The NAOHP Board Has Added Four New Members
Deborah Borisjuk has been appointed to represent the Northeast region (New England, NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, WV). Ms. Borisjuk is the Program Manager, Yale-New Haven Hospital Urgent Care and Worker Health Solutions. She joined the YNHH Ambulatory Services team in September 2010 to develop and operationalize the hospital’s first retail Occupational Medicine Program, Worker Health Solutions, a blended-model clinic. From 1996 to September 2010, she was the Administrative Director of Saint Raphael’s Occupational Health Plus, a three-site, occupational medicine model program, and its Outpatient Rehabilitation Program. Additionally, from 1988 to 1996, Ms. Borisjuk planned, developed and operated an Industrial Rehabilitation and Work Hardening Program at Temple Physical Therapy in New Haven, CT. Her term will expire Dec. 31, 2015.
Mary Alice Ehrlich has been appointed to represent the Great Lakes Region (MI, OH, WI, KY). Ms. Ehrlich is Executive Vice President, Med-1 Occupational Health System based in Grand Rapids, Mich. She has 12 years of experience in occupational health freestanding non-hospital based clinics. For 25 of her 30 years in the industry, she worked in hospital nursing and senior administration. In her current role, she established an annual educational symposium for employers in West Michigan and has hosted 11 symposia. In addition, she has instituted and continues to chair two regional client-based advisory boards. She is the 2010 recipient of the NAOHP’s Professional Achievement Award. Her term also will end Dec. 31, 2015.
Barbara Enochs, Director of Clinic Administration, Medical Specialties, Ozarks Medical Center, West Plains, Mo., will serve as an at-large member of the NAOHP Board. She has 20 years of experience in occupational health, and she has successfully started new occupational medicine programs in both industrial and health care settings. In her current role, she is responsible for directing operations of a hospital-based occupational medicine program and eight other medical specialty physician practices. Ms. Enochs is an RN and certified occupational nurse. She has a master’s degree in business administration with a health care emphasis. She will serve a two-year term.
Vickie Wipperman, M.D., has been appointed to represent the Midwest Region (IN and IL). For the past 12 years, Dr. Wipperman has been Medical Director of Wipperman Occupational Health in South Bend, Ind. She is board certified in occupational medicine and has been MRO certified since 2000. Dr. Wipperman was Gateway Medical Advisor for Liberty Mutual Insurance, and she is the former Medical Director of the Center for Business Health in South Bend. Dr. Wipperman’s term will expire at the end of 2013, completing the term of Tom Brink.
The NAOHP board is comprised of six regional representatives who serve for three years (two positions open up every year), two at-large members who are elected for two-year terms, and a President who is in office for three years. Incumbent regional board members are Trena Williams (Southeast region), Mike Schmidt (Heartland) and John Braddock, M.D. (West). Tim Ross is the incumbent at-large representative, and Steve Crawford, M.D., will complete his final year as Board President in 2014.
