Cheryl Morrow, M.D.
Medical Director

Dr. Cheryl Morrow has over 30 years of experience in health care administration, including positions with the New York State Department of Health, as a hospital Vice President and most recently, in Nursing Home Medical Direction. Dr. Morrow is Director of Operations for Elder Medical Services, Central NY Division. Elder Medical Services, established in 1991, is a physician group practice specializing in Geriatric and Rehabilitation Medicine.

Dr. Morrow is Board certified in Internal Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Care, and has a Masters Degree in Business Administration. As Medical Director of Wayne County Nursing Home, Dr. Morrow coordinates the medical care of all the residents, and monitors the care provided by all the nursing home providers. Dr. Morrow’s clinical and administrative credentials and experience ensures that all medical care at Wayne County Nursing Home exceeds the standards of federal, state and local oversight agencies, as well as the professional standards for Geriatrics and Rehabilitation.

Dr. Morrow, along with Assistant Medical Director Karen Nickell, M.D., was appointed Medical Director for the Wayne County Nursing Home in March of 2006. In her “spare time” Dr. Morrow is taking Christian Seminary courses with her husband and will soon be credentialed as a Nursing Home Chaplain. “The ultimate measure of any society”, says Dr. Morrow, “is how that society cares for its parents in their twilight years”.

Arun Nagpaul, M.D.

Arun Nagpaul, M.D. earned his Medical Degree at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine and was Chief Resident at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He is board certified in Internal Medicine.

Dr. Nagpaul is currently Medical Director at Newark-Wayne Community Hospital. Previously, he was the Director of the Clifton Springs Hospitalist Program and Medical Director of their nursing home. In addition, he was a Hospitalist at Park Ridge Hospital in Rochester, N.Y. and was in private practice in Marysville, Ohio.

Dr. Nagpaul has been a staff physician at Wayne County Nursing Home for several years and served as Medical Director here in the past. He grew up in Cleveland, Ohio and has lived in the Finger Lakes area for the past 10 years.

Anthony J. daSilva, MD
Staff Physician

Dr. daSilva is a graduate of Colgate University and received his M.D. from New York Medical College. He completed his residency at the University of Rochester with an emphasis in internal medicine, focusing on primary care.

Dr. daSilva has been in private practice as an internist in Newark, NY more than 20 years. He has also been Medical Director of the Rochester General Medical Group in Rochester for more than 2 years and Vice President of Medical Staff at Newark Wayne Community Hospital for more than 6 years. He has been Director of the Intensive Care Unit at NWCH. He is a board member of the American Board of Internal Medicine.

His interests and hobbies include gardening, music, and football.