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Bath VA Medical Center Leadership
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David J. West, FACHE
Medical Center Director
(607) 664-4722
Mr. David J. West was appointed to the position of Medical Center Director at VA Healthcare Network Upstate New York at Bath Medical Center effective April 29, 2007.
Prior to being appointed Director for the Bath VA Mr. West served as the Associate Director at the Washington, DC VA Medical Center.
Mr. West began his career with VA in1987 at the Washington DC VA Medical Center as a Radiologic Technologist.
Over the years, Mr. West has held positions of progressively greater responsibility. He has been the Director of Primary Care at the Lebanon, Pennsylvania VA Medical Center; Director of the Business Office and the Executive Officer at the Washington DC VA Medical Center.
Mr. West served in the U.S. Army from 1973 to 1978. He holds a Master of Science degree in Health Services Administration from the College of St. Francis in Joliet, Illinois. In 2005, he became a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives and serves on several national and Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) level committees and task forces. He is the recipient of numerous performance and special achievement awards.
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David B. Krueger
Associate Director
(607) 664-4958
David Krueger was appointed Associate Director at the Bath VA Medical Center in January of 2009. Mr. Krueger’s responsibilities at the Bath VA Medical Center include the administration, coordination and direction of all administrative areas of the Medical Center and oversight of the Medical Center’s budget. He held the position of Operations Manager at Canandaigua VAMC since January of 2007 and was responsible for oversight of the Canandaigua VA Medical Center’s administrative services. He also served as Chairman of the Medical Center’s Resource Board and held the position of National Meet Director for VA’s National Veterans Golden Age Games. Before assuming the Operations Manager position, Mr. Krueger held the position of Health System Specialist in the office of the Medical Center Director at the Canandaigua VA Medical Center.
Mr. Krueger began his federal career in 1976 at the Canandaigua VA Medical Center. Mr. Krueger’s educational background includes a Master of Science Degree from the State University of New York College at Brockport; a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Georgia; and an Associate’s Degree from the State University of New York College at Alfred. Mr. Krueger is an alumnus of the Leadership VA Class of 2003.
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Steven Speroni, DMD
Acting Chief of Staff
Chief of Dentistry
607-664-4770
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Shirley A. Pikula, MSN, MS-HSA
Associate Director for Patient/Nursing Services
(607) 664-4515/4779
Shirley Pikula began her nursing career as a Diploma Graduate from Highland School of Nursing in Oakland California. In 1990, she completed a Bachelor of Science Degree through the University of the State of New York. She also completed a Bachelor of Science in Community Nursing, Master of Science in Community Nursing, and, Master of Science in Health Services Administration in 2000 at D'Youville College, Buffalo, New York.
Ms. Pikula began her VA career as a staff nurse in the Intensive Care Unit and worked in that capacity for almost 10 years. She has served VA as a Research Assistant, Quality Management Coordinator, and, Decision Support System Clinical Coordinator. For the past five years, she has been a Clinical Advisor responsible for improving care processes for medicine, surgery, ambulatory care, compensation and pension, and, fee basis. Prior to joining VA, she worked in intensive care, outpatient services, and home care as well as a head nurse of a surgical unit, burn unit and a supervisor of a skilled nursing facility.
She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. She has been a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality since 1990. She received a Foley Award for Manager of the Year and is a graduate of the Northeast Health Care Leadership Institute. She has received numerous awards and has made presentations at local and national events.
Having come from a family with a long history of military service in World War II and Vietnam, she is honored to serve the veteran population.
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