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The Advisory Committee on Group Practice Physicians

The Advisory Committee on Group Practice Physicians advises the AMA Board of Trustees on policy matters relating to group and faculty practices. The committee consists of representatives from 11 group and faculty practices throughout the United States. The Committee meets two times each year to discuss policy matters and activities that bear directly on group and faculty practice plan physicians. Any communications to the committee can be e-mailed to carrie.waller@ama-assn.org.

Committee Chair
Francis J. Crosson, MD
Senior Fellow, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy and Associate Executive Director, The Permanente Medical Group, Inc.
One Kaiser Plaza
Oakland, CA 94612

Committee Vice Chair
Peter C. Amadio, MD
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, College of
Medicine
Mayo Clinic
200 First St SW
Rochester, MN  55905

David L. Bronson, MD, FACP
President, Cleveland Clinic Regional Hospitals
Cleveland Clinic
Executive Administration-JJN6-01
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH  44195

Jeffery W. Bailet, MD
Senior Vice President and President
Aurora Medical Group
3000 W. Montana Street
Milwaukee, WI  53215

Stuart A. Cohen MD, MPH, FAAP
Children’s Primary Care Medical Group, Inc.
6699 Alvarado Road, Suite 2200
San Diego, CA 92120

Thomas Eppes Jr., MD
Founding Partner, Board Member
Central Virginia Family Physicians
1175 Corporate Park Drive
Forest, VA 24551-0389

Michael J. Kitchell, MD
President, Board of Directors
McFarland Clinic, PC
1215 Duff Avenue, Box 3014
Ames, IA  50010

John Popovich, Jr., MD
President and CEO
Henry Ford Hospital
2799 West Grand Blvd.
Detroit, MI  48202

Peter D. Rutherford, MD
Board Chair and CEO
Wenatchee Valley Medical Center
820 N. Chelan Street
Wenatchee, WA  98801

Barbara Spivak, MD
Mount Auburn Medical Associates
President and Board Chair
Mount Auburn Cambridge Independent Practice Association
135 Blake Street
Newton, MA  02460

Ronald J. Vender, MD, FACG, AGAF
Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs
Yale School of Medicine
Chief Medical Office
Yale Medical Group
333 Cedar Street – SHM C-203
PO Box 208055
New Haven, CT  06520-8055

Board and Staff Contacts

AMA Board of Trustee Liaisons
Barbara L. McAneny, MD
Board of Trustees
American Medical Association
515 North State Street
Chicago, IL 60654

James A. DeNuccio, MBA, FACHE
Director, OMSS and Physicians in Practice
515 N. State Street
Chicago, IL 60654

Carrie Waller
Group Practice, Constituency Group Manager
515 N. State Street
Chicago, IL 60654
(312) 464-4546
Fax: (312) 464-5845
carrie.waller@ama-assn.org