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Steven L. Lewis, MD

Dr. Steven Lewis is the Physician in Chief and Chief of Neurology at the Lehigh Valley Fleming Neuroscience Institute at Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, PA, where he holds the Timothy M. Breidegam Endowed Chair in Neurology. He is certified by the ABPN in Neurology and Vascular Neurology and participates in continuing certification.

He is also the liaison to the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties and the American Stroke Association. Dr. Lewis is a past Chair of the Neurology Residency Review Committee for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), served as Chair of the Neurology Milestones Working Group and Advisory Group for the Neurology Milestone Project, a joint initiative of the ACGME and the ABPN, and served on the Neurology Milestones 2.0 Working Group. He is immediate past Editor-in-Chief of Continuum: Lifelong Learning in Neurology for the American Academy of Neurology (AAN). Dr. Lewis is Secretary General of the World Federation of Neurology (WFN), Chair of the WFN Education Committee, and serves as the Editor of World Neurology. In 2019, Dr. Lewis was the recipient of the A.B. Baker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Neurologic Education from the AAN, and in 2023 he was the recipient of the American Neurological Association (ANA) Award for Excellence in Education.

Nina F. Schor, MD, PhD

Dr. Schor is currently the Deputy Director for Intramural Research of the National Institutes of Health. For 5 years, she served as the Deputy Director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; for 11 years she served as Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Rochester and Pediatrician-in-Chief of its Golisano Children's Hospital. She was President of the Child Neurology Society from 2013-2015 and Secretary of the American Neurological Association from 2009-2013.

She is certified by the ABPN in Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology and participates in continuing certification. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Schor serves on the Executive Committee as Board Chair and on the Neurology Council as Chair.

She was previously a member of the Science Committee of the AAN from 2009-2015 and 2018-2022 and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders NST-1 Study Section from 2008-2015. She is also an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Schor’s research program was continuously nationally funded from 1989-2017 and focused on the design and preclinical testing of targeted therapies for neuroblastoma.

Christopher R. Thomas, MD

Dr. Thomas is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Medical Branch. He is certified by the ABPN in Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and participates in continuing certification. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Thomas serves on the Executive Committee as Vice Chair, on the Psychiatry Council as Chair, and as Chair and Vice Chair of several ABPN committees.

He was a Regent of the American College of Psychiatrists in 2019 - 2023 and he is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Graduate Medical Education. He was previously Chair of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Psychiatry Review Committee and the ACGME Psychiatry Milestones Committee. Dr. Thomas is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.

 

 

Josepha A. Cheong, MD

Dr. Cheong is Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, FL and a Physician with the VHA VISN 8 Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), also in Gainesville FL, and serves as a geriatric psychiatry consultant to the VHA National Expert Consultation and Specialized Services – Mental Health (NEXCSS-MH).

She is certified by the ABPN in Psychiatry and Geriatric Psychiatry and participates in continuing certification. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Cheong serves on the Executive Committee as Board Secretary, on the Psychiatry Council, and as Chair and Vice Chair of several ABPN committees.

Dr. Cheong serves on the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Board of Directors and as a member of the Board’s Executive Committee.  She is also a liaison to the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP).  In the past, she had served as a member of the ACGME Psychiatry Residency Review Committee. Dr. Cheong specializes in geriatric psychiatry, undergraduate and graduate medical education and training, and academic leadership development and mentorship. Dr. Cheong has served on numerous committees over the past 25 years within the Association for Academic Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association (APA) and AAGP. She has served as Chair of the APA Scientific Program Committee in 2009 and 2013 as well as over 28 separate appointments on various APA Components since 1994. Within the VA, Dr. Cheong has been actively involved in the national VHA Office of Academic Affiliations and has served as an Associate Chief of Staff/Education at the North Florida/South Georgia VHS and as Assistant Chief, Psychiatry for Tennessee Valley Healthcare System. She has been an examination writer for various committees at the ABPN since 2004.

Jaffar Khan, MD

Dr. Khan is Professor, Chair, and Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Neurology at the Emory School of Medicine. He is an Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education and Graduate Medical Education.

He is certified by the ABPN in Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology and participates in continuing certification. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Khan serves on the Executive Committee as Board Treasurer, on the Neurology Council, and as Chair and Vice Chair of several ABPN committees.

Dr. Khan is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and has served numerous professional organizations, including Chair of the Consortium of Neurology Program Directors, Vice Chair of the AAN Education Committee, Chair of the Graduate Education Subcommittee, and Chair of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Neurology Review Committee.

Imran I. Ali, MD, FAAN

Dr. Ali is Professor of Neurology at University of Toledo, College of Medicine and is currently the Clair Martig Endowed Chair of Neurology. He recently served as Vice Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education prior to taking on his role as the Chair. He was appointed in July 2017 as the Inaugural Chair of the newly formed Department of Medical Education at University of Toledo and served in that role until his most recent appointment.

He is certified by the ABPN in Neurology, Epilepsy, and Clinical Neurophysiology and participates in continuing certification. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Ali serves on the Neurology Council and many other ABPN committees.

Dr. Ali is recognized as an outstanding teacher and has received many teaching awards, including the Deans Award for Teaching Excellence. Dr. Ali is listed in the Best Doctors of America; he also received the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award twice and was also inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.

Robert J. Boland, MD

Dr. Boland is Vice Chair of the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine and Chief of Staff at the Menninger Clinic in Houston, TX. Previously, he was an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the Vice Chair for Education at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. He was the residency training director for the Brigham and Women’s/Harvard Medical School Psychiatry Residency.

He is certified by the ABPN in Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, and participates in continuing certification. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Boland serves on the Psychiatry Council and as Chair and Vice Chair of several ABPN committees.

He is the past president for the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (now the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry), the American Association of Directors of Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry. He is currently a member of the Board of Regents for the American College of Psychiatrists.

 
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