AAHM Committees
To contact the chair of a committee, please look up the name of the person
in the membership directory. Below only the chairpersons are listed:
W. Bruce Fye
President-elect
Committee on Annual Meetings:(3-year staggered terms)
Peter Twohig, chair (term ends 2010)
Gerald Grob (term ends 2009)
Judith Leavitt (term ends 2009)
Micaela Sullivan-Fowler (term ends 2010)
Stephen Greenberg (term ends 2011)
Richard Kahn (term ends 2011)
W. Bruce Fye ex-officio (term ends 2010)
Christopher Crenner, ex-officio
Program Committee: (Cleveland Program Committee)
Howard Markel, chair
Robert Aronowitz
Jeffrey Baker
Harold Cook
Russell Maulitz
Jonathan Sadowsky
Jole Shackelford
Alexandra Stern
Heinrich Von Staden
Clinician Historian: Carla Keirns, chair (term ends 2009)
Delegate to American Council of Learned Societies: (ACLS 4-year term)
Margaret Humphreys (term ends 2011)
Delegate to International Society for the History of Medicine:
(2-year terms)
Cynthia Pitcock, national delegate (term ends 2009)
Toby Gelfand, alternate (term ends 2009)
Education and Outreach committee: (3-year staggered terms)
Mindy Schwartz, chair (2008-2011)
Marianne Fedunkiw (term ends 2009)
Lisa Boult (term ends 2009)
Gwen Kay (term ends 2010)
Jonathon Erlen (term ends 2010)
Lisa Pruitt (term ends 2011)
Estes Award Committee: (2008-2009)
Jan McTavish, chair
Victoria Sweet
William Helfand
Finance Committee: (3-year staggered terms)
Margaret Marsh, chair (term ends 2010)
James Bono (term ends 2009)
Bert Hansen (term ends 2011)
Garrison Lecture Committee : (2008-2009)
(Charge: to pick 2010 lecturer):
Randall Packard, chair
Chris Feudtner
Steven Peitzman
Dorothy Porter
Janet Tighe
Lifetime Achievement Award Committee: (2008-2009)
Charlotte Borst, chair
William Rothstein
Todd Savitt
Local Arrangements Committee:
James Edmonson, chair; Jonathan Sadowsky; Ginger Saha (Cleveland, OH 2009); Paul D. Scanlon, co-chair, J. Michael Homan, co-chair (Rochester, MN 2010); Ruth Schwartz Cowan, chair (Philadelphia, PA 2011)
Newletter:
Jodi Koste, editor (through 2010 meeting)
Joan Klein, coeditor (through 2010 meeting)
Osler Medal Committee: (2008-2009)
James Wright, chair
Douglas Bacon
Paul Berman
Jock Murray
Jacqueline Wolfe
Shryock Medal Committee: (2008-2009)
Beth Linker, chair
Dayle DeLancey
Heather Perry
Sally Romano
Thomas Schlich
Nominating Committee: (2-year term 2008-2010)
Alan Brandt, chair
Ann LaBerge
Joel Howell
Pressman-Burroughs Wellcome Award: (3-year terms)
Conevery Bolton Valencius, chair (term ends 2010)
Erica Dyck (term ends 2011)
Keith Wailoo (term ends 2012)
Welch Medal Committee: (2008-2009)
Vicky Harden, chair
Judith Leavitt
Joan Lynaugh
Dale Smith
John Warner
Publications Committee: (now 6-year terms, next appointment 2010)
John Harley Warner, Chair (term ends 2010)
Gregory Higby (term ends 2011)
Janet Golden (term ends 2012)
Webmaster: Matthew Scanlon (if you find a dead link or other problem, please let me know)
Women Historians: Heather Munro Prescott, chair
Ad Hoc Committee on Travel Grants:
Julia Rodriguez, chair (term ends 2010)
Alexandra Stern (term ends 2009)
Margaret Humphreys (term ends 2011)
Ad Hoc Commitee on Student Affairs:
Kristen Ehrenberger, Chair (term ends 2009)
Walton Schalick, Faculty Representative (term ends 2010)
Ad Hoc Committee on Survey of Medical Schools: Jennifer Gunn, chair; Jeremy Greene, Laura Hirshbein, Geoffrey Hudson
Ad Hoc Committee on Impact of HIPAA: (2008-2010)
Nancy McCall, chair
Beatrix Hoffman
Susan Lawrence
Stephen Novak
Janet Tighe
"Past Council Members" AAHM Council List
Term expires 2011: Theodore M. Brown, PhD
Norman Gevitz, PhD
Leslie Reagan, PhD
Nancy Tomes, PhD
Term expires 2010: Warwick H. Anderson, MD, PhD
Jennifer Gunn, PhD
William Rothstein, PhD
Susan L. Smith, PhD
Term expires 2009: James Edmonson, PhD
H. Hughes Evans, MD
Bert Hansen, PhD
Joan E. Lynaugh, PhD
Term expires 2008: Emily Abel, PhD
Paul E. Berman, MD
Monica Green, PhD
David Rosner, PhD
Term expires 2007: Michael Bliss, PhD
John Eyler, PhD
Margaret Humphreys, MD, PhD
Ann La Berge, PhD
Term expires 2006: Thomas A. Horrocks, MLS
James C. Mohr, PhD
Walton O. Schalick, MD, PhD
Janet Tighe, PhD
Term expires 2005: Christopher Crenner, MD, PhD
Caroline Hannaway, PhD
Michael McVaugh, PhD
Christopher Sellers, PhD
Term expires 2004: Edward T. Morman, PhD
Steven J. Peitzman, MD
Molly P. Sutphen, PhD
Arleen M. Tuchman, PhD
Term expires 2003: Anne-Emmanuelle Birn, PhD
Harry Marks, PhD
Naomi Rogers, PhD
Nancy G. Siraisi, PhD
Term expires 2002: Rima D. Apple, PhD
James J. Bono, PhD
Susan C. Lawrence, PhD
Sherwin B. Nuland, MD
Term expires 2001: Jacalyn Duffin, MD, PhD
Janet Golden, PhD
Robert Martensen, MD, PhD
Keith Wailoo, PhD
Term expires 2000: Caroline Acker, PhD
Robert Aronowitz, MD
Jeffrey Baker, MD
Charlotte Borst, PhD
Term expires 1999: Toby Appel, PhD
Paul Edelson, MD
Sydney Halpern, PhD
William C. Summers, MD, PhD
Term expires 1998: Faye M. Getz, PhD
Susan E. Lederer, PhD
Barron H. Lerner, MD, MPhil
Clark T. Sawin, MD
Term expires 1997: K. Codell Carter, PhD
Harold J. Cook, PhD
Ann La Berge, PhD
Howard Markel, MD, PhD
Term expires 1996: Barbara Bates, MD
Luke F. Demaitre, PhD
Margaret E. Humphreys, MD, PhD
Jack Pressman, PhD
Term expires 1995: Vanessa N. Gamble, PhD
Steven C. Martin, MD
Ellen S. More, PhD
Martin S. Pernick, PhD
Term expires 1994: Elizabeth Fee, PhD
Patsy Gerstner, PhD
Joel Howell, MD, PhD
Lawrence D. Longo, MD
Term expires 1993: Peter C. English, MD, PhD
Robert U. Massey, MD
Rosemary A. Stevens, PhD
Nancy W. Zinn, MLS
Term expires 1992: J. Worth Estes, MD
Victoria A. Harden, PhD
Nancy Tomes, PhD
John Harley Warner, PhD
Term expires 1991: Thomas N. Bonner, PhD
Allan M. Brandt, PhD
Elizabeth Lomax, MD, PhD
John Parascandola, PhD
Term expires 1990: Francis P. Chinard, MD
Stanley W. Jackson, MD
John Norris, PhD
Philip M. Teigen, PhD
Term expires 1989: Roderick K. Calverley, MD
Richard Kahn, MD
Dale C. Smith, PhD
James C. Whorton, PhD
Term expires 1988: Toby Gelfand, PhD
K. Garth Huston, MD
Janet Kubinec-Sutton, MLS
Patricia Spain Ward, PhD
Term expires 1987: William H. Helfand
Kenneth M. Ludmerer, MD
Regina Morantz-Sanchez, PhD
Steven J. Peitzman, MD
Term expires 1986: Daniel M. Fox, PhD
Frederic L. Holmes, PhD
G. R. Paterson, PhD
Morris H. Saffron, MD
Term expires 1985: Jerome J. Bylebyl, PhD
Ann G. Carmichael, PhD
Philip Cash, PhD
Judith Leavitt, PhD
Term expires 1984: John M. Eyler, PhD
W. Bruce Fye, MD
Russell C. Maulitz, MD, PhD
Todd L. Savitt, PhD
Term expires 1983: Jeanne L. Brand, PhD
Theodore M. Brown, PhD
Jacques M. Quen, MD
Manfred Waserman, PhD (for A. Clair Siddall)
Term expires 1982: Caroline Hannaway, PhD
W. Robert Penman, MD
Charles Roland, MD
Daniel Weiss, MD
Term expires 1981: Gerald N. Grob, PhD
Robert J. T. Joy, MD
Pauline Mazumdar, MD, PhD
Arthur Viseltear, PhD
Term expires 1980: Leslie A. Falk, MD
Wilhelm Moll, MD
Ronald L. Numbers, PhD
Ynez V. O’Neill, PhD
Term expires 1979: Edward C. Atwater, MD
Thomas G. Benedek, MD
William C. Coleman, PhD
Benedict Schneider, MD
Term expires 1977: George E. Gifford, Jr., MD
Charles E. Rosenberg, PhD
Ilza Veith, PhD
Dora B. Weiner, PhD
Term expires 1975: Chester R. Burns, MD, PhD
William C. Gibson, MD
Martha Teach Gnudi
Stanley W. Jackson, MD
(compiled by Caroline Hannaway)