College names nominees for ACP officers and Regents
From the November ACP Observer, copyright © 2004 by the American College of Physicians.
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The ACP Nominations Committee has nominated the following candidates for office:
2005-06 President-elect
Lynne M. Kirk, FACP, Dallas
Medical school: University of Nebraska, 1977.
Residency: Boston University Medical Center, 1977-80.
Fellowship: Health Resources Services Administration, primary care public policy fellowship, 1999.
Certification: 1980 (internal medicine); 1990, 2000 (geriatric medicine).
Present positions: Associate dean for graduate medical education and associate chief of the division of general internal medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Professor in biomedical science, department of internal medicine.
Current patient care activities: 30%.
Current activities in administration, research and teaching: administration, 40%; research, 10%; teaching, 20%.
Previous positions: Associate dean for medical education, 1990-97. Associate professor, department of internal medicine, 1987-93. Director, student health service, 1981-91.
ACP activities: Fellowship: 1986. Regent, 2003-present. Chair, health and public policy committee, 2002-present. Chair, Board of Governors, 2001-02. Finance committee, 2000-02. Texas Northern chapter: Governor, 1996-2001; director, 1988-89. President, Texas Academy chapter, 1994-96. Under-represented groups committee, 1986-91.
Appointments and activities in organizations other than ACP: National Board of Medical Examiners, 2001-present. United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 committee, 1999-present. USMLE Step 1 test material development committee for physiology, 1995-2000. Society of General Internal Medicine council, 1993-96.
Strengths based on training and experience: health policy; geriatric medicine; graduate medical education.
Incumbent Regent nominees
The following incumbents, listed in alphabetical order, are nominated for a second term of three years to expire in 2008:
William B. Applegate, FACP, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Medical school: University of Louisville School of Medicine, 1972.
Residency: Boston City Hospital, 1973-75. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1975-76.
Fellowship: Robert Wood Johnson clinical scholar, University of North Carolina, 1975-77.
Certification: 1976 (internal medicine); 1988 (geriatrics).
Present position: Senior vice president, Wake Forest Health Sciences. Dean, Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Current patient care activities: 5%.
Current activities in administration, research and teaching: administration, 65%; research, 10%; teaching, 20%.
Previous positions: Chair, department of preventive medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis, 1994-99. Director, general clinical research center, University of Tennessee, Memphis, 1992-99.
ACP activities: Fellowship, 1984. Regent, 2002-present. ACP Foundation board, 2004-present. Finance committee, 2004-present. Nominations committee, 2004. Chair, publications committee, 2003-present. Editor, MKSAP 10 geriatric section, 1992-94.
Appointments and activities in organizations other than ACP: Chair, Retired Persons Pharmacy Advisory Board, 1997-2001. Editor, Journal of American Geriatric Society, 1993-2000. American Geriatric Society: board of directors, 1984-2000; president, 1992-93. Founder, Memphis Center for Prevention and Health Services Research, 1992-99. Council on epidemiology and prevention executive committee, American Heart Association, 1992-96. National advisory council, National Institute on Aging, 1988-92.
Strengths, based on training and experience: geriatric medicine; research and grants development; preventive medicine; graduate medical education; publications.
Jeffrey P. Harris, FACP, Winchester, Va.
Medical school: The Medical College of Georgia, 1972.
Residency: Downstate Medical Center, State University Hospital, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1972-73; Georgetown University Hospital, 1973-75.
Fellowship: Georgetown University Hospital, nephrology, 1975-77.
Certification: 1975 (internal medicine); 1978 (nephrology).
Present positions: Practicing internist/nephrologist, Winchester, Va. Clinical associate professor of medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine. Preceptor, primary care ambulatory medicine teaching program, University of Virginia School of Medicine.
Current patient care activities: 90%.
Current activities in administration, research and teaching: administration and teaching, 10%.
ACP activities: Fellowship, 1981. Regent, 2003-present. Board of Trustees, ACP Foundation, 2004-present. Board of Governors: Chair, 2003-04; BOG executive committee, 1999-2000. Virginia Chapter: Governor, 1999-2003. International subcommittee, 2004-present. Vice chair for health and public policy, 2000-01. Scientific program subcommittee, 1996-98.
Appointments and activities in organizations other than ACP: Winchester Medical Center: president; board of directors, 1994-98; medical staff, 1990-91. Chairman, Winchester regional advisory board, Thomas C. Sorensen Institute of Political Leadership, University of Virginia, 1995-98. Bell Grove Inc., National Trust for Historic Preservation property trustee, 1983-87.
Strengths, based on training and experience: patient care issues; issues concerning practicing physicians.
Stephen G. Pauker, MACP, Boston
Medical school: Harvard Medical School, 1968.
Residency: Boston City Hospital, 1968-69; Massachusetts General Hospital, 1969-70.
Fellowships: New England Medical Center, cardiology, 1970-71; Massachusetts General Hospital, cardiology, 1971-72.
Certification: 1972 (internal medicine); 1975 (cardiology).
Present positions: Vice chair, department of medicine, Tufts-New England Medical Center. Professor of medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine.
Current patient care activities: 15%.
Current activities in administration, research and teaching: administration, 50%; research, 15%; teaching, 20%.
Previous positions: Chief, division of clinical decision-making, New England Medical Center, 1980-95.
ACP activities: Mastership, 1995. Fellowship, 1980. Publications committee, 2004-present. Medical services committee; 2004-present. By-laws committee, 2002-present. PIER committee, 2000-present. Governor, Massachusetts chapter, 1998-2002. Clinical efficacy assessment committee, 1998-2000. Board of Governors executive committee, 1998-99. Co-chair, MKSAP electronic version, 1989-91. Chair, medical informatics committee, 1985-89. Educational policy committee, 1985-89. Chair, telecommunications committee, 1984-85.
Appointments and activities in organizations other than ACP: Institute of Medicine: member, 1997-present. Society for Medical Decision Making: historian, 1994-present; president, 1987-88. President, New England Society of Clinical Hypnosis, 1999-2001. Vice president, Harvard Medical Alumni Association, 1997-2001. Chair, board of scientific counselors, National Library of Medicine, 1981-85.
Strengths, based on training and experience: budget/finance; data analysis; health and public policy; management; policy development (clinical decision-making and economic analysis); medical informatics; conflict resolution; hospital operations; systems analysis.
Regent nominees
There will be five Regent vacancies. The terms of Stephen C. Beuttel, FACP, Barbara L. Schuster, MACP, and W. James Stackhouse, FACP, will expire; Lynne M. Kirk, FACP, has been nominated as President-elect; and one position has been vacated by William B. Golden, FACP, candidate for Chair-elect of the Board of Regents. If elected, the Immediate Past Chair of the Board of Governors, Jeffrey P. Harris, FACP, will fill one of these vacancies as an incumbent Regent. That will leave four openings for new Regents.
The following slate provides twice the number of candidates. (The candidates are listed in alphabetical order in each pool.) Four will be elected from among the eight listed; two from the Governor pool (current and former Governors) and two from the non-Governor pool.
Governor pool (two to be elected)
Col. Nathan Erteschik, FACP, Fayetteville, N.C.
Medical school: George Washington University, 1979.
Residency: Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, 1979-82.
Certification: 1982 (internal medicine); 1989, 1999 (critical care medicine).
Present positions: Internal medicine consultant to the Army Surgeon General. Staff internist and intensivist, Womack Army Medical Center (WAMC), Fort Bragg, N.C. Consulting associate, Duke University. Assistant professor of medicine, Uniform Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Md.
Current patient care activities: 20%
Current activities in administration, research and teaching: administration, 60%; teaching, 20%.
Previous positions: Clinical instructor, pharmacy practice, Campbell University, Buies Creek, N.C., 1995-2002. Chief, department of medicine, WAMC, 1993-2001.
ACP activities: Fellowship, 1991. Army Chapter: Master Teacher award, 2004; Governor, 2001-present; Chair, Chapter Laureate award selection, 1997-2004; Governor-Elect, 2000-01; Governor's council and chapter meeting co-coordinator, 1997-2001. Credentials subcommittee, 2001-present. ACP representative to JCAHO advisory committee for disease specific care certification, 2001-present. Task force on communications, 2004.
Appointments and activities in organizations other than ACP: Member, Army medical command senior peer review panel, 2002-present. American Heart Association for Advanced Cardiac Life Support: Army program national faculty, 1998-2000; affiliate faculty, 1991-2000.
Strengths, based on training and experience: Budget and finance; communications and marketing; graduate medical education; health and public policy; management.
Virginia L. Hood, FACP, Burlington, Vt.
Medical school: University of Sydney, 1970.
Residency: Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Australia, 1970-74.
Fellowship: Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Australia, nephrology, 1974-76; Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, nephrology, 1976-77.
Certification: 1973, 1987 (internal medicine); 1977, 1988 (nephrology).
Present positions: Professor of medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine. Attending physician, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington.
Current patient care activities: 60%.
Current activities in administration, research and teaching: administration, 5%; teaching, 25%; research, 10%.
Previous positions: Acting unit director, neph rology, University of Vermont/ Fletcher Allen Health Care, 1991 and 1993. University of Vermont general clinical research center assistant program director, 1980-91; acting program director, 1983-84.
ACP activities: Fellowship, 1991. Ethics and human rights committee, 2003-present. Scientific program subcommittee, 2002-04. Chair, books program evaluation subcommittee, 2002-03. Vice chair, publications committee, 2000-02. ACP Foundation program development committee, 2000-02. Vermont Chapter: Governor, 1999-2003; Laureate Award, 2003; vice president, 1991-94.
Appointments and activities in organizations other than ACP: Fletcher Allen Health Care: Chair, residents research and scholarly activity committee, 1995-present; executive committee, 1991-95; diabetes center task forc e, 1994-95. Member and ad hoc chair, Vermont office of health access (Medicaid) drug utilization review board, 1999-present. Member, Vermont program for quality healthcare diabetes steering committee, 1998-present. Member, Vermont department of health, division of health surveillance, diabetes surveillance committee, 1997-2000. Trustee, New England Organ Bank, 1991-93.
Strengths, based on training and experience: Graduate medical education; continuing education; private practice; health promotion research; public health; population medicine.
Richard L. Neubauer, FACP, Anchorage, Alaska
Medical school: Yale University, 1976.
Residency: University of Michigan, 1976-79.
Certification: 1979 (internal medicine).
Present positions: Practicing general internist, Anchorage. Medical education director, Alaska Regional Hospital. Clinical assistant professor of medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine.
Current patient care activities: 80%.
Current activities in administration, research and teaching: administration, 20%.
Previous positions: Private practice, Juneau, Alaska, 1981-82.
ACP activities: Fellow ship, 1989. ACP Services Inc. political action committee board of directors, 2004-present. Alaska Chapter: Governor, 2001-present; computer liaison, 1998-present; annual meeting coordinator, 1989-present. Executive Committee, Board of Governors, 2003-04.
Appointments and activities in organizations other than ACP: Alaska Physicians and Surgeons IPA board of directors, 1997-present. Clinical preceptor for first-year medical students, University of Washington, 1990-98. Humana Hospital Alaska: president, medical staff, 1986-87; chair, department of internal medicine, 1996-98 and 1983-85.
Strengths, based on training and experience: Communications and marketing; continuing education; health and public policy; private practice.
Tanya L. Repka, FACP, Duluth, Minn.
Medical school: University of Minnesota, 1984.
Residency: Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, 1985-87.
Fellowship: University of Minnesota, oncology/hematology, 1988-91.
Certification: 1987 (internal medicine); 1991, 2001 (medical oncology); 1992, 2002 (hematology).
Present positions: Practicing oncologist/hematologist, St. Luke's Oncology Associates, Duluth. Adjunct professor, University of Minnesota. Co-medical director, St. Luke's Breast Center.
Current patient care activities: 90%.
Current activities in administration, research and teaching: administration, 2%; research, 8%.
Previous positions: University of Minnesota: assistant professor of medicine, 1991-2002; director, medical oncology and hematology clinic, 1997-99. Hennepin County Medical Center: chief, division of hematology/oncology, 1995-97; medical director, inpatient hematology/oncology/diabetes units, 1992-97.
ACP activities: Fellowship, 1996. Minnesota Chapter: Governor's council, 2003-present; Laureate Award, 2004; Governor, 1999-2003. Awards committee, 2001-03. Vice chair, marketing and communications committee, 2000-03. Minnesota ACP women: chair, 1996-99; chair, scientific program, 1994.
Appointments and activities in organizations other than ACP: University of Minnesota Medical School Alumni Committee Board, 2001-present. Minnesota Society of Clinical Oncology, board of directors, 2001.
Strengths, based on training and experience: management; program development; private/ hospital-based practice; clinical research development.
Non-governor pool (two to be elected)
David A. Fleming, FACP, Columbia, Mo.
Medical school: University of Missouri School of Medicine, 1976.
Residency: University of Missouri, 1976-80.
Fellowship: Georgetown University, primary care research fellowship in clinical ethics and end-of-life care, 1999-2001.
Certification: 1980 (internal medicine); 1992 (geriatrics).
Present positions: Associate professor and director, center for health ethics, University of Missouri.
Current patient care activities: 50%.
Current activities in administration, research and teaching: administration, 10%; research, 20%; teaching, 20%.
Previous positions: Vice chair, department of internal medicine, University of Missouri, 1998-1999. Rural private practice, 1980-99.
ACP activities: Fellowship, 1986. Missouri Chapter Governor's advisory council, 2003-present. ACP Foundation: program committee, 2002-present; program development committee and grants subcommittee, 2001-02. Ethics and human rights committee, 1998-2003. Annual Session faculty, 2000-03.
Appointments and activities in organizations other than ACP: AMA ethical force program oversight body, 1999-present. Missouri Medicaid managed care peer review committee, 1998-99. Missouri State peer review organization: physician reviewer, 1987-99; quality review committee, 1987-89. Missouri Society of Internal Medicine: council, 1980-98, president, 1991-92; president-elect, 1989; secretary-treasurer, 1988. American Society of Internal Medicine: board of trustees, 1997-98; chair, utilization and quality improvement committee, 1995-96; chair, committee on physician reimbursement, 1994; delegate national meeting, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992. HCFA: clinical practice expert panel on CPT coding, 1996; task force on certification and managed care, 1996. Program director, MO-ACP/MSIM state meeting, 1985-87.
Strengths, based on training and experience: General internal medicine; geriatrics; clinical ethics; graduate medical education; tele-health and tele-ethics applications; health and public policy.
Donald L. Loriaux, MACP, PhD, Portland, Ore.
Medical school: Baylor College of Medicine, 1967.
Residency: Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 1968-1970.
Fellowships: Harvard Medical School, 1969-70. National Institute of Health, endocrinology and metabolism, 1970-74.
Certification: 1971 (internal medicine); 1973 (endocrinology and metabolism).
Present positions: professor and chair, department of medicine, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU).
Current patient care activities: 20%.
Current activities in administration, research and teaching: administration, 60%, teaching, 20%.
Previous positions: Head, division of endocrinology, diabetes and clinical nutrition, OHSU, 1990-94. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: chief, development endocrinology branch; clinical director, 1981-90; acting clinical director, 1977-81.
ACP activities: Mastership, 2003. Fellowship, 1992. Annals of Internal Medicine advisory board, 2000-03. MKSAP: general internal medicine, 1997; endocrinology, 1984.
Appointments and activities in organizations other than ACP: Endocrine Society: publications committee, 2000-present; president, 1995-96; chair, committee for education and scientific programs, 1992. Editor-in-Chief, The Endocrinologist, 1989-present. National Institutes of Health: chair, endocrinology study section, 1998-2000; member, endocrinology study section, 1995-2000. President, Council of Program Directors, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, 1991.
Strengths, based on training and experience: Graduate medical education; publications; scientific policy; clinical and bench research.
Dennis R. Schaberg, MACP, Memphis, Tenn.
Medical school: University of Missouri, 1972.
Residency: University of Washington, 1973-1978; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1974-77.
Fellowship: University of Washington, infectious diseases, 1978-1979.
Certification: 1978 (internal medicine).
Present position: Chair, department of internal medicine, University of Tennessee.
Current patient care activities: 25%.
Current activities in administration, research and teaching: administration, 50%; research 10%; teaching, 15%.
Previous positions: Staff physician, medical service, Ann Arbor Veterans Administration Hospital, 1987-93. University of Michigan: associate chair for graduate medical education, 1986-93; associate professor, epidemiology, school of public health, 1986-93.
ACP activities: Mastership, 2004. Fellowship, 1984. Laureate Award, Tennessee Chapter, 2004. Nominating committee, 1994-96. Michigan Chapter: chair, chapter meeting program, 1989.
Appointments and activities in organizations other than ACP: American Board of Family Practice (representing internal medicine), board of directors, 2003-present. Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education residency review committee for internal medicine, 2002-present. Association of Professors of Medicine, 1993-present. American Board of Internal Medicine: chair, committee on peer/patient assessment, 2000-02; board of directors, 1998-2002. Chair, American Society for Microbiology Division L, American Society of Microbiology, 1986.
Strengths, based on training and experience: graduate medical education; managed care; access to care; health policy.
Kathleen M. Weaver, MACP, Lake Oswego, Ore.
Medical school: Oregon Health & Science University, 1967.
Residency: Oregon Health & Science University, 1967-71.
Certification: 1973 (internal medicine).
Present positions: Director, health resources commission, Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research. Medical consultant, Foundation for Accountability, Portland, Ore.
Current activities in administration, research and teaching: administration, 75%; research, 25%.
Previous positions: Medical director, Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research, 1997-2003; private practice, 1979-97.
ACP activities: Mastership, 2003. Fellowship, 1996. Third party relations, coding and payment committee, 2003-present. ACP alternate representative, practice expense advisory committee, 2002-present. Nominations committee, 2002-03, 1993-96.
Appointments and activities in organizations other than ACP: AMA: Oregon delegate, 1998-present; alternate delegate, 1994-98; women in medicine advisory panel, 1995-98. Board of directors, Oregon medical peer review organizations, 1996-present. American Society of Internal Medicine: president, 1994-95; secretary treasurer, 1991-93; trustee, 1986-91. Oregon Health Services commissioner, 1994-98. President, Oregon Society of Internal Medicine, 1984-85.
Strengths, based on training and experience: access; national health reform; government relations, health and public policy; Medicaid policy development; electronic medical records.
At its October meeting, the Board of Regents elected William E. Golden, FACP, 2005-06 Chair-elect of the Board of Regents. Dr. Golden will assume his duties as Chair at the conclusion of the Annual Business meeting Saturday, April 8, 2006, in Philadelphia.
William E. Golden, FACP, Little Rock, Ark.
Medical school: Baylor College of Medicine, 1978.
Residency: Rush-Presbyterian Medical Center, 1978-82.
Certification: 1982 (internal medicine); 1988 (geriatrics).
Present positions: Director, research and projects, division of general internal medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Professor, UAMS, medicine and public health. Vice president for clinical quality improvement, Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care.
Current patient care activities: 30%.
Current activities in administration, research and teaching: administration, 10%; outcomes research and quality improvement, 60%.
Previous positions: UAMS: director, division of general internal medicine, 1984-2003;
associate professor, department of medicine, 1990-99.
ACP activities: Fellowship, 1986. Regent, 2000-present. Chair, ethics and human rights committee, 2001-present. Chair, ACP-AMA delegation, 1998-present. Transitional governor, Arkansas Chapter, 1998-2000. Clinical efficacy assessment subcommittee, 1998. Co-chair, ACP-ASIM local merger subcommittee, 1998. ACP-ASIM merger negotiation committee, 1997. MKSAP reviewer, 1987 and 1993.
Appointments and activities in organizations other than ACP: Board of directors, National Quality Forum, 2001-present. Editorial board, International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 1998-present. Clinical performance measurement committee, AMA, 1997-present. American Health Quality Association: board member, 1995-pre sent; president, 1997-2000; interim executive vice president, 1998. Committee on serious or complex medical conditions, Institute of Medicine, 1999-2000. Study section, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 1999. American Society of Internal Medicine: board of trustees, 1986-97; president, 1995-96; delegate to AMA, 1993-98. Chair, Federated Council of Internal Medicine, 1996-97.
Strengths, based on training and experience: quality evaluation and improvement; medical education (undergraduate, graduate and CME); health and public policy; communications/marketing.
Donna E. Sweet, FACP, of Wichita, Kan., Chair-elect of the Board of Regents and C. Anderson Hedberg, FACP, of Chicago, President-elect, will assume office as Chair of the Board of Regents and President, respectively, at the conclusion of the Annual Business Meeting, Saturday, April 16, 2005, in San Francisco.
How the election of College leaders works
The election of College Officers and Regents will take place by electronic ballot in January 2005. The voting body consists of 31 members of the Board of Regents and 82 members of the Board of Governors, who are elected by popular vote in their respective jurisdictions (three represent government services). Officers and Regents will take office at the conclusion of the Annual Business Meeting on Saturday, April 16, 2005, in San Francisco.
College Officers and eligible second-term Regents will be voted by a "yes" or "no" vote. In the event that an officer candidate does not receive a majority vote, the Nominations Committee will submit another candidate and a second ballot will be mailed. In the event that a second-term Regent candidate is not re-elected, a "new" Regent position would be opened and the next new Regent candidate with the greatest number of votes in the appropriate candidate pool will serve.
Regent candidates may be added to the slate by petition. This requires the submission of biographical information, completed by the candidate, with a statement (maximum 150 words) indicating his or her qualifications for service. This must be accompanied by at least 50 signatures of Masters, Fellows and Members and must be received by the Executive Vice President/Chief Executive Officer no later than Jan. 2, 2005.
Members are encouraged to review candidate qualifications and share their views with their Governors before Jan. 5. To obtain a biographical sketch and candidate information sheet or for further information, contact the Executive Office Coordinator, at 800-523-1546, ext. 2814, or by e-mail.
Candidates for Chair-elect of the Board of Governors
Two candidates are seeking to serve as Chair-elect of the Board of Governors. The College's Governors will vote online in December through the Governors' Information Center, once the ballot is posted. The winning candidate will serve as Chair-elect of the Board of Governors in 2005-06 and Chair in 2006-07.
Yul D. Ejnes, FACP, Cranston, R.I.
Dr. Ejnes received his medical degree from Brown University in 1985. After completing his residency at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, he established a private internal medicine practice in Cranston, R.I. Today, he is also a clinical associate professor of medicine at Brown Medical School. His interests include promoting the use of technology in office-based practices, disease screening and prevention, and quality improvement in the office setting.
Dr. Ejnes joined the College in 1989 and became a Fellow in 1994. He has served as Governor for the Rhode Island Chapter since 2002 and was the transitional chapter governor from 1998-2000.
He is currently the vice chair of the College's health and public policy committee, where he has been a member since 2003. He also served on the College's medical service committee from 1998-2003; the marketing and communications committee from 2000-03, working as vice chair from 2002-03; and as chair of the Executive Committee of the Board of Governors task force on communications in 2004.
In addition, he chaired the Rhode Island chapter's communications subcommittee from 1998 to the present, and was a member of the Governors' workload task force in 1999.
Outside of his College activities, Dr. Ejnes is a member of the clinical faculty appointments and promotions committee at Brown, and served as president of the Rhode Island Medical Society from 2001-02 and as vice president from 1999-2000. He is a member of the board of directors of the Rhode Island Quality Institute and has served since 1990 on several committees, including the curriculum committee of the residency training program and the credentials committee, at Providence's Rhode Island Hospital.
Ernest L. Yoder, Huntington Woods, Mich.
Dr. Yoder received his medical degree in 1978 from Wayne State University in Detroit, where he also received a PhD in education in 1997.
After completing his residency at Wayne State in 1981, Dr. Yoder spent 20 years in various roles at Wayne State University and Detroit's Grace Hospital, most recently as director of medical education. He is currently chair of the department of internal medicine at Providence Hospital and Medical Centers in Southfield, Mich. He also currently serves on the faculties at Wayne State and at Oakland University's College of Health Sciences in Rochester, Mich.
Dr. Yoder became a College Fellow in 1989. He has been Governor for the Michigan Chapter since 2002 and he chaired the Michigan Associates committee from 1990-1995.
Within the Michigan chapter, he has served on the program director committee from 1998 to the present; the bylaws committee since 1997; the Michigan ACP council since 1990; and as a member of the electronic communications committee since 2002.
Outside the College, Dr. Yoder was president of the Michigan Association for Medical Education from 1999-2001, and chaired the central group on educational affairs for the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) from 1997-99.
He is currently past-chair of the undergraduate medical education section of the AAMC's group on educational affairs and serves on various committees—including ethics and research, and the performance improvement council—at Providence Hospital.
His interests include educational program evaluation, quality improvement in health care and evidence-based medicine.
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