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 University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine Tulsa, Okla.

Members

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  Carl Clark Mental Health Center of Denver 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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  Paula Panzer, MD The Jewish Board New York, N.Y.
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  Karen Rhea, MD Centerstone Nashville, Tenn.
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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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  Anthony Ng, MD Acadia Hospital Bangor, Maine
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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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  Mark Edelstein Uplift Family Services Sacramento, Calif.
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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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  Angela Pinheiro, MD Community Mental Health for Central Michigan Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
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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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  Wayne Sparks, MD Atrium Health Charlotte, N.C.
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  Steve Weinstein, MD Thresholds Chicago, Ill.
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  Matthew Goldman University of California, San Francisco
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  Martin Rosenzweig Optum Behavioral Health
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  Sosunmolu Shoyinka Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services (DBHIDS)