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AMA Council on Medical Education staff office

American Medical Association
515 North State Street
Chicago, IL 60610
Fax: (312) 464-5830

Daniel H. Winship, MD, FACP
Secretary
Phone: (312) 464-4627
E-mail: daniel.winship@ama-assn.org

Gail Cates, MPA
Assistant Secretary
Phone: (312) 464-4649
E-mail: gail.cates@ama-assn.org

Evelyn Sherrill-Ruffin
Staff Assistant
Phone: (312) 464-4515
E-mail: evelyn.sherrill@ama-assn.org

Baretta R. Casey, MD

Chair-elect
Vice-Chair, Department of Family and Community Medicine,
University of Kentucky (UK) College of Medicine, East Kentucky Campus
Director, University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health
UK Center for Excellence in Rural Health
750 Morton Boulevard, Room 417
Hazard, KY 41701
Phone: (606) 439-3557 x83514
Fax (606) 435-0392
E-mail: bcase2@email.uky.edu

• Member, Council on Medical Education Executive Committee
• Professor, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
• Vice-Chair, UK Department of Family & Community Medicine
• Director, UK Center for Excellence in Rural Health
• Past President, Kentucky Medical Association
• AMA Delegate, Kentucky Medical Association
• Past President, Kentucky Academy of Family Physicians 
• Director, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
• Specialty: Family Medicine
• 20 percent patient care, 40 percent administration, 25 percent research, 15 percent teaching

Claudette E. Dalton, MD

Immediate Past Chair

Medical Director of Perioperative Surgical Services
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
235 Cantrell Avenue
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
Phone: (540) 437-7971
Fax: (540) 433-4534
E-mail: CDALTON@RHCC.com

• AMA Delegate, Virginia
• Member, Virginia Board of Medicine
• Vice Chair, Board of the ACCME
• Medical Advisory Committee, NBME
• Specialty: Anthesiology
• 100 percent Administrative

 

 

Jeffrey P. Gold, MD

Dean of the College of Medicine
University of Toledo
3045 Arlington Avenue
Toledo, OH 43614
Phone: (419) 383-4243
Fax: (419) 383-6100
jeffrey.gold@utoledo.edu

• Provost and Executive Vice President for Health Affairs
• AMA Delegate, American College of Surgeons
• Board member, Cardiac Surgery Consultants Board (Veterans Affairs)
• Board Member, Society of Thoracic Surgeons
• Board Member, American Red Cross (Midwestern Region)
• Member, American College of Surgeons, Committee on Resident Education
• Member, American Association of Thoracic Surgeons
• Member, Liaison Committee on Medical Education
• Member, New York State Cardiac Advisory Committee
• Member, American Surgical Association
• Member, Association of American Medical Colleges, Council of Deans
• Past President, Thoracic Surgery Directors Association
• Professor of Surgery & Pediatrics, The University of Toledo
• Professor of Public Health & Homeland Security, The University of Toledo
• Specialty: Cardiothoracic Surgery
• 100 percent administration

Mahendr S. Kochar, MD, MACP

Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Medical College of Wisconsin
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Phone: (414) 456-4581
Fax: (414) 456-6528
E-mail: kochar@mcw.edu

• Master of the American College of Physicians
• Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of London, the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Clinical Pharmacology and the American College of Physician Executives
• Past Governor, Wisconsin Chapter of the American College of Physicians
• Past Chairman, Board of Governors 1998-1999 and Regent, American College of Physicians
• Past President, Milwaukee Academy of Medicine
• Past President, Medical Society of Milwaukee County
• Distinguished Service Award, Medical College of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Medical Society and the Medical Society of Milwaukee County
• Director, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
• Specialty: Internal Medicine
• 80 percent administration, 10 percent teaching, 10 percent patient care

William A. McDade, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Associate Dean for Multicultural Affairs
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
5841 S. Maryland Avenue – MC 4028
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: (773) 702-6782     
Fax: (773) 702-6179
E-mail: sickledoc@aol.com

AMA Delegate, American Society of Anesthesiologists
President, Chicago Medical Society
Trustee, Illinois State Medical Soceity
Chair, Illinois State Medial Society Finance Committee
Past President, Prairie State Medical Society
Past President, Cook County Physicians Association
Past President, Chicago Society of Anesthesiologists

Joe T. McDonald, MD

Resident Physician

4503 Adams St.
Kansas City, KS 66103
Phone: 913-636-8173
E-mail: jmcdonald@kumc.edu

• Council Resident Physician Member

Darlene Menscer, MD

Clinical Associate Professor – Department of Family Medicine
Carolinas Medical Center
P.O. Box 32861
Charlotte, NC 28232
Phone: (704) 446-7707
Fax: (704) 446-7724
E-mail: darlyne.menscer@carolinashealthcare.org 

AMA Delegate, North Carolina Medical Society
Chair, North Carolina Medical Society Medical Education Committee
Past President, Mecklenburg Councity Medical Society
Past President, North Carolina Medial Society

Richard J. D. Pan, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Residency Director
Director, Communities and Physicians Together
Associate Residency Director and Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of California, Davis
2516 Stockton Boulevard, Room 335
Sacramento, CA 95817
Phone: (916) 734-1518
Fax: (916) 456-2236
E-mail: richard.pan@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

• AMA Delegate, American Academy of Pediatrics
• Trustee, California Medical Association
• Interim Chair, California Medical Association Council Scientific Affairs
• Vice-Chair, American Academy of Pediatrics District IX (California)
• Board of Directors and Executive Committee, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
• AMA Commissioner, Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
• Past President, Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society
• Past Chair, California Medical Association Young Physicians Section
• Past Chair, American Academy of Pediatrics Resident Section
• Past Chair, Massachusetts Medical Society Resident Physicians Section
• Specialty: Pediatrics
• 20 percent patient care, 40 percent education, 20 percent research, 20 percent administration

Richard B. Reiling, MD, FACS

Richard B. Reiling, MD, FACS
Medical Director, Presbyterian Cancer Center
200 Hawthorne Lane
P.O. Box 33549
Charlotte, NC 28233
Phone: (704) 384-9955
Fax: (704) 316-9419
E-mail: rbreiling@novanthealth.org

• AMA Delegate Chair, American College of Surgeons
• Second Vice President of the American College of Surgeons
• Clinical Professor of Surgery, Wright State University School of Medicine
• Member of the National Board of Medical Examiners 
• Past Chair, Ambulatory Care PTAC, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
• Vice Chair, American College of Surgeons Foundation
• Teaching Associate, Duke University School of Medicine 
• Specialty: General Surgery and Surgical Oncology
• 50 percent administration, 35 percent research, 15 percent clinical

Keya Sau, ScM, PhD

Student Member
Albany Medical College
43 New Scotland Avenue, Mailbox 377
Alblany, NY 12208
Phone: (301) 602-6841 (Cell)
Fax: (518)262-5029
saukeya@gmail.com

AMA Delegate, New York
Member, AMA-MSS Committee on Medical Education
AMA-MSS House Coordinating Convention Committee
Member, MSSNY Legislation and Physician Advocacy Committee
MSSNY MSS Past Legislative Awareness Committee Chair
MSSNY MSS Delegate to the MSSNY HOD
Member, AAMC Organization of Student Representatives (OSR)
AAMC OSR Past Regional Delegate for Legislative Affairs
AAMC OSR Past Regional Delegate for Student Affairs
Emerging Leaders Program, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

David E. Swee, MD

At-large Member

David E. Swee, MD
Associate Dean for Education
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
675 Hoes Lane, Room R-102
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Phone: (732) 235-4578
Fax: (732) 235-5983
E-mail: swee@umdnj.edu

• Chair, Medical Society of New Jersey (MSNJ), Council on Medical Services
• Chair, New Jersey Drug Utilization Review Board
• Co-Chair, MSNJ Policy and Strategy Panel
• Member, Liaison Committee on Medical Education
• Member, AMA Section on Medical Schools
• Member, ACCME Accreditation Review Committee
• MSNJ Representative to the Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement
• Past Chair, New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians
• Past Chair, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Education Committee
• Specialty: Family Medicine
• 45 percent administration, 20 percent patient care, 30 percent teaching, 5 percent research