AAHPM’s past presidents have played a vital role in advancing the Academy and strengthening the specialty of hospice and palliative medicine. Their leadership, vision, and volunteer service have helped shape the organization and support its mission across generations.
Explore our archive of AAHPM past presidents and hear directly from former leaders through video interviews that highlight their experiences, achievements, and perspectives on the Academy’s continued growth.
2020’s
2025: Arif Kamal, MD MBA MHS FASCO FAAHPM
2024: Vicki Jackson, MD MPH FAAHPM
2023: Holly Yang, MD MSHPEd HMDC FACP FAAHPM
2022: Tara Friedman, MD FAAHPM (interview)
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
2025-Current: Pierre M. Désy, MPH CAE, CEO of AAHPM
2020-2024: 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)