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Committees - Standing

Standing Committees, Chairs and Members for the Calendar Year 2008

 

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.

ALLIED HEALTHCARE  PROFESSIONALS

Chair
Eileen C. Young

Members
Jeremy M. Carver, Mary Johnston, Regina Montero, Wendy K. Winer

Purpose: To support and guide Allied Healthcare Professionals in all of its functions.

AUDIT

Chair
Douglas E. Ott

Members
G. David Adamson
Anthony A. Luciano

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

BYLAWS

Chair
James M. Shwayder

Members
Mark H. Glasser, Dan C. Martin, Camran R. Nezhat

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

CME

Chair
Barbara S. Levy

Members
Keith B. Isaacson, Grace M. Janik, Ted Lee, C.Y. Liu, Steven F. Palter, Assia A. Stepanian, Togas Tulandi, George A. Vilos

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).

COMPENSATION

Chair
Charles E. Miller

Members
Grace M. Janik, C.Y. Liu, Resad P. Pasic

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

ETHICS

Chair
Ralph J. Turner

Members
Ronald L. Levine, Dan C. Martin, 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
Charles E. Miller

Members
Grace M. Janik, C.Y. Liu, Resad P. Pasic, Franklin D. Loffer, Linda Michels

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

NOMINATING

Chair
Grace M. Janik

Members
G. David Adamson, Richard J. Gimpelson, William H. Parker, Resad P. Pasic,  Franklin D. Loffer, Linda Michels

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.

PUBLICATIONS

Chair
Lisa M. Roberts

Members
Ellis Downes, Gary N. Frishman, Paul D. Indman, Lawrence L. Lin, Stephanie N. Morris, David L. Olive, Charles R. Rardin, James K. Robinson, III, Andrew I. Sokol

The Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

  • Establish objective criteria for JMIG editor
  • Review Annual Editor’s Report
  • 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
Amy L. Garcia

Members
Aarathi Cholkeri-Singh, Scott G. Chudnoff, D. Alan Johns, Rosanne Kho, Malcolm G. Munro, Steven F. Palter

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