2007-2008 Members of the Council on Science and Public Health
Mary Anne McCaffree, MD - Chair
Dr. McCaffree received her medical degree from the University of Oklahoma
Health Sciences Center. From 1971-72, while completing her internship at the
Bethesda National Naval Medical Center, she served as a lieutenant in the U.S.
Navy. She completed her pediatric residency and fellowship at Children's Hospital
National Medical Center in Washington, DC. Dr. McCaffree returned to Oklahoma
to serve as chief of the Neonatal Service and director of the Neonatal Intensive
Care Unit at Children's Hospital, and as assistant professor of pediatrics at
the Oklahoma Health Science Center. She was promoted to full professor in 1989.
Dr. McCaffree is co-director of the Infantile Apnea Diagnostic Center of Children's
Hospital. She serves on the Committee on Federal Government Affairs for the
American Academy of Pediatrics and the AMA Pediatric Section Council. Dr. McCaffree,
FCCP, chairs the Womens Health Network and is the Oklahoma project coordinator
for the Women and Girl's Tobacco and Lung Cancer Task Force, ACCP. She is an
Oklahoma delegate, American Medical Association, and a board member, Oklahoma
Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.
Carolyn B. Robinowitz, MD - Chair-elect
Dr. Robinowitz obtained her undergraduate degree from Wellesley College
in Wellesley, MA, and her MD degree from Washington University in St. Louis,
MO. Following almost two decades work at the American Psychiatric Association,
where she served as senior deputy medical director and chief operating officer,
she joined the faculty of the Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1995
as associate dean for students and professor of psychiatry. She was appointed
academic dean in 1998. A recipient of a National Institute of Mental Health
Career Development Award, she has also held full-time appointments in the Departments
of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at the University of Miami School of Medicine,
and at the George Washington University School of Medicine, where she was director
of dducation in the Department of Psychiatry and is clinical professor of psychiatry
and behavioral sciences. Dr. Robinowitz is the recipient of numerous awards
and is active in psychiatric and other medical organizations. She was the first
woman to be elected president of the Council of Medical Specialty Societies
and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and she also served terms
as president of the Association for Academic Psychiatry, the American College
of Psychiatrists, and the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, and is Treasurer
of the American Psychiatric Association.
Sandra Adamson Fryhofer, MD, MACP, FRCP
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 BA 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. She has been a member of the Woman’s Day Magazine Health
and Fitness Advisory Board since 1998 and now writes a weekly health blog on
the Woman’s Day Web site. 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, and obesity. 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.
Stuart Gitlow, MD, MPH, MBA, FAPA
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. Following
his residency training in psychiatry in Pittsburgh, he joined the addiction
psychiatry faculty at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University.
There, 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, and as vice chair of the AMA
eMedicine Advisory Committee. Dr. Gitlow, now an officer 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.
C. Alvin Head, MD
Dr. Head is a practicing anesthesiologist, professor and chairman of
the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at the Medical College
of Georgia (MCG). Dr. Head also holds a joint appointment as professor of physiology
at MCG. Dr. Head is active in research using inhaled nitric oxide to treat sickle
cell disease and is the inventor on two U.S. and International patents relating
to his research. Clinically, he has a special interest in thoracic anesthesia
surgical cases. He is actively involved in resident education and is the residency
program director for his department, with 27 anesthesiology residents and 7
interns. Dr. Head has served on the American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA)
Committee on Research for more than 9 years and is on the Food and Drug Administration
Orphan Drug Panel. He is chair of the Committee on Respiration at the ASA. He
is one of only 80 active members in the United States and Canada in the Academy
of Anesthesia, where he is the scientific program chair and delegate at large.
Dr. Head served on the Council on Scientific Affairs (now the Council on Science
and Public Health) as a resident member and was elected as a full member in
2002.
Mohamed K. Khan, MD, PhD
Dr. Khan received his MD degree at the University of Chicago where
he did research on the glucocorticoid receptor and leukemia, and where he further
developed his interest in oncology. He obtained his PhD in biochemistry and
molecular biology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where his
research examined centromeres (regions of chromosomes important in cellular
division), and overlapped with much of the early human genome project research.
He did his residency training at the Joint Center for Radiation Therapy at Harvard,
where he also did a research fellowship on tumor angiogenesis. Dr. Khan then
proceeded to be a physician and researcher at the Department of Radiation Oncology
at the University of Michigan Medical Center and the VA Ann Arbor Health Care
System. He is currently the director of basic and translational radiation research
at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, NY, and SUNY Buffalo Medical School,
where he continues to treat cancer patients and conduct research. His research
focuses on tumor angiogenesis, with (1) the use of nanodevices that exploit
differences between normal and tumor microvasculatures for imaging and therapy,
(2) a basic scientific exploration of the molecules governing tumor angiogenesis
utilizing microarray and proteomic techniques, and (3) preclinical and clinical
studies of novel anti-angiogenic agents used in combination with radiotherapy.
Russell W.H. Kridel, MD
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 25 years. Dr. Kridel is a former president
of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, a current
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 60 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 was the second student delegate to
the AMA and later served as the resident HOD delegate. He currently is
the chair of the AMA Selection Committee for the Public Member of the Board
of Trustees.
Ilse R. Levin, DO, MPH&TM - Resident Member
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, CA,
and is currently an internal medicine resident at Baystate Medical Center/Tufts
University School of Medicine in Springfield, MA.
Lee R. Morisy, MD, FACS
Dr. Morisy is a board-certified surgeon and fellow of the American
College of Surgeons. He is medical staff president at Baptist Memorial Hospital,
Memphis, Tennesee, and a clinical associate professor of surgery at the University
of Tennessee Health Science Center – College of Medicine, Memphis. He
is currently in private surgical practice of general, trauma, and minimally
invasive surgery with Morisy & Wood, PLC. A 1976 graduate of Cornell University,
Dr. Morisy received his medical degree in 1980 from the Chicago Medical School.
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 and is secretary/treasurer
of the Tennessee Medical Association. He served as a delegate to the Tennessee
Medical Association from 1998 to 2004. 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.
Albert J. Osbahr, III, MD
Dr. Osbahr is the medical director of occupational health at Catawha
Valley Medical Center in Hickory, North Carolina. Overall, his work in
occupational health spans 14 years. In addition, he works as a medical
consultant for Haywood County Health Department and Blue Ridge Paper Products.
Medical Review of North Carolina utilizes him as a reviewer. His education
includes a BA and MD at the University of North Carolina, a family medicine
residency at Marshall University School of Medicine where he received an MS
in community medicine, and an occupational/preventive medicine residency at
the University of Kentucky. His membership in the AMA and North Carolina
Medical Society reaches back to 1981 as a medical student. Leadership
positions in these organizations include member of the AMA MSS Governing Council
and AMA Council on Medical Service as a student and a resident, member of the
North Carolina AMA delegation since 1998, member of the North Carolina Medical
Society Executive Committee and Board, chair of NCMS Industrial Commission Liaison
Committee and Public Health Committee. An appointment by the North Carolina
Governor to the State Public Health Task Force and an award as Tobacco Control
Physician of the Year by NCMS cap his honors received. He possesses board
certification in family practice, occupational medicine, and preventive medicine/public
health. Other certifications are medical review officer, independent medical
examiner, and homeland security.
Amber Sabbatini, MPH - Medical School Member
Ms. Sabbatini received her BA in neuroscience from the University of
California, Irvine. As an undergraduate, she participated in research
at the Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia on a project seeking to develop
a vaccine for Alzheimer’s disease. Following undergraduate study,
she entered an MPH program at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles,
with an emphasis on health promotion and HIV prevention. During her master’s
program, she became interested in behavioral research and health policy and
conducted research examining the socioeconomic factors that contribute to HIV
risk among rural-to-urban migrants in China, a study in which she continues
to participate. Ms. Sabbatini is currently a third year medical student at Loma
Linda University in Southern California and has been active in the AMA during
her time in medical school. She has served on the Committee for Legislation
and Advocacy, was an AMA government relations intern in summer 2006 and
is currently an alternate regional delegate to the House of Delegates.
At the state level, she is the student member of the CALPAC Board of Directors.
Gary L. Woods, MD
Dr. Woods received his BA in physics from the University of California at
Berkeley, his MA degree in biophysics from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore,
and his MD degree from the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY. He is board
certified in orthopaedics. He has held hospital faculty appointments at the
University of Rochester Medical School, Rochester General Hospital, and Monroe
Community Hospital. Dr. Woods is a recipient of the Fellowship Award from the
University of Rochester Medical School Department of Orthopaedic Surgery--Hand
Section and a National Institutes of Health research grant from Johns Hopkins
University. He has taken the lead on issues of safety belt use, defining the
components of basic health for New Hampshire residents, a demonstration program
for telemedicine, and numerous public presentations on the science of medicine,
including genetic/genome issues.
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