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Call for Nominations

Nominate a colleague for the AAHPM Board. (Self nominations fo rthe board are also welcome). The deadline is July 1, 2009.

2008 Board of Directors

Executive Committee

President
Gail Austin Cooney, MD FAAHPM
(Palliative Medicine and Neurology)
Hospice of Palm Beach County

Executive Vice President
Porter Storey, MD FACP FAAHPM
(Geriatrics)
Boulder, CO

President Elect
R. Sean Morrison, MD
(Palliative Medicine, Geriatrics, and Internal Medicine)
Mount Sinai Hospital, School of Medicine
New York, NY  

Treasurer
Ronald J. Crossno, MD CMD FAAHPM
(Family Practice, Geriatrics, and Palliative Medicine)
Vista Care
Rockdale, TX  

Secretary
Kate W. Faulkner, MD FAAHPM
(Pediatric Hematology/Oncology)
Boston PainCare Center
Waltham, MA

Past President
Russell K. Portenoy, MD
(Neurology and Palliative Medicine)
Beth Israel Medical Center
New York, NY 

Directors at Large

Amy P. Abernethy, MD FAAHPM
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

F. Amos Bailey, MD FACP FAAHPM
(Palliative Medicine, Internal Medicine, Hematology/Oncology)
Birmingham VA Medical Center
Birmingham, AL

Susan D. Block, MD FAAHPM
(Psychosocial Oncology)
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA

Bruce H. Chamberlain, MD FACP FAAHPM
(Palliative Medicine)
Palliative Care Consultations
Orem, UT 

Sarah Friebert, MD FAAP FAAHPM
(Pediatrics)
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron, OH

Solomon Liao, MD FAAHPM
(Geriatrics)
University of CA Irvine Medical Center
Orange, CA

Kathleen McGrady, MD MA MS FAAHPM
(Palliative Medicine)
Kaiser Permanente
Westminster, CO

Timothy E. Quill, MD
(Palliative Medicine, Internal Medicine, Psychology)
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY

Jorge I. Ramirez, MD FAAHPM
(Family Practice and Palliative Medicine)
VA Midwest Healthcare Network
Fort Meade, SD

Christian T. Sinclair, MD FAAHPM
Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care
Kansas City, MO

Jay Thomas, MD PhD
City of Hope National Medical Center
Duarte, CA

Charles V. Wellman, MD FAAHPM
Hospice of the Western Reserve
Cleveland, OH


AAHPM Past Presidents

2008: Russell K. Portenoy, MD
2007: J. Cameron Muir, MD FAAHPM
2006: Ron S. Schonwetter, MD FAAHPM
2005: Robert M. Arnold, MD
2004: James Cleary, MD
2003: David M. McGrew, MD FAAHPM
2002: Martha Twaddle, MD FAAHPM FACP
2001: John W. Finn, MD FAAHPM
2000: Carla S. Alexander, MD FAAHPM
1999: Michael H. Levy, MD PhD
1998: Walter Forman, MD FAAHPM
1997: Ira Byock, MD FAAHPM
1996: Laurel Herbst, MD
1995: Charles Sasser, MD FAAHPM FACD
1994: Gerald Holman, MD FRCP(C) FAAP
1993: Jack Starr, MD
1992: Marty Skinner, MD
1991: J. Andrew Billings, MD
1990: Wilbur Flannery, MD
1989: Robert Miller, MD