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Blue Ribbon Panel: Membership

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Blue Ribbon Panel Members

Jordan Cohen, M.D., Chair
President Emeritus, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
Washington, DC

WIlliam Bremner, M.D., Ph.D.
Chairman, Department of Medicine
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Betty M. Drees, M.D.
Dean, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Kansas City, MO

Stephan Fihn, M.D., M.P.H.
Deputy ACOS for Health Services Research
Director, VA Northwest HSR&D Center for Excellence
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Timothy Flynn, M.D.
Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education
University of Florida Department of Surgery
Gainesville, FL

Laurence Gardner, M.D.
Miller Professor of Medicine
Executive Dean for Education and Policy
University of Miami School of Medicine
Miami, FL

Eve J. Higginbotham, M.D.
Dean & Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA

Bernett Johnson, Jr., M.D.
Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education and Minority Affairs
Senior Associate Dean for Veterans' Affairs
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA

John Kendall, M.D.
Dean Emeritus
Professor of Medicine Emeritus
Oregon Health & Science University, School of Medicine
Portland, OR

Thomas J. Lawley, M.D.
Dean, Emory School of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA

Jacqueline Parthemore, M.D.
Chief of Staff, VAMC San Diego
San Diego, CA

Robert Petzel, M.D.
Network Director, VISN 23
VA Midwest Healthcare Network (10N23)
Minneapolis, MN

David Stern, M.D.
Dean, College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH

Peter G. Traber, M.D.
President and CEO
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

Daniel Winship, M.D.
Chief, Cook County Bureau of Health Services
Chicago, IL