WESH

Board Of Directors

PRESIDENT

Elizabeth L. Travis, PhD, FASCRO
Professor
Associate Vice President, Women Faculty Programs
The University of Texas 
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd.
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: (713) 563-8780    Fax: (713) 794-5369
Email: etravis@mdanderson.org

PRESIDENT-ELECT

Sandra K. Willsie, DO, FACP, FACOI, FCCP
Medical Director Early Development Services                                                                                                                                                     PRA International 
9755 Ridge Drive 
Lenexa, KS 66219
Phone: (913) 410-2932 Fax: (913) 599-4981
Email:  willsiesandra@praintl.com

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT 

(Nominations & Awards Committee Chair)
Elisabeth J.S. Kunkel, MD
Vice Chair Clinical Affairs
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Thomas Jefferson University 
1020 Sansom Street 
Thompson Bldg Suite 1652 
Philadelphia, PA 19107 
Phone: (215)-955-6685   Fax: 215-955-8473 
Email: elisabeth.kunkel@jefferson.edu

TREASURER

Rebecca R. Pauly, MD, FACP
Associate Vice President for Health Affairs
Equity & Diversity
University of Florida
Health Science Center
Room H-101
PO Box 100014
Gainesville, FL  32610-0014
Phone: (352) 273-5310     Fax: (352) 392-9395
Email: rpauly@ufl.edu

 

TREASURER-ELECT

Jennifer Pelt Wisdom, PhD MPH 
Assistant Dean of Research Resources, Associate Professor, Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
1051 Riverside Drive Box 100 
New York NY 10032
Phone: (212) 342-4174
Email:  jpw2129@columbia.edu

SECRETARY

Kathy B. Porter, MD, MBA
Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of South Alabama College of Medicine
251 Cox Street, Suite 100
Mobile, AL 36604
Phone: (251) 415-1566 ext.1   Fax: (251) 415-1552
Email: kbporter@hughes.net

SECRETARY-ELECT

Franci Stavropoulos, DDS  (Mary Frances)
Associate Professor with Tenure
University of Florida College of Dentistry
JHMHSC, PO Box 100416, 
Gainesville, Florida 32610-0416
Phone:  (352) 273-6750
Email: fstavrop@dental.ufl.edu

COMMUNICATIONS CHAIR

Leilani Doty, PhD
Director, University of Florida (UF) Cognitive & Memory Disorder Clinics
UF College of Medicine, McKnight Brain Institute
100236 Department of Neurology
Gainesville, FL  32610-0236
Phone: (352) 273-5550   Fax: (352) 273-5575
Email: DotyL@neurology.ufl.edu

MEMBERSHIP CHAIR

Edith P. Mitchell, MD, FACP
Clinical Professor of Medicine and Medical Oncology
Program Leader, Gastrointestinal Oncology
Assistant Director for Diversity Programs
Director of Center to Eliminate Cancer Disparities
Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson 
Thomas Jefferson University
233 South 10th Street
Blumele Life Sciences Building; Suite 502
Philadelphia, PA  19107
Phone: (215) 955-4652   Fax: 215-503-4103
Email: Edith.Mitchell@jefferson.edu

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS CHAIR

Pascale H. Lane, MD
Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center

Phone: (402) 651-7396
Email: pascale@pascalelane.net

Northeast Regional Chair and Developmental Committee Chair

Lindsey K. Grossman, MD, Chair 
Chair, Department of Pediatrics and Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Pediatrics,                                     Tufts University School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics, Baystate Children’s Hospital
759 Chestnut Street
Springfield, MA 01199
Phone: (413)794-5060
Email:  lindsey.grossman@bhs.org

South Regional Chair

Gwen V. Childs, PhD, FAAA
Professor and Chair
Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
4301 W. Markham, Slot 510
Little Rock, AR 72205
Phone: (501) 686-7020 Fax: (501) 686-6382
Email: childsgwenv@uams.edu

West Regional Chair

Kathleen Janette Hill Clem, RN, BSN, MD, FACEP
Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Room MC-A10811234 Anderson Street
P.O. Box 2000
Loma Linda, CA 92354
Phone: (909) 558-7171 Fax: (909) 558-0121
Email: kclem@llu.edu

WESH  Executive Director

Kate Marlys
Women Executives in Science & Healthcare
100 North 20th Street, Suite 400
Philadelphia, PA 19103-1443
Phone:  (215) 320-3714  Fax:  (215) 564-2175      
Email:  kmarlys@fernley.com

 

WESH Institutional Members