STANDING COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCES
Bylaws Committee
Chair Cara Feldman Hunt, MA, NBC-HWC
Osher Center for Integrative Health at the University of Vermont
Board Secretary
Ray Teets, MD
Institute for Family Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Members
Chwan-Li (Leslie) Shen, PhD, CCRP, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Philip Barr, MD, ABIM, ABOIHM,
Duke University Center for Integrative Medicine
Annette Racer, RN, BSN, HTCP, HNB-C, Charles George VAMC
Nominating Committee
Chair
Francoise Adan, MD
University Hospitals
Connor Whole Health
Members
Seneca Block, MA, MT-BC, University Hospitals Connor Whole Health
Angela LaSalle, MD, Parkview Health
Darshan Mehta, MD, MPH,
Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Yan Zhang, PhD, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Education Committee
Chair
Deborah Ann Ballard, MD, MPH, Duke Integrative Medicine
Chair
Anup Bhandiwad, MD, University of Michigan
Members
Sian Cotton, PhD, Osher Center for Integrative Health at the University of Cincinnati (Board Liaison)
Marley Johnson, MEd, Duke University Health System
Steve Sugden, MD, MPH, University of Utah
Fellowship Review Committee
Chair
Jill Schneiderhan, MD, University of Michigan
Vice Chair
Maria R Mascarenhas, MD, University of Pennsylvania
Members
Erika Cappelluti, MD, PhD, MA, FCCP, ABOIM, ABIHM, Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine (AIHM)
Ann Marie Chiasson, MD, MPH, University of Arizona, Liaison to ABOIM
Esther Konigsberg, MD, CCFP, McMaster University
Amy Locke, MD, University of Utah (Board Liaison)
Iman Majd, MD, LAc, University of Washington
J. Adam Rindfleisch, MPhil, MD, Whole Health School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Finance and Investments Committee
Treasurer
Lauray MacElhern, MBA
UC San Diego Centers for Integrative Health
Members
Mary Ann Barnes, MD, University of Cincinnati
Annie Moore, MD, MBA, University of Colorado, Denver
Kieran Richardson, MA, University of Arizona
John Sacco, MD, University of Cincinnati
Mary Koithan, PhD, RN, CNS-BC, FAAN, Washington State University
Saswati Mahapatra, MS, Mayo Clinic
Membership Committee
Chair
Irene M Estores, MD
University of Florida
Vice Chair
Jim Kimbrough
University of Arizona
Members
Margaret A. Chesney, PhD, University of California, San Francisco
Erik Groessl, PhD, University of California, San Diego
John Pan, MD, George Washington University
Ken Pelletier, PhD, MD, University of California San Francisco
Kavitha Reddy, MD, FACEP, ABoIM, Veterans Health Administration (Board Liaison)
Henri Roca, MD, Whole Health Institute
Rebecca A. Schultz, NP, Aurora Health Care
Policy Committee
The Policy Committee serves to inform and influence the development of local, state, and national policy initiatives relevant to integrative medicine and to keep Academic Consortium members apprised of important developments through community efforts.
Chair
David Vincent, DC
University Hospitals Connor Whole Health
Members
Daniel Cherkin, MS, PhD
Margaret Chesney, PHD, University of California, San Francisco
Lorenzo Cohen, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Taryn De Sio Garber, MS, TTS, NYU Langone Health
Cara Feldman-Hunt, MA, NBC-HWC, Osher Center for Integrative Health at the University of Vermont (Board Liaison)
Daniel Gallego-Perez, MD, DRPh, UNC-Chapel Hill
Kathryn Hansen, ANP-BC,LMT, Vanderbilt University
Christine Kaiser, DACM, LAc, University Hospitals Connor Whole Health
Leslie Mendoza Temple, MD, Northshore University Health System
Alison Whitehead, MPH, RYT, PMP, VA Healthcare
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Advisory Group
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Chair
Darshan Mehta, MD, MPH
Osher Center for Integrative Medicine,
Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Members
Shelley Adler, PhD, Osher Center,
University of California, San Francisco (Board Liaison)
Karen (Kae) Fink, BSN, RN, HNB-BC, LMT,
University Hospitals Connor Whole Health
Lisa Howard, BS/BA, University of California, San Francisco
Debra McGinley, NBC-HWC, MA, MCHS,
George Washington University
Rocio Huet, MD, FACP, DABOIM, DABIHM, DABMA,
University of Tennessee Medical Center Knoxville
Annie Valentine, MEd, University of Vermont
Sonia Sosa, MD, Oregon Health and Science University
Irene M. Estores, MD, University of Florida
Elizabeth Sommers, PhD, MPH, LicAc, Boston Medical Center