Governance and Committee Structures
The council’s activities are led by a 15-member administrative board. Ad Board candidates self-nominate, are evaluated by the Nominating and Engagement Committee, and are confirmed by a vote of the CFAS membership at every other CFAS Spring Meeting.
All CFAS representatives are welcome to join our committees to help translate the mission and values of CFAS into action.
Administrative Board, 2023-2024
The CFAS Administrative Board (ad board) consists of 15 members, including the chair, chair-elect and immediate past chair, and 12 society and medical school representatives selected by their fellow CFAS reps. The ad board develops programs and initiatives for the full council and acts on its behalf with regard to AAMC business and policy initiatives.
Chair: Nita Ahuja, MD
William H. Carmalt Professor of Surgery; Chair, Department of Surgery; Interim Director, Yale Cancer Center; Interim Physician-in-Chief, Smilow Cancer Hospital
Yale School of Medicine
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Chair-Elect: Arthur Derse, MD, JD
Association of Bioethics Program Directors (ABPD)
Julia and David Uihlein Chair in Medical Humanities
Medical College of Wisconsin
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Immediate Past Chair: Aviad “Adi” Haramati, PhD
Professor of Integrative Physiology in the Departments of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Medicine (Nephrology)
Georgetown University Medical Center
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Administrative Board Members
Adam Franks, MD
Professor and Associate Residency Director of Family Medicine
Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
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Monica Baskin, PhD
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Community Health Equity, Health Sciences; Professor of medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, School of Medicine; Associate Director of Community Outreach, Hillman Cancer Center
University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences
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Kimberly Lumpkins, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Maryland Medical School
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Lily Belfi, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology
Weill Cornell Medical College
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Nicholas Delamere, PhD
Department Head of Physiology and Professor of Ophthalmology and Physiology
The University of Arizona Health Sciences College of Medicine Tuscon
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Deanna Sasaki-Adams, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine
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Neil Osheroff, PhD
John G. Coniglio Chair in Biochemistry, Professor of Biochemistry and Medicine
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
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Valencia Walker, MD, MPH
Vice Dean for Health Equity and Inclusion
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
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Shirley “Lee” Eisner, PhD
Associate Professor of Cell Biology
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine
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Jon Courand, MD, FAAP
Professor, Vice Chair of GME for Pediatrics
Assistant Dean for Wellbeing for Graduate Medical Education
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
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Laura Shaffer, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics, Director of Pediatric Psychology and Behavioral Health
Developmental Pediatrics Clinic
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Robert (Bob) T. Brodell, MD, FAAD, FRCP Edin
Tenured Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology
Professor and Past Founding Chair, Department of Dermatology
Billy S. Guyton, MD Distinguished Professor
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Ex-Officio Member: Group on Faculty Affairs (GFA) Chair
Johnson George, MBA, PMP, CAHIMS
Assistant Dean – Administration and Faculty Affairs
McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
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