Meet the ARSA
Leadership Team

Dr. Elkwood is the CEO of ARSA. The American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery have both certified him in general surgery and plastic surgery. Dr. Elkwood attended Union College in Schenectady, New York, and the Albany Medical College of Union University in Albany, New York, for a six-year integrated B.S./M.D. program.

He completed his general surgical residency and Plastic and Reconstructive Fellowship at New York University and Bellevue Hospital. During his residency and Fellowship, he also earned an MBA in Economics from Columbia University. Dr. Elkwood is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS).

Dr. Elkwood founded and directed the Center for Treatment of Paralysis and Reconstructive Nerve Surgery at Jersey Shore Medical Center, where he specializes in brachial plexus and lumbosacral plexus surgical procedures. Dr. Elkwood oversees clinical and operational leadership across the ARSA platform, with a focus on strategic growth initiatives, M&A prospects, physician recruitment, and research and development.

James A. Maggs, Esq. is the Vice President of Business Development and General Counsel for ARSA. James A. Maggs, Esq. Mr. Maggs graduated from Villanova University, Cum Laude, with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and then entered Arthur Anderson’s tax department. Mr. Maggs graduated from Seton Hall School of Law with a Juris Doctorate, Magna Cum Laude.

Mr. Maggs has over 30 years of experience in the industry of physician healthcare law, specializing in corporate, financial operations, and regulation concerns. At ARSA, Mr. Maggs is in charge of analyzing merger and acquisition prospects, supervising payor agreements, and negotiating payor contracts.

Mr. Maggs founded the Seton Hall Constitutional Law Journal and served as its Editor-in-Chief. He established the legal firm of Maggs McDermott & DiCicco prior to joining ARSA. His law firm, Maggs & McDermott, LLC is a full-service law company that handles personal injury, workers’ compensation, various contracts, such as trusts and estates, labor and employment, taxation, insurance, healthcare, taxation, and real estate.

Additionally, the firm has a practice located in Washington D.C. for the international and federal government.

Mark Donati is the Chief Operating Officer of ASRA. He received a BS in Biology from the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown and a BSN from Thomas Jefferson University. He began his career as a Registered Nurse before receiving an MBA in Health Care Administration from La Salle University. Mr. Donati has extensive experience operating multi-site, multi-state health care organizations in commercial, public, and private equity-based enterprises.

Mr. Donati has spent nearly two decades in the dialysis sector, purchasing, combining, maintaining, and expanding business operations. He has extensive experience collaborating with clinician partnerships, joint ventures, and private equity investors. Mr. Donati recently expanded the operating efficiency and revenue foundation of the largest Med Spa in the country.

He is thoroughly careful in and responsible for all his endeavors. He accomplishes his duties using strong leadership skills, especially as a collegial mentor who motivates and ins collaborative teams to perform at a higher level.

Paul A. Valenti is the Chief Financial Officer of ARSA. Valenti earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Fairfield University and a master’s degree in Finance from Pace University.

Paul is also a certified public accountant. He has over 30 years of experience as a CFO in industries such as healthcare, software, digital printed media production and completion, financial sectors, and private equity portfolio management.

Paul is a high-performance leader, according to several former colleagues, who have said that Paul has proven an extraordinary capacity to rapidly master business processes and lead firms to success. Paul was an outstanding communicator in front of shareholders, research analysts, board members, and advisers. Much of this is attributed to his deep insight into the financial department.

Sterling Drugs, Ernst & Young, and JP Morgan Chase are among the companies that comprise Paul Valenti’s vast experience, which also includes domestic and international startups, as well as medium and large companies. Mr. Valenti currently manages all the financial operations for ARSA.

Mark McDonald is ARSA’s Vice President of Mergers & Acquisitions. He oversees ARSA’s activities related to strategic acquisitions and other partnerships with reconstructive and cosmetic surgery practices. Prior to joining ARSA, Mr. McDonald held various corporate and business development management roles in both publicly held and private equity backed healthcare services businesses in the physician practice management, dialysis, and hospice sub-specialties. Mr. McDonald received a bachelor's degree in Commerce from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia and later earned his MBA from the Owen School of Management at Vanderbilt University.

Jennifer is ARSA's Chief Compliance Officer and Specialty Program Executive. She comes to us with more than 16 years of experience in healthcare compliance, most recently as the Vice President of Compliance and Privacy at United Urology Group. Jennifer holds a PhD in neuroscience from the Johns Hopkins University, and also holds certifications in general compliance, privacy and research compliance through the Health Care Compliance Association.