Oswego Health announced that doctors LEANDRO ANTONIO BERNARDO and MA. CLARISSA DEL ROSARIO have returned to provide local care as hospitalists who specialize in managing the care of patients. The hospitalists at Oswego Hospital coordinate consultations, order tests and procedures, and more to personally provide patients with care throughout their hospital stay.

Dr. Bernardo previously worked for Oswego Hospital from 2012-2017. He served as chief of the Department of Medicine in 2017. Since then, he has worked as a senior hospitalist at Newark Wayne Community Hospital and Geneva General Hospital. Bernardo earned his medical degree in 2005 from the University of the Philippines College of Medicine. He then completed his internship, residency, and chief residency in internal medicine at Good Samaritan Hospital of Maryland, an affiliate of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 2011. Bernardo subsequently did a fellowship in nephrology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine in 2012.

Dr. Del Rosario previously worked for Oswego Hospital between 2014 and 2017. Since then, she has worked as a senior hospitalist at Newark Wayne Community Hospital and Geneva General Hospital. Del Rosario completed her fellowship in nephrology in 2010 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Jersey. She completed her internship/residency in internal medicine in 2007 at Winthrop University Hospital, externship in internal medicine from Providence Hospital in 2003, and post-graduate internship in 2002 from Far Eastern University Center in the Philippines. Del Rosario earned her medical degree in 2001 from the Far Eastern University Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation Institute of Medicine. 

Finger Lakes Health announced that MELISSA SHERMAN, a certified family nurse practitioner, has joined Seneca Family Health Center in Waterloo. She previously was a member of the hospitalist department at Geneva General Hospital. Sherman received her master’s degree in nursing from Upstate Medical University. She earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Keuka College and her associate degree in nursing from Finger Lakes Community College. Sherman received the Advanced Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW) Scholarship, with the mission to practice in rural and underserved communities, from Upstate Medical University. She is a member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.

STACY HURLBUT has been promoted from commercial lines manager to assistant VP of commercial lines at Eastern Shore Associates Insurance (ESA). Hurlbut has worked in the insurance industry since 1998 and joined ESA in 2000, where she worked part-time while she attended SUNY Oswego to obtain her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education. She holds the accredited customer service representative (ACSR) industry designation.

NICK DIMITRIJEVSKI has been promoted to senior manager of strategic supply chain at SRC, Inc. In this role, he will continue working with program management, engineering, manufacturing, and other facets of the business to support procurement and resolve issues with new and existing product supply chains. Dimitrijevski started with SRC nearly 12 years ago as a senior quality engineer before beginning his role in management. He holds an associate degree in electrical engineering from SUNY Morrisville, a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from SUNY Polytechnic Institute, and an MBA from SUNY Oswego.

KEVIN JOHNSTON has been promoted to director of cybersecurity at SRC. In his new role, Johnston will be responsible for IT risk management, to include disaster recovery and business continuity, as well as managing the information system security team. Johnston has been with SRC for more than 20 years, most recently as senior manager of cybersecurity. He has been the architect of the company’s cybersecurity posture for many years and continues to lead all activities related to the company’s cybersecurity concerns including identification, protection, detection, response, and recovery. Johnston has a bachelor’s degree in computer science and mathematics from Alfred University.