Yvonne W. Fry-Johnson, MD, MSCR
Yvonne W. Fry-Johnson is a Pediatrician and the Chief of the Maternal and Child Health Team at the National Center for Primary Care at Morehouse School of Medicine. She received her B.S. in Biological Sciences with Departmental Honors from Stanford University; trained in Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale University; received her M.D. degree from the University of Health Sciences/ The Chicago Medical School, and completed her Pediatric Internship and Residency Training at the University of Southern California (Los Angeles County) and Emory University School of Medicine. While in medical school she was a Commissioned Officer Student Externship Program (CO-STEP) participant in the Environmental Epidemiology Department within the National Institutes of Health, working on cancer epidemiology. She subsequently served as an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer at the CDC, working in the Division of Reproductive Health on issues such as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), low birth weight, preterm delivery, and health disparities. She practiced clinical medicine for a 12 year period, first as an attending in the Grady Pediatric Emergency Room, then as the Pediatrician and Medical Director of Oakhurst Community Health Center in Decatur, Georgia (6 years), and subsequently in two private practices in Georgia. While at Oakhurst, Dr. Fry-Johnson was nominated for the Child Survival Award from UNICEF and the Carter Center, and as a result, her center became one of the US recipients for that year.
Dr. Fry-Johnson completed a Fellowship in the Masters of Science in Clinical Research at the Morehouse School of Medicine in May, 2008. Her research focused on county level analysis of black infant mortality, and she received the Fellows Awards for both Outstanding Clinical Research and Outstanding Fellow.
Since 2002, Dr. Fry-Johnson has served as site PI on a Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Training Grant in collaboration with Meharry Medical College (Southeastern Regional Training Center (RTC)), funded by the CDC. Through this effort the RTCs are focused on increasing the knowledge of clinicians (nurses, PA’s, SW’s, doctors, dentists, medical students, and allied health students) in the area of prevention, diagnosis, and management of FAS.
Since 2008, Dr. Fry-Johnson has served as a Pediatric Medical Consultant for APS Healthcare, a Medicaid managed care program serving the aged, blind and disabled in Georgia. She is involved in care and disease management of pediatric patients, and in training the case managers and nurses on pediatric diagnoses and touch points for management.
Dr. Fry-Johnson serves as the Core Leader for the Maternal and Child Health Component at the Morehouse School of Medicine within the National Center for Primary Care. In this role, she collaborates with other Pediatricians (and other clinicians and researchers) in the areas of pediatric/ maternal issues: pregnancy complications, preterm delivery, low birth weight, preconception care, infant mortality and mental health and substance abuse concerns. She is currently an investigator on the community engagement component of the NIH funded National Children’s Study, collaborating with the CDC, Emory University, and Battelle. She has mentored students from the undergraduate level (Morehouse College Public Health Institute Students) through MPH candidates on their work on topics of significance in the MCH arena, and serves as a mentor to one of the Satcher Leadership Institute Fellows.
Dr. Fry-Johnson speaks frequently on topics related to the delivery of primary health care for/to underserved populations addressing issues including maternal and child health, health disparities, cultural competence and medical director leadership. Since 2000 she has co-presented the New Medical Director Training for the National Association for Community Health Centers on a National level.
Contact:
Ph: 404-756-5761(desk)
Fax: 404-756-5767
Email: yfry@msm.edu
Betsy A. Gard, PhD
Dr. Betsy Gard received her B.A. from the University of Michigan and her doctorate from Washington University. She completed her internship at the University Of North Carolina Department Of Psychiatry in the Medical School. Dr. Gard has been a clinical faculty member with the Emory Department of Psychiatry since 1981. She served at Scottish Rite for 20 years as part of the Neurofibromatosis Clinic.
Dr. Gard specialties include disaster psychology, posttraumatic stress disorder, crises intervention, and training for disaster preparedness. She works extensively with traumatized children suffering from early neglect and abuse. She was co-founder of the Georgia Disaster Response Team and the first Southeastern Regional Consultant for the American Psychological Association. She has served as the APA state Coordinator for over 15 years. Dr. Gard is nationally known for her work in disasters and trauma and is a Manager in the Red Cross Mental Health System as well as a National Instructor for Disaster Mental Health Services. She is one of the two state of Georgia Trainers for preparing military families for deployment and consultants She has responded to many national disasters included the Northridge Earthquake, the Okalahoma City Bombing, the bombing at the Olympics, the 9/11 Bombing, and Hurricane Katrina.
Dr. Gard is a Fellow of the Georgia Psychological Association and was past Vice President for 3 years. Dr. Gard was the President of the Georgia Psychological Association from 2006-2007. During her tenure as President and past-President, GPA won the award for the best psychological association from the American Psychological Association for innovations and changes made to the Association. She has been a member of the American Psychological Association since 1979. She lectures extensive and has published in a number of journals. She has a full time clinical practice in Sandy Springs and has been practicing psychology for the past 30 years. She has served as a consultant on disaster preparedness and disaster response to a number of organizations including the Emory University, the Department of Human Resources of the State of Georgia and CDC.
Contact:
Atlanta Area Family Psychiatry Clinic
P.C. 7000 Peachtree Dunwoody Road
Atlanta, GA 30328
Ph: (770) 393-1880
Email: drbetsy5151@comcast.net
Douglas G. Greenwell, PhD
Dr. Greenwell received his PhD at Georgia State University and he has done graduate work at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. His experience in the private sector, federal, state and local government assists him in bringing people together and helping them negotiate mutual work plans that improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the work they perform.
Greenwell serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Atlanta Regional Health Forum, a non-profit agency that promotes a healthy population through building coalitions that utilize data, education and advocacy to address high priority issues such as work site wellness, childhood obesity, and chronic disease.
Prior to this position, Dr. Greenwell served as Director of The Atlanta Project, Carter Center of Emory University and Neighborhood Collaborative at Georgia State University. The Atlanta Project [TAP] was initiated by former President Carter to improve the quality of life in Atlanta neighborhoods and was transferred to Georgia State to continue the work of community development. Greenwell also worked as state director for the Georgia Division of Family and Children’s Services, Branch Chief for the US Public Health Service and Director of a Community Mental Health, Mental Retardation, Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation Center. As a Private Consultant, he provides consultation and training to universities and public and private agencies. Work areas include: Public Health, Head Start, organizational change and development, strategic planning, evaluation, management, communication skills, multiple source health care financing, information systems, personnel management and recruitment and training of community boards. Recent clients include: Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse School of Medicine, Georgia Department of Corrections, Pathways Community Network and St. Jude Foundation of Louisville, Ky.
Contact:
211 Colonial Homes Drive, Suite 1403
Atlanta, Georgia, 30309
Ph: 404-218-2772
Fax: 404-352-2677fax
Email: dgreenwel@aol.com
June Phillips, M.S.
June Phillips is a volunteer for people with developmental disabilities and serves on the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Community Advisory Committee, The Tennessee Developmental Disabilities Work Group, and serves on the Board of the Tennessee Chapter of the National Association for Individuals with Dual Diagnosis. She is the former Executive Director of TEAM Centers, Inc. with offices in Chattanooga, Memphis and Atlanta . Ms. Phillips has over 20 years of experience with special education, behavior analysis, project development, grant writing and administration.
Contact:
Email: jphillips828@gmail.com
Maurice G. Sholas, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Sholas is the Medical Director at Children’s Rehabilitation Services Division of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta – Scottish Rite. Dr. Sholas received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School; did his Residency at The University of Texas Health Science Center in Physicial Medicine and Rehabilitation; and completed his fellowship in Pediatric Rehabilitation at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Among his areas of interest are Cerebral Palsy, Complex Medical Equipment , Limb Deficiencies, Musculoskeletal Medicine, Oncological Rehabilitation Osteopenia, Spina Bifida, Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury.
Dr. Sholas has received numerous honors including the American Medical Association Foundation Leadership Award, 2001 Sarah Baskin Award for Excellence in Research, 2003 and American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Travel Award. He is involved in many areas of research and has authored or co-authored many journal articles and presentations
Contact:
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite
Medical Office Building
1001 Johnson Ferry Road NE, Suite 300
Atlanta, GA 30342
Ph: 404-785-3800
Email: Maurice.SholasMD@choa.org
Joshua Shorr, JD CFP
Josh is an attorney and Certified Financial Planner with more than twelve years of experience in working with his clients’ complex planning needs. His background includes his time as a Certified Financial Manager at one of the largest brokerage houses in the world as well as his estate planning practice as an attorney at a major international law firm.
A graduate of Pace University School of Law, Josh went on to receive his Certified Financial Planner accreditation form Oglethorpe University, where he currently is an instructor for their top rated CFP program. In addition, Josh has graduated from the Senior Investment Counsel Program at the University of Chicago, a specialized investment management training program. Josh is a published author and has presented to a wide array of audiences discussing the concepts and techniques used in his planning practice.
A resident of the Atlanta area for more than ten years, Josh is an involved member of his community, he is the Founder and a Co-Chair of the Institute for The Study of Disadvantage and Disability’s Annual Golf Tournament, a long time member of the Professional Advisory Committee for The Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta’s Endowment and is one of the first five Certified Financial Planners selected to be part of the prestigious Atlanta Estate Planning Council. In addition, Josh is part of late U.S. Senator Paul Coverdell’s Leadership Training Institute and has represented Georgia in the United State Senate’s Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C., wherein he was briefed by U.S. Senators from both sides of the aisle, Secretary Elaine Chao of the Department of Labor and Carly Fiorina, former President and CEO of Hewlett Packard, on the most important business, taxation and planning issues currently facing our Nation. Lastly, In 2004, Josh was selected as part of a 7 member U.S. delegation, representing the 13 Southeastern States, in a diplomatic mission to the Middle East.
Contact:
Email: joshshorr@gmail.com
Mark E. Swanson, M.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Swanson is a graduate of Princeton University, University of Colorado School of Medicine, and University of North Carolina School of Public Health He is board-certified in Pediatrics and Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics with 30 years experience in program development, clinical services, research and training in community and university settings. He was the first Director of Partners for Inclusive Communities, Arkansas’ University Center on Disabilities and oversaw its growth from 1990 to 2005 before coming to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the Division of Human Development and Disability (DHDD). For three years, he directed a multi-faceted program that included state-level health promotion programs for persons with disabilities, extramural research projects, the National Spina Bifida Program, information resource centers addressing physical activity, intellectual disability, paralysis and limb loss; and an intramural research program focusing on health disparities in persons with disabilities. He currently serves as Senior Medical Adviser in DHDD, which has additional programs in ADHD, Tourette syndrome, muscular dystrophy, Fragile X and hearing loss. He has a career-long commitment to full inclusion and participation of persons with disabilities in all aspects of life.
Contact:
Division of Human Development and Disability
National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
1600 Clifton Road, NE, MS E-88 Atlanta, GA 30333
Ph: 404-498-3076
Fax: 404-498-3060
Email: cfu9@CDC.GOV
Mitchell Tepper, PhD, MPH
Mitchell Tepper, is Assistant Project Director, The Center of Excellence for Sexual Health and Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Series II at Morehouse School of Medicine, Satcher Health Leadership Institute (SHLI) under the leadership of former US Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher. Dr. Tepper is also the Founder and President of The Sexual Health Network, Inc. and SexualHealth.com. Dr. Tepper is a pioneer in the delivery of sexual health information online and a nationally recognized sexuality educator, researcher, author, and advocate dedicated to ending the silence around issues of sexuality and disability. His years of research at Yale University, Rutgers University, and the University of Pennsylvania have served as the basis for numerous professional, academic, and public presentations, articles, and chapters. Publications include the four volume set, Sexual Health, In J. Kuriansky (Series Ed.) Sex, Love, and Psychology. Westport: Praeger Publishing; Providing Comprehensive Sexual Health Care in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation: Continuing Education and Training for Health Professionals; Lived Experiences that Impede or Facilitate Pleasure and Orgasm in People with Spinal Cord Injury.Dr. Tepper currently serves on the editorial boards of the Sexuality and Disability and the American Journal of Sexuality Education and on the board of directors of The Women's Sexual Health Foundation. Most recently he has served as Board Member, Chair of Communications Steering Committee, for the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT) and was responsible for overseeing Contemporary Sexuality, the monthly membership publication. He has also served as President of the Sexuality Information and Education Council of Connecticut, Chair of Online Services for AASECT, and on the Board of Directors of The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) and the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health. He was a regular guest lecturer at the Yale University School of Medicine over a five year period . Dr. Tepper has a Master of Public Health from Yale University and a Ph.D. in Human Sexuality Education from the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to academic credentials, Dr. Tepper, who grew up with Crohn's Disease and acquired a spinal cord injury at age 20, brings a lifetime of first-hand experience with chronic conditions and disability to his work. Dr. Tepper has been featured on CNN, Discovery, PBS and in popular press, including The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, USA Today, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, Oprah Radio and GQ.
Contact:
Morehouse School of Medicine
The National Center for Primary Care
720 Westview Drive SW
Suite 233
Atlanta, Georgia 30310-1495
Ph: 404- 752-1844
Cell: 203- 257-1895
Fax: 404- 756-5709
Email: mtepper@msm.edu
Yasmin Tyler-Hill, MD FAAP
Yasmin Tyler-Hill, a pediatrician and family practitioner, is the eldest of three girls born to Hubert and Jessie Tyler. She was born in rural South Carolina in the local family practioner’s office because her parents refused to use the segregated hospital.
Dr. Tyler-Hill began her education in the segregated school system of South Carolina in the 1960s. She later integrated the “white” schools as one of two students in second grade. Dr. Tyler-Hill excelled academically. However, her parents concerned about the limited expectations and challenges afforded African Americans in this rural area and chose to enroll her in the prestigious Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Tyler-Hill remembers Holton as the place where she developed much of her philosophy about work ethic and life’s goals. To this day she lives her life by the Holton’s motto; “Inveniam Viam Avet faciam”; “I shall find a way or make one.”
Dr. Tyler-Hill graduated with a degree in Biology with a Letter in the Science of Human Affairs from Princeton University. She received her medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina and completed her internship and residency at Boston City Hospital, now Boston University Medical Center. This spring Dr. Tyler -Hill was accepted into the Program for Physician Leaders at Academic Medical Centers sponsored by the School of Public Health at Harvard University.
Dr. Tyler-Hill started as a general pediatrician in Chester Pa. She later became Medical Director and Lead Pediatrician at Total Health Care, Baltimore, Md. Dr. Tyler-Hill entered academic medicine when she became Medical Director, Children’s Outpatient Center, and Division Director General Pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk Va. She has been on faculty at Morehouse School of Medicine for 5 years. She currently serves as Lead Physician Dept. of Pediatrics, Division Director General Pediatrics and Course Director for the Pediatric continuity clinic. Dr. Hill’s academic interest is developing and promoting advocacy around children’s issue especially for children who are disadvantaged.
Dr. Tyler-Hill was recently named President-Elect of the medical staff at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) at Hughes Spalding. She serves on the CHOA Medical Executive Committee. Dr. Tyler-Hill serves on multiple local and regional committees and advisory boards related to children’s health.
She is married for almost 25 years to her college sweetheart Everett L. Hill; she is the mother of 2 children Tyler 20 a sophomore at Yale and Simone 16 a junior at Phillips Academy Andover, Andover, Ma. She resides in Sandy Springs, Ga.
Dr. Hill’s personal philosophy is to have balance within her career and life and always put family first. She works to excel at all she does and believes that our earthly purpose is to make this a better place than we found it. She sums this up in her grandmother’s favorite hymn, “If I can help somebody along the way, then my living has not been in vain.”
Contact:
Morehouse School of Medicine
720 Westview Drive, SW Atlanta,
GA 30310
Ph: 404-756-1332 (ofc)
Email: ytyler-hill@msm.edu
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