Members of The Student Advocacy Committee

Chair

Dearing Johns, M.D.
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
P.O. Box 800158
dwj8n@virginia.edu
(434) 924-9605
Dearing Johns, M.D.


Student Members

Class of 2009

Class of 2010

Anne Colgrove
acc3y@virginia.edu

Carolyn Reed Word
cmr6f@virginia.edu

Corey Maxwell
cdm2d@virginia.edu

Bina Patel
bsp2r@virginia.edu
Melissa Park
mlp3p@virginia.edu

Jim Edwards
jme2t@virginia.edu

Katie Sutton
kms8ms@virginia.edu

Katie McBeth
keg5p@virginia.edu 

Class of 2011


Winta Mehtsun
wm8s@virginia.edu

Eva Waller
ew2u@virginia.edu

 

Faculty Members

Dearing Johns, M.D., Chair
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
P.O. Box 800158
dwj8n@virginia.edu
(434) 924-9605
Robert A. Bloodgood, Ph.D.
Professor
Med-Cell Biology
School of Medicine Box 800439
rab4m@virginia.edu
(434) 924-1739


Daniel Harrington, M.D.
Assoc. Dean, Roanoke Memorial Hospitals
P.O. Box 13367
Roanoke , VA 24033
dharrington@carilion.com
(540) 981-7229


Christine Peterson, M.D.
Assistant Prof. of OB/GYN
School of Medicine , Box 800760 cmp8x@virginia.edu
924-2773

 

Megan Bray, M.D.
Asst. Professor and Clerkship Dir.
Obstetrics & Gynecology
mjb7c@virginia.edu
243-4570

 

Scott Beach, M.D.
Resident
srb4f@Virginia.EDU  

 

Heather Powell, M.D.
Resident
hlp5d@virginia.edu

 

Carol Tatum, R.N.
Nursing Staff
cet@Virginia.EDU


Jerry Short, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, Medical Education
School of Medicine Box 800382 jshort@virginia.edu
(434) 924-5839

 
   

The Committee includes 12 students elected by their classmates. Two students are elected by each class during the first year.  They continue to serve on the Committee until graduation.  Two additional members from each class are elected at the beginning of the clerkship year.

Other members of the Committee are appointed by the Dean and include representatives of the faculty, nursing staff and residents.  The current Chair of the Committee is Dr. Dearing Johns.