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Physicians for Peace is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation headquartered in Norfolk, Va. The work of the organization is developed and managed by the Physicians for Peace staff and guided by recommendations from our Board of Directors. 

Medical programs are developed by Physicians for Peace's Medical Operations Committee in partnership with the in-country hosts and medical volunteers. All of our work is done in an environment focused on strategic planning, which leads to more efficient and effective execution, underpinned by a desire to ensure we measure and evaluate progress towards success.   

FOUNDER

Charles E. Horton Sr., MD (1925-2006)

PRESIDENT AND CEO

Brig. Gen. Ron Sconyers (USAF, Ret.) 

 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Edward H. Karotkin, MD
Chairman, Chief Medical Officer
Professor of Pediatrics, The Eastern Virginia Medical School
Neonatologist, Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters
Norfolk, VA

Donald S. Buckley, MHA, PhD
Vice Chairman, Board of Directors
Chairman, Medical Operations Committee
Retired, formerly Chief Administrator, Chesapeake Regional Medical Center
Chesapeake, VA

Richard A. Austin
Treasurer, Board of Directors
Chairman, Finance/Audit Committee
Audit Partner, KPMG LLP
Norfolk, VA

Allan Irving Goldberg, MD
Secretary, Board of Directors
Regional Director, Scientific Affairs Merck and Company Inc.
North Wales, PA

Atul Grover, MD, PhD
Chairman, Governance Committee
Chief Advocacy Officer, Association of American Medical Colleges
Washington, D.C.

Edward A. Heidt Jr.
Immediate Past Chairman, Board of Directors
President, Penrod Company
Virginia Beach, VA

Carmen Hooker Odom
Chairwoman, Development Committee
President, Milbank Memorial Fund
New York, NY 

DIRECTORS

Huda M. Ayas, MHSA, MBA, EdD
Founder and Executive Director, The Office of International Medical Programs
The George Washington University Medical Center
Washington, DC 

Olurotimi "Timi" Badero, MD
Internist, Yale University School of Medicine
New York, NY

Gary Boswick, CFP
Private Client Manager, U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management
Norfolk, VA

Kathleen M. Casey, MD
Director, Operation Giving Back
American College of Surgeons
Chicago, IL

Lawrence B. Colen, MD
Surgeon, Norfolk Plastic Surgery
Norfolk, VA

Thomas J. Gampper, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA

Doris S. Greiner, RN, PhD
Associate Professor, Director of International Initiatives, University of Virginia School of Nursing
Charlottesville, VA

Charles E. Horton Jr., MD, FACS
Surgeon, Children’s Surgical Specialty Group, Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters
Norfolk, VA

Donald Peck Leslie, MD
Medical Director, Shepherd Center
Atlanta, GA

Shelley Mishoe, PhD
Dean, College of Health Sciences -- Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 

Eid B. Mustafa, MD
Surgeon, Plastic Surgery Center
Wichita Falls, TX

William "Trey" Oglesby III
Senior Audit Manager, KPMG
Norfolk, VA

Ivan R. Sabel, CPO
Chairman, Hanger Ivan R. Sabel Foundation
Bethesda, MD

Hemang H. Shah, MD
Surgeon, Tidewater Neurologist and Sleep Specialists
Portsmouth, VA

Kevin L. Smith, MD
Surgeon, Charlotte Plastic Surgery Center
Charlotte, NC

 

HONORARY DIRECTORS

  • Amb. Edward P. Djerejian
  • Joseph E. Murray, MD, FACS, FRCS

 

DIRECTORS EMERITUS

  • Max C. Chapman Jr.
  • Catherine C. Colgan
  • Benjamin G. Cottrell V
  • Jo Ann Davis
  • Robert H. Dennis II, MD
  • E. Ralph Hostetter
  • John F. Hussey
  • Donald R. Laub, MD
  • Juan M. Montero II, MD
  • R. Barrett Noone, MD
  • Adelia E. Robertson, RN
  • Willcox Ruffin Jr., MD
  • Jane W. Smith
  • Robert T. Taylor

 

THE CHARLES E. HORTON HUMANITARIAN OF THE YEAR

  • Sanjay Gupta, MD (2011)
  • President Bill Clinton (2010)
  • ONE (2009)
  • Hon. Bill Frist, MD (2008)
  • Professor Jeff Sachs (2007)