Council Members & Staff - 2012
| Member | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Mary Jane Massie, M.D. - Chair | Attending Psychiatrist Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Professor of Clinical Psychiatry Weill Medical College of Cornell University |
| Steven B. Abramson, M.D. | Professor of Medicine and Pathology Sr. Vice President and Vice Dean for Education, Faculty and Academic Affairs Director, Division of Rheumatology NYU School of Medicine |
| Rhonda M. Acholonu, M.D. | Assistant Professor of Pediatrics NYU School of Medicine |
| Victor M. Badner, D.M.D., M.P.H. | Chairman Department of Dentistry/OMFS North Bronx HealthCare Network Associate Professor, Departments of Dentistry and Epidemiology/Population Health Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
| Karen L. Bell, M.D. | Associate Clinical Professor of Neurology Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer´s Disease & the Aging Brain Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons |
| Roseanne C. Berger, M.D. | Senior Associate Dean for GME Associate Professor of Clinical Family Medicine & Pediatrics School of Medicine SUNY Buffalo |
| Gary C. Butts, M.D. | Associate Dean, Diversity Programs, Policy & Community Affairs Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Medical Education, & Preventive Medicine Director, Center for Multicultural & Community Affairs Mount Sinai School of Medicine |
| Neil S. Calman, M.D. | President Institute for Urban Family Health |
| Jennifer F. Canter, M.D. | Director, Child Protection The Maria Fareri Children´s Hospital at Westchester Medical Center Medical Director, Children´s Advocacy Center The Westchester Institute for Human Development |
| Harry M. Delany, M.D. | Chairman, Department of Surgery Jacobi Medical Center |
| Nienke P. Dosa, M.D., M.P.H. | Associate Professor of Pediatrics Center for Development, Behavior, and Genetics SUNY Upstate Medical University |
| Montgomery B. Douglas, M.D. | Associate Professor and Chair Department of Family and Community Medicine New York Medical College |
| Paul Dreizen, M.D. | Professor of Medicine SUNY Downstate Medical Center |
| Walter A. Franck, M.D. | Physician-in-Chief Emeritus Co-Director Medical Student Programs Bassett Healthcare Professor of Clincal Medicine Associate Dean Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons |
| Ethan Fried, M.D., M.Sc., F.A.C.P. | Director of Graduate Medical Education St. Luke´s-Roosevelt Hospital |
| Richard Liebowitz, M.D. | Vice President Medical Affairs, DIO New York Presbyterian Hospital |
| David A. Milling, M.D. | Associate Dean for Multicultural Affairs Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine Director of the Post-Baccalaureate Program School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences University at Buffalo - SUNY |
| Howard L. Minkoff, M.D., F.A.C.O.G. | Chair, Obstetrics and Gynecology Maimonides Medical Center Distinguished Professor, SUNY Downstate |
| Susana R. Morales, M.D. | Director, Center for Multicultural and Minority Health Weill Medical College of Cornell University |
| Michael F. Noe, M.D. | Associate Dean, Community Relations and Clinical Affairs Director, Preventive Medicine Residency Program School of Public Health and Health Professions University at Buffalo |
| Harry C. Odabashian, Jr., M.D. | Albany Associates in Cardiology |
| Herbert Pardes, M.D. | Executive Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees New York Presbyterian Hospital |
| Walter Ramos, J.D., R.N. (Regents´ Designee) | Executive Secretary - NYS Board for Medicine NYS Education Department |
| Steven M. Safyer, M.D. | President & Chief Executive Officer Montefiore Medical Center |
| Steven J. Scheinman, M.D. | Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology Upstate Medical University |
| Vicki L. Seltzer, M.D. | Chair Emeritus, Obstetrics & Gynecology Long Island Jewish Medical Center North Shore University Hospital |
| Monika K. Shah, M.D. | Associate Chairman for Graduate Medical Education Department of Medicine Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center |
| Nirav R. Shah, M.D., M.P.H. (ex officio) | Commissioner NYS Department of Health |
| Merryl H. Tisch (ex officio) | Chancellor NYS Board of Regents |
| Karen S. Westervelt (Commissioner´s Designee) | Special Policy Advisor for Primary Care Development NYS Department of Health |
| Council Staff | |
|---|---|
| Thomas F. Burke, M.S. | Executive Director |
| Barbara Anderson | Program Research Specialist II |
| Helen Crane | Principal H.C.M.S. Analyst |
| Donna Coutant | Administrative Aide |
| Prabhakar Rajupet (Raj), M.B.A | Associate Auditor |


