Governance

Board of Directors

The AAIM Board of Directors in governed by a 19-person board of directors that consists of the AAIM President and the presidents, presidents-elect, and past presidents of the APM, APDIM, ASP, CDIM, and AIM as well as the chairs of board committees.

The AAIM Board of Directors has three elected officer positions: Chair, Vice Chair, and Secretary-Treasurer.

Melvin Blanchard, MD

Chair

Melvin S. Blanchard, MD, FACP

Chair of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
Greater Baltimore Medical Center



Shobina Chheda, MD

Vice Chair

Shobhina Chheda, MD, MPH

Associate Dean of Medical Education
Department of Medicine
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Katherine Chretien, MD

Secretary-Treasurer

Katherine Chretien, MD

Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

D. Craig Brater, MD

Ex Officio

D. Craig Brater, MD

President and Chief Executive Officer
Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine

Bergitta E. Cotroneo, FACMPE

Ex Officio

Bergitta E. Cotroneo, FACMPE

Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President
Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine

Board Members

E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD

E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD

APM President
Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine

Reeni A. Abraham, MD

Reeni A. Abraham, MD

CDIM President-Elect
Clerkship Director
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

Alpesh N. Amin, MD, MBA, MACP, SFHM, FACC

Alpesh N. Amin, MD, MACP, SFHM, FACC

APM President-Elect
Chair
Department of Medicine
University of California, Irvine School of Medicine

Jeff Becker

Jeff Becker

AIM President-Elect
Director of Finance / Business Administrator Digestive Diseases
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Carol Cottrell

Carol A. Cottrell

AIM President
Department Administrator
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

Patricia W. Finn, MD

Patricia W. Finn, MD

APM Past President
Chair, Department of Medicine
University of Illinois College of Medicine

Susan Lane, MD

Susan Lane, MD, FACP

APDIM President
Program Director and Vice Chair for Education
Department of Internal Medicine
Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University

Solomon Liao, MD

Solomon Liao, MD, FAAHPM

ASP President
Director of Palliative Care Services
Division of Palliative Care
University of California, Irvine School of Medicine

Vera P. Luther, MD

Vera Luther, MD

ASP President-Elect
Fellowship Program Director, Division of Infectious Diseases
Department of Internal Medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

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Allen Mead

AIM Past President 
Director, Medicine Health Care Service
Department of Medicine
Robert Larner, MD, College of Medicine at University of Vermont

Marty Muntz, MD

Marty Muntz, MD, FACP

CDIM President
Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin

Jaya M. Raj, MD, FACP

Jaya M. Raj, MD, FACP

APDIM President-Elect
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
Department of Internal Medicine
Creighton University School of Medicine (Phoenix)

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Amy Shaheen, MD, MSc, FACP

CDIM Past President
Vice President, Practice Quality and Innovation
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

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Patricia Vassallo, MD, FACC, FASE

ASP Past President
Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiology
Department of Internal Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

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David A. Wininger, MD, FACP

APDIM Past President
Program Director, Department of Internal Medicine
Ohio State University College of Medicine



Past Board Officers