Minority Medical Faculty Development Program
National Advisory Committee

December, 2007

Rose Marie Robertson, M.D., Chair
Professor of Medicine and Obstetrics/Gynecology
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Chief Science Officer
American Heart Association
Dallas, Texas

Stanley H. Appel, M.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurology
Methodist Neurological Institute
Houston, Texas

Robert S. Dittus, M.D., M.P.H.
Harvie Branscomb Distinguished Professor
Albert & Bernard Wertham Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health
Director, Center for Health Services Research
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Director, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center
VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System
Nashville, Tennessee

Glenn Flores, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics & Public Health
Director, Division of General Pediatrics
Judith and Charles Ginsburg Chair in Pediatrics
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Children's Medical Center of Dallas
Dallas, Texas

Ralph I. Horwitz, M.D.
Arthur Bloomfield Professor and Chair
Department of Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California

Juanita Merchant, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine and Physiology
University of Michigan Medical Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Arturo Molina, M.D., M.S, F.A.C.P.
Adjunct Professor of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
Senior Vice-President, Clinical Research and Development
Cougar Biotechnology
Los Angeles, California

Aubrey R. Morrison, M. D.
Professor of Medicine, Molecular Biology, and Pharmacology
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri

Maria I. New, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Adrenal Steroid Disorders Program
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York

Neil R. Powe, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A.
Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Health Policy & Management
Director, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research
The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Baltimore, Maryland

Lee W. Riley, M.D.
Professor of Infectious Disease and Epidemiology
University of California, Berkeley
School of Public Health
Division of Public Health Biology and Epidemiology
Berkeley, California

Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D., M.B.A., M.A.C.P.
Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

David D. Sabatini, M.D., Ph.D.
Frederick L. Ehrman Professor
Chairman, Department of Cell Biology
New York University School of Medicine
New York, New York

J. Sanford Schwartz, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Health Management and Economics
School of Medicine and The Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D.
Associate Dean, School of Medicine
Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiac Surgery
The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Baltimore, Maryland

Tadataka Yamada, M.D.
Adjunct Professor of Internal Medicine
University of Michigan Medical Center
President, Global Health Program
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Seattle, Washington