CME Division of Medical Education
Alumni

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 Jessee

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.

Lakshmi Ganesan
Student Representative to National Board of Directors

Graduation Class: 2011
Background Info: Lakshmi has served as student representative for the Student Affairs Committee for two years. In addition, she is a Fellow of Enhancing Medical Care for the Deaf Community sponsored by the NIH and the Cancer Center. Currently, Lakshmi is undecided on her choice of specialty.

 

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