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 National Council for Mental Wellbeing
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  Luming Li, M.D. The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD TX/06

Members

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  J. Craig Allen, M.D. Rushford/Hartford HealthCare CT/01
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  Brian Allender, M.D. Behavioral Health and Recovery Division of King County WA/10
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  Christina Arredondo, M.D. El Rio Community Health Center AZ/08
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  Margie Balfour, M.D., Ph.D. Connections Health Solutions/University of Arizona AZ/08
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  Donald Bechtold, M.D. Jefferson Center for Mental Health CO/08
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  John Bischof, M.D. CareOregon OR/10
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  Adam Biuckians, M.D. Community Services Group PA/03
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  Charles “Chuck” T. Browning RI International NC/04
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  Henry Chung, MD Montefiore Care Management Organization/Albert Einstein College of Medicine NY/02
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  Carl Clark, M.D. WellPower CO/08
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  Sara Coffey, D.O. Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences OK/06
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  Jeffrey Eisen, M.D., M.B.A. Behavioral Health Network at MultiCare Health System OR/10
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  Marc Fishman, M.D. Maryland Treatment Centers/Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine MD/03
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  Katy Friedebach, M.D. Compass Health Network (CHN) KS/07
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  Matthew Goldman, M.D., M.S. San Francisco Department of Public Health CA/09
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  Kimberly Gordon-Achebe, M.D., D.F.A.P.A. University of Maryland School of Medicine MD/03
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  Rochelle Head-Dunham, M.D. Metropolitan Human Services District /Tulane and LSU Schools of Medicine LA/06
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  Ken Hopper, M.D., M.B.A. Alice L. Walton School of Medicine AR/06
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  Michael Mensah, M.D. Yale University School of Medicine CT/01
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  Ken Minkoff, M.D. ZiaPartners, Inc. AZ/08
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  Rene Olvera, M.D., M.P.H. Center for Healthcare Services TX/06
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  Jorge Petit, M.D. Services for the UnderServed (S:US) NY/02
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  Angela Pinheiro, M.D. Community Mental Health for Central Michigan MI/05
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  Tiona Praylow, M.D., M.P.H. Riverwoods Behavioral Health GA/04
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  Lori Raney, M.D. Collaborative Care Consulting CO/08
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  Carolyn Rekerdres, M.D. Areté Community Psychiatry Solutions TX/06
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  Daniel Rosa, M.D. Acacia Network NY/02
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  Patrick Runnels, M.D. Center for Families and Children OH/05
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  Martin Rosenzweig, M.D. Optum Behavioral Health PA/03
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  Bhagirathy Sahasranaman, MD Sunshine Health FL/04
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  John Santopietro, M.D., D.F.A.P.A. Hartford HealthCare Behavioral Health Network CT/01
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  Billina Shaw, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.P.A. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)/Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)
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  Frank Shelp, M.D., M.P.H. EnvolveHealth VA/03
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  Sosunmolu Shoyinka, M.D. City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services (DBHIDS) PA/03
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  Garima Singh, M.D., F.A.P.A. Burrell Behavioral Health MO/07
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  Rachel Talley, M.D. University of Pennsylvania PA/03
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  Ana Valdés, M.D. Health Right 360 CA/09
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  Jack Todd Wahrenberger, M.D., M.P.H. Pittsburgh Mercy Health System PA/03
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  Will Warnes, M.D. The Guidance Center KS/07
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  Steve Weinstein, M.D. Thresholds IL/05
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  DeJuan White, M.D. Grady Health System, Emory University School of Medicine GA/04