SILVIA NAMED CMO/VICE PRESIDENT OF MEDICAL AFFAIRS AT PRMC

Dr. Peggy Naleppa, MS, MBA, FACHE and President/CEO of Peninsula Regional Medical Center (PRMC) in Salisbury, Maryland today announced that C. B. Silvia, MD has been named PRMC's Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Medical Affairs, a position in which he has served on an interim basis since August of 2011.      

Dr. Silvia, an internal medicine specialist and PRMC hospitalist, will continue to provide executive clinical leadership for the over 300 members of the medical staff at Peninsula Regional, with a focus on physician relationships and clinical service performance related to quality, compliance, peer review and physician recruitment.  Dr. Silvia, who has held privileges at PRMC since 1985, has previously served as Chief of Medicine, President of the Medical Staff, Chairman of the Professional Review Committee and Chairman of the Credentials Committee. 

"I am extremely pleased that Dr. Silvia, who has been a distinguished medical staff leader for over 25 years at PRMC, will now work directly with our executive team on our continued pursuit of clinical excellence," added Dr. Naleppa.  "He is vested in our community for the long term and an outstanding physician."

Dr. Silvia is a graduate of the University of Maryland Medical School and a native of Salisbury, Maryland where he resides with wife Pam, a registered nurse, and their two daughters.