Health and Public Policy Committee

Charge

Recommend to the Board of Regents College policy regarding national, state or local public policies on issues broadly affecting the health of the public, individual patients, and the practice of medicine.

Composition (15)

Chair, who is a Regent; Vice-Chair, who is a Governor; 11 members, including at least one Regent, at least one Governor, one Resident/Fellow member, one Medical Student, and one Early Career Physician member.

The President and Chair of the Board of Regents are ex officio, voting members.

Terms

Chair, Vice Chair, and members serve one-year terms renewable up to three times for a total of four years, unless extended by the Chair, Board of Regents. The early career physician, medical student and resident/fellow member positions are appointed according to the BOR-approved policy for council appointments.

2025-26 Members

Micah W. Beachy, DO, FACP, Chair (Regent)
VP, Chief Quality Officer, and Associate Professor
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE
Specialty: Hospital Medicine

Priscilla W. Carr, MD, FACP, Vice Chair (Governor)
Adult Primary Care Barre
University of Vermont Health Network
Barre, VT
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Lesleigh A. Box, MD, MPH, FACP (Governor)
Hospitalist
St. Luke's Regional Medical Center
Boise, ID
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Angela C. Johnson, MD, FACP (Regent)
Section Chief of Medicine, Professor of Clinical Medicine
LSU Medical Education and Innovation Center
Baton Rouge, LA
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Cynthia A. Jumper, MD, MPH, MACP (Governor)
Professor of Internal Medicine
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Lubbock, TX  79401
Specialties: Internal Medicine

Tammy L. Lin, MD, MPH, FACP (Regent)
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine
University of California San Diego (UCSD)
Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Selvam Joseph Mascarenhas, MD, FACP (Governor)
Medical Director and Physician Advisor
Christiana Care CareVIO
Hockessin, DE
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Jenny R. Silberger, MD, FACP
Westside Lead, SNF Program; CCQM Lead and Quality Assurance Physician Consultant
NW Permanente P.C.
Portland, OR
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Jamar Slocum, MD, MBA, MPH, FACP
Assistant Professor of Hospital Medicine
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Science
Silver Spring, MD
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine

Priya Radhakrishnan, MD, FACP (Regent)
Chief Academic Officer & VP Social Determinants of Health & Heath Equity
HonorHealth
Scottsdale, AZ
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Rebecca A. Andrews, MD, FACP (Chair, Board of Regents)
(ex officio)
Professor of Medicine
Associate Program Director/Dir. Ambulatory Education,
Internal Medicine Residency
Connecticut Health Center
Collinsville, CT
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Jason M. Goldman, MD, FACP (President)
(ex officio)
President, Jason M. Goldman Private Practice
Coral Springs, FL
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Other

Erica Leser (CSM)
Doctor of Medicine Candidate
Portland State University School of Public Health
Portland, OR

Austin Oslock, MD (CRFM)
Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Resident Physician
University of Alabama School of Medicine
Birmingham, AL
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Celeste Newby, MD, PhD, FACP (CECP)
Assistant Professor, John W. Deming Department of Medicine
Section of General Internal Medicine & Geriatrics
Tulane School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA
Specialty: Internal Medicine

Staff Liaison: Renee Butkus RButkus@acponline.org

To contact any of these individuals, please consult the Member Directory (members only) or request assistance from acpgovernance@acponline.org.