Committees & Charges
Accreditation Leadership Team

Deborah Vaughan, PhD
Faculty Accreditation Lead
dvaughan@bu.edu | (617) 638-5311
Self-Study Subcommittees
The Self-Study Subcommittees are responsible for preparing reports on specific areas about the medical education program based on review and analysis of the information provided during the data collection process. The reports prepared by the Self-Study Subcommittees include identified needs and recommendations.
Self-Study Committee for Standards 1, 2, and 3
Co-Chairs
- David Coleman, MD, Wade Professor & Chair, Department of Medicine
- Mark Moss, PhD, Waterhouse Professor & Chair, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology
Members
- Michael Charness, MD
- Larry Culpepper, MD, MPH
- Kenneth Grundfast, MD, FACS, FAAP
- Ariel Hirsch, MD
- Doug Hughes, MD
- Linda Hyman, PhD
- Angela Jackson, MD
- Rafael Ortega, MD
- Joshua Safer, MD
- Danny Sam, MD
- Kitt Shaffer, MD, PhD
- Jorge Soto, MD
- Lisa Tenerowicz
- Deborah Vaughan, PhD
- Lauren Burdine, BUSM 1
- Sarah Tadiri, BUSM 2
- Michael Emmerling, BUSM 2
- Michael Ghio, BUSM 3
- Paul George, BUSM 4
Self-Study Committee for Standards 4 and 5
Co-Chairs
- Hee-Young Park, PhD, Assistant Dean of GMS, Professor, Department of Medical Sciences & Education
- Robert Sprinkle, Executive Director, IS&T Medical Center
Members
- John Barton
- Emelia Benjamin, MD, ScM, FACC, FAHA
- Mary Blanchard, MS(LS)
- Paige Curran, MA
- Ravin Davidoff, MBBCh
- David Henderson, MD
- Fredric Majnoun
- Lucy Milne
- Jana Mulkern
- Constance Packard, CHPA
- Isaque Rezende
- Anthony Rizzo
- Suzanne Sarfaty, MD
- Lauren Stern, MD
- Robert Vinci, MD
- Gopal Yadavalli, MD
- Aaron Young, PhD
- Michael Gustin, BUSM 2
- Aditya Mithal, PhD Year 1
- Matt Pina, BUSM 4
- Natalie Rizzo, BUSM 4
Self-Study Committee for Standards 6 and 7
Co-Chairs
- Ron Medzon, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
- Stephanie Oberhaus, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology
Members
- Steven Borkan, MD
- Molly Cohen-Osher, MD, MMedEd
- Anand Devaiah, MD
- David Flynn, MS (LIS)
- Robert Lowe, MD
- Jolion McGreevy, MD
- Suzanne Mitchell, MD, MS
- Judith Saide, PhD
- Carmen Sarita-Reyes, MD
- Rachel Simmons, MD
- Rachel Thompson, MD
- Christopher Vaughan
- Deborah Vaughan, PhD
- Lidya Wlasiuk, MD
- Travis Hallett, BUSM 2
- Ian Francis, BUSM 2
- Rohan Rastogi, BUSM 3
- Jane Lock, BUSM 3
- Eric Brownhill, BUSM 3
- Kara Kleber, BUSM4
Self-Study Committee for Standards 8 and 9
Co-Chairs
- Daniel Remick, MD, Professor & Chair, Department of Microbiology
- Priya Garg, MD, Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs, Director of Medical Education
Members
- Sonia Ananthakrishnan, MD
- Robina Bhasin, EdM
- Ryan Chippendale, MD
- Michelle Durham, MD, MPH, FAPA
- Elizabeth Ferrenz, MD
- Warren Hershman, MD, MPH
- Lisa Norton, MD
- Jeffrey Schneider, MD
- Mark Sloan, MD
- Jean-Jacques Soghomonian, PhD
- Okeanis Vaou, MD
- Christopher Vaughan
- Ann Zumwalt, PhD
- Kris Boelitz, BUSM 2
- Cara Guenther, BUSM 2
- Sam Wood, BUSM 3
- Nikita Saxena, BUSM 4
- Estela Chen Gonzalez, BUSM 4
Self-Study Committee for Standards 10, 11, and 12
Co-Chairs
- Robert Witzburg, MD, Associate Dean & Director of Admissions, Professor, Department of Medicine
- John Polk, MD, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, Instructor, Department of Surgery
Members
- Gary Balady, MD
- Daniel Chen, MD
- Shoumita Dasgupta, PhD
- Ellen Difiore
- Arvin Garg, MD, MPH
- Kristen Goodell, MD
- Karen Harnett, PhD
- Samantha Kaplan, MD, MPH
- Cheryl McSweeney, MD, MPH
- Gwynneth Offner, PhD
- Meaghan Hardy Smith
- Philip Stone, PhD
- Karen Symes, PhD
- Vickery Trinkhaus-Randall, PhD
- Carol Walsh, PhD
- Julie Wickstrom
- Megan Young, MD
- Glen Zamansky, PhD
- Caroline Jirka, BUSM 2
- Megan Davis, BUSM 2
- Gus Godley, BUSM 3
- Katie Ivy, Research Year
Independent Student Analysis (ISA) Task Force
Student Leadership provides an independent review of relevant topic areas and produces the Independent Student Analysis (ISA), which includes the results of a student opinion questionnaire along with analysis and interpretation of the findings.
Self-Study Task Force
The Self-Study Task Force is responsible for analyzing the Self-Study Subcommittees’ and ISA Task Force’s findings and preparing the final self-study summary report and completed database that will be submitted to the LCME.
Task Force
Task Force Chair
Thomas Moore, MD
Professor and Associate Provost, BUSM
Task Force Members
- Karen Antman, MD
- Deborah Vaughan, PhD
- Michael Charness, MD
- David Coleman, MD
- Shamin Dahod, MD
- Ravin Davidoff, MBBCh
- Priya Garg, MD
- Kristen Goodell, MD
- David Henderson, MD
- Douglas Hughes, MD
- Angela Jackson, MD
- Megan Janeway, MD
- Ron Medzon, MD
- Mark Moss, MD
- Stephanie Oberhaus, PhD
- Hee-Young Park, PhD
- John Polk, MD
- Daniel Remick, MD
- Anthony Rizzo
- Danny Sam, MD
- Jeffrey Schneider, MD
- Robert Sprinkle
- Lisa Tenerowicz
- Robert Vinci, MD
- Robert Witzburg, MD
- Samuel Wood, BUSM 3