Appointed Faculty

The Weitzman Institute has a growing national network of appointed faculty members with a range of experience in clinical care, research and education. Their demonstrated work and leadership is aligned with Weitzman’s mission to transform primary care delivery for the most vulnerable populations. Our faculty members are instrumental in informing the direction and vision of our work.

Senior Faculty

Daren Anderson, MD

Chief Quality Officer, CHC Inc. and General Internist, Former Director of Weitzman Institute

Tichianaa Armah, MD

Chief Psychiatry Officer, CHC,Inc.

Mary Blankson DNP, APRN, FNP-C, FAAN

Chief Nursing Officer (CNO), CHC,Inc.

Mandeep Brar

Mandeep Brar, MD

Clinical Endocrinologist & Medical Director Abrazo Diabetes Care Center, Phoenix AZ

Ho-Choong Chang, MD

Chief of Pediatrics, CHC,Inc.

Veena Channamsetty, MD

Chief Medical Officer, CHC,Inc.

Rob Dudley, MD, MEd, FAAP

Pediatrician, CHC,Inc.

Sheldon D. Fields PhD, RN, CRNP, FNP-BC, AACRN, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN

Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion | Research Professor Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing . The Pennsylvania State University

Terence Fitzgerald, PhD, EdM, MSW

Practice Improvement & Consulting Trauma-Informed, Resilience-Oriented Services, National Council for Mental Wellbeing, Washington, D.C. State Certified School Social Worker (Type 73), Illinois Regional Office of Education Professional Regulation

Margaret Flinter, PhD, APRN

Founder Emeritus, Senior Investigator

Joseph J. Gallo

Joseph J. Gallo MD MPH

Director, Mixed Methods Research Training Program for the Health Sciences Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Research, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University

Marwan Haddad, MD, MPH

Medical Director, CHC,Inc.

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Matthew Huddleston, MD, AAHIVS

Family Medicine Physician

Tim Kearney, PhD

Chief Behavioral Health Officer, CHC, Inc.

Edwin G. Lindo

Edwin G. Lindo, JD

Assistant Dean, Social & Health Justice, Office of Healthcare Equity | Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Family Medicine | Adjunct Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Bioethics & Humanities, University of Washington School of Medicine | Adjunct Associate Professor, Morehouse School of Medicine

Kameron Leigh Matthews, MD, JD, FAAFP

Chief Health Officer, Cityblock Health

Tamar Mendelson

Tamar Mendelson, PhD

Bloomberg Professor of American Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomber School of Public Health

Maya Moody

Maya E. Moody, DO, FAAP

Pediatrician, Mercy Hospital JFK Clinic, Center for Excellence in Child Well-Being, Department of Psychiatry, University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Medicine

Radhika S. Raghunathan

Radhika S. Raghunathan, PhD MSPH

Assistant Research Professor, Department of Mental Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Kyu Rhee MD MPP

Kyu Rhee, MD, MPP

President & CEO of the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)

Sheela Tummala, DDS, MPH

Chief Dental Officer, CHC,Inc.

Dana Vallangeon

Dana Vallangeon, MD

Chief Medical Officer, OACHC

Jessica Welt, PsyD

CEO & Clinical Director of the Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut

Dan Wilensky, MD

Family Physician, CHC,Inc.

Associate Faculty

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Deirdre Brannin, MSN/MHA, FNP-BC

Nurse Practitioner, CHC, Inc.

Daniel Bryant, MSEd, LPC, CCTP

Clinical Director of Substance Use Disorder Services, CHC, Inc.

Cecilia Dennis

Cecilia Dennis

HIV Subject Matter Expert (SME), National HIV Aging Advocacy Network, Chair VCU Ryan White Planning Council, Member Virginia Community HIV Planning Group, Member

Karen DiNardo

Karen DiNardo

Director of Advocacy and Peer Training & Outreach Services, Mental Health Association in Delaware (MHA)

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Stacy Hankey-Mangini, DSW, LCSW

Behavioral Health Clinician, CHC, Inc.

Kathleen (Kasey) Harding, MPH

Director, Center for Key Populations, CHC, Inc.

Yvette Highsmith, MM

Regional Vice President, CHC,Inc.

Richardo A. Jackson, MBA

Founder, President and CEO, Campbell Health Solutions, Inc.

Jeannie McIntosh, APRN, FNP-C, AAHIVS

Nurse Practitioner, Community Health Center, Inc.

Reese Ramponi

Reese Ramponi, APRN, PMHNP-BC

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Cofounder of CGC Gender Diversity and Resilience Program, Child Guidance Center of Southern CT

Nicole Seagriff, DNP, APRN

Clinical Program Director, CHC,Inc.

Affiliate Faculty

Cela M Archambault, PhD

clinical psychologist

Brian J. Biroscak, PhD, MS, MA

Assistant Professor, Center for Community Health Integration, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University

Bennet Davis, MD

Board Certified Anesthesiologist and Pain Medicine expert

James Lehman, DC, MBA

Associate Professor of Clinical Sciences

Stephen Scholand, MD

specialist in Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine

Sarah Scholle, MPH, DrPH

Vice President, Research and Analysis, National Committee for Quality Assurance

Yashoda Sharma, PhD

Program Director

Mark Splaine, MD, MS

Managing Director of EduHealth LLC

Kathleen M. Thies, PhD, MS, RN

Consultant for the Weitzman Institute, Moses/Weitzman Health System