New VP of academic affairs at the Wright Center for GME

SCRANTON, PA — James McFadden, Ed.D., will join the Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education (GME) as the new vice president of academic affairs, chief operations officer for education and associate designated institutional official.

McFadden, of Nashville, TN, holds a doctorate of education from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. He most recently served as the administrative director of medical education and designated institutional officer at Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville, an integrated health care provider in Kentucky.

At the Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, McFadden will provide administrative and programmatic leadership across all educational activities, partnerships and new educational initiatives. He will work closely with Dr. Jumee Barooah, the designated institutional official for the Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education.

McFadden, his wife, Brandy, and three children will relocate to Scranton.

For more information about the residency and fellowship programs at the Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, visit TheWrightCenter.org or call 570/866.3017 or email GMErecruitment@TheWrightCenter.org.

Dr. Richard Weinberger joins the Wright Center 

SCRANTON, PA — The Wright Centers for Community Health and Graduate Medical Education have named Dr. Richard Weinberger as deputy director for Allied and John Heinz Services and as a core faculty member.

He will oversee the development and execution of strategies to enhance the center’s graduate medical education programs at Allied and John Heinz as deputy director. He will also assist in assessing, implementing and developing new graduate medical education programs and will serve on the Graduate Medical Education committee.

In addition, Dr. Weinberger will serve as a core faculty member of the Internal Medicine and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation residency programs. In that role, he will treat patients and supervise resident physicians, medical students and interprofessional health learners at the

Wright Center for Community Health and Allied and John Heinz Services. He will also see patients at the Wright Center for Community Health Mid Valley Practice in Jermyn.

Dr. Weinberger is board certified in internal medicine and geriatric medicine and is a fellow of both the American College of Physicians and American College of Osteopathic Internists. 

For more information, visit TheWrightCenter.org or call 570/230-0019. Call 570/866-3017 or email GMErecruitment@TheWrightCenter.org for more information about the Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education.