Member Roster
National Advisory Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NACCAM)

Chair

BRIGGS, Josephine P., M.D. (2011)
Director
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

Members

ALVORD, Lori Arviso, M.D. (2010)
Associate Dean
Office of Student Affairs and Multicultural Affairs
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery and of Psychiatry
Dartmouth Medical School
Hanover, New Hampshire

BARNES, Stephen, Ph.D. (2010)
Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Associate Director
Purdue-UAB Botanicals Research Center for Age-Related Diseases
Director
Targeted Metabolomics and Proteomics Laboratory
UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

BIRDSALL, Timothy C., N.D., F.A.B.N.O. (2011)
Vice President, Integrative Medicine
Cancer Treatment Centers of America
Goodyear, Arizona

BOWDEN II, Boyd W., D.O. (2010)
Orthopedic Surgeon
Private Practice
Columbus, Ohio

BRONFORT, Gert, D.C., Ph.D. (2011)
Research Professor
Associate Vice President of Research
Director of the Neck and Back
Research Program
Northwestern Health Sciences University
Wolfe-Harris Center for Clinical Studies
Bloomington, Minnesota

CARLOTA, Lupo T., M.D., Dip. Ac. (2011)
President and Founder
Medical Acupuncture Research Institute of America
Memphis, Tennessee

COHEN, Sheldon, Ph.D. (2010)
Robert E. Doherty Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychology
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

COMINELLI, Fabio, M.D., Ph.D. (2010)
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Disease
Hermann Menges, Jr. Chair in Internal Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Director, CWRU/UH Digestive Health Center
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio

CORVERA, Silvia, M.D. (2010)
Professor Program in Molecular Medicine and
Department of Cell Biology
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, Massachussetts

FOX, Joan E., Ph.D. (2010)
Professor
Integrative Medicine Research
Department of Molecular Cardiology
Lerner College of Medecine
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

GASS, Margery, L.S., M.D. (2010)
Executive Director Designate
North American Menopause Society
Mayfield Heights, Ohio

KAPTCHUK, Ted J., O.M.D., L.Ac. (2010)
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Osher Institute
Boston, Massachusetts

LIN, Shin, Ph.D. (2011)
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California

REDMAN, Bruce G., D.O. (2010)
Professor of Medicine
University of Michigan
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan

SHEAR, Katherine M., M.D. (2012)
Marion E. Kenworthy Professor of Psychiatry
Columbia University School of Social Work
New York, New York

SHEN, Danny D., Ph.D. (2010)
Professor and Chair of Pharmacy
Department of Pharmacy
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

TAYLOR, Herman A., M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.C., F.A.H.A. (2011)
Professor of Medicine
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi

TIAN, Xiaoming, M.D., CMD., L.Ac. (2010)
Director
Academy of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine
Director
Wildwood Acupuncture Center
Bethesda, Maryland

Ex Officio Members

COLLINS, Francis, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

EZEJI-OKOYE, Stephen, M.D.
Deputy Chief of Staff
VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Department of Veterans Affairs
Palo Alto, California

KINGTON, Raynard, M.D., Ph.D.
Acting Director
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

NIEMTZOW, Richard C., COL., M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Colonel, USAF, MC, FS
Consultant for CAM for the USAF Surgeon General
President American Academy of Medical Acupuncture

SEBELIUS, Kathleen
Secretary
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC 20201

Executive Secretary

GOLDROSEN, Martin, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Extramural Activities
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

Unless otherwise noted, terms end on July 31 of the year posted next to the member's name.