New president of Crozer-Chester Medical Center’s Medical and Dental Staff

Posted by Press Release on June 16, 2010

Anthony
DiMarco, D.O., was elected to a two-year term as president of Crozer-Chester
Medical Center’s Medical and Dental Staff, effective July 1, 2010.

DiMarco
is a family practice physician based at the Crozer Medical Plaza at Brinton
Lake in Glen Mills. He has been a member of Crozer’s medical staff since 1989,
and he has been part of the Crozer-Keystone Health Network since 1992.

A
graduate of LaSalle University and the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic
Medicine (PCOM), DiMarco completed his internship and residency at Metropolitan
Hospital (now Springfield Hospital). He is a fellow of the American College of
Osteopathic Family Physicians and currently serves as vice speaker of the House
of Delegates for the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association.
Board-certified as an independent medical examiner, DiMarco is also an adjunct
faculty member at PCOM, a utilization review physician for the Elwyn Institute
and the school physician for the Glen Mills Schools.

DiMarco
succeeds Frank Giammattei, M.D., chief of the Division of
Orthopaedic Surgery at Crozer, as president. In addition to the election
of DiMarco, Olesh Babiak, M.D., was elected as the new vice president; and C.
Nathan Okechukwu, M.D., was elected as the new secretary/treasurer. Babiak is
the chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at Crozer, while Okechukwu is
a nephrologist.

DiMarco
says that he was inspired to consider medical staff leadership by his oldest
brother Carlo DiMarco, D.O., an ophthalmologist who recently served as
president of the American Osteopathic Association.

“When I first went into practice, I would complain
to him about various problems in medicine. His response was to stop
complaining, get involved and try and make a difference. I got involved with
the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association in numerous areas and I also
got involved on various committees at Crozer. Eventually over 18 years, it has
led to being president of the medical staff, which is a great honor,”he says. “I
hope to serve as well as Dr. Giammattei, who always conducted himself as a
gentleman and was fair on the many issues that came before him.”

Giammattei
adds, “It has been an honor and privilege to serve as president. I want to
thank all of my colleagues for their assistance, and I offer my best wishes to
Dr. DiMarco. I know that the medical staff shares my confidence and enthusiasm
for the tenure of Dr. DiMarco, Dr. Babiak and Dr. Okechukwu.”

Joan
K. Richards, president and chief executive officer of Crozer-Keystone Health
System, adds, “Dr. DiMarco is well-respected among the medical staff at
Crozer-Chester Medical Center. He has demonstrated his leadership ability both
within Crozer-Keystone and outside the health system. I congratulate him on being
elected president and look forward to working with him in this new role.”

DiMarco
feels that the biggest strength of Crozer’s medical staff “is and will be its
ability to work together to deal with the health care changes that are coming.
The staff is already looking at the medical home practice model and other
various cooperatives based on how we will be reimbursed in the future. I know
that we are ahead of many other systems in that regard.”

He
adds that “The staff is simply made up of a lot of good people who also happen
to be good physicians. That’s what you look for and need in a medical staff.”

Crozer-Chester
Medical Center is a 343-bed tertiary care hospital that admits nearly 23,000
patients, treats approximately 53,000 Emergency Department patients, and
delivers more than 2,000 babies a year. For more information about
Crozer-Chester Medical Center or the Crozer-Keystone Health System, visit www.crozer.org.