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Board of Directors

The AAMC is governed by a 19-member Board of Directors.

  • The Chair, Chair-elect, and Immediate Past Chair
  • The President/CEO
  • The Chair and Chair-Elect of each AAMC membership Council (Faculty and Academic Societies, Deans, Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems)
  • Nine at-large members to include a student, a resident, a junior faculty member, and two public members

Board Members, 2022-2023 (effective Nov. 15, 2022)

LouAnn Woodward, MD

LouAnn Woodward, MD

Chair
University of Mississippi Medical Center

Lee D. Jones, MD

Lee Jones, MD

Chair-elect
Georgetown University

Kirk A. Calhoun, MD

Kirk A. Calhoun, MD

Immediate Past Chair
The University of Texas at Tyler

David J. Skorton, MD

David J. Skorton, MD

President and CEO
Association of American Medical Colleges

Nita Ahuja, MD, MBA

Nita Ahuja, MD, MBA

Yale University

Kate Walsh, MPH

Robert A. Barish, MD, MBA

University of Illinois Chicago

Catherine L. Coe, MD

Catherine L. Coe, MD

University of North Carolina

Henri R. Ford, MD, PhD

Henri R. Ford, MD, MHA

University of Miami

Julie A. Freischlag, MD

Julie A. Freischlag, MD

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

Martha E. (Meg) Gaines, JD, LLM

Martha E. (Meg) Gaines, JD, LLM

University of Wisconsin

Aviad Haramati, PhD

Aviad Haramati, PhD

Georgetown University

Jennifer Hayashi

Jennifer Hayashi

Tulane University

Danny Jacobs, MD, MPH

Danny Jacobs, MD, MPH

Oregon Health & Science University

Cara V. James, PhD

Cara V. James, PhD

Grantmakers In Health (GIH)

Peter F. Buckley, MD

Charles P. Mouton, MD, MS, MBA

The University of Texas Medical Branch

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Dennis Murphy, MHA

Indiana University Health

Joan Y. Reede, MD, MPH

Joan Y. Reede, MD, MPH

Harvard University

Brittany N. Hasty, MD, MHPE

Adam C. Thompson-Harvey, MD

Medical College of Wisconsin

Michael Waldrum, MD, MSC, MBA

Michael Waldrum, MD, MSc, MBA

ECU Health

Board Nominations

The Board of Directors accepts nominations of interested individuals throughout the year. Please express your interest and previous governance experience via a short email.

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