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Constituent Councils

The Alliance empowers academic internal medicine professionals and enhances health care through professional development, research, and advocacy.

Clerkship Administrators Advisory Council

Chair
Dee Anna Wilson
Lead Student Program Coordinator
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine at Tulsa

Chair-Elect
Kristina E. Waters, MLS
Program Manager
Department of Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine at Tucson

Past Chair
Karen Ward, ACUME, CGEA
Medical Education Program Administrator
Department of Medicine
University of Virginia School of Medicine

Councilors

LaTiffany D. Connelly
Medicine Clerkship Administrator
Department of Medicine
University of Chicago, Division of the Biological Sciences
Pritzker School of Medicine

Crystal E. McClary
Clerkship Administrator
Department of Internal Medicine
Georgetown University School of Medicine

Joe Orman, MLIS
Healthcare Education Coordinator
Department of Medicine
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Taunia Robinson, MBA
Senior Medical Student Education Coordinator
Department of Internal Medicine
Boonshoft School of Medicine Wright State University

Lisa Tandberg
Education Administrator
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Kansas School of Medicine

Committee Chairs 

Kristina E. Waters, MLS
CDIM CA Program Planning Committee Chair
Program Manager,
Department of Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine at Tucson

Kelly Rauser
CDIM CA Professional Development Committee Chair
Student Clerkship Coordinator
Department of Internal Medicine
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in New Orleans

Program Administrators Advisory Council

Chair
Amanda R. Sikorski, C-TAGME
Administrative Director of GME
Department of Internal Medicine
HCA Healthcare/USF Morsani College of Medicine GME: Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point

Chair-Elect
Michael Conrad, MS, PHR, C-TAGME
Director of Graduate Medical Education
University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine (Tulsa)

Past Chair
Julie L. Byington, C-TAGME
Senior Residency Coordinator & Administrative Lead V
Department of Internal Medicine
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

Douglas Ruiz Carbajal
Student Affairs Officer IV
Department of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles

Councilors

JoVonnda D. Chresfield
Senior Program Administrator
Department of Graduate Medical Education
Baptist Health South Florida

Stephanie Hooten
Internal Medicine Education Program Administrator
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Nebraska College of Medicine

Ashley Johnson, C-TAGME
Program Coordinator
Department of Internal Medicine
White River Health System

Denise M. Keyser
Program Administrator
Department of Internal Medicine
Geisinger Health System

Kimberly A. King, C-TAGME
GME Program Coordinator III
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

Committee Chairs 

Lisa Marie Camp, MBA
APDIM PA Professional Development and Certification Committee Chair
Senior Coordinator, Department of Internal Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine

Michael Conrad, MS, PHR, C-TAGME
APDIM Survey and Scholarship Committee Chair
Director of Graduate Medical Education
University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine (Tulsa)

Alexandra Werbin, C-TAGME, MHA
APDIM PA Member Engagement Committee Chair
Residency and Fellowship Program Manager
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Kansas at Wichita

Stefanie Aponte, C-TAGME
APDIM PA Program Planning Committee Chair
Program Coordinator, Sleep Medicine Fellowship
Department of Graduate Medical Education
Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

MPPDA Executive Committee

President
Allison K. Ashford, MD, FAAP, FACP, FHM
Associate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
University of Nebraska College of Medicine

President-Elect
Anoop Agrawal, MD
Associate Program Director
Med-Peds Program Director
Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine

Immediate Past President
Jennifer K. O'Toole, MD, MEd
Program Director, Medicine-Pediatrics
Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Past President
Jonathan L. Tolentino, MD, FAAP, FACP 
Program Director, Med-Peds Residency Program
Department of Medicine
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

Secretary-Treasurer
Heather Abraham, MD, FACP, FAAP
Program Director of Med Pediatrics Residency
Department of Internal Medicine
Wayne State University School of Medicine

Ex Officio, AMPPA Representative 
Vanessa Ivonne Galvan
Med Peds Program Coordinator
Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles

Member Representative
Ariana Clemencia Klein, MD
Meds-Peds Program Director
Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Advisors

Michael P. Lukela, MD, SFHM, FACP, FAAP
Director, Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program; Vice-Chair, IMPOWER (DIOM)
Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
University of Michigan Medical School

Gifty-Maria J. Ntim, MD
Department of Internal Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles

Clerkship Administrators Advisory Council Former Chairs

2023-2024 Kimberly R. Esterline, MA

2020-2023 Tara L. Loushine, MS, CHES

2020–2021 Angie Duet

2019–2020 Arthur L. Castro, MPH

2018–2019 Valerie Collins

2017-2018 Jon Gent

2015-2016  Britt Simonson

2014-2015  Lisa Oliver

2013-2014  Kerrie L. Quirk

2012-2013  Ginger Wilson

2011-2012  Laura H. Dunn

2010-2011  Daneen Barnett-Johnston

2009-2010  Sue Gilbert

2008-2009  Kellie Engle

2007-2008  Kellie Engle

2006-2007  Dee Savini

2005-2006  Carol Duke

2004-2005  Martha Chandler

2003-2004  Debbie J. Stevens

2002-2003  Bridget Johnson

Program Administrators Advisory Council Former Chairs

2023-2024 Douglas Ruiz Carbajal

2022-2023 Lisa M. Miller, MPA, C-TAGME

2021-2022 Erin N. Snow, MPA, MPH, C-TAGME

2020–2021 Tracy M. Stasinopoulos, C-TAGME

2019–2020 Bethany Millar, C-TAGME

2018–2019 Cara Giacomo, C-TAGME

2017-2018  Rodi Marcelle

2016-2017  Deena W. Segal

2015-2016  Eileen T. Kruck

2014-2015  Ruth H. Smith

2013-2014  Heather Fertig

2012-2013  Barbara J. Wanciak

2011-2012  Carina H. Sundstrom

2010-2011  Kathy Corey

2009-2010  Sherry Berka

2008-2009  Myrna C. Rhodes

2007-2008  Jodi M. Langsfeld

2006-2007  Tayna Milosh-Zinkus

2005-2006  Kelli A. Corning

2004-2005  Alice R. Gordon

2003-2004  Hope Hull

MPPDA Former Presidents

2023-2024 Jennifer K. O’Toole, MD, MEd

2022-2023 Jonathan L. Tolentino, MD, FAAP, FACP

2021-2022 Rita M. Rossi-Foulkes, MD, MS, FACP, FAAP

2020–2021 John M. Solomonides, MD

2019–2020 Michael J. Aylward, MD, FACP, FAAP

2018–2019 Brett W. Robbins, MD

2017-2018  Suzanne McLaughlin, MD

2016-2017  Benjamin Doolittle, MD

2014-2016  Sandra A. Moutsios, MD

2013-2014  Russ C. Kolarik, MD

2012-2013  Michael Lukela, MD

2011-2012  Scott A. Holliday, MD

2010-2011  Alexander M. Djuricich, MD

2009-2010  Suzanne K. Woods, MD

2008-2009  Bradley J. Benson, MD

2007-2008  LuAnn Moraski, DO

2006-2007  Eric W. Ayers, MD

2005-2006  Niraj Sharma, MD

2004-2005  Allen R. Friedland, MD

2003-2004  Thomas Melgar, MD

2002-2003  John G. Frohna, MD

2001-2002  Dean S. Miner, MD

2000-2001  Samuel Borden, MD

1999-2000  Thomas Cross, MD

1998-1999  Keith Boyd, MD

1997-1998  Mary M. Burke, MD

1996-1997  Mary Cicarelli, MD

1995-1996  Gary M. Onady, MD, PhD

1994-1995  Carole M. Lannon, MD