Connecting education to exceptional patient care.
Connecting education to exceptional patient care.
Leadership
ADMINISTRATION
![Kimberly Pierce](/images/leadership/kimberly-b.jpg)
Kimberly Pierce Burke
Executive Director
Alliance of Independent
Academic Medical Centers
![Mindi Apicella](/images/leadership/Apicella.png)
Mindi Apicella
Administrative Coordinator
Alliance of Independent
Academic Medical Centers
PRESIDENT
![Joseph Portoghese](/images/leadership/Portoghese_small.jpg)
Joseph Portoghese, MD
Chief Academic Officer and DIO
AdventHealth Orlando
Orlando, FL
VICE PRESIDENT
![James Orlando](/images/leadership/Orlando.jpg)
James Orlando, EdD
Chief Graduate Medical Education Officer
ACGME Designated Institutional Official
St. Luke's University Health Network
Bethlehem, PA
SECRETARY & TREASURER
![Victor Kolade](/images/leadership/Kolade_cropped.jpg)
Victor Kolade, MD
Clerkship Director, Internal Medecine
Guthrie Robert Packer Hostpital
Sayre, PA
DIRECTORS
![Gillian Abshire](/images/leadership/Abshire.png)
Gillian Abshire, RN, MS
Director, Graduate Medical Education
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, WA
![Rajiv Gala](/images/leadership/Gala.png)
Rajiv Gala, MD
Designated Institutional Official
Ochsner Health
New Orleans, LA
![Ryan Pong](/images/leadership/Pong.png)
Ryan Pong, MD
Vice President and Chief Academic Officer
Virgina Mason Franciscan Health
Seattle, WA
![Heather Sankey](/images/leadership/H.Sankey.jpg)
Heather Sankey, MD, MEd, FACOG, CPE
Chair, Baystate Medical Center Department of Ob/Gyn
Baystate Medical Center
Springfield, MA
![Reham Shaaban](/images/leadership/shaaban.jpg)
Reham Shaaban, DO
Program Director, Internal Medicine, and DIO
The Valley Hospital
Ridgewood, NJ
![Diana Singer](/images/leadership/Singer.png)
Diana Singer, PhD, RN
Executive Director, Academic Affairs
JPS Health Network
Fort Worth, TX
![Steven Svoboda](/images/leadership/Svoboda_cropped.jpg)
Steven Svoboda, MBA
Vice President of Medical Education and DIO
Ascension Illinois
Chicago, IL
![Jack Ziffer](/images/leadership/Ziffer_cropped.png)
Jack Ziffer, PhD, MD
Executive VP, Chief Clinical Officer, Chief Physician Executive
Baptist Health South Florida
Miami, FL
![Kathleen Zoppi](/images/leadership/Kathy_Zoppi_2019_cropped.jpg)
Kathleen Zoppi, PhD, MPH
Assistant Designated Institutional Official
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN