BTG Network

"Creating genuine trust can only be built through true investment in a community. When there is trust, clients, patients and communities all benefit."
BTG Community Preceptor

BTG Network


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Philadelphia Consortium

  • Louis M. Bell Jr., MD, University of Pennsylvania (Click for Bio)

  • Mary Ellen Sheridan Bradley, MSW, CAC, University of Pennsylvania  (Click for Bio)

  • Dianne Butera, MSW, Temple University  (Click for Bio)

  • Elissa Goldberg, MSS, LSW, Drexel University  (Click for Bio)

  • Maria Hervada-Page, MSS, Thomas Jefferson University  (Click for Bio)

  • Ellen Martinak, BS, University of Pennsylvania  (

  • R. Patrick McManus Jr., MD, Thomas Jefferson University  (Click for Bio)

  • Eugene Mochan, PhD, DO, FACOFP, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine  (Click for Bio)

  • Susan Primavera, University of Pennsylvania  (Click for Bio)

  • Kathleen Reeves, MD, Temple University  (Click for Bio)

  • Steven Rosenzweig, MD, Drexel University College of Medicine (Click for Bio)

  • Anthony L. Rostain, MD, MS, MA, University of Pennsylvania  (Click for Bio)

  • Barbara Saba, MA, Drexel University College of Medicine

  • Lucy Wolf Tuton, PhD, University of Pennsylvania  (Click for Bio)

  • George P. Valko, MD, Thomas Jefferson University  (Click for Bio)

  • Vincent J. Zarro, MD, PhD, Drexel University  (Click for Bio)

Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM)

  • Kerry Branton, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine  (Click for Bio)

  • Raeann Carrier, PhD, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

  • Ann Stephanie Stano, SSJ, PhD, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine  (Click for Bio)

University of Pittsburgh

Consultant to the Network 

Network Affiliate: Lehigh Valley Health Network 

  • Maggie Hadinger, MS, Lehigh Valley Health Network

  • Abby S. Letcher, MD, Lehigh Valley Health Network

Network Affiliate: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey 

  • Bernadette West, PhD, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Stratford Campus (Click for Bio)


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