Bassett Healthcare Network Welcomes New Practitioners

COOPERSTOWN—On October 16, 101 administrative positions were eliminated across the eight-county Bassett Healthcare Network, but with direct patient care front of mind, Bassett welcomed 19 new healthcare practitioners during the month of September. Their care specialties, locations, and backgrounds are as follows:

Jacob VanHouten, MD, PhD, is an attending physician, accepting new patients in Internal Medicine at Oneonta Health Center (125 Main Street). Dr. VanHouten provides comprehensive medical care to adult patients, including physical exams, diagnosis and treatment of illnesses, prescriptions, specialty referrals, and more. Dr. VanHouten is also serving as Bassett Healthcare Network’s assistant chief medical informatics officer. He earned his medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee, and completed his residency at Griffin Hospital in Derby, Connecticut.

Melanie Montano-Brooks, DO, is a physician in Emergency & Trauma Services, providing care to patients at A.O. Fox Hospital in Oneonta, A.O. Fox Hospital—Tri-Town Campus in Sidney, Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown, Cobleskill Regional Hospital, Little Falls Hospital, and O’Connor Hospital in Delhi. Dr. Montano-Brooks provides diagnosis and treatment of serious illness and injury. Dr. Montano-Brooks earned her medical degree at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in Middletown, New York, and completed her residency at University of Rochester Medical School in Rochester.

Donald Calzolaio, MD, is an attending physician in Women’s Health, accepting new patients at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown. Dr. Calzolaio provides gynecologic care, including pelvic exams, Pap tests, cancer screenings, surgical consults, and more. Dr. Calzolaio earned his medical degree from SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, and completed his residency at SUNY Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse.

Cyrus DeSouza, MD, is an attending physician in Internal Medicine, providing care to patients at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown. Dr. DeSouza provides diagnosis and treatment of illness, prescriptions, specialist referrals for after a patient’s hospital stay, and more. Dr. DeSouza earned his medical degree from St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada, West Indies, and completed his residency at Bassett Medical Center.

Srinivas Ketharaju, MD, is an attending physician in Women’s Health, accepting new patients at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown and FoxCare Center in Oneonta. Dr. Ketharaju provides gynecologic care to patients, specializing in non-invasive surgery. Other services offered include pelvic exams, Pap tests, cancer screenings, surgical consults, and more. Dr. Ketharaju earned his medical degree from Andhra Medical College in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India, and completed his residency at Bronxcare Health System in the Bronx, New York. He recently completed a fellowship in Minimally Invasive Gynecological Surgery at Mount Auburn Hospital, affiliated with Harvard Medical School, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Casey Lamb, MD, is an attending surgeon in General Surgery, accepting new patients at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown, Herkimer Specialty Services, Little Falls Hospital, Little Falls Specialty Services, and Oneonta Specialty Services. Dr. Lamb specializes in general surgery, with particular interest in bariatric surgery, foregut surgery, and complex hernias. Dr. Lamb earned his medical degree from Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and completed his residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire.

Anojan Pathmanathan, MD, is an attending physician in Cardiology, accepting new patients at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown and Cobleskill Regional Hospital. Dr. Pathmanathan provides non-invasive and preventive heart care to patients ages 18 and above. Dr. Pathmanathan earned his medical degree from the American University of Antigua in Osbourn, Antigua & Barbuda, and completed his residency at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse.