Committee Chairs
Krista Hirschmann, PhD, FACH, Flinders University
Lynn O’Neill, MD, Emory University; Atlanta VA Medical Center
Committee Members
Ryan Laponis, MD, FACH, University of California, San Francisco
Bronwyn Wilson, MD, University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Tim Gilligan, MD, FACH, Cleveland Clinic
Sally Fortner, MD, University of New Mexico
Julie Crosson, MD, Boston Medical Center/Dorchester House
Michael Marcin, MD, University of California, San Francisco
Aba Coleman, MD, EdM, Texas Children's Hospital
Gretchen Fuller, MD, Dell Medical School
Darra Kingsley, MD, University of New Mexico
Ellen Pearlman, MD, FACH, Hofstra Northshore-LIJ School of Medicine
Brenda Lovegrove Lepisto, PsyD, Hurley Medical Center
Kathleen McGrail, MD, FACH, Rochester Regional Health System
About the Committee:
The goal of the Education Committee is to ensure that the ACH is delivering the highest quality, most timely and relevant healthcare communication education both internally to our members and externally to our clients.
The committee meets the 4th Wednesday bimonthly, and is comprised of ACH Faculty representatives from all ACH educational programs
(i.e. VP, Internal Education, VP, External Education, FIT co-directors, RCF co-directors, two current ACH FITs, ENRICH Course Director, and Winter Course Director).