Discover the new providers who have joined the UH Lake Health team:

John C Baniewicz, MD
Internal Medicine
Training: Summa Akron City Hospital
Practice: Lake Health Physician Group Mentor Internal Medicine
Office: UH Mentor Health Center
9485 Mentor Avenue, Suite 210
Mentor, 440-205-5835

Elizabeth Chiang, MD
Ophthalmology
Training: Akron General Medical Center; Northwestern University, Chicago; fellowship at Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Interests: eyelid surgeries, surgical treatment of tearing, Botox injections, cataract surgery
Practice: Ice Ophthalmology
Office: 2141 Mentor Avenue
Painesville, 440-354-6900

Gina Kuehn, MD
Dermatology
Training: Summa Health Hospital; University of Rochester Strong Memorial Hospital, New York
Interests: cutaneous malignancies, eczema, psoriasis, pediatric skin diseases
Practice: Parker Skin
Office: 4212 State Route 306, Suite 200A
Willoughby, 440-946-9080

Eli Scher, DO
Radiation Oncology
Training: University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Interests: breast cancer, head and neck cancers
Practice: UH Seidman Cancer Center
Office: UH Mentor Health Center
9485 Mentor Avenue, Suite 3
Mentor, 440-205-5755

Nicholas Zaorsky, MD
Radiation Oncology
Training: Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, and Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine; research fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Interests: genitourinary cancers, sarcomas, metastatic disease
Practice: UH Seidman Cancer Center
Office: UH Mentor Health Center
9485 Mentor Avenue, Suite 3
Mentor, 440-205-5755

Lauren Turner, PA-C
Certified Physician Assistant
Training: Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY
Practice: Lake Health Physician Group Primary Nurse Practitioners
Office: UH Mentor Health Center
9485 Mentor Avenue, Suite 210
Mentor, 440-255-5571

Ryan Pivovar, DPM
Podiatry
Training: Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine
Interests: surgical/non-surgical treatment of the diabetic foot, forefoot/rearfoot reconstruction, elective surgeries
Practice: Lake County Foot and Ankle
Office: 7482 Center Street, Suite 100
Mentor, 440-357-8418

Al Tripathi, MD
Gastroenterology
Training: Case Western Reserve University/MetroHealth Medical Center; gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Interests: chronic liver disease, inflammatory bowel disease, gastrointestinal bleeding, pancreatic disorders, reflux disease
Practice: Great Lakes Gastroenterology
Office: 8877 Mentor Avenue
Mentor, 440-205-1225

Sarah Koenigseker, CNM
Certified Nurse Midwife
Training: University of Toledo Health Sciences; University of New Mexico, Albuquerque; Frontier Nursing University, Kentucky
Interests: obstetrics, gynecology, contraception
Practice: Lake Health Physician Group OB/GYN
Office: UH Lake SOM Health Center
5105 SOM Center Road, Suite 201
Willoughby, 440-602-6710
Who’s News?
Lake Health Physician Group SOM General Surgery has opened a timeshare office location at UH Madison Health Center.
Congratulations to:
Colleen Nawrocki, MSN, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, CDE, who has been chosen as the 2021 Advanced Practice Provider of the Year.