Our team

On this page:

• Medical staff.
• Executive team.
• Board of directors.
• Hosparus services.

The Hosparus team includes medical staff, an executive team and others who are dedicated to the Hosparus mission. Hosparus, a non-profit hospice provider, serves more than 5,000 patients and their families annually in Barren River, Central Kentucky, Louisville and Southern Indiana.

Medical staff

Joe Rotella, M.D., senior vice president/chief medical officer.

Hosparus – Barren River

Reach us at (270) 782-7258 or (877) 892-5858.

• Jim Gaffney, M.D., medical director.

Hosparus – Central Kentucky

Reach us at (270) 737-6300 or toll-free at (800) 686-9577.

• Jim Gaffney, M.D., medical director.
• Eric Bentley, M.D., associate medical director.
• Paul Gerard, M.D., associate medical director.
• Ken Maffet, M.D., associate medical director.
• Sam Pike, M.D., associate medical director.
• Tom Rogers, M.D., associate medical director.

Hosparus - Louisville

Reach us at (502) 456-6200 or toll-free at (800) 264-0521.

• Joe Rotella, M.D., senior vice president/chief medical officer.
• Vickie Lowe, associate medical director.
• Russell Rice, M.D., associate medical director.
• Lisa M. Vuocolo, M.D., associate medical director.
• Angie Ethridge, A.R.N.P., nurse practitioner.

Hosparus - Southern Indiana

Reach us at (812) 945-4596 or toll-free at (800) 895-5633.

• Tom McKain, M.D., medical director.
• Stacey Merritt-Jenney, M.D., associate medical director.
• William Stodghill, M.D., associate medical director.

Executive team

• Phil Marshall, president and CEO, (502) 719-4140.
• Joe Rotella, M.D., senior vice president/chief medical officer, (502) 719-4142.
  

• David Benefiel, chief information officer, (502) 719-4138.
• Gary Bohannon, senior vice president of administration, (502) 719-4169.
• David Cook, senior vice president/chief operating officer, (502) 719-4111.
• Terri Graham, vice president, clinical services, (502) 719-4187.
• Karen Hamilton, senior vice president, human resources, (502) 719-4145.
• Delanor Manson, associate vice president, quality and education, (502) 719-4127.
• Sharon Orman, senior vice president/chief financial officer, (502) 719-4112.

Media contact

• Stephanie Smith, director of communications, (502) 719-8925.

Board of directors

Listed here is the 2011-2012 Hosparus board of directors.

Officers

• Rick Remmers, Chair
  Vice President/National Practice Leader and Commercial Large Group
  Humana Inc.
• John McCall, Chair-Elect
  Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer
  LG&E and KU Energy LLC
• Jim Ratterman, Immediate Past Chair
  President
  Ratterman Family Funeral Home
• Roger Harbeson, CPA, Treasurer
  Managing Partner
  Monroe Shine
• Debra Walton, Secretary
  Manager, Diversity Strategy
  LG&E and KU Energy LLC

Board members

• D. Michael Coyle
  Attorney-At-Law
  Kerrick, Stivers, Coyle & Van Zant, PLC
• Barb Cutter
  Vice President/Private Banking Officer
  Republic Bank
• William Duffy
  Vice President
  First Citizens Bank
• Marcus Edwards
  State Farm Insurance Company - Welby Edwards Agency
• Leo Fante
  Vice President of Business Development
  Consumers Choice Coffee, Inc.
• Christian Davis Furman, MD, MSPH
  Vice Chair, U of L Geriatric Medicine,
  Dept. of Family and Geriatric Medicine
• Doug Howell
  Principal
  Strategic Health Advisors, LLC
• G. Kenneth Kapp, CPA
  Allston Advisory Group, LLC
• The Honorable Janice Martin
  Senior Status Judge
• Kathyrn Mershon, MSN, RN, CNAA, FAAN
  The Mershon Company
• Arnold Myers
  President
  Arnold’s Distributing, LLC
• Kathy Neuner, MSN, RN
  Vice President, Inpatient Clinical Services
  Clark Memorial Hospital
• Ellen Shapira, MA, NCC, NCCC
  Career Counselor
  Jewish Family and Career Services
• Gary Stewart
  Retired CPA
• George Webb, M.D.
  Retired Associate Medical Director

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