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Committees - Standing

Standing Committees, Chairs and Members for the Calendar Year 2010

 

ADVISORY

Chair
William H. Parker

Members
Advisory Committee Members

Purpose: Provide Board with periodic response to issues of concern or importance. Hold Advisory Committee meeting.

AUDIT

Chair
Anthony A. Luciano

Members
Fred M. Howard, David L. Olive

Purpose: To review the annual audit and the policies and procedures of the AAGL.

BYLAWS

Chair
Dan C. Martin

Members
Mark H. Glasser, John Y. Phelps, Lisa M. Roberts, James M. Shwayder

Purpose: To review and revise existing by-laws; updating and adding as needed.

COMPENSATION

Chair
C.Y. Liu

Members
Linda D. Bradley, Keith B. Isaacson, Resad P. Pasic

Purpose: Annual report on the performance of the Executive Vice President/Medical Director, Executive Director, and JMIG Editor.

Continuing Medical Education (CME)

Chair
Franklin D. Loffer

Members
Art Arellano, Linda Michels

Purpose: To review and approve all educational programs prior to presenting them to the Board of  Trustees. To review all program evaluations and provide a summary to the Board of Trustees. To recommend CME programs to the Board of Trustees.  (Monitor and assigned staff person are responsible for adhering to ACCME requirements).

ETHICS

Chair
Ralph J. Turner

Members
G. David Adamson, Barbara S. Levy, John L. Marlow, Paul F. Vietz

Purpose: To alert the Board of Trustees of ethical issues that should be addressed. To receive all problems which have ethical considerations from the Board of Trustees or any interested person. To formulate responses and actions on any such deliberations. Upon such request the Ethics Committee is to hold a meeting and report back to the Board.

FINANCE

Chair
C.Y. Liu

Members
Linda D. Bradley, Keith B. Isaacson, Resad P. Pasic

Purpose: To oversee the finances of the AAGL. Quarterly reports will be presented by the Secretary-Treasurer.

NOMINATING

Chair
Resad P. Pasic

Members
Linda D. Bradley, Grace M. Janik

Purpose: To provide a slate of officers and new board members for the succeeding year. The slate to be elected by the vote of the membership.

PRACTICE

Chair
Malcolm G. Munro

Members
Jason A. Abbott, Tommaso Falcone, Volker R. Jacobs, Ludovico Muzii, William H. Parker, Togas Tulandi

Purpose: To review and prepare for publication Practice Guidelines as developed by consultants which are determined by the Board of Trustees.

PUBLICATIONS

Chair
Meir Jonathan Solnik

Members
Neena Agarwala, Ted Lee, Lawrence L. Lin, Herbert M. Wong

The Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

  • Review Annual Editor’s Report
  • Establish objective criteria for JMIG editor
  • Evaluate Editor’s performance annually.

 NewsScope

  • Review, at least annually, quarterly publications and make recommendations for improvement.

 EndoExchange

  • Review, at least annually, periodically and make recommendations for improvement.
  • Consult with and agree with editor any listserv messages not posted or significantly changed.
WEBSITE

Chair
Aarathi Cholkeri-Singh

Members
Amy L. Garcia, Nash S. Moawad, Steven F. Palter, John S. Rich, Assia A. Stepanian

Purpose: To develop and maintain the AAGL website as a service to patients, our members and the AAGL.