Family Practice | Family Medicine | Lansdale - Chalfont - Bucks/Montgomery County
North Penn Family Medical Associates

Our Staff

Doctors Lansdale-Chalfont-Bucks-Montgomery County

Steven Applebaum, D.O., David Friedman, D.O., Dolores Dwyer, CRNP, Mark Sussman, D.O., Ronald Frank, D.O.

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Ron Frank, D.O.

Dr. Frank was born in Wynnefield and attended Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM).  He and Dr. Sussman started North Penn Family Medical Associates about 40 years ago and has grown the practice to serve the surrounding Lansdale and Chalfont areas.  His resume can be found at this link while his professional interests include  the treatment of hypertension, diabetes and families.  While he lived in France for a few years he was fluent in the language and published short stories and poetry.  He enjoys golf, reading and spending time with family.

Mark Sussman, D.O.

Dr. Sussman was born in West Philadelphia and attended Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM).  He and Dr. Frank started North Penn Family Medical Associtaes about 40 years ago and have grown the practice to serve the surrounding Lansdale and Chalfont areas.  His resume can be found at this link while his professional interests include the treatment of hypertension, diabetes and families.  He enjoys skiing especially in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming.  His loves also include biking, stamp and coin collecting, golf, travel, and spending time with his family, children and 5 grand children who he babysits on a weekly basis.

David Friedman, D.O.

Dr. Friedman born in Wynnefield and attended Temple University and then Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM).  He completed a surgical residency, practice in Florida before joining the practice shortly after it started.  His professional resume can be found at this link while his interests include the treatment of hypertension, diabetes, asthma and families.  He enjoys golf, reading working out, healthy eating, travel to St Martin annually, spending time in Italy with his wife who is fluent in Italian and spending time with his family.

Steven Applebaum, D.O.

Dr. Applebaum was raised in Upper Dublin.  He attended Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine.  His resume is at this link and his professional interests include the treatment of depression, anxiety, obesity, families, and long-term relationships with patients.  He has performed, as magician in Las Vegas, Philadelphia and New York and with his pediatric patients.  He loves his wife and two children and has written about his experiences of being a physician for Eskimo Indians at the Arctic Ocean in this writing.

Dolores Dwyer, CRNP

Dolores is our Nurse Practitioner.  Her resume is at this link and her professional interests include female health care.  She enjoys traveling and spending time with her family.

Pat, R.N.

Pat is our head nurse.  She supervises and coordinates nursing activities to ensure great patient care and efficiency of services.  She loves to travel, go to the beach, especially Avalon.  She likes to garden, read lots of different genres and go to the movies.  She loves to spend time with her 10 grandchildren.  She has been active in a nursing home ministry for over 30 years.

Chudi, R.N.

Chudi is one of our nurses.  She is a big Eagles and Phillies fan.  She loves family and friends and especially her dog, a daschund named Willie.  She likes crossword puzzles especially Soduko and she likes the movies and trivia about the movies.  Her son is currently serving in the military and she misses him dearly.

Joyce, L.P.N.

Joyce works at our front desk and is one of our nurses.  She loves to read, to go to any beach, collect light houses, and going to anything that has to do with nature such as a zoo or an arboretum.  She is duty trained and has family in the service.  She loves spending time with her family and her Chihuahua, Speedy. 

Roxy, C.M.A.

Roxy is part of our nursing staff.  She likes to watch the Eagles and Phillies.  She likes to spend time with friends and family.

Nicole, R.M.A.

Nicole is part of our nursing staff.  She is an outdoors person and loves to ride her motorcycles.

Lisa F.

Lisa F. is responsible for the capture and entry completion of patient charge data.  Her number one priority is time with her husband and 2 lovely children.  She loves to decorate and likes to mountain bike.  She likes to go for walks, play sports and loves to play with her Rottweiler named Haley.

Marge, L.P.N.

Marge is our referral coordinator and processes requests for xrays, CAT scans, MRIs, special studies, and referrals to other doctors.  Her hobbies include scrap booking and watching sports.  She enjoys spending time with her family and being with her grandchildren.

Nancy

Nancy works at our front desk.  She enjoys her children, grand-children and 10 great-grand-children.  She loves Nascar, horses, sports and beaches, especially Aruba.