Membership Application Review Committee

It is the responsibility of the Application Review Committee to evaluate and act upon all applications for membership in the Society. The Committee reviews the qualifications and the recommendations concerning applicants for not only Active Membership, but also for Associate and International Active Membership. The Committee submits assembled data, together with its recommendations for or against the applicant to the Board of Directors. Members are elected by the Membership. Members of this Committee are elected at the annual business meeting electronically at the beginning of each calendar year.

R. Bruce Shack, MD – Chair (since 2010) 
Barry DiBernardo, MD – Vice Chair (since 2011)
Al Aly, MD  (Midwest, until 2012)
Linda J. Leffel, MD (Northwest, until 2012)
Scott W. Barttelbort, MD (Southern California, until 2012)
Wendell L. Funk, MD  (Northeast, until 2012)
Julio Garcia, MD  (Far West, until 2012)
Victoria Vitale-Lewis, MD (Florida, until 2012)
Onelio Garcia, Jr.,  MD (Southeast,until 2014)
Frank R. Lista, MD  (Canada, until 2012)
William D. Leighton, MD (South Central, until 2011)
Lawrence S. Reed, MD (New York City, until 2014)
Robert W. Bernard, MD – Immediate Past Chair – consultant
Paul D. Faringer, MD – web site review consultant
   Staff Liaison - Alicia Potochniak