About

Leadership

Wound Care Experts on a Mission

 Leadership is much more than managing the day-to-day operations of a business. Healthcare leadership isn’t about maintaining the status quo, but identifying challenges and finding solutions to those problems.

At Derma Vivere, we continually challenge ourselves each and every day to be more innovative wound healers, not for the sake of innovation, but to improve the care that we provide in an effort to ultimately benefit our patients.  Wound healing complacency is not in our dictionary. That’s a promise.

Dr. Athan Georgiades MD, FACS, FICS

Co-Chief Medical Director

Dr. Athan Georgiades is a general and oncologic surgeon located in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the region. Dr. Georgiades has 30+ years of experience treating complex skin injuries ranging from severe burns to chronic, nonhealing wounds.

Dr. Georgiades has held innumerable leadership and teaching positions throughout the last 30+ years, including his current positions as Chairman of Surgery for UPMC East and McKeesport Hospitals, President of GSA PC, Chairman of Independent Medical Doctors LLC, in Pittsburgh, Consultant Medical Director of Iasis Hospital in Cyprus and Chairman of Medical Cytometrix LLC in Vancouver.

Dr. Georgiades received his medical degree from University of Athens.

Dr. Dwight Heron, Derma Vivere

Dwight E. Heron MD, MBA, FACRO, FACR

Co-Chief Medical Director

He is a board-certified Radiation Oncologist with over 15 years of experience managing large integrated clinical care programs worldwide, quality and safety programs, performance improvement and practice integration and growth. He is a recognized clinical and research leader in innovative cancer care programs including development of clinical pathways processes and patient outcomes.

He has held a number of executive-level positions in academic and commercial entities focusing on quality and safety as well as physician and staff professional development. He is driven by a philosophy of bringing state of the art care to patients worldwide through creative strategies. Dr. Dwight E. Heron is founder of AMIA Global and the President of The American College of Radiation Oncology.

Nick Vizzoca

President

Nick Vizzoca was appointed president of Center For Healthcare Solutions in November 2021. Prior to joining Center For Healthcare Solutions, he was President & CEO of Vincentian Collaborative System. His more than 20-year career in healthcare includes holding the position of Executive Director/VP Operations for the Department of Critical Care Medicine at UPMC, as well as several operational positions. Nick also held positions at Highmark and UPMC Health Plans.

Nick earned a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts from the University of Pittsburgh and an MBA from Point Park University.

Jeffrey A. Chrobak

Chief Financial Officer

With more than 30 years of progressive experience in healthcare and foundation financial and operational management, Jeffrey Chrobak currently sits as the Center For Healthcare Solutions Vice President of Finance. In his role, Mr. Chrobak is responsible for processing the financial activities that maximize profits for CFHS and their initiatives. He is also responsible for providing strategic guidance to support the company’s growth needs.

Previously, Mr. Chrobak worked for Christian H. Buhl Legacy Trust as their Executive Director & Chief Financial Officer, Sharon Regional Health System as Chief Financial Officer, and Saint Vincent Health Center as their Senior Staff Accountant.

Mr. Chrobak also served as the president and CEO of the SGE Federal Credit Union, as well as a former United Way Allocation Committee and former board member. He was also a member of the 2019 and 2020 American Heart Association Mercer and Lawrence County Executive Leadership Team.

He received his Associate of Science in Business Administration from Pennsylvania State University, Shenango Valley Campus, his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Youngstown State University and attended classes at Gannon University’s Master of Science Health Services Administration program.

Lex Czaplicki

Chief Technical Officer

theLex Czaplicki has a 30+ year career in healthcare, which started in 1992 at UPMC.
Lex started in Finance and Accounting before earning a master’s degree in Information Science in 2001 from the University of Pittsburgh. Lex has held various roles in IT including reporting analyst, project manager, database administrator and various leadership positions.

In his latest position before joining Derma Vivere, Lex was the Senior member of the IT team at PANTHERx Rare Pharmacy. Holding the position of Sr. Director, Information Technology, Lex led Software Development, Data and IT for a company that was a two-time Inc 500 fastest growing companies in the US, with a $2B dollar book of business.
Lex helped grow the IT to a team to 50+ where Lex helped engineer various data initiatives, delivering over 1000 reports a week via visualization software, APIs, and homegrown reporting tools.

Before joining Derma Vivere, Lex led a team of developers in completing the modernization of the of the external reporting environment for the Center For Healthcare Solutions, before its sale to a large State group.

Jennifer Elliott, PA-C

Clinical Director of Wound Services

Jennifer graduated from Rice University with a Bachelor of Arts in Policy Studies, Art History, and Fine Arts, the Rhode Island School of Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design, and Northeastern University with a Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies.

Upon completion of PA school, she joined the Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Oncology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Assistant to several physicians in multiple subspecialty clinics including: Melanoma, Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Autoimmune Bullous Diseases, Skin Toxicities, Bone Marrow Transplant Survivorship, GVHD, and The Center for Angiogenesis and Advanced Tissue Repair, she developed a strong interest in the field of wound healing.

Over the past four years, Jennifer has been practicing wound care at UPMC’s Passavant Wound Healing Services. Her decision to join the Derma Vivere team is inspired by a shared mission —dedicated to providing the best possible care and support for patients.

She is proud to be a native of Pittsburgh and when not working, enjoys spending time with her beloved Bernese Mountain Dog – Teddy.