Past Presidents

The contributions of each past president of AAHPM have been instrumental in molding the Academy into its current form, and we express our gratitude for their dedicated volunteer service.

Please click the links below to hear some of the former presidents recount their experiences during their tenure as Academy president.

2020’s

2023: Holly Yang, MD MSHPEd HMDC FACP FAAHPM

2022: Tara Friedman, MD FAAHPM

2021: Nathan E. Goldstein, MD FAAHPM (interview)

2020: Rodney O. Tucker, MD MMM FAAHPM (interview)

2010’s

2019: Joanne Wolfe, MD MPH FAAHPM

2018: Tammie E. Quest, MD FAAHPM (interview)

2017: Janet Bull, MD MBA HMDC FAAHPM (interview)

2016: Christian Sinclair, MD FAAHPM (interview)

2015: Christine Ritchie, MD MSPH FACP FAAHPM (interview)

2014: Jean S. Kutner, MD MSPH FAAHPM (interview)

2013: Amy P. Abernethy, MD PhD FACP FAAHPM

2012: Timothy E. Quill, MD FACP FAAHPM (interview)

2011: Ronald J. Crossno, MD FAAFP FAAHPM (interview)

2010: R. Sean Morrison, MD FAAHPM (interview)

2000’s

2009: Gail Austin Cooney, MD FAAHPM HMDC (interview)

2008: Russell K. Portenoy, MD (interview)

2007: J. Cameron Muir, MD FAAHPM (interview)

2006: Ron S. Schonwetter, MD FAAHPM (interview)

2005: Robert M. Arnold, MD FAAHPM (interview)

2004: James Cleary, MD (interview)

2003: David M. McGrew, MD FAAHPM (interview)

2002: Martha Twaddle, MD FAAHPM FACP (interview)

2001: John W. Finn, MD FAAHPM

2000: Carla S. Alexander, MD FAAHPM (interview)

Earlier

1999: Michael H. Levy, MD PhD (interview)

1998: Walter Forman, MD FAAHPM

1997: Ira Byock, MD FAAHPM (interview)

1996: Laurel Herbst, MD* (interview)

1995: Charles Sasser, MD FAAHPM FACD (interview)

1994: Gerald Holman, MD FRCP(C) FAAP*

1993: Jack Starr, MD

1992: Marty Skinner, MD

1991: J. Andrew Billings, MD*

1990: Wilbur Flannery, MD*

1989: Robert Miller, MD

*Deceased

AAHPM Executive Interviews

2020-Present: Wendy-Jo Toyama, MBA FASAE CAE, CEO of AAHPM

2007-2020: Steve R. Smith, MS CAE, CEO of AAHPM (interview)

2004-2015: C. Porter Storey, Jr., MD FACP FAAHPM, Past Executive Vice President (interview)