BNGAP Board of Directors
Board President
John Paul Sánchez M.D., M.PH.
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Executive Director, LMSA National Inc.
Vice President
Nelson Felix Sánchez M.D.
Associate Professor, Internal Medicine
Chair, LGBTQ+ Steering Committee
Weill Cornell Medicine/Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Secretary
Edward J. Callahan, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Academic Personnel,
Professor, Family and Community Medicine
University of California, Davis School of Medicine
Treasurer
Dennis J Spencer, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Fellow, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Boston Children’s Hospital | Harvard Medical School
Cheryl Brewster, Ed.D.
Associate Dean of Diversity
Florida International University, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Andrea N. Garcia, M.D., M.S.
Visiting Project Scientist, Center for Health Services and Society
Department of Psychiatry, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Louisa Holaday, M.D.
National Clinician Scholars Program, VA Scholar
Yale University School of Medicine
Hyacinth R. C. Mason, PhD, MPH, CHES
Assistant Dean, Student Support and Inclusion
Associate Professor, Departments of Medical Education and Family and Community Medicine
Albany Medical College
Hector R. Perez M.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor in Medicine
Montefiore Medical Center
Valerie Romero-Leggott, M.D.
Vice Chancellor for Diversity
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Advisory Council Members
Norma Poll Ph.D.
Senior Director, Human Capitol Portfolio
Association of American Medical Colleges
Academic Dentistry Curriculum Committee
Carolyn P. Huynh D.D.S., M.Ed., Ed.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Diagnostic & Biomedical Sciences at
The University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston
A. Jeffrey Wood, D.D.S.
Professor & Chair, Department of Pediatric Dentistry
University of the Pacific
Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry
LGBT Health Workforce Conference
Executive Committee
Juan Amador
Association of American Medical College
Cheryl Brewster
Florida International University
Edward Callahan
University of California Davis School of Medicine
Lauren Radziejewski
Mount Sinai Health System
John Sanchez
New Jersey Medical School
Nelson Sanchez
Weill Cornell Medical College
Programming Committee
Anthony Pho
Weill Cornell Medical College
Carl Streed
John Hopkins Medical Center
Carmen Velez-Vega
University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus
Barbara Warren
Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Academic Medicine Conferences for Diverse Medical Students and Residents
Executive Committee
Cheryl Brewster Ed.D.
Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion
Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University
Gary Butts, M.D.
Chief Diversity And Inclusion Officer
Mount Sinai Health System
Sunny Nakae M.S.W., Ph.D.
Assistant Dean for Admissions
Recruitment and Student Life at Stritch School of Medicine
Norma Poll Ph.D.
Senior Director, Human Capitol Portfolio
Association of American Medical Colleges
Valerie Romero-Leggott, M.D.
Vice Chancellor for Diversity
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Maria L. Soto-Greene, M.D.
Vice Dean
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Core Curriculum Committee
Sharon A. Batista M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry
Assistant Professor in Medical Education
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Carla Boutin-Foster, M.D., M.S.
Associate Professor in Medicine
Assistant Dean for Faculty Diversity
Weill-Cornell Medical College
Edward J. Callahan, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Academic Personnel
University of California, Davis School of Medicine
Pamela de la Valle, M.D.
Candidate, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health
Cristina Fernandez, M.D., M.P.H.
Clinical Instructor in Pediatrics
Columbia University Medical Center
Travis A. Gayles, M.D., Ph.D.
Instructor of Pediatrics
Northwestern Feinberg School of Med and Lurie Children’s Hospital
Josya-Gony Charles, M.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities, Health and Society
Division of Family Medicine, Florida International Hospital
Allen Griener, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor and Associate Chair of Research, Family Medicine
University of Kansas Medical Center
Louisa Holaday, M.D.
National Clinician Scholars Program, VA Scholar
Yale University School of Medicine
Jesse Joad, M.S., M.D.
Professor Emerita, Pediatric Pulmonology
Associate Dean, Diversity and Faculty Life Emerita
UC Davis School of Medicine
Alden Landry, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Faculty Assistant Director, Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership
Harvard Medical School
Sunny Nakae M.S.W., Ph.D.
Assistant Dean for Admissions, Recruitment and Student Life
Stritch School of Medicine
Gezzer Ortega, M.D., M.P.H.
Surgery Resident, Howard University College of Medicine
Maria Portela, M.D., M.P.H.
Zainab Raji
M.D. Candidate, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Alexander Ramirez
M.D. Candidate, Howard University College of Medicine
Minerva Romero Arenas, M.D., M.P.H.
General Surgery, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
John Paul Sánchez M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Dean, Diversity and Inclusion
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Nelson Felix Sánchez M.D.
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
Chair, LGBT Steering Committee
Weill Cornell Medical College
Darlene Saporu, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean for Diversity
Assistant Professor of Medical Education
Stritch School of Medicine
Bonnie Simpson Mason, M.D.
Adjunct Associate Professor
University of Louisville School of Medicine
CEO of Nth Dimensions Educational Solutions, Inc.
Orlando Sola, M.D., M.P.H.
Resident, Institute for Family Health, Mount Sinai Hospital
Dennis J Spencer, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Fellow, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Boston Children’s Hospital | Harvard Medical School
Carolina Stefany Paredes Molina
M.D. Candidate, The University of Kansas School of Medicine
Denise Torres, M.S., M.D.
Surgery Resident, Howard University College of Medicine
Renee Williams, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
New York University School of Medicine