Central Ohio Trauma System


Board of Trustees

The following individuals are Officers of COTS. 

Clifford L. Mason, Fire Chief, EMT-P, OFE, Madison Township Fire Department, Groveport, Ohio; representing the Franklin County 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

 

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 the Ohio Valley Center for Brain Injury Research & Prevention, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 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

Philip H. Cass, PhD, CEO, Columbus Medical Association, Columbus Medical Association Foundation, the Physicians Free Clinic, and COTS (Ex-officio)

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

Robert E. Falcone, MD, FACS, Consultant; Past-President Grant Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio; COTS Past-President & Trustee Emeritus

Charles Feicht, DO, FACEP, Medical Director, Genesis Health Care System, Zanesville, Ohio
Jonathan I. Groner, MD, FACS, Trauma Medical Director, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio; representing the Columbus Medical Association; COTS Past-President
Lucinda F. Hill, RN, BSN, EMTP, Trauma Nurse Coordinator, Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center, Cambridge, Ohio

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

Loren Leidheiser, DO, FACEP, Chairman & Director, Dept. of 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, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mt. Carmel West and East, 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, Manager Emergency Services, Grady Memorial Hospital, Delaware, Ohio
Joe Tulga, Safety Director,  Marion General Hospital, Marion, Ohio

Porter R. Welch, JD, Fire Chief, EMT-P, OFE, Scioto Township Fire Department, Commercial Point, Ohio; representing the Fire Chiefs Association of Central Ohio

Howard Werman, MD, Medical Director, MedFlight of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio

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

Paul Zeeb, MD, FACEP, Medical Director Emergency Services, Mount Carmel East, Columbus, Ohio



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