Council of Public Members
The Council of Public Members includes the Public Directors from the ACGME Board of Directors, as well as the public members who sit on each of the ACGME's Review and Recognition Committees.
Council of Public Members Purpose Statement
With the goal of increasing public trust in physician residency and fellowship education to promote high quality medical care for all, the purposes of the Council are to:
- Advise the Board of Directors from the public perspective, including on strategic and accreditation issues;
- Bring the voice of the public and patients to the ACGME;
- Engage with the public and patient population, as recommended by the ACGME; and
- Enhance the effectiveness of the public members in their roles as members of the Review Committees, the Board of Directors, and other committees and task forces.
Council of Public Members, 2020-2021
| Jeffrey Pettit, PhD Transitional Year Review Committee Chair Helen Haskell, MA ACGME Public Director Claudia Wyatt Johnson, MA ACGME Public Director Judith S. Shaw, EdD, MPH, RN, FAAP Review Committee for Pediatrics Vice Chair Luther G. Brewster Jr., PhD Review Committee for Thoracic Surgery Kyle D. Campbell, FACHE Review Committee for Plastic Surgery Barbara Castleberry, PhD, MT (ASCP) Review Committee for Pathology Timothy Clapper, PhD Review Committee for Anesthesiology Ken R. Coelho, MSc, DHSc, FRSPH Review Committee for Osteopathic Principles Marie M. Dotseth, MHA Review Committee for Preventive Medicine Monica Douglas, MBA, MPH Review Committee for Ophthalmology Toby Gordon, ScD Review Committee for Radiology Barbara Grogg, APRN, C-FP Review Committee for Osteopathic Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine Janice Lynn Kishner, RN, MSN, MBA, FACHE Review Committee for Radiation Oncology Diane Osterhaus Neefe, MS, EdD Review Committee for Allergy and Immunology |
Carmen Hooker Odom At-Large Member Elizabeth H. Roberts, MBA Review Committee for Obstetrics and Gynecology Rabbi Seymour Rosenbloom Review Committee for Internal Medicine Harry Rosenbluth, MBA CFA Review Committee for Neurological Surgery David Rubenstein, FACHE, MHA, Major General, USA, Retired Review Committee for Surgery Kathryn Rugen, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN, FAANP Review Committee for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Deborah Simpson, PhD Review Committee for Psychiatry Alison P. Smith, MPH, BSN, RN Review Committee for Family Medicine James H. Taylor, DMan, MHA, MBA Review Committee for Orthopaedic Surgery Mary Theobald, MBA Review Committee for Dermatology Bryan Walker, MHS, PA-C Review Committee for Neurology Jaime Warren, MBA Review Committee for Nuclear Medicine Frances Watts Van Beek, MSHA, MBA Review Committee for Medical Genetics and Genomics Gordon B. Wheeler, MD Review Committee for Emergency Medicine Thomas S. Worsley, MPA, MHA Review Committee for Otolaryngology Mark A. Zunk, RN, MS Institutional Review Committee |