Health and Public Policy Committee

Charge

Recommend to the Board of Regents College policy regarding national, state or local public policies on issues broadly affecting the health of the public, individual patients, and the practice of medicine.

Composition (15)

Chair, who is a Regent; Vice-Chair, who is a Governor; 11 members, including at least one Regent, at least one Governor, one Resident/Fellow member, one Medical Student, and one Early Career Physician member.

The President and Chair of the Board of Regents are ex officio, voting members.

Terms

Chair, Vice Chair, and members serve one-year terms renewable up to three times for a total of four years, unless extended by the Chair, Board of Regents. The early career physician, medical student and resident/fellow member positions are appointed according to the BOR-approved policy for council appointments.

2026-27 Members

Tammy L. Lin, MD, MPH, FACP, Chair (Regent)
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine
University of California San Diego (UCSD)
Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Lesleigh A. Box, MD, MPH, FACP, Vice Chair (Governor)
Hospitalist
St. Luke's Regional Medical Center
Boise, ID
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Priscilla W. Carr, MD, FACP
Adult Primary Care Barre
University of Vermont Health Network
Barre, VT
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Angela C. Johnson, MD, FACP (Regent)
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Section Chief of Medicine
LSU School of Medicine Baton Rouge Regional Campus
Baton Rouge, LA
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Farah Kaiksow, MD, FACP (Governor)
Associate Professor (CHS), Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, WI
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Selvam Joseph Mascarenhas, MD, FACP, Vice Chair (Governor)
Chief Medical Officer
AmeriHealth Caritas Delaware
Hockessin, DE
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Austin Oslock, MD
Assistant Professor
University of Alabama School of Medicine
Birmingham, AL
Specialty: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics

Amirala S. Pasha, DO, FACP
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Scottsdale, AZ
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Priya Radhakrishnan, MD, FACP
Vice Dean, Clinical Affairs and Graduate Medical Education
John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering
Arizona State University
Scottsdale, AZ
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Ky B. Stoltzfus, MD, MACP, FAAHPM
Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Palliative Medicine Division
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, KS
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Palliative Medicine

Charles J. Hamori, MD, FACP (Chair, Board of Regents)
(ex officio)
Partner Emeritus, Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Voluntary Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
UCSD Department of Medicine
La Mesa, CA
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Jan K. Carney, MD, MPH, MACP (President)
(ex officio)
Associate Dean for Public Health & Health Policy; Professor of Medicine; Chief, Division of Public Health
Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont
South Burlington, VT
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Erica Leser (CSM)
Doctor of Medicine Candidate
Portland State University School of Public Health
Portland, OR

Austin Hoeg, MD (CRFM)
Internal Medicine Resident
Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education
Rochester, MN
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Erica Swanson, MD (CECP)
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Indiana University
Indianapolis, IN
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Staff Liaison: Renee Butkus RButkus@acponline.org

To contact any of these individuals, please consult the Member Directory (members only) or request assistance from acpgovernance@acponline.org.