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Leadership

The Board of Directors is the governing body of the ACCME. It is charged with setting the strategic direction for the organization and leading the ACCME in identifying, developing, and promoting standards for quality continuing medical education.

Officers

Chair

Jon Thomas, MD, MBA

ENT Medical Director
UnitedHealthcare
Vice Chair

Annette Mallory Donawa, PhD, MSEd

Associate Provost, Office of Continuing Professional Development
Thomas Jefferson University
Secretary

Graham McMahon, MD, MMSc

President and Chief Executive Officer
ACCME

Directors

Saima Chaudhry, MD, MSHS

Chief Academic Officer, Vice President of Academic Affairs
Memorial Healthcare System

Rebecca Daniel, MD, FACP

Director, Transitional Year Residency Program and Continuing Medical Education Program
Trinity Health

Susan DuBois, CPCS, CPMSM

Independent healthcare consultant

Eric Friedberg, MD, FACR

Associate Professor of Radiology and Imaging Sciences
Emory University

Carin A. Hagberg, MD, FASA

Chief Academic Officer (CAO), Immediate Past Head of the Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine Division, Bud Johnson Clinical Distinguished Chair and Professor and Adjunct Professor
UTHealth McGovern Medical School

Marko Jachtorowycz, MD, FACOG, FACS

Director, Residency Program in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Ascension Illinois Saint Alexius

Shannon Kilgore, MD, FAAN

Director of Stroke Services
VA Palo Alto Health Care System

Deputy Associate Chief of Staff for Education and VA Site Director
Stanford University Neurology Residency Program

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Stanford University School of Medicine

Vincent Loffredo, EdD

Chief Learning Officer
American Society of Anesthesiologists

Diane M. Meldi, MBA

Independent healthcare consultant

Kendra Peterson, CHCP

Director of Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development
Washington State Medical Association

Haritha Rachamulla, MD

Internist
The Permanente Medical Group

Sharisse Arnold Rehring, MD, FAAP

Pediatrician, Director of Medical Education, Director of Pediatric Education
Colorado Permanente Medical Group

Director, Colorado University School of Medicine (CUSOM) Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship (LIC)
Kaiser Permanente Colorado

Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine

Roy Erwin Strowd, III, MD, MED, MS

Associate Professor of Neurology and Neuro-oncology, Interim Vice Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Jacqueline A. Watson, DO, MBA

Strategic Advisor
DC Department of Healthcare Finance

Government Representative

Erica Scavella, MD, FACP, FACHE

Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Clinical Services, Chief Medical Officer
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs