Jaan Kelly, MSN, PA-C, Faculty
South College PA Program, Gregory Brewer Cardiology, PLLC
Knoxville, Tennessee

Jaan Kelly has been a practicing PA for 6 years in interventional cardiology. She has years of experience in advanced cholesterol management and therapeutics. Her expertise has been implemented in many forums, including speaking engagements, clinical trials, and teaching master's level PA and ACNP audiences. She is an active member of the National Lipid Association and is board eligible for the national lipid boards.

Robert Zylstra, EdD, LCSW

Robert Zylstra, EdD, LCSW, is an Associate Professor and Director of Behaviorial Science at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine campus in Chattanooga, Tennessee.  In addition to his involvement teaching Family Medicine resident physicians, Dr. Zylstra has worked as a home health care social worker, supervisor of a community hospital’s social work department, and business manager for an outpatient medical office.  His publication record includes journal articles, monographs, editorials and a book chapter.  Dr. Zylstra grew up in Michigan where he earned his Master of Social Work degree from the University of Michigan.  He earned his Doctorate degree in educational Psychology from the University of Memphis and is a licensed family mediator.  He currently serves on the University of Tennessee’s ethics committee and institutional review board, and continues his research and teaching activities in the areas of community medicine, mental health, medical ethics and geriatrics.

Steve Winbery, MD

Dr. Winbery is Medical Director at QSource, Tennessee’s physician peer review/quality improvement organization (PRO/QIO).  In this role, Dr. Winbery provides clinical leadership and support for all levels of quality of care review, medical review and across all clinical settings.  Dr. Winbery has worked for QSource since 1995.  He maintains his clinical privileges as an attending physician in the Emergency Room at the Methodist University Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.

John Standridge, MD, FAAFP, FASAM, CMD
Professor and Program Director, Department of Family Medicine, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Chattanooga, Tennessee

Dr. John Standridge is a professor of Family Medicine with the University of
Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga, where he teaches medical students and family medicine residents, and maintains an active clinical practice. He is board certified in family medicine, geriatric medicine, and addiction medicine. He is the program director of an accredited geriatric medicine fellowship which began in 2005. Dr. Standridge is designated as a certified medical director (CMD) by the American Medical Director Association and serves as medical director for the Alexian Health Care Center.  He also serves as medical director of the Council for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services Inc. (CADAS), is certified in addiction medicine by the American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM) and has been awarded the designation of fellow by the American Society of Addiction Medicine, Inc. (ASAM). Dr. Standridge is designated as a Specialist in Clinical Hypertension by the American Society of Hypertension, Inc. Dr. Standridge is widely published in the medical literature and has been invited to lecture regionally and internationally. He is the program director of two annual continuing medical education conferences: the Family Medicine Update and the Addiction Medicine Conference.

John McGinnity, MS, PA-C

John G. McGinnity, MS, PA-C, is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Healthcare Sciences of the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, where he is a course coordinator and lecturer in Physician Assistant Studies and the Physical Therapy Program. He is also a Physician Assistant at Downriver Cardiology Consultants in Trenton, Michigan.

Mr. McGinnity has received the Innovations in Health Care Award from the American Academy of Physician Assistants and the Physician Assistant Foundation and the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award. He is the current President of the Michigan Academy of Physician Assistants and the Chairman of the Conference Education Planning Committee for the American Academy of Physician Assistants.

Mr. McGinnity’s research interests include invasive cardiology, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and valvular heart disease. He has been the principle investigator or co-investigator of several studies investigating diagnostic and therapeutic coronary catheterization procedures and practices. Mr. McGinnity has also served as a member of the National Institutes of Health, National Heart Attack Alert Program, Coordinating Committee.

Among his editorial and peer-reviewer responsibilities, Mr. McGinnity serves on the editorial board of Advance for Physician Assistants and has authored or co-authored numerous articles in such journals as the American Journal of Cardiology, Circulation, and Advance for Physician Assistants. Mr. McGinnity is a frequent speaker at regional and national professional meetings and has delivered over 60-refereed presentations.

Jay Portnoy, MD, Chief of the Section of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, Children’s Mercy Hospital and Professor of Pediatrics, Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri

Dr. Jay Portnoy is the Chief, Section of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology at Children’s Mercy Hospitals & Clinics in Kansas City, Missouri and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. He received his medical degree at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine and he did his pediatric residency at the Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City and his Allergy fellowship at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Following that he returned to Children’s Mercy Hospital.

Dr. Portnoy has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals involving asthma disease management, environmental control and mold allergy. More recently he has been involved in evidence-based medicine and he is co-chair of the Joint Taskforce on Practice Parameters. He was co-director of the Kansas University Medical School allergy program from 1985 to 1997 and he founded the UMKC School of Medicine allergy program and directed it from 1997-2006.

Dr. Portnoy currently serves on numerous committees both of the American College and the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology as well as on the Allergy/Immunology Residency Review Committee of the ACGME. He lives in Kansas and works in Missouri. His wife Ellen and two kids Lara and Michael have been very supportive of his allergy activities over the years.

Emergency Medicine PA, Emergency Cove Physicians, Tri-Cities, Tennessee

Mr. Montag is the Tri-Cities Regional Director for TAPA. He also was appointed to the Board of Directors, Committee on Physician Assistants in Tennessee. He is a member of the American Association of Physician Assistants (AAPA) and the Veterans Caucus of AAPA. He is currently employed by Emergency Care Physicians in Johnson City, TN. His duties include treatment and management of Emergency Room patients, Suturing, Casting/Splinting, Emergency Ultrasound, Central Line Placement, and Chest Tube insertion.

Previously, Mr. Montag worked as a Aeromedical Evacuation Technician in the United States Air Force and has served his country stateside as well as Overseas. He has in interest in SCUBA Diving and radio communications and is a Master Diver Trainer, PADI First Responder Instructor, Amateur Extra Radio Operator, and a Commercial Radio Operator. He has presented for TAPA’s CME Conferences annually, as well as many national conferences.

Susan LeLacheur, DrPH, PA-C, Director of the Academic Curriculum
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, PA Program, Washington, DC

Susan LeLacheur, DrPH, PA-C is an Assistant Professor at The George Washington University, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, serving as the Director of the Academic Curriculum for the Physician Assistant Program.  She has been certified as a physician assistant continuously since her graduation from the Howard University Physician Assistant Program in 1982.  Her clinical practice has concentrated on infectious diseases, especially HIV and AIDS.  Currently she practices at the Whitman Walker Clinic where she works with an in the inner city population of patients with HIV/AIDS in Washington DC.  She has been a frequent lecturer in the areas of infectious diseases and HIV/AIDS both locally and nationally for the past two decades. She completed her doctoral work in the School of Public Health at The George Washington University with a concentration in health behaviors and a research focus on bias and stereotyping in the clinical interaction. 

Quentin Humberd, MD

Quentin A. Humberd, MD, is Chief of the Exceptional Family Member Program, Blanchfield Army Community Hospital, Ft. Campbell, Kentucky. He is board certified in pediatrics, with subspecialty certification in developmental-behavioral pediatrics.

After earning his medical degree from the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, Dr. Humberd completed a pediatrics residency at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado. He was fellowship trained in developmental/ behavioral pediatrics at Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington.  Over the last 25 years Dr Humberd has practiced both as faculty in a pediatric residency training program and in a private practice setting.  He returned to the military community in 2005 as a civilian and now specializes in the evaluation and treatment of special needs children and their families.

With special interests including the assessment and treatment of developmental delays and the diagnosis and treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Dr. Humberd lectures on topics including using developmental and behavioral screening tools in primary care and the early recognition of autism spectrum disorders. During his tenure as President of the Tennessee Chapter of the AAP, he worked as a public policy advocate for a variety of children’s health issues.  These included screening and treatment of children with special needs, and training for primary care providers on early detection and referral for children with developmental, behavioral, and emotional problems.  He is appointed to Tennessee’s state interagency coordinating council for early intervention.

Dr. Humberd is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and is Past President of the Tennessee Chapter of the AAP. He is a member of the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. He is an Associate Clinical Professor in Pediatrics at the Vanderbilt School of Medicine.

Douglas Mitchell, MD, Professor of Pediatrics,
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Virginia Beach, Virginia

Dr. Mitchell is a professor of Pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School and is in general pediatric practice at General Booth Pediatrics with The Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters, Norfolk, VA.  He holds a variety of professional positions such as member of the Children’s Medical Group Physician’s Advisory Committee and Medical Director of the International Adoption and Travel Medicine Clinic.  He has served as a journal reviewer for several medical journals including Journal of Infectious Diseases,  Journal of General Virology and JAMA.  His interests include vaccinations and has conducted research on childhood immunizations.

Joyce Eyler, PA-C
Physician Assistant, Nashville Medical Group, Nashville, Tennessee

Joyce Eyler is a physician assistant with 26 years of experience as a PA and 12 years of healthcare experience prior to PA training.  After receiving a B.S. in biology in 1969, Ms. Eyler spent three years working in a psychopharmacology research lab for Vanderbilt University.

Upon completing PA training from Trevecca College in 1983, Ms. Eyler worked for 10 years with United Neighborhood Health Services in Nashville, providing primary care to medically underserved and indigent families.  The next seven years were spent with Dr. Gary Smith in Nashville, in a private family medicine practice.  Since 2002, Ms. Eyler has worked with Nashville Medical Group, primarily in a gastroenterology practice with occasional internal medicine in the mix.

Ms. Eyler was appointed consultant to the Committee on Physician Assistants of the Board of Medical Examiners in 1992.  As the consultant, Ms. Eyler reviews and approves PA licensure applications for the state of TN. as well as reviewing complaints against and investigations of PAs in the state.  She has held every office on TAPA’s board except for treasurer and served as TAPA’s president in 1993-94.

Ms. Eyler has been an occasional speaker at TAPA meetings since 1998 and can be counted on to be on the dance floor whenever the opportunity presents itself.

Julianne Blythe, MPA, PA-C, RPSGT

Julianne Blythe, MPA, PA-C, RPSGT serves as a physician assistant for both the Sleep Disorders Center at the University of California, San Francisco and the Center for Human Sleep Research at Stanford University.  She is also a faculty member at the School of Sleep Medicine in Palo Alto, California.

After receiving her Bachelor’s degree in psychology and history at the University of California San Diego, she earned her Master’s degree as a physician assistant from Samuel Merritt University in Oakland, California.  She completed clinical rotations in family practice, internal medicine, geriatrics, pediatrics, emergency medicine, cardiology, and neurology.

Ms. Blythe is a member of various professional organizations, including the American Academy of Physician Assistants, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and the American Association of Sleep Technologists.

Her clinical and research interests include sleep disorders, such as insomnia, narcolepsy, and obstructive sleep apnea.  Ms. Blythe most recently was involved in the NIH sponsored APPLES (Apnea Positive Pressure Long-Term Efficacy Study) study which was a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, multicenter 6 month study to measure the effectiveness of treatment for OSA with CPAP.

Todd Doran, PA-C

Todd Doran, MS, PA-C, is currently a faculty member in the Department of Urologic Surgery at Vanderbilt University since January 2004. His primary clinical and research interests are adult neurogenic voiding dysfunction, male voiding dysfunction, reconstructive surgery, erectile dysfunction and Peyronie’s disease.  He is an investigator on numerous clinical trials related to his clinical interests. He served in the Navy for 8½ years as a medical officer, deploying with 1st Marine Expeditionary Force to Iraq in 2003. He completed PA school at University of Washington’s MEDEX program in 1997 after spending 7 yrs as a certified Athletic Trainer.  Todd has previously been on staff at Tripler Army Medical Center and Naval Medical Center San Diego in their urologic residency programs and has been in urology for 10 yrs. He is the President-Elect of the Urological Association of Physician Assistants.

He has given many lectures at regional and national meetings. His presentation today will be on, “Advanced Prostate Cancer-Understanding Therapy Options.”  His talk today is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc and this is an AAPA Chapter Lecture Series. He discloses that he is on the speaker’s bureau and advisory board for Allergan and Pfizer.

Diane Pieterse, RN, BSN, Regional Tuberculosis Program Coordinator,
Mid-Cumberland Region, Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, Tennessee

Diane Pieterse, RN, BSN, is the Mid-Cumberland Regional TB Program Coordinator for the Tennessee Department of Health.  She earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Certification from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in 1977.  Her career has spanned a variety of nursing roles, predominantly in public health, and specifically in the field of tuberculosis elimination.  She has served as TB clinic nurse supervisor for the Kansas City, Missouri Metropolitan Health Department.  She is currently responsible for TB program activities, case management and TB clinic operations for twelve counties in middle Tennessee.  In 2006, she completed the TB Program Managers Course offered by the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia.  She has been a presenter at state TB meetings in Tennessee and assisted in providing TB training for the Tennessee Board of Pardons and Paroles.  She co-authored the TB program guidelines manual for the Mid-Cumberland Region and has developed several TB training modules for staff education.  From 1986-1990, Diane and her husband, Hendrik, served as missionaries in South Africa. 

Michael Casey, MD

Born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee, Michael Casey, Jr., MD, attended Centre College receiving a BS in biology and was a four-year letterman in football.  He received his medical degree from the University of Tennessee Memphis and completed his Orthopedic Surgery residency at the University of Texas at Southwestern in Dallas, Texas.  He has completed a sports medicine and knee reconstruction fellowship at Unisports Sports Medicine Clinic in Auckland, New Zealand.

Dr. Casey has given multiple presentations including the Sports World Congress in Australia and has published articles in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.  Recent achievements include a Sports Medicine Certification, Sports Person of the Year 2008, and current Chief of Staff of Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center.

His current practice focuses on arthroscopic and reconstructive procedures of the knee, shoulder, and hip, with emphasis on articular cartilage restoration.  He provides medical coverage for multiple high schools, the University of Tennessee Rugby Team, and medical director for the Smoky Mountain Athletic Club.

Anne Moore, MSN, RNC, FAANP

Anne Moore, MSN, FAANP, is Professor of Nursing at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, where she developed the Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Program 1992. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, she maintains an active clinical practice in Nashville.

Ms. Moore, a certified Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner as well as a Certified Nurse Colposcopist, earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees in nursing at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing.

Inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners in 2003, she serves on the editorial review boards of Women’s Health Care:  A Practical Journal for Nurse Practitioners and the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing. She currently chairs The National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health (NPWH). She is also the author or co-author of numerous journal articles and book chapters.

Ms. Moore speaks nationally on topics related to the health care of women. She has been honored with two national awards for nurse practitioners: The Nurse Practitioner of the Year Award from the National Certification Corporation in 1995 and the Nurse Practitioner Award for Excellence from the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health in 1997.

Allan Platt, PA-C, MMSc, Faculty, Emory University School of Medicine Physician Assistant Program, Atlanta, GA

Allan Platt, PA-C graduated with a BS in Health Systems Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology  in 1977, a BS in Medical Science from the Emory University School of Medicine, Physician Assistant program in 1979, and a MMSc in Career Physician Assistant from Emory in 2006.  From 1984 until 2004 he was Program Coordinator, and Physician Assistant at the Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center at Grady Health System. This is the world's first dedicated 24 hour emergency center for sickle cell patients. The Center is one of the largest in the world, currently providing primary and emergency care for 1700 sickle cell patients. He is the web designer of The Sickle Cell Information Center at www.SCInfo.org. The center won AAPA Innovations in Health Care winners  n 2000. In 2002 he received the, Paragon Teacher of the Year Award from the AAPA, and the SAAPA Presidents award in May 2007. Allan has co-authored a patient guide book on sickle cell disease and trait for the general public titled Hope and Destiny, a Patient and Parents guide to Sickle Cell co-author of Overcoming Pain from Hilton Publishing, and author of Evidence Based Medicine for PDAs: A Guide for Practice Published by Bartlett and Jones.

Jefferson I. Lomenick, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee

Jefferson P. Lomenick, M.D., is an assistant professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. He previously served as assistant professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology at the University of Kentucky from 2004-2008. Lomenick received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Vanderbilt University and completed his residency in Pediatrics at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He then completed a fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Lomenick’s research interests include appetite regulation and energy balance in children, biomarkers of type 2 diabetes, and
the role of environmental estrogens in precocious puberty. He is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in General Pediatrics and Pediatric Endocrinology.

R. Paul Maiden, PhD, LCSW, Vice Dean and Professor, University of Southern California, School of Social Work, Los Angeles, CA 
 
Dr. Paul Maiden is a Vice Dean & Professor of the School of Social Work at the
University Southern California in Los Angeles. He is also a faculty member of the Work & Life Concentration and lead the development of a new MSW specialization Military Social Work the first of its kind at a major research university. He is currently developing a Global MSW program in Taipei, a professional doctorate in leadership management as well as future development an MSW specialization in Gambling and Addictions that will be based at a new USC Academic Center in Las Vegas.  Other faculty appointments include a eight year tenure at the University of Central Florida where he was Director of the School of Social Work and the University of Illinois, Jane Addams College of Social Work where he developed and chaired the Occupational Social Work Program for 13 years. 

Paul has been in the EAP field since 1980. He has presented, consulted and published extensively in the U.S and abroad and is editor of the Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health.

Paul is the recipient of a two Senior Fulbright Scholar awards to Russia and South Africa which focused on workplace violence, disaster management and work & life program development. He holds a Ph.D. in social work from the University of Maryland at Baltimore and an MSW from the University of Tennessee.

He has been an EAPA member since 1980 and is a past board member and president of NIEAPA.

Jose Coll, PhD, Chair, Military Social Work Program, University of Southern California, School of Social Work, San Diego, CA

Dr. Coll received his doctorate in Counseling Education and Supervision from the University of South Florida and Masters of Social Work at the University of Central Florida. He is currently the Clinical Associate Professor and Chair of USC Military Social Work Program as well as Director of the San Diego Academic Center. Prior to assuming his current position, he served as Chair and Associate Professor of Social Work at Saint Leo University.

Dr. Coll has worked as a clinical social worker with adolescents and families of children with Autism, Severely Emotional Disturbed, and Emotionally Mentally Handicap. Dr. Coll’s overall research interest focuses on determining development of worldviews and how they influence factors of treatment and clinical outcomes. Moreover, he is actively engaged in research on treatment modalities for suicide prevention among active duty soldiers and their families.  He most recently co-authored two books “A Civilian Counselor’s Primer for Counseling Veterans” and “A Developmental Guide to Research: A Student Faculty Handbook”. Dr. Coll is served as a Reconnaissance Marine at Camp Pendleton, Ca. where he was honorably discharged.