Faculty

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  Dr. Richard Pomerantz

  Dr. Richard Pomerantz is a nationally recognized interventional cardiologist who brings decades of clinical, educational and managerial expertise to Saint Agnes Hospital. He is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular diseases and interventional cardiology. Prior to joining Saint Agnes, Dr. Pomerantz spent two decades at the University of Rochester Medical Center most recently as Clinical Chief of the Cardiology Unit and Director of the Cardiovascular Fellowship Program. He earned his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University and completed an internship and residency program at Massachusetts General Hospital, followed by fellowship training in clinical and interventional cardiology at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. He is a member of numerous national and international professional associations, including the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Physicians and the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions. He is a Past President of the NY State Chapter of the American College of Cardiology. He has also been an avid contributor to research, professional presentation and published work on a variety of clinical topics relative to interventional cardiology.

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  Dr. Sapna Kuehl

  Dr. Sapna Kuehl is the Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency program, at St. Agnes Healthcare in Baltimore, Maryland. She is on faculty at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and has interest in patient safety and quality. She served as the chair of the Internal Medicine Peer Review Committee for five years and has participated on multiple interdepartmental quality improvement projects throughout the hospital. She is a member of the Council of American College of Physicians for the state of Maryland and chairs the Council of Young Physicians for the state. She has been a member of the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine since 2004 and is a member of the National APDIM survey committee. She is one of the administrators for the Community Hospital Education and Research Network, within APDIM. And is a reviewer for the online journal “Journal of Community Hospitals Internal Medicine Perspectives. Dr. Kuehl is board certified in Internal Medicine and received her undergraduate degree in Biophysics from the Johns Hopkins University, and MD from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She completed her Internal Medicine residency at the University of Maryland Medical System. She has worked as a hospitalist and been in private practice before moving into graduate medical education. She is married, has two children and enjoys painting in acrylics and her work, “A Garden Path” was selected for display at the American College of Physicians - Artists National Meeting in 2006.

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  Dr. Donna Williams

  Dr. Donna Williams joined the St. Agnes Residency Program as Associate Program Director in July 2010. Prior to that, she worked as Assistant Program Director at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital for three years, where she also completed her Internal Medicine Residency as well as attended medical school. She is an active member of APDIM, where she has presented a workshop on “Individualized Career Pathways” and a poster entitled “Using an OSCE to Teach and Evaluate Interns’ Skills in Leading End-of-Life Discussions.” She is an active member in the ACP, and served as a member of the Council of Young Physicians in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the ACP. Her interests include teaching residents how to deliver bad news and lead end-of-life conversations, as well as teaching on the general medical floors and mentoring residents and students.

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  Dr. Deborah Som

  Dr. Deborah Som is the Director of Ambulatory Medicine and the Assistant Program Director for the Internal Medicine residency. Dedicated to St. Agnes since 1998, she came to our hospital after completing her Internal Medicine residency at the University of Maryland Medical System. She is a member of the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM) as well as a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP). She has been a judge in the ACP Associates Meeting, a forum for residents to compete with clinical vignettes and research projects. As a member of the Ethics Committee, she has been interested in development of an Ethics Curriculum and case-based conference series for the medical residents. She is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and interested in outpatient quality improvement initiatives and care of under-served populations. She is married, has three children and lives in Annapolis. She also has a special interest in resident teaching and mentoring, including a focus on career counseling and work-life balance for residents.

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  Dr. Shadi Barakat

  Shadi Barakat, MD joined the Saint Agnes Department of Medicine in August 2011. Prior to this post, he completed a fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at the University of Missouri in Columbia. He received his medical degree from the University of Damascus in Syria, and completed residency in medicine at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore in 2008. He is currently serving as Chief of Endocrinology & Medical Director of the Diabetes Center. He has always enjoyed working with and teaching medical residents and students. He had the opportunity to teach “Introduction to Clinical Medicine Part 1” to a group of University of Maryland medical students while serving as chief resident from 2008 to 2009, and “Advanced Physical Diagnosis” to a group of University of Missouri medical students where he was the chief fellow from 2010 to 2011. He is married, has one child and lives in Columbia.

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  Dr. George Lawrence

  Dr. George Lawrence graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine and did his post-graduate training at the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland Medical School. He recently stepped down from being the Chief of Endocrinology at St. Agnes Hospital (1971-2011) but still is active in the Division of Endocrinology. For the past 18 years he has been the Director of the Off-Shore Medical Student Program and is involved in the Internal Medicine CORE and elective program in Internal Medicine.