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