Meet the Medical Director Institute

The Medical Director Institute advises National Council members on best clinical practices and develops policy and initiatives that serve member behavioral health organizations, their constituent clinicians, and the governmental agencies and payers that support them.

Co-Chairs

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  Joe Parks, MD Medical Director National Council for Mental Wellbeing Washington, D.C./Jefferson City, Mo.
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  Sara Coffey, D.O. Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences Tulsa, Okla.

Members

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  Carl Clark WellPower Denver, CO
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  Patrick Runnels, M.D. Center for Families and Children Cleveland, Ohio
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  J. Craig Allen, M.D. Rushford/Hartford HealthCare Meriden, Conn.
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  Donald Bechtold, M.D. Jefferson Center for Mental Health Wheat Ridge, Colo.
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  Adam Biuckians, M.D. Community Services Group Lancaster, Pa.
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  Marc Fishman Maryland Treatment Centers Rockville, Md.
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  Ken Hopper Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Arlington, Texas
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  John Kern, MD University of Washington Merrillville, Ind.
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  Henry Chung, MD Montefiore Care Management, Montefiore Medical Center
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  Lori Raney, MD Health Management Associates Denver, Col.
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  John Santopietro, MD Hartford HealthCare Behavioral Health Network New Canaan, Conn.
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  Bhagirathy Sahasranaman, MD Sunshine Health Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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  Brian Allender, M.D. St. Francis Hospital Auburn, Wash.
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  John Bischof, M.D. CareOregon Portland, Ore.
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  Frank Shelp, MD, MPH EnvolveHealth Plano, Texas
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  Carolyn Rekerdres, MD Areté Community Psychiatry Solutions Dallas, Texas
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  Rochelle Head-Dunham Tulane and LSU Schools of Medicine New Orleans, La
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  Ken Minkoff, MD Harvard Medical School, ZiaPartners, Inc. Arizona
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  Christina Arrendondo, MD El Rio Community Health Center Tucson, AZ
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  Angela Pinheiro, MD Community Mental Health for Central Michigan Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
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  Daniel Rosa, MD Acacia Network Bronx, NY
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  Ana Valdés, MD Health Right 360 San Francisco, Calif.
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  Jack Todd Wahrenberger, MD, MPH Pittsburgh Mercy Health System Pittsburgh, Pa.
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  Anita Everett Baltimore, Md.
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  Jeffrey Eisen, MD, MBA Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare Portland, Ore.
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  Steve Weinstein, MD Thresholds Chicago, Ill.
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  DeJuan White, MD Grady Health System, Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, GA
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  Michael Mensah, MD Yale National Clinician Scholar Program
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  Jorge Petit Services for the UnderServed (S:US) New York, NY
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  Matthew Goldman University of California, San Francisco
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  Kimberly Gordon-Achebe, MD University of Maryland Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
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  Martin Rosenzweig Optum Behavioral Health
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  Sosunmolu Shoyinka Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services (DBHIDS)
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  Rachel Talley, M.D. Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
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  Rene Olvera Center for Healthcare Services San Antonio and Bexar County San Antonio, TX
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  Tiona Praylow, MD Riverwoods Behavioral Health Riverdale, GA