Dr. Morisy is a board-certified surgeon and fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is currently in private surgical practice of general and minimally invasive surgery with Morisy & Wood, PLC. He is a clinical associate professor of surgery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center – College of Medicine , Memphis and past president of the medical staff at Baptist Memorial Hospital , Memphis , Tennessee . A 1976 graduate of Cornell University , Dr. Morisy received his medical degree in 1980 from the Chicago Medical School . He completed his training in Surgery at The Hartford Hospital/University of Connecticut residency program. A leader in numerous state, local and specialty societies for the past two decades, Dr. Morisy was president of the Memphis Surgical Society and is a member of the Southeastern Surgical Congress, the Harwell Wilson Surgical Society, and the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons. Currently, Dr. Morisy is a delegate to the AMA House of Delegates from the Tennessee Medical Association. He served as a delegate to the Tennessee Medical Association from 1998 to the present. He served on the TMA Board from 2005-2008 and is on the Board of the Tennessee Medical Foundation, June 2011-present. He has also been an active member of the Memphis Medical Society Board of Directors, serving first as vice president in 1997 and then as secretary from 1999 to 2002. Dr. Morisy has served on numerous committees of the Memphis Medical Society. He is currently a member of the grievance committee. He has also been a member of both the legislative and inter-professional liaison committees.
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Dr. Fryhofer is board certified in internal medicine in Atlanta and clinical associate professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. She has a special interest in women’s health issues. She has a BChE in chemical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and received her MD and internal medicine residency training at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Fryhofer was the 2000-2001 President of the American College of Physicians (ACP). Dr. Fryhofer was medical correspondent for CNN Headline News (2001-2005), reporting on important medical issues on-air and in-print in her weekly CNN web column, Vital Signs by Dr. Sandy. She has served on various committees and panels for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Institute of Medicine, and other organizations, addressing breast and cervical cancer screening, STD guidelines, folic acid, racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare, challenges facing the uninsured, women’s health issues, obesity, and Vitamin D. She is a member of the ACP Adult Immunization Advisory Board and has testified and lectured about vaccines, including the cervical cancer vaccine and the shingles vaccine, as well as influenza vaccine concerns. She also serves as the ACP alternate representative to the liaison group for the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). She also has been a member of the Women’s Day Magazine Health and Fitness Advisory Board since 1998 and wrote a weekly health blog for Woman’s Day website called ON CALL with Dr. Sandy (2007-2008). Her regularly appearing prevention column Staying Well and her videoblog series Medicine Matters are featured on WebMD’s Medscape.
Dr. Kridel received his BA from Stanford University in 1970 and his MD degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. His residency training was at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston in general surgery and otolaryngology. His fellowship was in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery. He is a professor and the director of the Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston and has had a private practice for 30 years. Dr. Kridel is a former president of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, a former senior examiner for the American Board of Otolaryngology, and an examiner and senior advisor for the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed journals, textbook chapters, and scientific articles, and has served as an advisor to two biomedical companies. He has served the AMA House of Delegates (HOD) for the past 20 years as an alternate or delegate from his specialty. He has served as a member and was chair of the AMA Selection Committee for the Public Member of the Board of Trustees for ten years. He currently is Chief of Staff at Houston Hospital for Specialized Surgery and President of the Texas Medical Association Foundation.
Dr. Gitlow received his BS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, his medical degree at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and his master’s degree in public health from the University of Pittsburgh. While in Pittsburgh, he studied patient response to computer-based educational material. He joined the addiction psychiatry faculty at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University where he completed a fellowship in forensic psychiatry. Board certified in general, addiction, and forensic psychiatry, Dr. Gitlow has served as chair of the AMA's Action Team on Alcohol and Health, as chair of the AMA Young Physician Section, and as vice chair of the AMA eMedicine Advisory Committee. Dr. Gitlow, now President Elect of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, was awarded a perpetual endowment by the Annenberg Foundation for his longitudinal study of educational techniques designed to stimulate medical student interest in addiction medicine. He is currently on faculty at both Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Dartmouth. Dr. Gitlow is a delegate to the AMA from the American Society of Addiction Medicine, delegate to the AMA-SMS from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and chair of the public health committee of the New York County Medical Society. Dr. Gitlow is also an expert medical consultant to the Federal Air Surgeon, an FAA aviation medical examiner, and an expert medical consultant for the Social Security Administration.
Dr. Chatman is Board Certified in Family Medicine and holds the degree of fellow conferred by the American Academy of Family Physicians. She is a delegate to the American Medical Association and participates on the board of the Ohio State Medical Association as First District Councilor. Dr. Chatman is a medical officer on the Disaster Medical Assistance Team, OH-5 and serves on the Executive Council of the Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati. She has also served a term as delegate to the American Academy of Family Physicians from the National Conference of Special Constituencies. Dr. Chatman holds a bachelor's degree in Molecular Biology from the University of Mississippi and a doctorate in medicine from the Medical College of Ohio (now The University of Toledo Medical School). She has also completed the Physician Management and Leadership Program at Xavier University. Dr. Chatman is completing the requirements for a Masters in Public Health from The Ohio State University and a Post-Masters Certificate in Health Informatics from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She holds faculty appointments at the Bethesda Family Practice Residency and the Departments of Family medicine at the University of Cincinnati and The Ohio State University. In addition to her basic science research, Dr. Chatman has participated in several clinical research sutdies on diabetes, Alzheimer's Disease, headache and behavioral/lifestyle management as principal investigator. Dr. Chatman represents the Ohio State Medical Association on the AMA/NMA Commission to End Health Disparities. She also serves on the board of her Regional Healthcare Information Organization (RHIO), HealthBridge, and chairs the Grant Operations committee. Dr. Chatman's interests are health information technology and the delivery of high quality healthcare to underserved populations, especially during disasters. She practices Family Medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Dr. Gilchick is certified by the American Board of Preventive Medicine in the specialty of Public Health and General Preventive Medicine. He currently serves as the director of Child and Adolescent Health Program and Policy with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, where he focuses on implementing community-level prevention policy and programs and improving systems of care on topics including: child obesity, asthma, child abuse and neglect, and various areas of adolescent well-being, such as reproductive health, substance abuse and mental health, and violence and injury prevention. Dr. Gilchick received his undergraduate degree in Neuroscience at Amherst College, his MD from the State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Medicine, and his MPH in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from San Diego State University Graduate School of Public Health. Prior to his residency training in preventive medicine, Dr. Gilchick completed an internship in internal medicine at Sepulveda VAMC and UCLA-Olive View Medical Center in Los Angeles, California and worked for several years as a primary care provider in community clinic settings. This work led directly to his interests in population health and prevention policy and resulted in his pursuit of preventive medicine training at University of California San Diego. His work in the community also sparked a passion for addressing health disparities and he takes pride in serving on the AMA/NMA Commission to End Health Care Disparities since the group's inception in 2004, where he has served terms on the Commission steering committee and as Chair of the Research and Data Workgroup.
Dr. Kraus is the Woman’s Board Professor and Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. His residency training was at Northwestern University and Child and Adolescent Fellowship at the University of Chicago. Dr. Kraus is the prior president of the Illinois Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and previously was chair of the National Commission on Correctional Healthcare Committee on Juvenile Healthcare. He's consulted to the Department of Justice regarding civil rights violations of incarcerated persons. For the last fifteen years, he’s either been an alternate or delegate for the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry to the AMA. His primary area of interest focuses on child and adolescent psychiatry, advocacy and public health issues. He has edited three books, two monographs and numerous peer and non-peer reviewed articles.
Dr. Levin obtained her undergraduate degree in marine biology from Boston University. She received a combined Masters in Public Health and Tropical Medicine from James Cook University in Australia, where her research involved creating sustainable lymphatic filariasis control programs in Myanmar in conjunction with the World Health Organization. Prior to medical school, Dr. Levin worked as an epidemiologist at Chase Brexton Health Services in Baltimore, overseeing HIV research projects investigating adherence to HIV treatment regimens. She received her DO from Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, California, and completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Baystate Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine in Springfield, Massachusettes. As a National Health Service Corps Scholar, Dr. Levin is currently working for Unity Health Care in Washington, DC, providing healthcare to underserved populations. In addition, she serves as a clinical preceptor for Georgetown University Family Medicine residents. She also enjoys her international work as a volunteer physician, most recently in Uganda with Health Volunteers Overseas. She has served as a Student Delegate in the California Medical Association, a Delegate to Massachusetts Medical Society, and recently became a Delegate to Medchi. In the AMA House of Delegates she has worked for the past 8 years as an Alternate Delegate, Delegate, or Council member to CSAPH, first elected in 2006 as the resident on the council and then in 2009 elected to a full position on the Council. She currently is serving a 3 year position as the AMA's representative from the CSAPH to the American Accociation for the Advancement of Science.
Dr. Motta has been in practice at North Shore Medical Center in Salem, Massachusetts, since 1983, and is a partner in North Shore Cardiovascular Associates. He is a graduate of Boston College, with a BS in physics and biology, and of Tufts Medical School. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. His special interests are in invasive cardiology, nuclear cardiology, pacemakers, and consultative cardiology. He is also an associate professor of medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Motta has long been active in organized medicine, both in the AMA and in the Massachusetts Medical Society. He is past president of the Massachusetts Medical Society. Dr Motta also has a lifelong interest in astronomy, and has built a number of telescopes and observatories through the years to do astronomy research. He has been awarded several national awards in astronomy.
Dr. Bobby Mukkamala is a board certified Otolaryngologist in Flint, Michigan. He completed his undergraduate and medical school training in the Inteflex program at the University of Michigan. He went on to Loyola University in Illinois, where he completed his Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery residency. Dr Mukkamala is in practice in his hometown of Flint in an office he shares with his wife Nita, an OB/GYN. He is past chair of the state's young physicians section and member of the State Medical Society’s board of directors as well as the President of the Genesee County Medical Society. He also serves on the board of directors of the Crim Fitness Foundation, an organization whose mission it is to cultivate physical fitness as a community and family value. He is vice chair of the Board of the Community Foundation of Greater Flint as well. He is on the teaching faculty of Hurley, Genesys, and Mclaren Hospitals in the Flint area. He is involved in clinical research with the otolaryngology residents in those programs. He has also been appointed by governor Jennifer Granholm, to the Board of Audiology of the State of Michigan.
Mr. Price is a fourth year MD/PhD student at The Ohio State University. A liftetime Buckeye, he received his BS at Ohio State in molecular genetics, graduating with honors, and with distinction. After graduation Mr. Price was awarded a J. William Fulbright to study cancer in Madrid, Spain. In Madrid, Mr. Price worked at the Spanish National Cancer Center in the lab of the Director of the Institute. During his short time there, he worked on designing an inducible gene recombinase system using the flippase enzyme. While in Spain Mr. Price developed a passion for research and decided to pursue a PhD as well as an MD. Upon returning to the States he promptly started the MD/PhD program at Ohio State. He is currently working on his PhD in the Department of Neurosurgery studying the link between cytomegalovirus and brain cancer. At Ohio State Mr. Price holds various leadership positions including President of the Landacre Honor Society and chairing Research Day, an annual poster competition featuring over 400 trainees. In the AMA, he has served the Medical Student Section in multiple capacities. He has chaired and vice-chaired the Committee on Scientific Issues as well as serving on Reference Committee and the House Coordinating Committee.