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About the AAGL 
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Committees - Standing
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Standing Committees, Chairs and Members for the Calendar Year 2008
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| ADVISORY |
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Chair
William H. Parker
Members
Advisory Committee Members
Purpose: Provide Board with periodic response to issues of concern or importance. Hold Advisory Committee meeting.
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| ALLIED HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS |
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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.
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| AUDIT |
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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.
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| BYLAWS |
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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.
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| CME |
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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).
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| COMPENSATION |
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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.
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| ETHICS |
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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.
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| FINANCE |
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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.
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| NOMINATING |
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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.
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| PUBLICATIONS |
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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.
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| WEBSITE |
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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.
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