AAHPM Winter Quarterly 2011 : Page 19WINTER 2011 19 Tara Friedman, MD FAAHPM Dr. Friedman is the associate national medical director of the VITAS physician group. A fellowship-trained physician, Dr. Friedman has developed a palliative care consultative practice at Hahnemann Hospital, the main teaching affiliate of Drexel University School of Medicine and also lectures on palliative care topics at national meetings. Dr. Friedman is active in the Academy, serving on the Publications Committee and on the editorial board of the AAHPM Quarterly. Christian Sinclair, MD FAAHPM In addition to serving as associate medical director at Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care (KCHPC), Dr. Sinclair was involved in the planning of the first inpatient hospice facility in Kansas City, as well as becoming the fellowship director for the joint program between KCHPC and the University of Kansas Medical Center. Dr. Sinclair was a founding member of the Professionals in Training SIG and serves as an active member of the External Awareness Committee and as board liaison to the Membership and Communities SCC. This is his second term as director at large. Jay Thomas, MD PhD Dr. Thomas is the Arthur M. Coppola Family Chair of the Department of Supportive Care Medicine at City of Hope. In addition to clinical care, Dr. Thomas’s research deals with ways to control pain and reduce complications of cancer or its treatment that can interfere with quality of life in seriously ill patients. He has written extensively, both in peer-reviewed journals and textbooks. An active member of AAHPM, Dr. Thomas has served as Review Course director, chair of the Scientific Subcommittee for the Annual Assembly, and chair of the Publications Committee. This is his second term as director at large. Charles Wellman, MD FAAHPM Since 1999 Dr. Wellman has been chief medical officer at Hospice of the Western Reserve. Dr. Wellman received the prestigious AAHPM Josefina B. Magno Distinguished Hospice Physician Award in 2011 and currently serves as chair of the Leadership and Workforce SCC. He has presented at numerous Annual Assembly meetings on both clinical and ethical topics. Joanne Wolfe, MD MPH Dr. Wolfe’s career in hospice and palliative medicine was founded on three key experiences. In 1997, she led the development of the Pediatric Advanced Care Team at Children’s Hospital Boston and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. A few years later, Dr. Wolfe became a faculty scholar with Project Death in America, and then from 2002 to 2008, she was the pediatric medical director for a local hospice. Dr. Wolfe is currently chair of the Research and Quality SCC, a member of the Pediatric and Research SIGs, an associate editor of PC-FACS, and a presenter at numerous Annual Assemblies. These individuals will join the following previously elected board members whose terms continue in 2012: President Timothy Quill, MD FAAHPM Past President Ronald J. Crossno, MD CMD FAAFP FAAHPM Executive Vice President Porter Storey, MD FACP FAAHPM Directors at Large F. Amos Bailey, MD FACP FAAHPM Susan B. LeGrand, MD FACP FAAHPM John F. Manfredonia, DO FACOFP FAAHPM Christine S. Ritchie, MD MSPH FACP FAAHPM In addition, members Nathan Goldstein, MD FAAHPM, and Tanya Lugliani Stewart, MD FAAHPM, were elected to the 2012 Nominating Committee. Denver Botanic Gardens is one of the top five botanic gardens in America, with more than 32,000 plants, representing more than 2,000 species, including seven that are classified as endangered. VOL. 12 Publication List Using a screen reader? Click Here |
