GHHS Advisory Council advises and recommends policies and activities for GHHS to the Arnold P. Gold Foundation board and management. The Council also assesses and responds to members’ needs to further the mission of GHHS.
The Council meets four times a year, either via conference calls or at face-to-face meetings.
GHHS will be accepting new Trainee member applications to the Advisory Council beginning in March 2023.
The Advisory Council is composed of students, residents, fellows, deans, institution officials, program directors, practicing physicians, GHHS Chapter Advisors, Tow Award winners, members at large, and a trustee of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation.
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Learn more about each committee’s role here.
Applications are now being accepted for the committees. GHHS committee meetings are held monthly by conference call, and each member serves a term of 3 years. To apply, please send your CV and a personal statement describing why you’d like to join a particular committee to Louisa Tvito at ltvito@gold-foundation.org
Gregory Cherr, MD – Chair
Associate Professor of Surgery
Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
University at Buffalo, the State University of New York Chair: Membership Community
Rosemarie L. Fisher, MD – Chair Elect
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Director and Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education
Yale School of Medicine, Yale University
Scott Shaffer, MD – Immediate Past Chair
Assistant Professor, Associate Training Director – Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Depts. of Pediatrics and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Elizabeth Auckley – Student
Medical Student
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Terri Babineau, MD, FAAFP, MSt (Oxon.) – Member at Large: Faculty
Associate Professor
Member, Academy of Excellence in Education
PACLAC Primary Care Clerkship Director
Lead Physician/UVA Crozet Family Medicine
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Miriam E. Bar-on, MD, Designated Institutional Officer
Assist. VP for GME and DIO
Einstein Healthcare Network
Samuel Borer – Student
Medical Student
Central Michigan University College of Medicine
Ralph “Nicholas” Burns, MD – Resident/Fellow
Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
Resident in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Colleen Christmas, MD
Director, Primary Care Leadership Track, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine
Rachel Cramton, MD, FAAP, FHM – Program Director
Clinical Professor, Pediatrics
Director of Pediatric Palliative Care
University of Arizona College of Medicine- Tucson
Banner University Medical Center- Diamond Children’s Medical Center
Catherine Derber, MD, FACP – Practicing Physician
Clerkship Director for Internal Medicine
Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Alex Diaz de Villalvilla, MD/ Tow Awardee
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Charity Evans, MD, MHCM, FACS – Chapter Advisor
Assistant Professor
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Brian Lich, MD, DTM&H, FACP – Program Director Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Section of General Internal Medicine
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Medicine
University of Oklahoma
Nicola “Nikki” Orlov, MD, MPH/ Tow Awardee and Chapter Advisor
Associate Professor, Section of Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Associate Program Director, Pediatric Residency Training Program
Clerkship Director, Pritzker School of Medicine
Candice Passerella – Trainee Member / Resident
Intern
Department of Psychiatry
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Hellen Ransom, DHCE – Chapter Advisor
East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine
Gold Connection Podcast Editor
Patricia Sexton, DHEd, FNAOME – Member at Large / Faculty
Associate Dean for Curriculum, Department of Family Medicine
Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
Carol Stanford, MD, FACP, FAAAC – Chapter Advisor
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Medical Director, Comprehensive Sickle Cell Clinic, Truman Medical Center
Nina Stoyan-Rosenzweig, MA – Chapter Advisor
Director of Medical Humanities
University of Florida College of Medicine
Elizabeth (Betsy) Toll, MD
Practicing Physician Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics and Medicine
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Rajitha D. Venkatesh, MD – Member at Large / Faculty
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Richard I. Levin, MD
President/CEO
The Arnold P. Gold Foundation
