Affiliation Partnership Council
Charge
The Affiliation Partnership Council shall have as its charge the evaluation of strategic and operational issues which materially affect the academic relationship between the College of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The council will serve in an advisory capacity to both the Director of the VA and the Dean of the College of Medicine.
Structure
The Affiliation Partnership Council is appointed by the VA Director and is comprised of vice president of health sciences colleges, deans and senior faculty members of the affiliated medical and dental schools and other academic institutions as appropriate, representative(s) of the full-time medical/dental staffs of the VA facility, and such other faculty of the affiliated schools and staff of the VA facility as are appropriate to consider and advise on the full range of the committee's responsibilities. Veterans service organization representation is strongly recommended. Affiliations between the VA facilities and educational institutions offering programs in associated health professions other than medicine and dentistry have been highly productive. In view of the growing importance of these professional groups in modern health care, the Affiliation Partnership Council is encouraged to include representatives of these schools among its membership. The selection of appropriate representatives from among the non-medical/dental schools will be based on the nature and extent of their educational activities in the VA facility. The council membership should include representatives of those health care professions in which major training programs are conducted at the VA facility. Nominees acceptable to the VA facility director will be appointed by letter. A copy of each appointment letter will be sent to the chair.
Appointments are governed by VA Policy.
2022 - 2023 Affiliation Partnership Council Members
| Dr. David Linville (Co-Chairperson) | Associate Vice President for Clinical Affairs Senior Associate Dean & Chief of Staff |
| Dean Borsos (Co-Chairperson) | Medical Center Director |
| Dr. William Block | Vice President for Clinical Affairs Dean, College of Medicine |
| Dr. Colleen Noe (Alt. Co-Chairperson) | Associate Director |
| Dr. Reid Blackwelder | Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education Designated Institutional Officer-DIO |
| Dr. Corky Dillon | Chief of Staff |
| Dr. Deidre Pierce | Associate Dean for Student Affairs Program Director of Internal Medicine |
| Dr. John Mosier | Acting Deputy Chief of Staff |
| Dr. Beth Fox | Vice Dean of Academic Affiars |
| Deborah Eddy, MSN, RN, AD | Patient Care Nursing Services |
| Dr. Leann Horsley | Dean, College of Nursing |
| Dr. Matt Parks | Associate Chief of Staff for Education & Chief, E&SD |
| Dr. A. Lynn Williams | Interim Dean, College of Health Sciences |
| Dr. Muhammad Azam | Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Service Chief |
| Bruce Gannaway, MBA, MPA (For Dr. Debbie Byrd, Dean of Gatton College of Pharmacy) | Assistant Dean of Finance and Administration Master Lecturer, Department of Pharmacy Practice |
| Dr. Wael Zakaria | Acting Chief of Medicine |
| Dr. Shambhavi Chandraiah | Psychiatry and Behavioral Science Program Director |
| Dr. Marty Vannoy (For Dr. Adam Seneker, Pharmacy Service Chief) | Associate Chief, Clinical and Educational Services |
| Dr. Salah Shurbaji | Chair of Pathology |
| Dr. Owen Murnane | Associate Chief of Staff for Research |
| Dr. Camelia Chirculescu | Internal Medicine Residency Program Director |
| Ms. Birgit Goldfarb | ACOS, Education AO (Recorder) |
| Jennifer Nash, MBA | Internal Medicine Residency Coordinator |