Meet the Director and Team — Transitional Year at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital
Welcome from the Program Director
I would like to thank you for visiting the home page for the Transitional Year Residency Program at Mercy Health St. Elizabeth Youngstown. Our hospital is part of the Bon Secours Mercy Health System, which is the fifth-largest Catholic health ministry in the United States and one of the 20th largest health systems in the country.
This program has Continued Accreditation by the ACGME. Established in 2004, the program, with four PGY 1 positions, is co-sponsored by the Internal Medicine and General Surgery Residency Programs, both of which are long-standing, ACGME accredited programs within the institution.
The purpose of the Transitional Year (PGY-1) is to provide a well-balanced graduate medical educational program, both clinical and didactic, so that you have a strong clinical background to continue your training.
Our graduates have gone on to complete residencies in radiology, anesthesiology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, dermatology, emergency medicine, neurology, internal medicine, ophthalmology and family medicine. Some of our residents have returned to Youngstown after completing their training in order to continue their medical careers here.
We are very proud of the accomplishments of our residents, both during their training and later in their careers.
Please take some time to browse our website.
 | Dr. Gregory Huang, MD, FACS | Program DirectorMedical School: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Dr. Huang joined St. Elizabeth Youngstown in 2011 and took over as program director in 2016. He is board certified in both general surgery and surgical critical care. He is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. Dr. Huang’s academic interests including teaching and outcomes-based research. He has authored and co-authored many peer reviewed publications. He resides in the Youngstown area with his wife, Natalie Lariccia, and their two cats. His hobbies and interests include fitness, running, cooking and traveling. |
Dr. David Regule, MD | Associate Program DirectorMedical School: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Dr. Regule has been involved with medical education as full time internal medicine faculty at St. Elizabeth Youngstown since 2008 and became associate program director in 2019. His roles include mentoring, precepting in clinic and inpatient rounds, teaching in large group formal and informal didactics, medical school lectures and state and regional conferences. His background includes black belt in karate and undergraduate work at Kent State University and Ohio State University in physical therapy. He worked for five years as an orthopedic and manual therapy focused physical therapist, including a master’s degree and teaching assistant in musculoskeletal physical therapy at University of Pittsburgh. He also taught anatomy and physiology for 10 years at an associate degree level through Tri-State College of Massotherapy. |
Core Faculty
Internal Medicine
Thomas Marnejon, DO
Patrick Brine, MD
David Regule, MD
James Kravec, MD
Charles Wilkins, MD
Timothy Barreiro, DO
Surgery
Heath Dorion, MD
Tiffany Marchand, MD
Brian Gruber, MD
Gregory Huang, MD
Sean Reimer, MD
Lilly Stanitsas, MD
Vince Vanek, MD
Contact Us
Mary Morjock, Academic Specialist/Coordinator
Phone: 330-480-2994
Email: mjmorjock@mercy.com