Advisory Committee Statement of Purpose

The purpose of the Advisory Committee of Physician Health Services (PHS) is to provide the board of directors of PHS with the opportunity to share information with leaders in the health care community who can provide their perspectives in assisting PHS on the following matters:

• The development of education and outreach programs
• The interface of PHS with risk management programs
• Provide a liaison with educational institutions
• The identification of new opportunities for PHS involvement
• Provide enhancement of community participation
• The review and evaluation of opportunities for areas of program growth

Advisory Committee

• David H. Bor, M.D.
  Chief of Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance
• Richard W. Brewer
  President and Chief Executive Officer, ProMutual Group
• Robert Hanscom
  Vice President of Loss Prevention and Patient Safety, CRICO/ Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions
• Anne Huben-Kearney, RN, CPHQ, CPHRM
  Vice President of Risk Management, ProMutual Group
• John G. O’Brien
  President & CEO, UMass Memorial Health Care
• Luke Sato, M.D.
  Chief Medical Officer and Vice President, Loss Prevention and Patient Safety, CRICO/Risk Managment Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions
• Paul Summergrad, MD
  Frances Arkin Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine; Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Tufts Medical Center

Clinical Advisory Committee Mission Statement

“The primary purpose of the Clinical Advisory Committee is the evaluation and assistance of health care providers impaired or allegedly impaired by reason of alcohol, drugs, physical disability, mental instability, or otherwise. The Clinical Advisory Committee shall provide advice to Physician Health Services (PHS) on matters pertaining to the management of individual cases. The committee shall render assistance on cases selected by the director of PHS based on clinical or administrative necessity. The committee shall meet with the director of PHS to give advice on specific case matters such as diagnosis, evaluation, referral for treatment, and monitoring arrangements for individual physicians who receive PHS services.”

Clinical Advisory Committee

• Mark T. Albanese, M.D.
• Booker Bush, M.D.
• Philip J. Candilis, M.D.
• Gary A. Chinman, M.D.
• Michael A. Drew, M.D.
• Judith Eaton, M.D.
• John A. Fromson, M.D.
• Wayne A. Gavryck, M.D.
• Edward J. Khantzian, M.D.
• Mary Kraft, M.D.
• Karsten Kueppenbender, M.D.
• Dubravko M. Kuftinec, M.D.
• Aaron M. Leavitt, M.D.
• Bernard S. Levy, M.D.
• David Lovas, M.D. 
• John D. Matthews, M.D.
• Malkah T. Notman, M.D.
• Michael S. Palmer, M.D.
• Glenn S. Pransky, M.D.
• John A. Renner, Jr., M.D.
• Ruthann Rizzi, M.D.
• Luis T. Sanchez, M.D.
• William Shea, M.D.
• Zev D. Schuman-Olivier, M.D.
• Marianne L. Smith, M.D.
• Jacquelyn Starer, M.D.
• John C. Wolfe, M.D.

Medical Student Advisory Committee

The Physician Health Services, Inc. (PHS) Medical Student Advisory Committee’s purpose shall be to provide a forum for the exchange of information among medical schools on issues of student health, wellness and professionalism in order to develop effective strategies to educate and assist medical students who have or who are at risk of having problems with substance use, behavioral health, mental or physical illness.     

Medical Student Advisory Committee members

• James B. Broadhurst, M.D., MHA
  Director, AIMS Program 
  University of Massachusetts Medical School
• Amy Kuhlik, MD
  Dean for Student Affairs
  Tufts University School of Medicine
• Peter J. Massicott, M.D.
  Director, Medical Area Health Service
  Harvard University Health Services
• John Polk, M.D.
  Assistant Dean of Student Affairs
  Boston University School of Medicine
• Laurie Raymond, M.D.
  Director, Office of Advising Resources
  Harvard Medical School
• Ruthann Rizzi, M.D.
  Director, Student Counseling Service & Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
  University of Massachusetts Medical School
• Mai-Lan Rogoff, M.D.
  Associate Dean for Student Affairs & Associate Professor of Psychiatry
  University of Massachusetts Medical School