Our Staff

At Hebrew Health Care we believe that the quality and compassion of our staff is what sets us apart from other health care providers. We identify the nation’s best practices and implement them in our facilities, and all of our staff receives ongoing training well beyond what most regulatory agencies require. Our specialized geriatric physicians and health care staff, many of whom have been with us for more than twenty years, are encouraged to be involved in the community. To assure quality, all of our direct care workers are subject to background checks and undergo comprehensive orientation and performance improvement evaluations on a regular basis.

Here is a brief introduction to some of The Hospital at Hebrew Health Care's leaders:

Ava Pannullo, MD

Medical Director

Dr. Ava Pannullo is the Medical Director for the Gene and Anja Rosenberg Hebrew Home and Rehabilitation Center and for The Hospital at Hebrew Health Care.

Dr. Pannullo oversees the medical department and treatment of all Gene and Anja Rosenberg Hebrew Home and Rehabilitation Center residents and all The Hospital at Hebrew Health Care patients. In addition to seeing her own patients, Dr. Pannullo is also directly involved in supervising the medical care of residents and patients who are assigned to other Gene and Anja Rosenberg Hebrew Home and Rehabilitation Center and The Hospital at Hebrew Health Care staff physicians.
In addition, Dr. Pannullo is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the UCONN School of Medicine, and is Board Certified in Geriatric Medicine.

Dr. Pannullo earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Vanderbilt University, and graduated from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. She also completed her residency at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and earned a fellowship in Geriatric Medicine from the University of Connecticut Travelers Center on Aging.

Martin Cooper, MD

Medical Director, Connecticut Mental Health Specialists

Martin Cooper is the Medical Director of Connecticut Mental Health Specialists, our partner in providing treatment in our Behavioral Health Unit. Dr. Cooper has an undergraduate degree from Yale and graduated from UCONN Medical School. He completed a residency in Psychiatry and a fellowship in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at UCONN. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the UCONN School of Medicine. In 2003, he was honored for career achievement by being named a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. In 2009, he was named Clinician of the Year by the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry.

Connecticut Mental Health Specialists is a multidisciplinary practice dedicated to the ethical and professional psychiatric treatment of individuals in a broad array of settings. In addition to its relationship with The Hospital at Hebrew Health Care, Connecticut Mental Health Specialists consults to a large number of nursing homes, assisted living facilities and group homes. Outpatient treatment is provided at their office at 270 Farmington Avenue in Farmington.

Doreen W. Beattie, MSN, RN

Doreen W. Beattie is the Vice President of Nursing for The Hospital at Hebrew Health Care. She oversees the quality and performance of both the medical and behavioral health units.

Ms. Beattie received her Diploma in Nursing from Ona M. Wilcox School of Nursing, Middletown, CT. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing and as a Master of Science Degree in Nursing Administration from the University of Hartford. Doreen has 32 years of clinical and administrative experience in both acute care and long-term care settings in the Greater Hartford area.

Prior to her current position, Ms. Beattie was the Program Manager for the sub-acute rehabilitation unit at Hebrew Health Care. During that time she also served as the Infection Control Practitioner.

Ms. Beattie is a member of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, the American Nurses Association, the Society of Critical Care Medicine, and the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses. Additionally she previously published in the Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing.

Tracey Dolan-Collins, RN

Intake Coordinator

Tracey Dolan-Collins is the Intake Coordinator for The Hospital at Hebrew Health Care. Tracey is the primary contact person for all potential admissions to both the Behavioral Health and Medical Units.

Tracey has been practicing nursing with a diploma from the New England Baptist Hospital School of Nursing since 1981. Ms. Dolan-Collins is currently enrolled in a BSN program at Saint Joseph College, Maine.

Tracey's prior nursing experiences include various staff nursing positions at New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, Mass, Maine Medical Center, as well as Hartford Hospital.

Tracey joined Hebrew Health Care in 2000 as a staff nurse, and has been in her current position since 2007.