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The
committee advises the HHS Secretary and Congress on a wide range of policy
and program issues in family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics,
dentistry, and physician assistant programs.
- James F. Cawley,
M.P.H., PA-C, is professor in the Department of Health Care Sciences
at The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
where he is director of the Physician Assistant/Master of Public Health
Program. He is professor of epidemiology and vice chair of that institution's
Department of Prevention and Community Health. He was trained as a
physician assistant at Touro College in New York (1974), certified as
a physician assistant (1975), and received a master's degree in public
health from The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland (1979).
Mr. Cawley was a DHHS Public Health Service Primary Care Fellow in 2003.
He is a former president of the Physician Assistant Foundation/American
Academy of Physician Assistants, president of the Association of Physician
Assistant Programs, and member of the National Commission on Certification
of Physician Assistants. He has been a Title VII, section 747 grant
reviewer and chaired a review panel in 2004. Mr. Cawley has served
on numerous editorial boards and writes a monthly column for Advance
for Physician Assistants. He has presented on a variety of topics
including physician assistant education and the primary care workforce.
Term Ending: 09/30/2008
- Diego Chaves-Gnecco,
M.D., M.P.H., is a resident in pediatrics at Children's Hospital
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He received a medical degree from Pontificia
Universidad Javeriana in Santafe de Bogota, Colombia, in 1994 and a
masters of public health degree from the University of Pittsburgh in
2000. He is an assistant district coordinator for the Residency Section
of the American Academy of Pediatrics. In 2002 Dr. Chaves-Gnecco established
the first bilingual pediatric clinic in Pittsburgh and in Southwestern
Pennsylvania, serving a growing Hispanic population of 17,500 persons,
including 5,500 children. He has been an editorial board member for
two medical journals in Bogota. He is interested in balancing clinical
practice with attention to public health and public policy as they relate
to the health care of children and underrepresented minorities.
Term Ending: 09/30/2007
- William Alton
Curry, M.D., F.A.C.P., is associate dean for primary care and rural
health and professor of medicine in the Division of General Internal
Medicine at the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham.
He previously served as dean of the College of Community Health Sciences,
University of Alabama School of Medicine, in Tuscaloosa. He received
a medical degree from Vanderbilt University in 1976. After a residency
in internal medicine, he served two years in the National Health Service
Corps. He is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Dr. Curry has served on the Alabama State Board of Medical Examiners
and on the Governor's Task Force on Health Care Reform. He is past
president of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama and past
chair of the Rural Leadership Pipeline Committee for the Robert Wood
Johnson Alabama Southern Rural Access Program. He currently is a reviewer
for the Archives of Internal Medicine and The American Journal
of the Medical Sciences. He has given numerous presentations on
a wide variety of clinical topics throughout Alabama.
Term Ending: 09/30/2007
- Kevin J. Donly,
D.D.S., M.S., is chair and clinic director of the Department of
Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Texas Health Science Center
(UTHSC) at San Antonio. He previously was professor at the University
of Iowa. Dr. Donly received a dental degree (1984) and a master's degree
in oral science (1986) from the University of Iowa and is board certified
in pediatric dentistry. He currently is chair of the Council for Postdoctoral
Education of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) and
is a board member of that organization's Foundation. In 2002 he chaired
an AAPD consensus conference that resulted in an update of the AAPD's
clinical guidelines on pediatric restorative dentistry. He has been
president of the American Society of Dentistry for Children and was
instrumental in that organization's merger with the AAPD. He has been
the recipient of Title VII, section 747 grants and the principal investigator
of projects receiving a variety of funding. Dr. Donly has done research
and written on numerous topics in pediatric dentistry. He serves as
a reviewer and an editorial board member for many dental journals.
He developed a collaboration between the UTHSC Dental School and the
San Antonio Department of Metropolitan Health to provide dental care
to underserved children.
Term Ending: 09/30/2008
- Sanford J. Fenton,
D.D.S., M.D.S., is professor and chair, Department of Pediatric
Dentistry and Community Oral Health, University of Tennessee Health
Science Center, Memphis. He is director of the University’s Boling Center
for Craniofacial Anomalies Clinic and director of dental services at
the Arlington Developmental Center. Previously, he served as senior
deputy director of the West Virginia University Affiliated Center for
Developmental Disabilities. Dr.
Fenton received a doctor of dental surgery degree from the New York
University College of Dentistry and a masters degree in pedodontics
from the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine. He is
chair of the Council on Fellowship Committee of the Academy of Dentistry
for Persons with Disabilities and is a former president of the Academy
of Dentistry for the Handicapped. He has served on editorial boards
for many professional publications in dentistry. Dr. Fenton has given
lectures, has spoken at community gatherings, and has written extensively
on topics pertaining to management of pediatric emergencies in the dental
office, pediatric and special patient behavior management, traumatic
dental injury techniques, recognition of child abuse and neglect, and
preventive dental services.
Term Ended: 09/30/2006 (Term Extended)
- Katherine A.
Flores, M.D., is
a family medicine physician in private practice in Fresno, California,
and an assistant clinical professor at the University of California-San
Francisco (UCSF). She is the project director of the State of California
Health Education Training Center and program director of the Health
Career Opportunity Program and the Hispanic Centers of Excellence at
the UCSF-Fresno. She previously served as project director of the State
of California Area Health Education Center (AHEC). Dr. Flores
received a medical degree from
the University of California, Davis, in 1979 and is board certified
by the American Board of Family Practice. She is a board member of
the National AHEC Organization and a member of the advisory board to
the National Hispanic Medical Association. She has received a variety
of HRSA-funded grants on health professions education and minority faculty
development. She has given presentations to state and national organizations
and has worked with elementary, junior high, and high school students,
encouraging them to consider a career in the health professions.
Term Ending: 09/30/2007
- Karen Ann Gunter,
M.S., PA-C, is a private practice physician assistant in Pearland,
Texas. She earned her degree from the physician assistant program at
Baylor College of Medicine. She received a bachelor of science degree
in medical technology from the University of Texas in Houston in 1991
and is a certified medical technologist with the American Society of
Clinical Pathology. She has served as a National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) crew medical officer instructor, life sciences
missions instructor, and research coordinator for Wyle Laboratories
in Houston where she provided phlebotomy instruction and coordination.
Ms. Gunter has received numerous NASA space flight achievement awards.
Term Ended:
09/30/2006 (Term Extended)
- Bonnie Head,
M.D., is a family practice physician in Alamosa, Colorado. Prior
to this she practiced medicine at the Eden Valley Institute in Loveland,
Colorado. She received a medical degree from Autonomous University
of Guadalajara, Mexico. She has served as an intern in the General
Hospital of Zapopan, Mexico, and as a primary care physician in Mezquitic,
Mexico. Her prior work experience includes serving as a clinical night
nurse, a home health aide, a certified nurse aide, and a counselor at
a troubled youth ranch. Dr. Head is interested in rural medicine and
medicine practiced in developing countries, having lived briefly in
the Republic of South Africa.
Term Ended:
09/30/2006 (Term Extended)
- Sheila K. Koh,
D.D.S., R.N., is
associate professor in the Department of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials
at The University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center (UTHHSC) where
she is director of government-funded training projects. She previously
served as director of the school's Advanced Education in General Dentistry
Program. Dr. Koh received a dental degree from UTHHSC in 1990 and completed
a general practice residency there in 1991. She earned a bachelor's
degree in nursing from Ewha Women's University in Seoul, Korea in 1972
and was a cardiovascular operating room nurse. She is a member of the
American Dental Education Association where she has held a number of
positions including chair of the section on postdoctoral general dentistry.
She has extensive experience as a reviewer of Title VII, section 747
grants and has been a recipient of grants in general dentistry. Dr.
Koh has given presentations and co-authored articles on a variety of
topics in dentistry. She has worked to increase opportunities for under-represented
minorities to enter the dental profession and strongly supports community-based
training experiences for dental students and residents.
Term Ending:
09/30/2008
- Lolita M. McDavid,
M.D., M.P.A., is associate professor of pediatrics and medical director
of child advocacy and protection at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Previously,
she directed the Greater Cleveland Project of the Children's Defense
Fund and was head of general pediatrics at MetroHealth Medical Center,
the largest public hospital in Ohio. Dr. McDavid received a medical
degree from Case Western Reserve University (1979) and completed a residency
in general pediatrics and adolescent medicine at the Cleveland Clinic
Foundation (1982). She was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar and
a Bush Fellow in Child Development and Social Policy, both at Yale University
(1982-1984). She is board certified in pediatrics. She also holds
a master of public administration degree from State University of New
York in Albany (1970). Dr. McDavid is past chair of the Public Policy
and Advocacy Committee of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association. She
has served as a grant reviewer for Title VII, section 747 grants and
has been the recipient of grants for pediatric residency training.
She has been on the editorial board of the Journal of the Ambulatory
Pediatric Association. She has presented on various topics in pediatrics
at professional meetings, in academic settings, and for community organizations.
Term Ending:
09/30/2008
- Eugene Mochan,
D.O., Ph.D., is associate dean for primary care at the Philadelphia
College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) in Pennsylvania. At PCOM he
serves as faculty medical school liaison with the North Central and
East Central AHEC Programs and is faculty program coordinator for a
Philadelphia community health internship program. He formerly served
as chair of the Department of Family Practice at the University of Medicine
and Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Osteopathic Medicine, president
of the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners, and chair of
a Statewide Primary Care Education Committee for Pennsylvania Consortium
of Medical Schools. Dr. Mochan received a doctor of osteopathy degree
from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1977 and is board
certified in family practice. He was a DHHS family medicine faculty
fellow at Temple University in Philadelphia in 1989. He earned a doctoral
degree in biochemistry from the State University of New York-Buffalo.
He has been a Title VII, section 747 peer reviewer and recipient of
faculty development, residency training, predoctoral, and academic administrative
units grants. He was a panel discussant at the Bureau of Health Professions=
First All-Grantee Meeting in Washington, D.C. in 2005. He has lectured
and published on the diagnosis and treatment of rheumatological diseases,
an area in which he has done basic research.
Term Ending:
09/30/2008
- Perri Morgan,
Ph.D., PA-C,
currently is director of research in the physician assistant division
at Duke University Medical Center. In her previous position she was
a senior lecturer and academic coordinator in the Physician Assistant
Program in the Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison
(UWM). She received a bachelor of science degree in allied health from
the Physician Associate Program at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia,
in 1987. She is a Ph.D. candidate in the population health program
in the UWM Preventive Medicine Department. Ms. Morgan is certified
by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.
She has been a coordinator of HRSA-funded grants on medical informatics
education and an integrated curriculum on community health and diversity.
She has served on the Strategic Action Planning Committee sponsored
by HRSA in collaboration with the Association for Medical Education
and Research in Substance Abuse which developed policy recommendations
to improve substance abuse education and practice. She has made a number
of presentations on educational curricula to physician assistant students.
Term Ending:
09/30/2007
- Charles Mouton,
M.D., M.S., is professor and chair of the Department of Community
Health and Family Practice at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
He also is co-investigator with MedStar Clinical Research Institute.
He previously served as associate professor and associate research director
in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University
of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. Dr. Mouton received
a medical degree from Howard University (1986), earned a master of science
degree in clinical epidemiology from Harvard University School of Public
Health (1997), and completed a geriatrics fellowship at The George Washington
University Medical Center in Washington, D.C. (1992). He is board certified
in family practice, has a certificate of added qualifications in geriatrics,
and is a certified medical director. He is a past president of the
Texas Geriatrics Society. Dr. Mouton has been a Title VII, section
747 grant reviewer, a recipient of academic administrative unit grants,
and a consultant on a project to develop modules for a curriculum in
ethnogeriatrics. He has written and presented on a variety of topics
in geriatric medicine. He is on the editorial board of Family Medicine.
His research interests include health disparities and disease prevention
in the elderly.
Term Ending:
09/30/2008
- Lauren L. Patton,
D.D.S., is a professor in the School of Dentistry at the University
of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill, where she directs the General
Practice Residency Program. She received a dental degree from UNC in
1986 and completed a clinical dental fellowship at the National Institutes
of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, in 1990. In 2001 she was awarded a
fellowship in dental surgery at The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh,
Scotland. Dr.
Patton is board certified by the American Board of Oral Medicine. As
a consultant to the American Dental Association's Commission on Dental
Accreditation, she has conducted site visits of advanced education programs
in general practice dentistry residency training. As
chair of a council of the American Association of Hospital Dentists,
she was involved in the revision of outcomes assessment examinations
used nationally. She has experience as a grant reviewer and recipient
of many grants from Federal Government agencies. Dr. Patton has published
extensively and serves on the editorial board of numerous professional
journals. She
has spoken on many topics, including oral systemic diseases in medically
complex patients. She regularly provides continuing dental education
courses throughout the State of North Carolina.
Term Ending: 09/30/2007
- Joseph L. Price,
Ph.D., is coordinator of the behavioral medicine program in the
family medicine residency program at Southwest Washington Medical Center,
Vancouver, Washington. He is affiliated with the Department of Family
Medicine, University of Washington. Prior to that position, he was
professor and director of the University Health Center at the University
of Portland, Oregon. He was also director of the Northwest Field Office,
Department of Veterans Affairs, Vancouver, Washington. Dr. Price received
a doctoral degree in counseling psychology from the University of Wyoming,
Laramie, and a master’s degree in educational psychology from Temple
University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Licensed as a mental health
counselor and a marriage and family therapist, he has wide experience
as a management and a mental health consultant. Dr. Price is a member
of many professional organizations, including the Society of Teachers
of Family Medicine and the American Psychological Association. He has
published extensively on a wide range of topics, including graduate
medical education and patient education.
Term Ended:
09/30/2006 (Term Extended)
- Raymond J. Tseng,
D.D.S., Ph.D., is a dental student in the Department of Pediatric
Dentistry at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill School of
Dentistry. He completed a dual-degree general dentistry/oral biology
doctor of philosophy program in June 2006 at the College of Dentistry
at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, which he helped develop.
He was the founder and co-director of a free dental clinic serving Hispanics
in central Ohio. The clinic, staffed by dental students, provided basic
dental exams, consultations in Spanish, and a service that pairs patients
with Spanish-speaking dental students for further treatment. Mr. Tseng
has served as vice president of the Hispanic Dental Association. He
has been the recipient of both research and clinical service grants
and has given oral and poster presentations at conferences.
Term Ending:
09/30/2007
- Barbara J. Turner,
M.D., M.S. Ed., M.A., F.A.C.P., is professor of medicine at the
University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia where she directs a combined
general internal medicine and pediatrics physician scientist fellowship
program funded by Title VII. She previously was professor of medicine
at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Dr. Turner received
a medical degree (1978) and completed residency training in medicine
(1981) from the University of Pennsylvania and is certified by the American
Board of Internal Medicine. She was a fellow in the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation Clinical Scholars Program and as a recent Kimball Scholar
with the American Board of Internal Medicine, she worked on developing
quality of care measures for a wide variety of specialties including
primary care. She has held many positions with the Society of General
Internal Medicine and currently serves as its president. Dr. Turner
has been a grant reviewer for numerous Government agencies including
HRSA. A primary interest is epidemiology and health services research
related to HIV/AIDS, a topic on which she has lectured and written.
She has been on the editorial board of a number of publications and
is currently associate editor of Annals of Internal Medicine.
She participates in a primary care practice that serves under-represented
minorities in Philadelphia.
Term Ending:
09/30/2008
- Surendra K.
Varma, M.D., is professor and vice chair of the Department of Pediatrics
at Texas Tech University School of Medicine in Lubbock where he directs
the Pediatric Residency Program. He received a medical degree from
King George's Medical College, Lucknow, India, in 1962 and did postdoctoral
fellowships there and at Harvard Medical School, Boston. He is board
certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. Dr. Varma has been a
vice chair of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's
Residency Review Committee in Pediatrics. He has been active in the
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) where he is a member of the Committee
on Residency Scholarship which promotes primary care. Dr. Varma, former
president of the AAP's Texas chapter, is chair of its Committee on Medical
Education. He has been active in the Association of Pediatric Program
Directors where he reviews pediatric programs throughout the country.
He is widely published and has been a manuscript reviewer and editorial
board member of a number of pediatric journals. He has been a member
of the Primary Care Advisory Committee of the Texas Coordinating Board
for Higher Education and has received annual grants from the Coordinating
Board for Primary Care Residency in Pediatrics.
Term Ending:
09/30/2007
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