Ecfmg 2015 Annual Report

boArd of trustees And CoMMittees 

ECFMG is a private, nonproft organization whose members are: American Board of Medical Specialties, American 

Medical Association, Association of American Medical Colleges, Association for Hospital Medical Education, 

Federation of State Medical Boards, and National Medical Association. 

ECFMG is governed by a Board of Trustees consisting of two nominees from each of its organizational 

members, up to eight Trustees-at-Large, and ECFMG’s President, who serves as a voting member of the Board. 

Top row, left to right: Kevin B. Weiss, M.D., M.P.H.; Steven Robert Craig, M.D., M.A.C.P.; Dotun Ogunyemi, M.D.; Joe G.N. Garcia, M.D.; Albert G. Deana, 

C.P.A.; Patrick Courtin, Ph.D.; Barry S. Smith, M.D.; Ronald R. Blanck, D.O. 

Middle row, left to right: Andrew T. Filak, Jr., M.D.; Maryellen E. Gusic, M.D.; Karen H. Antman, M.D.; Sade Kosoko-Lasaki, M.D., M.S.P.H., M.B.A.; Asqual 

Getaneh, M.D., M.P.H.; Paul H. Rockey, M.D., M.P.H. 

Front row, left to right: James F. Pelegano, M.D., M.S.; Cynthia Haines, M.B.A.; Ram R. Krishna, M.D.; Emmanuel G. Cassimatis, M.D.; Nyapati R. Rao, M.D., 

M.S.; Anne M. Murphy, J.D. 

Not pictured: Pamela Blizzard, M.B.A. 

2015 ECFMG Board of Trustees 

American Board of Medical Specialties 

Barry S. Smith, M.D. 

Associate Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 

Baylor College of Medicine  

Houston, Texas  

Kevin B. Weiss, M.D., M.P.H. 

Senior Vice President, Institutional Accreditation 

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical 

American Medical Association 

Nyapati R. Rao, M.D., M.S. 

Te Von Tauber Chair, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 

Nassau University Medical Center 

East Meadow, New York 

Paul H. Rockey, M.D., M.P.H. 

Scholar in Residence 

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education 

Education 

Chicago, Illinois 

Chicago, Illinois 

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About eCfMg

Association of American Medical Colleges 

Trustees-at-Large 

Karen H. Antman, M.D. 

Ronald R. Blanck, D.O. 

Provost, Boston University Medical Campus 

Chairman and Partner 

Dean, School of Medicine 

Martin, Blanck & Associates 

Boston University 

Falls Church, Virginia 

Boston, Massachusetts 

Patrick Courtin, Ph.D. 

Maryellen E. Gusic, M.D. 

Harvard, Massachusetts 

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 

Albert G. Deana, C.P.A. 

Association for Hospital Medical Education 

Partner 

Steven Robert Craig, M.D., M.A.C.P. 

Baker Tilly 

Executive Director, Des Moines Area Medical 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

Education Consortium and Assistant Dean for 

Curriculum and Student Afairs (Des Moines 

Joe G.N. Garcia, M.D. 

Branch Campus) 

Senior Vice President for Health Sciences 

University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine 

University of Arizona 

Des Moines, Iowa 

Tucson, Arizona 

Andrew T. Filak, Jr., M.D. 

Cynthia Haines, M.B.A. 

Senior Associate Dean for Academic Afairs 

Senior Vice President, International Services 

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine 

Boston Children’s Hospital 

Cincinnati, Ohio 

Boston, Massachusetts 

Federation of State Medical Boards 

Sade Kosoko-Lasaki, M.D., M.S.P.H., M.B.A. 

Pamela Blizzard, M.B.A. 

Associate Vice President–Health Sciences 

Managing Director 

Creighton University 

Research Triangle High School 

Omaha, Nebraska 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 

Anne M. Murphy, J.D. 

Ram R. Krishna, M.D. 

Senior Vice President and General Counsel 

Orthopedic Surgeon 

Rush University Medical Center 

Yuma, Arizona 

Chicago, Illinois 

National Medical Association 

James F. Pelegano, M.D., M.S. 

Asqual Getaneh, M.D., M.P.H. 

Senior Director Global Initiatives 

MedStar Health Research Institute 

Weill Cornell Medicine 

Hyattsville, Maryland 

New York, New York 

Dotun Ogunyemi, M.D. 

Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates 

Professor & Systems Vice Chair, Patient Safety 

Emmanuel G. Cassimatis, M.D. 

and Quality 

President and Chief Executive Ofcer 

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 

ECFMG 

Beaumont Health/Oakland University 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

William Beaumont School of Medicine 

Royal Oak, Michigan 

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Oficers and Committees 

Ofcers 

Ram R. Krishna, M.D., Chair 

Ronald R. Blanck, D.O., Vice Chair 

Albert G. Deana, C.P.A., Treasurer 

Executive Committee 

Ram R. Krishna, M.D., Chair

Ronald R. Blanck, D.O., Vice Chair  

Albert G. Deana, C.P.A., Treasurer  

Emmanuel G. Cassimatis, M.D., President  

Karen H. Antman, M.D.  

Patrick Courtin, Ph.D.  

Asqual Getaneh, M.D., M.P.H.  

Cynthia Haines, M.B.A.  

Evaluation and Compensation Committee 

Ram R. Krishna, M.D., Chair 

Ronald R. Blanck, D.O., Vice Chair 

Albert G. Deana, C.P.A., Treasurer 

Andrew T. Filak, Jr., M.D. 

Cynthia Haines, M.B.A. 

Finance & Audit Committee  

Albert G. Deana, C.P.A., Chair

Ronald R. Blanck, D.O.  

Patrick Courtin, Ph.D.  

James F. Pelegano, M.D., M.S.  

Paul H. Rockey, M.D., M.P.H.  

Barry S. Smith, M.D.  

Kevin B. Weiss, M.D., M.P.H.  

Medical Education Credentials Committee 

Cynthia Haines, M.B.A., Chair

Ronald R. Blanck, D.O.  

Pamela Blizzard, M.B.A.  

Andrew T. Filak, Jr., M.D.  

Joe G.N. Garcia, M.D.  

Asqual Getaneh, M.D., M.P.H.  

Maryellen E. Gusic, M.D.  

Anne M. Murphy, J.D.  

Dotun Ogunyemi, M.D.  

James F. Pelegano, M.D., M.S.  

Nyapati R. Rao, M.D., M.S.  

Barry S. Smith, M.D.  

Nominating Committee   

Barry S. Smith, M.D., Chair

Asqual Getaneh, M.D., M.P.H.  

Sade Kosoko-Lasaki, M.D., M.S.P.H., M.B.A.  

Anne M. Murphy, J.D.  

Personnel Practices Committee 

Andrew T. Filak, Jr., M.D., Chair

Pamela Blizzard, M.B.A.  

Steven Robert Craig, M.D., M.A.C.P.

Albert G. Deana, C.P.A.  

Cynthia Haines, M.B.A.  

Sade Kosoko-Lasaki, M.D., M.S.P.H., M.B.A.  

Planning Committee 

Ronald R. Blanck, D.O., Chair

Patrick Courtin, Ph.D.  

Steven Robert Craig, M.D., M.A.C.P.

Maryellen E. Gusic, M.D.  

Sade Kosoko-Lasaki, M.D., M.S.P.H., M.B.A.  

Anne M. Murphy, J.D.  

Dotun Ogunyemi, M.D.  

Nyapati R. Rao, M.D., M.S.  

Paul H. Rockey, M.D., M.P.H.  

Kevin B. Weiss, M.D., M.P.H.  

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