Board of Trustees

Amir Goldshtein

Executive Director

Executive Director Amir Goldshtein has been an integral part of APF since 2012.

Richard G. Schmidt, MD

President - Orthopedic Oncology Surgeon

Dr. Schmidt is an Orthopedic Oncology Surgeon in the Philadelphia area. He maintains a full-time practice in Orthopedic Surgery which began in 1986.

Robert (Bob) Lipstein, CPA

Treasurer

Bob is a Certified Public Accountant  and is a retired KPMG Partner. 

Seth Cohen, MD, MPH

Professor of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences, Duke University Medical Center

Dr. Cohen received his MD from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in 2000, and also completed a Masters in Public Health in Epidemiology in 1999.

Jeffrey M. Devries, MD, MPH

Professor of Pediatrics

Dr. Devries served as Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education & Professor of Pediatrics at the Oakland University William Beaumont (OUWB) School of Medicine, and Vice President of Graduate Medical Education at Beaumont Health, an 8-hospital system in Michigan.

Gershon Fink, DO

Pediatric Anesthesiology

Dr. Fink, a devoted advocate for children with special needs, is the visionary founder and CEO of Blue ABA, as well as the medical director for Mellow Kids.

Sarah Howard, CRNA

Nurse Anesthetist

Sarah Howard is a nurse anesthetist at the University of Virginia and a passionate advocate for Israel.

Robert J. Kelman, MD

Emergency Medicine Specialist

Dr. Robert Kelman attended Wayne State University for both college and medical school, in Detroit, MI. After a Transitional Year at Providence Hospital, in Southfield, MI, he went to New Orleans to train at LSU Charity Hospital, in Emergency Medicine.

Gary M. Mann, B.Sc., MD

Emergency Medicine Specialist

Gary Mann is a graduate of the University of Louisville School of Medicine and completed his surgical training at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine Affiliated hospitals.

Hilton Mirels, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon

Hilton Mirels, MD, is currently in private practice in Westchester County, affiliated with Montefiore/Sound Shore Medical Center and also on the orthopedic staff of The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York.

Joel Policzer, MD

Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Dr. Joel Policzer began his professional journey as a psychology major at Syracuse University before earning a Master of Medical Sciences from the University of Brussels in 1974 and an MD from New Jersey Medical School in 1976.

Fabienne Rottenberg, DPM, FACFAS

Podiatric Medicine and Surgery

Dr. Fabienne Rottenberg was born in Paris, France and moved to the United States for her undergraduate degree.

Nancy Schmidt, RN, BSN

Immediate Past President, Orthopedic Oncology Nurse

Nancy Schmidt graduated in 1986 with her Bachelors of Science in Nursing from Ursuline College.

Jonathan Siegal, MD

Chairperson, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brooklyn Hospital

Dr. Jonathan Siegal is an Emergency Medicine physician at Brooklyn Hospital.

Marvin Wayne, MD

Clinical Associate Professor, University of Washington

Medical school at University of Michigan. Surgical Residency University of Colorado.