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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

Arthur Castro, MPH
Program Manager—Longitudinal Integrated Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine

Chair-Elect

Angie Duet
Hospitalized Adult Care Clerkship Coordinator, Department of Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine

Past Chair

Valerie Collins
Coordinator Education and Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine

Councilors

Irene Arndts
Clerkship Coordinator, Department of Internal Medicine
Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center

Kelly Barr
Department Clerkship Administrator, Company Administrator
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

Carol Carden
Clerkship Coordinator, Department of Medicine
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Tara Loushine, MS, CHES
Instructional Program Manager II, Department of Medicine
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Brooke Mbow
Clerkship Coordinator, Department of Internal Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin

Committee Chair

Britt Simonson, MEd
Medical Education Program Manager, Department of Medicine
Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women's Hospital

Ginger Wilson, ACUME
Student Program Coordinator III, Department of Internal Medicine
University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine (Tulsa)

Program Administrators Advisory Council

Chair

Bethany Millar, C-TAGME
Primary Care Coordinator
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

Chair-Elect

Tracy M. Stasinopoulos
Residency Program Coordinator
Medical College of Wisconsin

Past Chair

Cara Giacomo, C-TAGME
Program Administrator
Greenwich Hospital Association

Councilors

Brandy Freiger, C-TAGME
Fellowship Programs Administrator, Department of Internal Medicine
University of Alabama School of Medicine

Lisa Miller
Program Administrator, Department of Internal Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School

Erin Maxwell Snow, C-TAGME
Education Administrator, Division of Education, Department of Internal Medicine
University of Nebraska College of Medicine

Sandra Ordonez, C-TAGME
Program Manager, Department of Medicine
Harvard Medical School Massachusetts General Hospital

Committee Chairs

Michelle Herbers
Program Administrator, Department of Medicine
Hennepin Healthcare

Denise Keyser
Program Administrator, Department of Internal Medicine
Geisinger Health System

Cheryl Moss, MSEd, C-TAGME
Program Administrator, Department of Medicine
University of Mississippi School of Medicine

Kelly Spielman, MS, C-TAGME
Department of Internal Medicine, 
Administrative Manager, Residency/Fellowship Program
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell

MPPDA Executive Committee

President

Michael J. Aylward, MD FACP, FAAP
Med-Peds Program Director, Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
University of Minnesota Medical School

President-Elect

John M. Solomonides, MD
Program Director, Department of Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School

Immediate Past President

Brett W. Robbins, MD
Med-Peds Program Director/Vice Chair of Education, Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Past President

Suzanne E. McLaughlin, MD
Program Director, Section Chief/ IM Residency Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Secretary Treasurer

Katie Diamond-Falk, MD
Program Director, Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Maine Medical Center

Member Representative

Stefanie R. Brown, MD FACP, FAAP
Program Director, Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

Advisors

Sandra A. Moutsios, MD
Program Director, Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Niraj Sharma, MD, MPH
Program Director, Department of Internal Medicine
Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women's Hospital

MPPDA Executive Committee Roles and Responsibilities

Clerkship Administrators Advisory Council Former Chairs

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

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

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