SJBiz_Who'sWhoinHealthCare_0622final_V2 . qxp_Layout 1 6 / 9 / 22 2 : 12 PM Page 3 WHO’S WHO IN HEALTH CARE beneficial to them , it’s fulfilling for me as well . It is an honor to be a part Edward Hamaty Jr . , DO , FACCP , of that journey and establish a relationship that extends beyond any FACOI particular illness or condition . It makes all the long days of training and Chair , Department of Critical Care Medicine and Medical Director , the long nights of being on - call well worth it . ” Neurocritical Care , AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center Dr . Hamaty , who leads critical care Jeffrey J . Tomaszewski , MD services at the Mainland ( Pomona ) Director of the Genitourinary Oncology Program , and Atlantic City campuses , joined MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper AtlantiCare nearly 10 years ago . In addition to serving as a urologist , a An openly gay physician , he’s been urologic oncologist and a urologic the LGBTQIA + representative for surgeon , Dr . Tomaszewski also serves the health system’s Diversity , Eq - as associate program director for uity , and Inclusion Committee and Cooper’sUrology Residency Program executive sponsor of AtlantiCare’s and is associate professor of surgery PRIDE Employee Resource Group , at Cooper Medical School of Rowan leading the charge in helping his University . Having received his med - “ incredibly talented and experi - ical degree at Jefferson Medical Col - enced ” team better understand lege in Philadelphia and completing and compassionately treat the hisinternship and residency in urology LGBTQIA + community’s unique health care needs . atthe University of Pittsburgh Medical While it’s important to him that every patient receives high - quality , Center , Dr . Tomaszewski then com - individualized care — he encourages med students and longtime pro - pleted his fellowship in urologic on - fessionals alike to “ treat the patient , not the numbers ” — Dr . Hamaty cology at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia . continues to play key roles in developing AtlantiCare’s book on During his time in the medical field , Dr . Tomaszewski has learned LGBTQIA + care , addressing and establishing the health care inequities that humility is the best guide . “ The daily confrontation with cancers ’ all protected groups face , and securing AtlanticCare’s designation harsh upheaval of the human condition is humbling and terrifying . from the Human Rights Campaign as a leader in LGBTQ Healthcare One bad day is all that separates anyone from sickness . Honest and Equality in its Healthcare Equality Index for nine years in a row . For Dr . empathetic appreciation of our fragility allows the beauty of resilience Hamaty , the teamwork that that helps AtlanticCare “ change patients ’ and love to emerge . Despite everything broken in health care , there and families ’ lives for the better ” is ultimately the best part of his job . remains something amazing at the center of caring , the appreciation of which requires humble submission to our patients and the biology of their disease . ” Nicholas Petruzzi , MD , FSVM Director , The Vascular Institute at AMI Susan Lasker Hertz , RN , MSN A native of South Jersey , Dr . Petruzzi Hospice Director , Samaritan began his career path at Saint Lasker Hertz joined Samaritan in late Joseph’s University , where he 2021 , bringing more than four earned a bachelor of science de - decades of health care experience gree in cellular biology while grad - to the job . Her current responsibili - uating with honors . He completed ties include oversight of all hospice his medical school training at Jef - services for more than 460 patients ferson Medical College of Thomas and families each day at their homes Jefferson University , graduating in and two inpatient hospice centers . the top of his class while also being As a respected educator and au - recognized for his academic achieve - thor , Lasker Hertz’s work can be ments , including being nominated found in numerous publications and for membership in the Alpha presentations . She is a member of Omega Alpha ( AOA ) medical Sigma Theta Tau Nursing National honor society . He went on to advanced fellowship training in interven - Honor Society , has a bachelor’s of tional radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania . science degree in nursing from Georgetown University and earned a Dr . Petruzzi was the first in this region to pioneer the minimally in - master’s of science in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania . “ In vasive treatment of liver tumors and was the first physician in both At - my career , I have worked through rapid advances in treatment modal - lantic and Cape May counties to perform Y - 90 radioembolization . He ities that require nurses in particular to have different skills and train - also focuses on the treatment of peripheral vascular disease and has ing , ” she says . “ I have managed patient care through the AIDS epi - extensive experience in performing complex peripheral interventions demic and now the COVID pandemic that require new innovations for occlusive arterial disease to aid with healing of chronic wounds . in how care is delivered to patients and families , as well as learning He has published manuscripts and delivered lectures on today’s cut - new ways to educate and support our clinical staff . [ It’s ] exciting and ting - edge techniques for treating both arterial and venous disease . challenging stuff . ” 20 | SOUTH JERSEY BIZ | VOLUME 12 ISSUE 6 | SouthJerseyBiz.net