Constituent Councils

Constituent councils represent large member groups within APDIM and CDIM and their structure mimics member councils: four officers and six to nine councilors. Chairs of constituent councils hold an ex officio position in the respective member community.

Clerkship Administrators Advisory Council

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

Chair-Elect
Lisa Tandberg, MSML
Education Administrator
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Kansas School of Medicine

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

Councilors

Sarah Chun
Executive Coordinator, Internal Medicine Clerkship
Department of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles

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

Casper Menson
Medical Student Program Technician
Department of Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine

Committee Chairs

Lisa Oliver
Associate Director
Department of Internal Medicine
State University of New York Upstate Medical University College of Medicine

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

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

Past 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

Councilors

Janice Gleisner, MBA, C-TAGME
Senior Program Manager
Department of Internal Medicine
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

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

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

Mandi Smith
Program Coordinator
Department of Medicine
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Committee Chairs

Kara B. Westmas
APDIM Survey and Scholarship Committee Chair
Medicine Fellowships Administrators
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

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

President-Elect
Evangeline M. Galvez, MD
Med Peds Program Director
Harvard Medical School Massachusetts General Hospital

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

Past President
Joseph Trugilio, MD, MPH
Program Director, Internal Medicine Pediatrics
Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai

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

2025-2026 Dee Anna Wilson

2024-2025 Karen Ward, ACUME

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

2025-2026 Amanda Sikorski, C-TAGME

2024-2025 Julie L. Byington, C-TAGME

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

2025-2026 Allison K. Ashford, MD, FAAP, FACP, FHM

2024-2025 Joseph Trugilio, MD, MPH

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