SCRANTON, PA — Dr. Maureen Litchman, board-certified family medicine physician and medical director of the Wright Center for Community Health Wilkes-Barre, was recently appointed to the Northeast Counties Medical Society’s board of directors.

Litchman joined the Wright Center in 2016. In addition to leading the Wright Center’s health center in Wilkes-Barre, she serves as associate program director of the Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education Regional Family Medicine Residency program. The Luzerne County native earned her medical degree from what is now Hahnemann University in Philadelphia, and completed her medical residency at United Health and Hospital Services in Kingston, now the Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education Regional Family Medicine Residency Program. 

Drs. Tejas Nikumbh and Simran Bhimani, resident physicians in the Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education Internal Medicine Residency Program, were also appointed to serve on the regional board. 

Nikumbh is a graduate of Grant Government Medical College in Mumbai, India. Bhimani, a graduate of Dow Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan, began training at the Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education Internal Medicine Residency Program in 2023. 

Both Nikumbh and Bhimani will serve on the Northeast Counties Medical Society’s board until they graduate in 2026. Litchman will serve a three-year term on the board. The trio will join more than 20 doctors, resident physicians and students from across Lackawanna and Luzerne counties.