The Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) announced it has named NICOLE SANTIAGO as director of operations for specialty care locations at the MVHS Medical Group. She oversees the daily operations of all of the MVHS Medical Group Specialty Care locations and acts as a liaison between MVHS Medical Group offices, departments, and hospital support departments. Santiago participates at the leadership level within the hospital and provides direction to the MVHS Medical Group office and department leadership team. She has been an employee of MVHS since 2008, most recently as assistant director of operations for the MVHS Medical Group, Specialty Care. Prior to that, she served as operations manager for the MVHS Medical Group. Santiago also was a clinical information specialist in the Information Technology Department at the St. Luke’s Campus. Before joining MVHS, she worked at Boston Medical Center HealthNet Plan, a Medicaid managed care organization in Boston, as a contracting specialist in the network management department. Santiago earned her MHA degree from Suffolk University, Sawyer School of Management in Boston, and her bachelor’s degree in business administration with concentrations in finance and human resources from the University at Buffalo. Santiago’s office is located at the Faxton Campus.

MVHS also has appointed SERGEY GERMANOVICH director of primary care operations for the MVHS Medical Group. He is responsible for the overall operational oversight of the MVHS Medical Group Primary Care offices and the Faxton Urgent Care. He will act as a liaison between MVHS Medical Group offices, departments, and hospital support departments. Germanovich participates at the leadership level across the ambulatory setting and provides direction to the MVHS Medical Group office and the leadership team. He has been an employee of MVHS since 2009, most recently as the assistant director of operations for the MVHS Medical Group Primary Care offices. Prior to that, Germanovich served as MVHS director of language services. He has also worked in various positions in the MVHS Pharmacy department, as special projects coordinator for the St. Elizabeth Family Medicine Residency Program and as administrative supervisor at the Sister Rose Vincent Family Medicine Center. Germanovich earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from SUNYIT (SUNY Poly) in Marcy. He received an MBA in economic crime and fraud management from Utica College, and is a third-year law student at Western Michigan University’s Tampa Bay, Florida campus.

PHILIP DOWNS, a board-certified physician assistant, has joined the staff at Rome Medical Practice Surgical Specialists. He works with general surgeon Keneth Hall in the practice. Downs earned a master’s degree in physician assistant studies from Franklin Pierce University in New Hampshire. He holds a certification in emergency medicine from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.

STERLIN GILBERT has been appointed as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach of the Syracuse University football team. He brings 17 years of experience to the Orange. Gilbert has run offenses and coached quarterbacks at the FBS, FCS, and high-school levels, and was most recently the head coach McNeese State University in 2019. Gilbert previously worked with Syracuse head coach Dino Babers for three seasons, serving as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach under Babers at Eastern Illinois (2012-13) and Bowling Green (2014). While at Eastern Illinois, Gilbert was selected as the FootballScoop.com FCS Coordinator of the Year in his second season. The Panthers led the nation in total offense and scoring, while ranking second in passing. Gilbert tutored current San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, who won the 2013 Walter Payton Award (the FCS equivalent of the Heisman Trophy) as the nation’s best player. After Bowling Green, Gilbert headed to Tulsa where he served as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the 2015 season, and then Texas, where he was offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the 2016 season. In 2017 and 2018, Gilbert worked as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at South Florida. Gilbert’s success as a coordinator earned him the head-coaching job at McNeese State in 2019. He brought the up-tempo spread offense to the FCS school and the team posted a 7-5 season. A former standout Texas high-school quarterback, Gilbert also enjoyed a successful career as a high-school coach in that state. Gilbert was three-year starter and two-year captain at quarterback for Angelo State University, where he earned his undergraduate degree in kinesiology with a minor in history.

SRC has promoted ANDREA MASTEN and GREG POLHAMUS to leadership roles within the company’s radar and sensors division.

Masten has been promoted to senior VP, radars and sensors. In this role, Masten will provide strategic guidance, technical leadership, and business development for SRC’s radar and sensor programs. Masten has been with SRC for nine years and most recently served as VP of business development. She has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering technology from the University at Buffalo.

Polhamus has been promoted to assistant VP of operations, radars and sensors. In this new role, he will be responsible for leading day-to-day operations including strategic planning, financial performance, new business, and product development. Polhamus has been with SRC for 24 years and most recently served as director of engineering. He has worked on a variety of key programs at SRC, including the lightweight counter-mortar radar and the bi-static artillery location radar. Polhamus received his bachelor’s degree in computer science from SUNY Potsdam.