AHA Committee on Clinical Leadership names 2020 chair, chair-elect

Patrice Weiss, M.D., executive vice president and chief medical officer for Carilion Clinic in Roanoke Va., will chair the AHA’s Committee on Clinical Leadership in 2020. Thomas Yackel, M.D., president of MCV Physicians at VCU Health System, Richmond, Va., will serve as chair-elect. Joining the committee in 2020 are: Christine Carr, M.D., senior clinical advisor, South Carolina Hospital Association; Tommy Ibrahim, executive vice president and chief physician executive, INTEGRIS Health, Oklahoma City; Sharmila Makhija, M.D., department chair, obstetrics and gynecology and women’s health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, N.Y.; Patrick Torcson, M.D., senior vice president and CMO, St. Tammany Parish Hospital, Covington, La.; and David Zaas, M.D., president of Duke Raleigh (N.C.) Hospital. The 27-member committee provides clinical input to the AHA advocacy and public policy process, serving as a clinical resource on policy issues and guiding the ongoing work of the AHA Physician Alliance. For more information, visit aha.org/physicians.