, FACEP, Medical Director, Genesis Health Care System, Zanesville, Ohio
Jonathan I. Groner, MD, Trauma Medical Director, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio; representing the Columbus Medical Association
Lucinda F. Hill, RN, BSN, EMTP, Trauma Nurse Coordinator, Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center, Cambridge, Ohio
Robert Kaufman, EMTP, Assistant Fire Chief, Norwich Township Fire Department, Hilliard, Ohio; representing the Franklin County Fire Chiefs Association

K. William Kumler, MD, Columbus Bone, Joint & Hand Surgeons, Columbus, Ohio; representing the Columbus Medical Association

Loren Leidheiser, DO, Chairman, Emergency Medicine, Mount Carmel St. Ann’s, Westerville, Ohio

Bradley J. Lewis, MD, County Coroner, Franklin County Coroner’s Office, Columbus, Ohio
Medard R. Lutmerding, MD, FACEP, Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Carmel West, Columbus, Ohio; representing the Columbus Medical Association

Richard N. Nelson, MD, FACEP, Professor & Vice Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio; representing the Columbus Medical Association

Robert E. Newland, EMTP, EMS Liaison, Emergency Services, Adena Regional Medical Center, Chillicothe, Ohio

Jennifer A. Piccione, RN, BSN, Director of Ambulatory Care Services,  Madison County Hospital, London, Ohio

Ty Sanders, RN, Director, Emergency Services, Knox Community Hospital, Mt. Vernon, Ohio

Steven A. Santanello, DO, FACEP, Medical Director, Trauma Services, Grant Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio
James M. Sinard, MD, Trauma Medical Director, Mount Carmel West, Columbus, Ohio

Robin Slattman, RN, Chief Nursing Officer, Memorial Hospital of Union County, Marysville, Ohio

Mike Smeltzer, MPH, Director Clinical Preventative Services, Columbus Public Health, Columbus, Ohio

Steven Steinberg, MD, Director, Division of Critical Care, Trauma and Burn, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio

Kimberly S. Thompson, RN, BSN, Director Emergency & Critical Care Services, Grady Memorial Hospital, Delaware, Ohio
Joe Tulga, Safety Director,  Marion General Hospital, Marion, Ohio
Howard Werman, MD, Medical Director, MedFlight of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio

Deborah Yarborough, RN, MA, Director of Emergency Services, Berger Health System, Circleville, Ohio



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