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
- Evan Benjamin, M.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer, Baystate Health, Inc.
- David H. Bor, M.D., Chief of Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance
- Michael Farrell, Treasurer, PHS
- Tara R. Gibson, CPCU, RPLU, Vice President, Risk Management, Coverys
- John F. King, President, Physicians Insurance Agency of Massachusetts (Independent insurance subsidiary of the MMS)
- Harvey Kowaloff, MD, MMM, Vice President of Medical Affairs, Saint Anne’s Hospital and Morton Hospital, A Steward Family Hospital
- Dale M. Lodge, President, Winchester Physician Associates
- Luke Sato, M.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, CRICO
- Edward Silberman, MD Vice Chair for Adult Services, Department of Psychiatry, Tufts Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine
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
Steven A. Adelman, M.D.
Mark T. Albanese, M.D.
Daniel Peter Alford, M.D., MPH, FACP, FASAM
Sara Bagley, M.D.
Philip J. Candilis, M.D.
Gary A. Chinman, M.D.
Michael A. Drew, M.D.
Wayne A. Gavryck, M.D.
Edward J. Khantzian, M.D.
Karsten Kueppenbender, M.D.
Dubravko M. Kuftinec, M.D.
Aaron M. Leavitt, M.D.
Bernard S. Levy, M.D.
Jane Liebschutz, M.D., MPH
Joanna Vaz MacLean, M.D.
John D. Matthews, 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.
Jacquelyn Starer, 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
