Health Equity Committee

Reports to

Board of Regents

Charge

Recommend to the Board of Regents effective strategies to assure integration of diversity and inclusion across the College’s governance and membership that is responsive to the changing environment and demographics. Such strategies should enhance professional development, foster diversity and involvement in College activities, and increase the value of membership for our diverse physician members.

Composition (16)

Chair, who is a member of the College with no other restrictions; Vice Chair, who is a Governor; twelve members, including one Resident/Fellow member, one Medical Student, and one Early Career Physician member. The Vice Chair position may be filled by a non-Governor if the Chair is a Governor.

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.

2026-27 Members:

Joshua S. Hawley-Molloy, MD, FACP, Chair
Physician, Infectious Diseases
CHRISTUS St. Vincent Regional Medical Center
Santa Fe, NM
Specialties: Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine

Rejan C. McCaskill, MD, FACP, Vice Chair (Governor)
Physician
Rejan McCaskill, MD Inc.
Newport Beach, CA
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Kimberly C. Bates, MD, MACP, FAAP (Regent)
Chief Medical Officer
Dignity Health Medical Group
Las Vegas, NV
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics

Noel Deep, MD, MACP, Chair (Regent)
Regional Medical Director, Aspirus Medical Group
Chief Medical Officer, Aspirus Langlade Hospital
Antigo, WI
Specialty: Internal Medicine

John D. Hall, MD, FACP
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
University at Buffalo
State University of New York
Buffalo, NY
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Rita K. Kuwahara, MD, MIH, FACP
Senior Advisor for Medicine and Health Policy
Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
Washington, DC
Specialty: Internal Medicine

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

Parag H. Mehta, MD, MACP
Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine
NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine
Manhasset Hills NY
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine

Daniel H. Pomerantz, MD, MPH, MACP
Associate Professor, Medicine and Associate Professor of Family and Social Medicine (Palliative Care)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York
New Rochelle, NY
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine

William C. Turner, MD, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine
Columbia University
Brooklyn, NY
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Latonya B. Washington, MD, MBA, CPE, CHCQM, FACHE, FACP
Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Wellstar Health System
Fayetteville, GA
Specialty: Internal Medicine-Pediatrics
LBWashingtonMD@gmail.com
C: (901) 310-8215

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

Nathan Deep (CSM)
Doctor of Medicine Candidate
Medical College of Wisconsin
Wauwatosa, WI

Santiago Gomez Jordan, MD (CRFM)
Internal Medicine Resident
Universidad Del Norte
Barranquilla, Colombia
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Jamar Slocum, MD, MBA, MPH, FACP (CECP)
Assistant Professor of Medicine
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Silver Spring, MD
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine

Staff Liaison: Joanne Ey, jey@acponline.org
Meghann Williams, mewilliams@acponline.org

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