CSG leadership
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Children's Specialty Group is governed by a board of directors that includes a representative from Children's Hospital and Health System and the Medical College of Wisconsin, the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin pediatrician-in-chief and surgeon-in-chief, and six elected physician members (three surgical and three medical).
There are 13 departments, each with a pediatric physician leader and an administrator who are responsible for overseeing the recruitment, planning and budgeting, billing and collections, and the overall performance of their individual department.
CSG is committed to providing quality multi-disciplinary pediatric care to patients and their families.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
 Joseph E. Kerschner, MD, is the chief executive officer for Children's Specialty Group. He also is the medical director of Otolaryngology at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. He is an associate professor of Otolaryngology and chief of Pediatric Otolaryngology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Kerschner has served on the CSG board since 2001 and he chairs the Business Development and Marketing committee. He came to Children's Hospital in 1998 following his pediatric otolaryngology fellowship.
Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin.
Residency: University of South Florida, Otolaryngology.
Fellowship: Medical College of Wisconsin, Pediatric Otolaryngology.
Board Certifications: Otolaryngology.
Special Interest: Otitis Media, airway problems and reconstruction in infants and children, congenital head and neck masses and neoplasms, pediatric maxillofacial trauma.
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
 Pat H. Radoszewski, RN, MBA, is the chief operating officer for Children's Specialty Group. She came to CSG in February 2001 with more than 20 years of experience in health care administration. Ms. Radoszewski held various leadership positions at Children's Hospital, including the director of Ambulatory Services and director of Planning and Marketing.
She has a master's degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a bachelor's degree in Nursing from Jacksonville State University in Alabama. Prior to joining CSG she worked as a health-care consultant and held healthcare positions with Aurora Health Care, Grrant Medical Center and Vanderbilt Medical Center.
Vice Chair and Surgeon-in-Chief
 Keith T. Oldham, MD, is the Marie Uihlein Chair in Pediatric Surgery and surgeon-in-chief at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and professor of Pediatric Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He came to Children's Hospital in 1998 from Duke University Medical Center where he was chief of Pediatric Surgery. Oldham is the author and editor of Surgery of Infants and Children (Scientific Principles and Practice).
Medical School: Medical College of Virginia.
Residency: University of Washington, General Surgery.
Fellowships: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery.
Board Certifications: Surgical critical care, pediatric surgery, general surgery.
Special Interest: Congenital anomalies and newborn surgery, imperforate anus surgery, laparoscopic surgery, pediatric GI surgery, pediatric oncology, pediatric trauma and burns, neonatal surgery, proctectomy/endo-rectal pull through, surgical critical care, and thoracic surgery (non-cardiac)/pectus excavatum/NUSS.
Vice Chair and Pediatrician-in-Chief
 Robert M. Kliegman, MD, Muma Family Chair in Pediatrics and pediatrician-in-chief at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. He also is a professor and chair of Pediatrics at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He came to Children's Hospital in 1993 from Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital. Kliegman is the editor of Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics.
Medical School: State University of New York.
Residency: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, N.Y., Pediatrics.
Fellowships: Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, Neonatology.
Board Certifications: Pediatrics and neonatal-perinatal medicine.
Special Interest: Neonatology, metabolism, public health.
Surgical Members
Richard Berens, MD, is chief of the department of surgery at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. He also is a professor of Pediatric (Anesthesiology Clinical) at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Berens joined Children's Specialty Group in 1991 following his pediatric anesthesiology fellowship.
Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, WI).
Residency: Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, WI), Pediatrics and Anesthesiology.
Fellowships: Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, WI), Pediatric Anesthesiology.
Board Certifications: Anesthesiology/Critical Care, Anesthesiology, Pediatrics.
Special Interest: Side effects of ICU therapy, skin ulcers, noise exposure and sleep disturbances, drug tolerance in Pediatrics, opiate effects and benzodiazepines.
Charles T Durkee, MD, is a pediatric urologist at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. He also is an assistant professor of Surgery (Urology) at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Durkee joined Children's Specialty Group in 2001 from his private practice in Milwaukee.
Medical School: Indiana University (Indianapolis, IN).
Residency: University of Wisconsin (PNP), Urology.
Internship: University of Wisconsin (PNP), Rotating.
Board Certifications: Urology.
Special Interest: Biofeedback, hypospadia, laparoscopic urology, spina bifida, urodynamics.
 George M. Hoffman, MD, is the medical director of Anesthesia at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. He also is an associate professor of Anesthesiology and Chief of Pediatric Anesthesia at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Hoffman has served on the board since its inception and he co-chairs the Finance committee. He came to Children's Hospital in 1987 following his anesthesiology fellowship.
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
Residency: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, Mass.,
Pediatrics; Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass., Anesthesiology.
Fellowships: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, Mass., Pediatric Critical Care and Pediatric Anesthesiology.
Board Certifications: Pediatrics, anesthesiology, pediatric critical care medicine.
Special Interest: Pediatric anesthesia and critical care, cardiac anesthesia and circulatory physiology, respiratory failure and pulmonary vascular physiology, neonatal anesthesia, anesthesia and sedation safety, biomedical equipment safety engineering.
Thomas T. Sato, MD, is a pediatric surgeon at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. He is also a associate professor of Surgery (Pediatric) at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Sato joined Children's Specialty Group in 1997 following his pediatric general surgery fellowship.
Medical School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles).
Residency: University of Washington, General Surgery.
Fellowships: University of Washington (Seattle, WA), Trauma; Childrens National Medical Center (Washington, DC), Pediatric General Surgery.
Board Certifications: Pediatric Surgery, Surgery.
Special Interest: Congenital Anomalies/Newborn Surgery, Pediatric General/Thoracic (Non-Cardiac) Surgery, Pediatric Oncology, Prenatal Consults/Fetal Concerns Program and Pedatric Trauma and Burns.
Medical Members
 Stuart Berger, MD, is the medical director of Cardiology at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology) at the Medcial College of Wisconsin. Dr. Berger joined Children's Specialty Group in 1991.
Medical School: University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI MD).
Residency: University of Chicago, Pediatrics.
Fellowships: University of Chicago, Pediatric Cardiology.
Board Certifications: Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology.
Special Interest: Congenital heart disease; Cardiac critical care; Pediatric heart transplantation; Interventional catheterization.
 Beth Ann Drolet, MD, is the medical director of Dermatology at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and associate professor of Pediatric (Dermatology Outpatient) at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Drolet joined Children's Specialty Group in 1995 after her dermatology residency.
Medical School: Loyola-Stritch University (Maywood, IL).
Residency: Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, WI), Dermatology.
Internship: University of Colorado (Denver, CO), Internal Medicine.
Fellowships: Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, WI), Pediatric Dermatology.
Board Certifications: Dermatology.
Special Interest: Birthmarks laser treatment; Cutaneous graft versus host disease; Vascular anomalies and hemangioma of infancy; General pediatric dermatology.
 Peter L. Havens, MD, is the medical director of the HIV Primary Care Support Network at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Disease) at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Havens has served on the board since its inception and he co-chairs the Finance committee. He came to Children's Hospital in 1987 from Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, Mass. following two fellowships.
Medical School: University of Missouri, School of Medicine,
Kansas City, Mo.
Residency: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Pediatrics
Fellowships: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Critical Care and Infectious Disease.
Board Certifications: Pediatrics, pediatric infectious diseases, pediatric critical
care medicine.
Special Interest: Pediatric/Perinatal/Adolescent HIV.
 Cynthia G. Pan, MD, is the medical director of Nephrology/Renal/Dialysis at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and associate professor of Pediatric (Nephrology) at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Pan joined Children's Specialty Group in 1989 following her pediatric nephrology fellowship.
Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, WI).
Residency: Childrens Hospital (Buffalo, NY), Pediatrics.
Fellowships: Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati, OH), Pediatric Nephrology.
Board Certifications: Pediatrics and Pediatric Nephrology.
Special Interest: Hypertension; Nephrotic syndrome; Congenital renal anomalies; Kidney transplantation; End stage renal disease; Metabolic bone diseases; Kidney transplantation; Glomerulonephritis.
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Representative
 Cinthia S. Christensen, RN, JD, is executive vice president and chief operating officer at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. Christensen earned a law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School and became Director of Legal Services in 1990. She was promoted to corporate vice president and general counsel in 1996. She has also held nursing positions in the hospital's Emergency Department, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Surgical Unit from 1981–1983 and 1984–1986. In addition, she worked as a nurse in Ban Nam Yao refugee camp in Thailand from 1983-1984.
Medical College of Wisconsin Representative
 Douglas R. Campbell is the senior vice president for Finance and Administration at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He came to the Medical College from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center where he was vice chancellor. Campbell earned a masters degree in health administration from the University of Colorado, Denver and his bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Wisconsin, Stout.
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