Jan N. Basile, MD, FACP, FASH, FAHA
Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
Medical University of South Carolina
Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center
Previous Vice-Chair of Clinical Programs AHA Council of Hypertension
US National Leader SURPASS-CVOT
Charleston, SC

Dr. Jan N. Basile earned his medical degree in 1978 from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. He then completed his internship and residency at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston, where he was also Chief Resident. He is board certified in internal medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP), the American Society of Hypertension (FASH), and the American Heart Association (FAHA). For many years he served on the American Society of Hypertension (ASH) Board of Directors and has served within the AHA as Vice-Chair of Clinical Programs on the Council of Hypertension.

His honors and awards include the MUSC School of Medicine Excellence in Teaching award, the Golden Apple award, and, in 2014, he was the first recipient of the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control Hypertension Physician of the Year award. In 2019, he received the Marvin Moser Clinical Hypertension Award from the American Heart Association Council on Hypertension. He was President of the Southern Medical Association from 2008-2009.

Currently, he is Professor of Medicine at MUSC in the Division of Cardiology. He spent 31 years at the Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center while faculty at MUSC, having retired from federal service as Chief of Primary Care in 2009. He remains a volunteer at the VA, his 45th year at that hospital. At MUSC, he continues to teach all 3rd year medical students clinical hypertension during their 3rd year core medicine rotation and currently sees clinical patients enrolled in research trials on the role of renal denervation in controlling hypertension.

Dr. Basile’s career research interests include outcome-based clinical trials involving hypertension, lipid disorders, and diabetes. He has been involved in many large hypertension trials that have defined how we treat hypertension including the NHLBI sponsored ALLHAT, ACCORD, SPRINT and SPRINT-MIND trials. In addition, he has been a principal investigator for the ACCOMPLISH, VALUE, ONTARGET, and TRANSCEND trials. Most recently, he has been involved in diabetes outcome trials with GLP1RA's including REWIND and is the US National Leader for the SURPASS-CV Outcome Trial comparing Dulaglutide with the dual-agonist Tirzepatide.

Dr Basile was a contributing reviewer of the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7) and the 2017 ACC-AHA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults. He has published more than 400 original papers, abstracts, and book chapters, as well as a textbook, Hot Topics: Hypertension. He continues to be a contributing author for the hypertension section of “Up To Date”.

Robert Dachs, MD
Director of Graduate Medical Education
Department of Emergency Medicine
Ellis Hospital, Clinical Associate Professor
Family Residency Program
Albany Medical College
Schenectady, NY

Dr. Robert Dachs is the Director of Graduate Medical Education for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, NY. Previously Dr. Dachs served as Vice Chairman for the Department of Emergency Medicine for the past 16 years. Additionally, he is Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the Ellis Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program and is the previous Research Director for this residency program. Dr. Dachs graduated New York Medical College in 1985. He spent 2 years in General Surgery Residency at Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA before moving on and completing a Family Medicine Residency in Middletown, CT in 1991. Since then, Dr. Dachs has practiced Emergency Medicine full-time in the Albany-Schenectady region of New York State. During his career, Dr. Dachs has published over 65 peer reviewed articles on a variety of acute and primary care topics. He has lectured nationally for many years on a broad range of topics and is a faculty member for the AAFP Board Review courses. He also developed the first Continuing Education program on Emergency and Urgent Care for Family Physicians for AAFP in 2001 and was Chairman for this course for 10 years. More recently, he has developed a similar 3-day CME course for cmemeeting.org that has developed a strong and growing reputation for excellence. He has received “Teacher of the year” awards 3 times from his residents and continues to have a passion for teaching. This past year, he was Chair of a 7-hour enduring CME project on COVID-19 for the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Gregory S. Day, MD, MSc, MSCI, FAAN
Senior Associate Consultant
Dept. of Neurology
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Jacksonville, FL

Dr. Gregory S. Day completed his Neurology Residency at the University of Toronto (Canada) in 2014 and his fellowship in memory and aging at Washington University in St. Louis in 2015. He joined the Mayo Clinic in Florida in 2020 and is currently an Assistant Professor of Neurology, Vice Chair of Research for the Department of Neurology, and Director of the Division of Behavioral Neurology. He continues his clinical research in dementia, with a particular interest in Rapidly Progressive Dementia, including autoimmune-causes of dementia. His work is supported by a career development grant from the National Institutes of Health, the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, the Alzheimer’s Association and other funding partners.

Heather M. Johnson, MD, MS, MMM, FAHA, FACC, FASPC
Cardiologist & Preventive Cardiologist
Christine E. Lynn Women’s Health & Wellness Institute
Boca Raton Regional Hospital
Clinical Affiliate Associate Professor
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL

Dr. Heather M. Johnson is a Cardiologist and Preventive Cardiologist at the Christine E. Lynn Women’s Health & Wellness Institute of Boca Raton Regional Hospital/Baptist Health South Florida, and a Clinical Affiliate Associate Professor of Florida Atlantic University. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology, Master of Population Health, and Doctor of Medicine degrees at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She graduated with Honors from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business with a Master of Medical Management. Prior to moving to Boca Raton, Florida, she practiced as a Noninvasive Cardiologist and Preventive Cardiologist for 10 years at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and served as an Associate Professor with Tenure at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health. Dr. Johnson is a leader in population health, heart disease prevention, and women’s health and has led multiple research studies funded through the National Institute of Health. Dr. Johnson is a guest medical expert on television newscasts, radio shows, and podcasts and is active with multiple medical organizations including the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, and American Society of Preventive Cardiology.

Mikhail Kosiborod, MD, FACC, FAHA
Professor of Medicine
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Executive Director of the Cardiometabolic Center Alliance
Vice President of Research, Saint Luke’s Health System
Kansas City, MO

Dr. Mikhail Kosiborod is a cardiologist, the Vice President of Research at Saint Luke’s Health System, Executive Director of the Cardiometabolic Center Alliance, Director of Cardiometabolic Research and Co-Director of the Haverty Cardiometabolic Center of Excellence at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute, Professor of Medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the inaugural recipient of the Ben McCallister, MD Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Research at Saint Luke’s Health System. Dr. Kosiborod is an internationally recognized expert in the field of cardiometabolic disease, and has conducted and led numerous clinical trials, many of which have had a significant impact on the guidelines and clinical practice. Dr. Kosiborod has authored and co-authored more than 350 peer-reviewed publications.

Deena E. Kuruvilla, MD, FAHS
Medical Director
Westport Headache Institute
Westport, CT

Dr. Deena E. Kuruvilla is a board certified neurologist, headache specialist and Director of the Westport Headache Institute. She has served as assistant professor and associate program director for the Headache fellowship at the Yale School of Medicine and is a medical advisor for Healthline.

Dr. Kuruvilla completed her medical internship at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. Subsequently, she completed her Neurology residency at Brown University in Rhode Island, where she was chief resident. She went on to complete a fellowship in Headache and Facial Pain at the Montefiore Headache Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Dr. Kuruvilla has published research on medical devices, complementary and integrative medicine, procedural approaches for the treatment of headache disorders and headache in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection She is the former chair of the complementary and integrative medicine section and current chair of the women's health section of the American Headache Society.

Dr. Kuruvilla’s research and clinical work has been widely featured in the press, including Prevention Magazine, the Food Network, Neurology Today, the Hartford Courant, and the Wall Street Journal.

Brian Pearlman, MD, FACP, FAASLD, AAHIVS
Medical Director, Center for Hepatitis C, Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center
Professor of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia
Professor of Medicine, Emory School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA

Dr. Brian Pearlman is the Medical Director for Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center's Center for Hepatitis C in Atlanta, Georgia, and is Professor of Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia and Professor of Medicine at Emory School of Medicine. He completed his medical degree at the University of Miami and post-graduate training at both the University of Texas, Southwestern and Baylor University Medical Center.

Dr. Pearlman is Fellow for the American College of Physicians, and Fellow for the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease as well as certified by the American Academy of HIV Medicine. He is also a member of the American Gastroenterological Association. He had sit on the Board of Directors for The American Liver Foundation, Southeast Chapter.

Dr. Pearlman is widely published in leading journals such as The Lancet, JAMA,Gastroenterology, Hepatology, The Lancet Infectious Disease, Clinical Infectious Diseases, and the American Journal of Medicine. He is active in both patient care and in teaching physicians. He has been the recipient of numerous teaching awards, and is an active investigator in multiple liver-related clinical trials, some of which were in collaboration with the CDC's Division of Viral Hepatitis.

John H. Post III, MD
Orthopedic Surgeon
Martha Jefferson Hospital
Charlottesville, VA

Dr. John H. Post is an Orthopedic Surgeon from Charlottesville, Virginia with expertise in Sports Medicine, arthroscopy of the knee and shoulder, and knee replacement surgery. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, served as a U.S. Marine helicopter pilot and subsequent helicopter instructor for the U.S. Navy. He received his MD from the University of Miami School of Medicine. He is a Fellow in the Arthroscopy Association of North America, the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, and is a volunteer COVID 19 vaccinator for the Blue Ridge Health District. He enjoys outdoor exercise and has competed in the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim and the English Channel Swim and enjoys hiking with his family. His wife is the Director of Internal Medicine at the University of Virginia Northridge Clinic. They have three children, a granddaughter, and two labs.

Andrew W. Urban, MD
Infectious Disease and HIV Specialist
Madison, WI

Dr. Andrew W. Urban is board certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease. He graduated from the University of Illinois College of Medicine and completed his Internal Medicine residency and fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the University of Wisconsin. His past positions include Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease at the University of Wisconsin and Chief of Infectious Diseases at the Wm. S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital in Madison, WI. He has received numerous teaching awards and has been extensively involved in undergraduate, graduate and continuing medical education. His clinical interests include primary care of individuals with HIV and consultative general infectious diseases.

Jan N. Basile, MD, FACP, FASH, FAHA
Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
Medical University of South Carolina
Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center
Previous Vice-Chair of Clinical Programs AHA Council of Hypertension
US National Leader SURPASS-CVOT
Charleston, SC

Dr. Jan N. Basile earned his medical degree in 1978 from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. He then completed his internship and residency at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston, where he was also Chief Resident. He is board certified in internal medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP), the American Society of Hypertension (FASH), and the American Heart Association (FAHA). For many years he served on the American Society of Hypertension (ASH) Board of Directors and has served within the AHA as Vice-Chair of Clinical Programs on the Council of Hypertension.

His honors and awards include the MUSC School of Medicine Excellence in Teaching award, the Golden Apple award, and, in 2014, he was the first recipient of the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control Hypertension Physician of the Year award. In 2019, he received the Marvin Moser Clinical Hypertension Award from the American Heart Association Council on Hypertension. He was President of the Southern Medical Association from 2008-2009.

Currently, he is Professor of Medicine at MUSC in the Division of Cardiology. He spent 31 years at the Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center while faculty at MUSC, having retired from federal service as Chief of Primary Care in 2009. He remains a volunteer at the VA, his 45th year at that hospital. At MUSC, he continues to teach all 3rd year medical students clinical hypertension during their 3rd year core medicine rotation and currently sees clinical patients enrolled in research trials on the role of renal denervation in controlling hypertension.

Dr. Basile’s career research interests include outcome-based clinical trials involving hypertension, lipid disorders, and diabetes. He has been involved in many large hypertension trials that have defined how we treat hypertension including the NHLBI sponsored ALLHAT, ACCORD, SPRINT and SPRINT-MIND trials. In addition, he has been a principal investigator for the ACCOMPLISH, VALUE, ONTARGET, and TRANSCEND trials. Most recently, he has been involved in diabetes outcome trials with GLP1RA's including REWIND and is the US National Leader for the SURPASS-CV Outcome Trial comparing Dulaglutide with the dual-agonist Tirzepatide.

Dr Basile was a contributing reviewer of the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7) and the 2017 ACC-AHA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults. He has published more than 400 original papers, abstracts, and book chapters, as well as a textbook, Hot Topics: Hypertension. He continues to be a contributing author for the hypertension section of “Up To Date”.

Gregory S. Day, MD, MSc, MSCI, FAAN
Senior Associate Consultant
Dept. of Neurology
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Jacksonville, FL

Dr. Gregory S. Day completed his Neurology Residency at the University of Toronto (Canada) in 2014 and his fellowship in memory and aging at Washington University in St. Louis in 2015. He joined the Mayo Clinic in Florida in 2020 and is currently an Assistant Professor of Neurology, Vice Chair of Research for the Department of Neurology, and Director of the Division of Behavioral Neurology. He continues his clinical research in dementia, with a particular interest in Rapidly Progressive Dementia, including autoimmune-causes of dementia. His work is supported by a career development grant from the National Institutes of Health, the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, the Alzheimer’s Association and other funding partners.

Samira Farouk, MD, MSCR, FASN
Associate Professor of Medicine & Medical Education
Associate Director, Nephrology Fellowship Program
Division of Nephrology
Recanati Miller Transplant Institute
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY

Dr. Samira Farouk is a transplant nephrologist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS). She is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Education, Associate Program Director of the Nephrology Fellowship Program, and Social Media Director of the Division of Nephrology. Dr. Farouk is a graduate of Princeton University where she received her B.S.E in Chemical Engineering with a certificate in Spanish and Portuguese Language and Culture. She received her MD from Rutgers University – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School where she graduated with a Distinction in Research. She completed her internship, residency, and nephrology and transplant fellowship at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and also served as chief fellow.

Dr. Farouk is involved in all levels of medical education and teaches medical students, residents, and fellows and has been the recipient of multiple teaching awards. She is interested in the development and study of innovative medical education tools and technologies, including free open access medical education (FOAMed) and social media. She is the co-founder of NephSIM winner of the 2018 American Society of Nephrology Innovations in Kidney Education contest, co-faulty lead of Renal Fellow Network, Executive Committee member of NephMadness and the Nephrology Social Media Collective, and founder of NephSIM Nephrons – a one-year virtual mentoring program for trainees interested in learning about nephrology. Dr. Farouk serves on the Editorial Board of journals including the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Kidney News, Clinical Transplantation, and the Journal of Nephrology and is a member of committees of the ASN and American Society of Transplantation.

Mikhail Kosiborod, MD, FACC, FAHA
Professor of Medicine
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Executive Director of the Cardiometabolic Center Alliance
Vice President of Research, Saint Luke’s Health System
Kansas City, MO

Dr. Mikhail Kosiborod is a cardiologist, the Vice President of Research at Saint Luke’s Health System, Executive Director of the Cardiometabolic Center Alliance, Director of Cardiometabolic Research and Co-Director of the Haverty Cardiometabolic Center of Excellence at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute, Professor of Medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the inaugural recipient of the Ben McCallister, MD Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Research at Saint Luke’s Health System. Dr. Kosiborod is an internationally recognized expert in the field of cardiometabolic disease, and has conducted and led numerous clinical trials, many of which have had a significant impact on the guidelines and clinical practice. Dr. Kosiborod has authored and co-authored more than 350 peer-reviewed publications.

Louis Kuritzky, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor Emeritus
University of Florida School of Medicine
Department of Community Health & Family Medicine
Clinical Faculty, UCF College of Medicine/HCA GME Consortium
Family Medicine Residency Program
Gainesville, FL

Dr. Louis Kuritzky began his academic career as clinical faculty for the UCLA Department of Family Medicine (Los Angeles) in the 1970s. He has been affiliated with the University of Florida (Gainesville) since 1983 and became tenured faculty in the Department of Community Health and Family Medicine in 1988. He currently holds the title of Clinical Assistant Professor Emeritus at the University of Florida and is clinical faculty for the UCF College of Medicine/HCA GME Consortium Family Medicine Residency Program (Gainesville, Florida). His current professional society participation includes the American Heart Association (AHA), the American Diabetes Association (ADA), and the American Association of Family Physicians (AAFP). In addition to being board-certified in family medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine, he has received certification as a Specialist in Hypertension by the American Society of Hypertension. Dr. Kuritzky has given hundreds of presentations, including domestic and international venues. He is on the editorial board of Internal Medicine Alert, Consultant, Clinical Diabetes, and the International Journal of Impotence Research. He has authored over 150 articles in journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Comprehensive Therapy, Hospital Practice, Consultant, Postgraduate Medicine, Journal of Pain and Palliative Care, and Patient Care.

Kim Pfotenhauer, DO
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
Director of Clerkship Curriculum
Michigan State University
College of Osteopathic Medicine
Lansing, MI

Dr. Kim Pfotenhauer is a Board Certified Osteopathic Family Physician and a fellowship trained Diabetologist. She is currently the Director of Clerkship Curriculum and an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. She serves on the American Diabetes Association Women’s Interprofessional Network Advisory Group and as National Faculty for the NBOME. Speaking regionally and nationally on diabetes, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and vitamin D, she focuses on empowering primary care physicians to improve patient metabolic health.

John H. Post III, MD
Orthopedic Surgeon
Martha Jefferson Hospital
Charlottesville, VA

Dr. John H. Post is an Orthopedic Surgeon from Charlottesville, Virginia with expertise in Sports Medicine, arthroscopy of the knee and shoulder, and knee replacement surgery. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, served as a U.S. Marine helicopter pilot and subsequent helicopter instructor for the U.S. Navy. He received his MD from the University of Miami School of Medicine. He is a Fellow in the Arthroscopy Association of North America, the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, and is a volunteer COVID 19 vaccinator for the Blue Ridge Health District. He enjoys outdoor exercise and has competed in the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim and the English Channel Swim and enjoys hiking with his family. His wife is the Director of Internal Medicine at the University of Virginia Northridge Clinic. They have three children, a granddaughter, and two labs.

Julia N. Riddle, MD
Assistant Professor
Center for Women's Mood Disorders
UNC School of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry
Chapel Hill, NC

Dr. Julia N. Riddle is an assistant professor, psychiatrist, and researcher with a focus in reproductive mental health at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Medicine. She trained at Johns Hopkins for medical school, psychiatry residency, and a two-year Advance Reproductive Psychiatry clinical-research fellowship. She joined the UNC Center for Women’s Mood Disorders in 2022. In addition to serving the perinatal population as an outpatient physician, Dr. Riddle has opened a clinic focused on treating patients that experience pregnancy and neonatal loss. Her research focused on perinatal anxiety, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, and perinatal loss. Dr. Riddle is also part of the National Curriculum in Reproductive Psychiatry (NCRP). She helped develop and facilitate the first advanced national practicum for multidisciplinary learners in 2022 and is now the leader for the next event in 2024. She is also part of a national group of obstetricians and psychiatrists developing didactic material for obstetricians.

Andrew W. Urban, MD
Infectious Disease and HIV Specialist
Madison, WI

Dr. Andrew W. Urban is board certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease. He graduated from the University of Illinois College of Medicine and completed his Internal Medicine residency and fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the University of Wisconsin. His past positions include Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease at the University of Wisconsin and Chief of Infectious Diseases at the Wm. S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital in Madison, WI. He has received numerous teaching awards and has been extensively involved in undergraduate, graduate and continuing medical education. His clinical interests include primary care of individuals with HIV and consultative general infectious diseases.

C. Wayne Weart, PharmD, FASHP, FAPhA
Professor Emeritus Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcome Sciences
Medical University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy
Professor of Family Medicine
MUSC Department of Family Medicine
Charleston, SC

Dr. Wayne Weart received his Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy in 1971 from the University of Georgia. He served his residency in Hospital Pharmacy at the Medical University Hospital in Charleston, SC in 1972. He received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science in 1974. Dr. Weart is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcome Sciences in the College of Pharmacy, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), as well as Professor of Family Medicine in the College of Medicine, MUSC. Prior to his teaching at the Medical University, Dr. Weart instructed at West Virginia University in pharmacy and family medicine.

Dr. Weart has more than 100 publications and he has given scores of lectures to numerous professional groups and societies. He has received outstanding teacher awards at both West Virginia University and MUSC and has been named Hospital Pharmacist of the Year in both South Carolina and West Virginia.

In 1991, Dr. Weart was among the first pharmacists to become a Board-Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist. In 1992, he was honored for his excellence in pharmacy practice and designated a Fellow of the American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists. Dr. Weart was named a Primary Care Policy Fellow for 1999 by the U.S. Public Health Service and he was honored by the Alumni Association of the MUSC College of Pharmacy as a Distinguished Alumnus in 2002. He also received the Bowl of Hygeia Award from the SC Pharmacy Association in 2003 for outstanding service to the community and the profession of pharmacy and the George D. Schwerin Mentor Award, from the South Carolina Society of Health System Pharmacists in 2004. In 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009 he was recognized by the MUSC College of Pharmacy student body for his excellence in education by the Golden Mortar and Pestle Award. In 2008 the MUSC Board of Trustees named Dr. Weart as a Master Teacher. In 2012 he received the Proctor and Gamble National Leadership Award from the Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society. In 2014 he was awarded the Ralph M. Wilkie Distinguished Lifetime Service Award by the SC Pharmacy Association Board of Directors. In 2015 he received the Kenneth Flinchum Distinguished Service Award from the SC Society of Health System Pharmacists. In 2021 he was awarded the James A. McFarland, MD, FACP Award by the SC Chapter of the American College of Physicians for his scholarship and teaching. Dr Weart served on the Board of Directors of the SC Pharmacists Association and as President and Chairman of the Board for 2010-2011. He served on the Board of Directors for the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy from 2009-2013 and President of the Waring Library Society for 2014-2015. He is one of many Hot Dog Ministry volunteers involved with serving the homeless of Charleston.