Board of Directors & Association Members

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care is comprised of 18 Association Members that provide representatives to serve on the AAAHC Board of Directors. Those associations and their affiliated board members are:

• Ambulatory Surgery Foundation
  Sandra Jones, LHRM, CHCQM, MBA, MSM, CASC
  Sarah Martin, MBA, RN, CASC
  David Shapiro, MD, CASC
  Arnaldo Valedon, MD
• American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery
  Mark K. Mandell-Brown, MD
• American Academy of Dental Group Practice
  Kenneth M. Sadler, DDS, MPA, FACD, FICD
  James Schall, DDS
• American Academy of Dermatology
  W. Patrick Davey, MD, MBA, FACP - Vice Chair of the AAAHC Board 
  S. Teri McGillis, MD
• American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  Richard D. Gentile, MD, MBA
• American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
  Ira Cheifetz, DMD
  Edwin W. Slade, DMD, JD
• American College of Gastroenterology
  W. Elwyn Lyles, MD, FACG
  Scott M. Tenner, MD, FACG
• American College Health Association
  Margaret E. Spear, MD - Chair of the AAAHC Board
• American College of Mohs Surgery
  Ross Levy, MD
• American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  W. Dore Binder, MD
  Mark S. DeFrancesco, MD, MBA
• American Dental Association
  Melanie S. Lang, DDS, MD 
• American Gastroenterological Association
  Lawrence S. Kim, MD
  Christopher J. Vesy, MD
• American Society of Anesthesiologists
  Meena Desai, MD - AAAHC Board Secretary
  Girish P. Joshi, MD
• American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Association
  Jerome Potozkin, MD
• American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
  Edward S. Bentley, MD
  Frank J. Chapman, MBA - AAAHC Board Treasurer
• Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
  Jan Davidson, MSN, RN, CNOR
• MGMA-ACMPE
  Marshall M. Baker, MS, FACMPE
  Karen M. McKellar - Immediate Past Chair of the AAAHC Board
• Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia
  Beverly K. Philip, MD
  Mary Ann Vann, MD
• Public Members:
  Timothy J. Peterson, MD
  Dennis Schultz, MD