Our Staff

Affiliated Physicians Board Certified physicians are leaders in the medical community, and are committed to continuing their medical education and remaining current in their respective fields. Their approach to healthcare is patient centered and personalized.

Avram Nemetz, MD - Medical Director
Richard Hernandez, MD
Scott Kerstetter, D.O.
Ann Marie Finnegan, MD

Avram Nemetz, MD - Medical Director

Dr. Nemetz has been with Affiliated Physicians since 1991, and became our Medical Director a short time later. He was born in New York, grew up in Queens, graduated from Cornell University in 1983, and earned his M.D. degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1987. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the Bronx Municipal Hospital Center (now Jacobi Medical Center), and was an Emergency Physician at St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan before arriving at Affiliated. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine.

An expert in all aspects of corporate medicine, Dr. Nemetz supervises the doctors and consults with our company contacts, but also maintains clinical responsibilities taking care of our patients.

A lifelong Mets fan, Dr. Nemetz roots for his team in Brooklyn with his wife and two teenaged sons.

Richard Hernandez, MD

Dr. Hernandez joined the clinical staff at Affiliated Physicians on May 2002. He attended New York University and earned a B.A. degree in 1984. He received his Medical Doctorate degree from UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School in 1988. Dr. Hernandez completed a three-year residency in Internal Medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan in 1991. He is board certified in Internal medicine.

Dr. Hernandez worked as an Emergency Room physician at Lenox Hill Hospital from 1991 until 2002. While at Lenox Hill Hospital Dr. Hernandez held several teaching appointments and he was involved in the training of medical students and multi specialty residents and fellows. He was an Associate Clinical Professor at New York Medical College and at New York University Medical School.

Scott Kerstetter, D.O.

Dr. Kerstetter is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed an allopathic family practice residency at York Hospital in his hometown of York, PA. He is board certified by the American Board of Family Practice. He has worked as a staff physician at Affiliated Physicians since 1998 and is a certified Medical Review Officer. He is also certified in basic and advanced cardiac life support. He was promoted to the position of assistant medical director in 2007. In his spare time, Dr. Kerstetter enjoys theater and has performed in regional and community theater productions since he was a teenager.