CSAPH members

Carolyn B. Robinowitz, MD - Chair
Dr. Robinowitz obtained her undergraduate degree from Wellesley College in Wellesley, MA, and her MD degree from Washington University in St. Louis, MO. Following almost two decades work at the American Psychiatric Association, where she served as senior deputy medical director and chief operating officer, she joined the faculty of the Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1995 as associate dean for students and professor of psychiatry. She was appointed academic dean in 1998. A recipient of a National Institute of Mental Health Career Development Award, she has also held full-time appointments in the Departments of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at the University of Miami School of Medicine, and at the George Washington University School of Medicine, where she was director of dducation in the Department of Psychiatry and is clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences. Dr. Robinowitz is the recipient of numerous awards and is active in psychiatric and other medical organizations. She was the first woman to be elected president of the Council of Medical Specialty Societies and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and she also served terms as president of the Association for Academic Psychiatry, the American College of Psychiatrists, and the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, and is Treasurer of the American Psychiatric Association.

Sandra Adamson Fryhofer, MD, MACP, FRCP
Dr. Fryhofer is board certified in internal medicine in Atlanta and clinical associate professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine.  She has a special interest in women’s health issues. She has a BA in chemical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and received her MD and internal medicine residency training at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Fryhofer was the 2000-2001 President of the American College of Physicians (ACP). Dr. Fryhofer was medical correspondent for CNN Headline News (2001-2005), reporting on important medical issues on-air and in-print in her weekly CNN web column.  She has been a member of the Woman’s Day Magazine Health and Fitness Advisory Board since 1998 and now writes a weekly health blog on the Woman’s Day Web site. She has served on various committees and panels for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Institute of Medicine, and other organizations, addressing breast and cervical cancer screening, STD guidelines, folic acid, racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare, challenges facing the uninsured, women’s health issues, and obesity.  She is a member of the ACP Adult Immunization Advisory Board and has testified and lectured about vaccines, including the cervical cancer vaccine and the shingles vaccine, as well as influenza vaccine concerns.

Stuart Gitlow, MD, MPH, MBA, FAPA
Dr. Gitlow received his BS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, his medical degree at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and his master’s degree in public health from the University of Pittsburgh. While in Pittsburgh, he studied patient response to computer-based educational material. Following his residency training in psychiatry in Pittsburgh, he joined the addiction psychiatry faculty at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University. There, he completed a fellowship in forensic psychiatry. Board certified in general, addiction, and forensic psychiatry, Dr. Gitlow has served as chair of the AMA's Action Team on Alcohol and Health, and as vice chair of the AMA eMedicine Advisory Committee. Dr. Gitlow, now an officer of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, was awarded a perpetual endowment by the Annenberg Foundation for his longitudinal study of educational techniques designed to stimulate medical student interest in addiction medicine. He is currently on faculty at both Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Dartmouth. Dr. Gitlow is a delegate to the AMA from the American Society of Addiction Medicine, delegate to the AMA-SMS from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and chair of the public health committee of the New York County Medical Society.

C. Alvin Head, MD - Chair-elect
Dr. Head is a practicing anesthesiologist, professor and chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia (MCG). Dr. Head also holds a joint appointment as professor of physiology at MCG. Dr. Head is active in research using inhaled nitric oxide to treat sickle cell disease and is the inventor on two U.S. and International patents relating to his research. Clinically, he has a special interest in thoracic anesthesia surgical cases. He is actively involved in resident education and is the residency program director for his department, with 27 anesthesiology residents and 7 interns. Dr. Head has served on the American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) Committee on Research for more than 9 years and is on the Food and Drug Administration Orphan Drug Panel. He is chair of the Committee on Respiration at the ASA. He is one of only 80 active members in the United States and Canada in the Academy of Anesthesia, where he is the scientific program chair and delegate at large. Dr. Head served on the Council on Scientific Affairs (now the Council on Science and Public Health) as a resident member and was elected as a full member in 2002.

Aaron Kithcart - Medical student member
Mr. Kithcart received his BS in microbiology from the University of Iowa.  He began an integrated MD/PhD program at Ohio State University in June 2003 and is currently completing dissertation research in neuroimmunology in a laboratory that is exploring therapeutic strategies for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. Mr Kithcart has been an active member of the AMA Medical Student Section (MSS), serving as speaker on the MSS Governing Council, and was twice elected as regional delegate to the House of Delegates.  He is also a member of the Ohio State Medical Association and in that capacity has served one term as vice president of the Medical Student Section.

Louis J. Kraus, MD
Dr. Kraus is Section Chief, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, at Rush Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois.

Russell W.H. Kridel, MD
Dr. Kridel received his BA from Stanford University in 1970 and his MD degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.  His residency training was at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston in general surgery and otolaryngology.  His fellowship was in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery.  He is a professor and the director of the Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston and has had a private practice for 25 years.  Dr. Kridel is a former president of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, a current senior examiner for the American Board of Otolaryngology, and an examiner and senior advisor for the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.  He has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed journals, textbook chapters, and scientific articles, and has served as an advisor to two biomedical companies.  He has served the AMA House of Delegates (HOD) for the past 20 years as an alternate or delegate from his specialty.  He was the second student delegate to the AMA and later served as the resident HOD delegate.  He currently is the chair of the AMA Selection Committee for the Public Member of the Board of Trustees.

Ilse R. Levin, DO, MPH&TM - Resident Member
Dr. Levin obtained her undergraduate degree in marine biology from Boston University.  She received a combined Masters in Public Health and Tropical Medicine from James Cook University in Australia, where her research involved creating sustainable lymphatic filariasis control programs in Myanmar in conjunction with the World Health Organization.  Prior to medical school, Dr. Levin worked as an epidemiologist at Chase Brexton Health Services in Baltimore, overseeing HIV research projects investigating adherence to HIV treatment regimens.  She received her DO from Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, CA, and is currently an internal medicine resident at Baystate Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine in Springfield, MA.

Lee R. Morisy, MD, FACS
Dr. Morisy is a board-certified surgeon and fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is medical staff president at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, Tennesee, and a clinical associate professor of surgery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center – College of Medicine, Memphis. He is currently in private surgical practice of general, trauma, and minimally invasive surgery with Morisy & Wood, PLC. A 1976 graduate of Cornell University, Dr. Morisy received his medical degree in 1980 from the Chicago Medical School. A leader in numerous state, local and specialty societies for the past two decades, Dr. Morisy was president of the Memphis Surgical Society and is a member of the Southeastern Surgical Congress, the Harwell Wilson Surgical Society, and the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons.  Currently, Dr. Morisy is a delegate to the AMA House of Delegates and is secretary/treasurer of the Tennessee Medical Association. He served as a delegate to the Tennessee Medical Association from 1998 to 2004. He has also been an active member of the Memphis Medical Society Board of Directors, serving first as vice president in 1997 and then as secretary from 1999 to 2002. Dr. Morisy has served on numerous committees of the Memphis Medical Society. He is currently a member of the grievance committee. He has also been a member of both the legislative and inter-professional liaison committees.

Mario E. Motta, MD, FACC
Dr. Motta has been in practice at North Shore Medical Center in Salem, Massachusetts, since 1983, and is a partner in North Shore Cardiovascular Associates. He is a graduate of Boston College, with a BS in physics and biology, and of Tufts Medical School. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. His special interests are in invasive cardiology, nuclear cardiology, pacemakers, and consultative cardiology.  He is also an associate professor of medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Motta has long been active in organized medicine, both in the AMA and in the Massachusetts Medical Society. He is currently president-elect of the medical society, and will serve as the president starting in May 2009.  Dr Motta also has a lifelong interest in astronomy, and has built a number of telescopes and observatories through the years to do astronomy research. He has been awarded several national awards in astronomy.

Albert J. Osbahr, III, MD
Dr. Osbahr is the medical director of occupational health at Catawha Valley Medical Center in Hickory, North Carolina.  Overall, his work in occupational health spans 14 years.  In addition, he works as a medical consultant for Haywood County Health Department and Blue Ridge Paper Products.  Medical Review of North Carolina utilizes him as a reviewer.  His education includes a BA and MD at the University of North Carolina, a family medicine residency at Marshall University School of Medicine where he received an MS in community medicine, and an occupational/preventive medicine residency at the University of Kentucky.  His membership in the AMA and North Carolina Medical Society reaches back to 1981 as a medical student.  Leadership positions in these organizations include member of the AMA MSS Governing Council and AMA Council on Medical Service as a student and a resident, member of the North Carolina AMA delegation since 1998, member of the North Carolina Medical Society Executive Committee and Board, chair of NCMS Industrial Commission Liaison Committee and Public Health Committee.  An appointment by the North Carolina Governor to the State Public Health Task Force and an award as Tobacco Control Physician of the Year by NCMS cap his honors received.  He possesses board certification in family practice, occupational medicine, and preventive medicine/public health.  Other certifications are medical review officer, independent medical examiner, and homeland security.

Gary L. Woods, MD
Dr. Woods received his BA in physics from the University of California at Berkeley, his MA degree in biophysics from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and his MD degree from the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY. He is board certified in orthopaedics. He has held hospital faculty appointments at the University of Rochester Medical School, Rochester General Hospital, and Monroe Community Hospital. Dr. Woods is a recipient of the Fellowship Award from the University of Rochester Medical School Department of Orthopaedic Surgery--Hand Section and a National Institutes of Health research grant from Johns Hopkins University. He has taken the lead on issues of safety belt use, defining the components of basic health for New Hampshire residents, a demonstration program for telemedicine, and numerous public presentations on the science of medicine, including genetic/genome issues.

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