Meet the Medical Director Institute

The Medical Director Institute (MDI) 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

Joe Parks, MD National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Luming Li, MD The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD TX/06

Members

J. Craig Allen, MD Rushford/Hartford HealthCare CT/01
Brian Allender, MD Behavioral Health and Recovery Division of King County WA/10
Christina Arredondo, MD El Rio Community Health Center AZ/08
Margie Balfour, MD, PhD Connections Health Solutions/University of Arizona AZ/08
Donald Bechtold, MD Jefferson Center for Mental Health CO/08
Devika Bhushan, MD Daybreak Health CA/09
John Bischof, MD CareOregon OR/10
Adam Biuckians, MD Community Services Group PA/03
Charles “Chuck” T. Browning, MD RI International NC/04
Henry Chung, MD Montefiore Care Management Organization (CMO), Albert Einstein College of Medicine NY/02
Carl Clark, MD WellPower CO/08
Sara Coffey, DO Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences OK/06
Jeffrey Eisen, MD, MBA Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare, Oregon Health and Science University OR/10
Omar Fattal, MD NYC Health + Hospitals NY/02
Marc Fishman, MD Maryland Treatment Centers/Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine MD/03
Howard L. Forman, MD Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine NY/02
Katy Friedebach, MD Compass Health Network (CHN) KS/07
Matthew Goldman, MD, MS San Francisco Department of Public Health CA/09
Kimberly Gordon-Achebe, MD, DFAPA University of Maryland School of Medicine MD/03
Tristan Gorrindo, MD Optum Behavioral Care MA/01
Rochelle Head-Dunham, MD, DFAPA, FASAM Metropolitan Human Services District; LSU and Tulane University Schools of Medicine LA/06
Ken Hopper, MD, MBA Alice L. Walton School of Medicine AR/06
Roshni Koli, MD Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute TX/06
Carmen Martinez, MD Claratel Behavioral Health GA/04
Hunter McQuistion, MD Institute for Community Living Inc. NY/02
Ken Minkoff, MD ZiaPartners, Inc. AZ/08
Yavar Moghimi, MD AmeriHealth Caritas DC/03
Alana Nagle, MD Eliot Community Human Services MA/01
Rene Olvera, MD, MPH Center for Healthcare Services TX/06
Jorge Petit, MD Quality Healthcare Solutions, LLC NY/02
Angela Pinheiro, MD Community Mental Health for Central Michigan MI/05
Tiona Praylow, MD, MPH Riverwoods Behavioral Health GA/04
Lori Raney, MD Collaborative Care Consulting CO/08
Carolyn Rekerdres, MD Pecan Valley Center TX/06
Daniel Rosa, MD Acacia Network NY/02
Martin Rosenzweig, MD Optum Behavioral Health PA/03
Patrick Runnels, MD Center for Families and Children OH/05
John Santopietro, MD, DFAPA Hartford HealthCare Behavioral Health Network CT/01
Billina Shaw, MD, MPH SAMHSA/CMHS
Frank Shelp, MD, MPH Centene Corporation VA/03
Sosunmolu Shoyinka, MD City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services (DBHIDS) PA/03
Garima Singh, MD, FAPA Burrell Behavioral Health MO/07
April Sweeney, MD Cascadia Health OR/10
Rachel Talley, MD Behavioral Health Administration, Maryland Department of Health MD/03
Jack Todd Wahrenberger, MD, MPH Pittsburgh Mercy Health System PA/03
Will Warnes, MD The Guidance Center KS/07
DeJuan White, MD, DFAPA Grady Memorial Hospital, Emory University School of Medicine GA/04