Current Board of Directors

Anyone interested in serving on the National Board should contact the Assistant Director of Alumni Relations at 858-822-1210, or send e-mail to medalumni@ucsd.edu.

	Frank Longo, MD, PhD '81 President Location: Palo Alto, CA Specialty: Neurology, Focus: Development of therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases Current: Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University.

	William J. Piggott, M.Sc., M.D., M.P.H. '72 Vice President Location: San Francisco, CA Specialty: Emergency Medicine Currently: Medical Director-Western US/Deputy Chief Medical Officer, National Disaster Medical System, US Department of Health and Human Services

	John D. Dobak, MD '92 Treasurer Location: La Jolla, CA Specialty: Medicine Research Currently: Founder and President of the JAKK Group, a firm which develops medical technology. Dr. Dobak has also been the founder and CEO of several venture capital backed start-ups including Leptos Biomedical, INNERCOOL therapies, and CryoGen.

	Stephanie V. Blank, MD '94 Location: New York, NY Specialty: Gynecologic Oncology Currently: Assistant Professor at New York University School of Medicine. Director of Gynecologic Oncology at Bellevue Hospital Center.

	J. Thomas Heywood, M.D. '80 Location: La Jolla, CA Specialty: Director of the Heart Failure Recovery Center at Scripps Clinic and Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Loma Linda University Medical Center.

	Danielle Reicher, MD Location: Encinitas, California Specialty: Anesthesiology Currently: A practicing Anesthesiologist at Scripps Memorial Hospital.

	James P. Rice, MD '81 Location: Mercer Island, WA Specialty: OB/Gyn Currently: Obstetrics and Gynecology physician at the Valley Women's Clinic, Renton, Washington.

	Nick Yphantides, MD Location: Escondido, CA Specialty: Preventive Medicine Currently: Medical Consultant, Author, Lecturer, Co-Chair San Diego County Childhood Obesity Task Force, Community Clinic Medical Practice.

	Daniel Blanchard, '85 Location: La Jolla, CA Specialty: Cardiology Currently: Professor of clinical medicine at UCSD, Director of the Cardiology Fellowship Program, and Chief of Clinical Cardiology at UCSD Thornton Hospital.

	William F. Jessee, M.D., F.A.C.M.P.E. '72 Location: Denver, CO Specialty: Preventative Medicine Currently: President and CEO of the Medical Group Management Association and Clinical Professor of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. He is also Chair of the Board of Directors of Exempla Healthcare; Vice-Chair of the Board of the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education; and Secretary of the Board of the National Patient Safety Foundation.

	Chester Yarbrough Student Representative to National Board of Directors Location: San Diego, CA Currently: Third Year Medical Student. Chester has served in various capacities during his time at UCSD, including President of the Surgery Interest Group, Course Representative for Human Anatomy, Student Representative to the Core Clinical Working Group, and was instrumental in developing an Honor Code in the previous year.

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