AACOM Federal Nominations

Department of Education (ED)

2021 Negotiated Rulemaking Institutional and Programmatic Eligibility Committee

• Nominated 12/15/21
  John L. Hummer, MS (BCOM)

2018 Negotiated Rulemaking Distance Learning and Educational Innovation Subcommittee

• AACOM nominee selected to serve as negotiator on 1/8/19
  Sue Huppert (DMU)
• Nominated 11/15/18
  Beth A. Longenecker, DO (CCOM/MWU)
  Sue Huppert (DMU)

2018 Negotiated Rulemaking Accreditation and Innovation Negotiated Rulemaking Committee

• Nominated jointly 11/15/18 with the American Osteopathic Association; Selected to serve as negotiator on 1/8/19
  Janice Knebl, DO, MBA (UNTHSC/TCOM)

2017 Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Borrower Defenses and Financial Responsibility Issues

• Nominated 9/29/17; Selected to serve as alternate negotiator on 10/16/17
  Kimberly Brown, PhD, MEd (DMU)

2017 Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Gainful Employment Issues

• Nominated 9/29/17
  Clinton E. Adams, DO, MPA, FACHE (RVU)
  Francine C. Lata (RVU)

2015 Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Federal Direct Loan Program

• Selected to serve as alternate negotiator on 1/28/15
  Clair Jacobi (NYIT-COM)

2013 Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Gainful Employment in a Recognized Occupation

• Nominated jointly 7/12/13 with the Association of American Medical Colleges
  Sandra L. Rollins, MA (RowanSOM)

2013 Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Title IV Federal Student Aid Programs, Program Integrity and Improvement

• Nominated 12/20/13
  Sandra L. Rollins, MA (RowanSOM)

National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity

• Nominated 8/2/13
  Sandra Featherman, PhD, MA (UNE)
  Matthew Schure, PhD, MPh, MA (PCOM) 
  Richard Winn, EdD, MA, MDiv

National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation

• Nominated 2/8/22
  Thomas A. Cavalieri, DO, MACOI, FACP, AGSF (RowanSOM)
• Nominated 10/16/17
  Thomas A. Cavalieri, DO (RowanSOM)
  Kenneth H. Johnson, DO (OU-HCOM)
  Kenneth J. Veit, DO, MBA (PCOM)
• Selected to serve on 5/28/15
  Thomas A. Cavalieri, DO (RowanSOM)

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Advisory Committee on Minority Health

• Nominated 9/8/16
  Margaret I. Aguwa, DO, MPH (MSUCOM)
• Nominated 4/15/15
  Barbara Ross-Lee, DO (NYIT)

Advisory Council on Alzheimer’s Research, Care, and Services

• Nominated 6/12/15
  Janice A. Knebl, DO, MBA (UNTHSC/TCOM)
  Francis A. Komara, DO (MSUCOM)
• Nominated 8/16/13
  Thomas A. Cavalieri, DO (RowanSOM)
  Robert G. Nagele, PhD (RowanSOM)
  Stephen M. Scheinthal, DO (RowanSOM)
• Nominated 6/14/13
  Cecilia Rokusek, EdD, RD (NSU-COM)
  Tobi A. Abramson, PhD (NYIT-COM)

National Vaccine Advisory Committee  

• Nominated 6/28/13
  Edward Packer, DO (NSU-COM) 
  Karen Montgomery-Reagan, DO (OU-HCOM)
• Nominated jointly 6/26/13 with the American Osteopathic Association
  Stanley E. Grogg, DO (OSU-COM)

Office of the National Coordinator, Health Information Technology Policy Committee

• Nominated 1/24/14
  Frank Papa, DO, PhD (UNTHSC/TCOM)

Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections

• Nominated 2/12/15
  Carl Hoegerl, DO, MSc (LUCOM)
  Peter Zajac, DO (UP-KYCOM)

Secretary’s Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2030

• Nominated 5/2/16
  Simon Geletta, PhD, MS (Des Moines University, Public Health Program)
  Lawrence K. Sands, DO, MPH (AZCOM/MWU)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• Nominated 9/23/19 and 12/13/21
  Richard T. Jermyn, DO, FAAPMR (RowanSOM)
• Nominated 1/25/13
  Edward J. Bilsky, PhD (UNECOM)
  Brian C. Clark, PhD (OU-HCOM) 
  James S. Thomas, PhD, MS (OU-HCOM)
  Edward P. Finnerty, PhD, SC (DMU-COM) 
  Charles E. Henley, DO, MPH (MU-COM)
  Richard Jermyn, DO (RowanSOM)
  John J. Kemerer, DO (OU-HCOM)
  Joyce Morris-Wiman, PhD (WVSOM)
  Craig W. Stevens, PhD (OSU-COM)
  Sajid A. Surve, DO (RowanSOM)

• Nominated jointly on 1/10/2020 with the American Osteopathic Association
  Janice Knebl, DO, MBA
  Jay Shubrook, DO

• Nominated jointly on 2/12/2020 with the American Osteopathic Association
  Patricia LoRusso, DO

National Advisory Council on Minority Health and Health Disparities

• Nominated jointly on 1/10/2020 with the American Osteopathic Association
  Timothy J. Barreiro, DO, MPH

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Advisory Council

• Nominated jointly on 6/14/2021 with the American Osteopathic Association
  J. Michael Finley, DO

• Nominated jointly on 6/15/2021 with the American Osteopathic Association
  Raymond G. Lande, DO

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality   

• AACOM endorsement on 8/30/17 of AOA nominees
  Mark S. Cantieri, DO (MU-COM)
  Adarsh Gupta, DO, MS (RowanSOM)
  Julie A. Kmiec, DO
  Margaret Kotz, DO
  Marla D. Kushner, DO (CCOM/MWU, MSU-COM)
  Raymond Gregory Lande, DO
  Robert McMurtrie, JR, DO, MBA
  William Morrone, DO, MS
  William Murphy, DO, MS (NSU-COM, LECOM)
• Nominated jointly 5/20/16 with the American Osteopathic Association
  Timothy Barreiro, DO (OU-HCOM)
  Joy Lewis, DO, PhD (ATSU-KCOM)
  Michael Gerardo, DO, MPH (Mercy Hospital, St. Louis, MO)
• Nominated jointly 6/7/13 with the American Osteopathic Association
  Joyce M. Johnson, DO, MA 
• Nominated 5/3/13
  John B. Bulger, DO, MBA (PCOM)

United States Preventive Services Task Force

• Nominated jointly 5/15/18 with the American Osteopathic Association and the American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine
  Stephen Wyatt, DO
  Joy Lewis, DO, PhD (ATSU-SOMA)
  Alan Schalscha, DO
• Nominated jointly 6/15/17 with the American Osteopathic Association
  David A. Forstein, DO (VCOM-CC)
• Nominated jointly 5/10/16 with the American Osteopathic Association
  Jay D. Bhatt, DO, MPH (Chief Health Officer, Illinois Hospital Association)
• Nominated 5/15/15
  Michael B. Clearfield, DO (TUCOM-CA)
• Nominated jointly 5/10/13 with the American Osteopathic Association
  Jed G. Magen, DO, MS (MSUCOM)

Workgroup for Quality Indicator Measure Specification

• Nominated 5/3/13; Selected to serve 7/17/13
  John B. Bulger, DO, MBA (PCOM)
• Nominated 5/3/13
  Joel Dickerman, DO (RVUCOM and WesternU/COMP)  
  Christopher C. Thurman, DO (OSU-COM)  
  Richard M. Raymond, PhD (LECOM)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Board of Scientific Counselors, Office of Infectious Diseases

• Nominated 10/24/14
  Christopher C. Keller, PhD, CPH (LECOM)
  Bryan Larsen, PhD (MUCOM)
  Héctor Eduardo Velasco-Mondragón, PhD, MSc, MD (TUCOM-CA)
• Nominated 7/31/13
  Brian J. Balin, PhD (PCOM)
  Francis E. Jenney, Jr., PhD (GA-PCOM) 
  Leonard A. Levy, DPM, MPH (NSU-COM)
  Bonnie Buxton, PhD (GA-PCOM) 
  Samina Akbar, PhD (MU-COM)

Board of Scientific Counselors, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response

• Nominated 4/15/16
  Robert W. Allen, PhD (Oklahoma State University, Center for Health Sciences) 
  Thomas E. Benzoni, DO (DMU-COM)
  Tina M. Meyer, DHSc, PA-C (Western University of Health Sciences, College of Allied Health Professions)
  Terrence M. Mulligan, DO, MPH (University of Maryland, School of Medicine)
• Nominated 1/16/15
  Regan Shabloski, DO (LECOM)
  Robert Ligorsky, DO (ATSU-KCOM)
• Nominated jointly 11/15/13 with the American Osteopathic Association
  Regan Shabloski, DO (LECOM)
  Robert Ligorsky, DO (ATSU-KCOM)
  Italo Subbarao, DO, MBA (WCU-COM)

Community Preventive Services Task Force

• AACOM Letter of Support 12/14/15
  William Blazey, DO (NYIT COM) 

World Trade Center Health Program Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee 

• Nominated jointly 3/20/14 with the American Osteopathic Association
  Kenneth J. Steier, DO (TouroCOM-NY) 

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines  

• Nominated jointly 11/19/13 with the American Osteopathic Association
  Stanley E. Grogg (OSU-COM)

Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages    

• Nominated 5/1/15
  Paula Gregory, DO, MBA (GA-PCOM)
  Carisa Champion-Lippmann (NSU-COM)
• Nominated 04/13/11
  Hershey S. Bell, MD, MS (LECOM) 

Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation

• Nominated jointly 5/13/14 with the American Osteopathic Association
  Alan N. Langnas, DO

Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry

• Nominated 2/17/22
  Brookshield Laurent, DO (NYITCOM at Arkansas State)
  Thomas Mohr, DO, MS (ICOM)
  Lisa R. Nash, DO, MS-HPEd (UNTHSC/TCOM)
• Nominated 6/5/19
  Anne E. Musser, DO (PNWU-COM)
• Nominated 8/22/18
  Jane E. Carreiro, DO, (UNECOM)
  Thomas E. McWilliams, DO (ATSU-SOMA)
• Nominated 5/12/17
  Keith M. Egan, DO (UNECOM)
  Breanne M. Hirshman (ATSU-SOMA)
• AACOM nominee selected to serve on 5/17/16; Committee Chair 6/18 - Present
  Thomas E. McWilliams, DO (ATSU-SOMA)
• Nominated 2/11/13; AACOM letter of support 5/30/14
  Harald Lausen, DO, MA (ATSU-KCOM)
• Nominated 5/30/14
  Lorenzo L. Pence, DO (WVSOM)
  Kenneth Johnson, DO (OU-HCOM)
  Paul Evans, DO (MU-COM)

Council on Graduate Medical Education    

• Nominated jointly with the AOA, ACOI, and ACOFP on 12/18/15; Selected to serve on 9/30/16
  Kenneth J. Veit, DO, MBA (PCOM)
• Nominated on 3/31/14
  Soham U. Dave (WVSOM) 
• Nominated 6/30/09; currently serving
  D. Keith Watson, DO (OU-HCOM) 

National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps    

• Nominated jointly with AOA on 3/11/16
  Charmaine Chan, DO (PCOM)
• Nominated 3/13/13
  Thomas E. McWilliams, DO (ATSU-SOMA)
  Kenneth J. Steier, DO, MBA, MHA, MPH, MGH (TouroCOM-NY)
  Stephen S. Davis, PhD, USAF Major Retired  (OU-HCOM)
  Terrence Mulligan, DO, MP 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH)

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee     

• Nominated 10/28/13
  Nancy Klimas, MD (NSU-COM)

Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force

• Nominated jointly with AOA on 9/27/17
  J. Mark Bailey, DO, PhD 
  Thomas Costello, DO, FAOCA 
  Hugh M. Ettlinger, DO, FAAO

CDC / HRSA Advisory Committee on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and STD Prevention and Treatment

• Nominated 5/30/18
  Keith M. Egan, DO

2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

• Nominated jointly 10/5/18 with the American Osteopathic Association
  Michael B. Clearfield, DO (TUCOM-CA)
  Tyree Winters, DO
  Cheryl R. Rosenfeld, DO (NYITCOM)
  Robyn Dreibelbis, DO (WesternU/COMP)

Interdepartmental Substance Use Disorders Coordinating Committee

• Nominated jointly with the AOA on 6/14/19
  Steven Karp, DO (AZCOM)

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

Advisory Committee on Women Veterans

• Nominated 8/1/16
  Kimberly Ann McGinn, DO (TUNCOM)
• AACOM Letter of Support 8/1/16
  RADM Joyce M. Johnson, DO, MA, UPSHS (ret)

MyVA Advisory Committee

• Nominated 6/16/17
  Marc B. Hahn, DO (KCU)

National Academic Affiliations Council

• Nominated 2/5/21
  Clinton E. Adams, DO, MPA, FACHE (RVU)
• Nominated 7/19/16; Selected to serve on 10/21/16
  Thomas A. Cavalieri, DO (RowanSOM)

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

National Healthcare Workforce Commission

• Nominated 6/4/10
  Barbara Ross-Lee, DO (NYIT-COM)

Board of Governors of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

• Nominated jointly 11/14/13 with the American Osteopathic Association
  Richard J. Snow, DO, MPH (OU-HCOM)

Health Information Technology Policy Committee

• AACOM endorsement on 2/27/15 and 3/24/16 of AOA nominee
  Douglas E. Rosendale, DO

Methodology Committee of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

• Nominated jointly 4/11/14 with the American Osteopathic Association
  Richard J. Snow, DO, MPH (OU-HCOM)
• Nominated 4/11/14 and 11/17/14
  Jay H. Shubrook, Jr., DO (OU-HCOM)
  Ronald D. Deprez, PhD, MPH, MA (UNE)

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission 

• Nominated 2/11/2022
  David Connett, DO, FACOFPdist. (WesternU/COMP)
• Nominated 2/12/21
  David Connett, DO, FACOFP dist (WesternU/COMP)
• AACOM endorsement on 3/3/17 of AOA nominee
  Scott C. Howell, DO, MBA, MPH&TM, MA
• AACOM endorsement on 4/13/15 of AOA nominee, selected to serve on 6/2/16
  Brian DeBusk, PhD, MBA
• Nominated 3/4/2016, AOA endorsed 3/10/2016
  Kenneth J. Veit, DO, MBA (PCOM)
• AACOM endorsement 2/21/13 and 3/19/14 of AOA nominee
  David Hitzeman, DO (OSU-COM)

Health Information Technology Advisory Committee

• Nominated jointly 4/14/17 with the American Osteopathic Association
  Douglas E. Rosendale, DO