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At-large Seats (1 seat)
At-large board members not up for election: Nahiris Bahamón, MD (Illinois) and Philip Verhoef, MD, PhD (Hawaii)
Stephen K. Chao, MD (Texas)
Dr. Stephen Chao is a family physician and medical director of a public safety-net community health center in Houston, Texas. He is also an assistant professor at the McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and was previously on the faculty of Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Chao’s interests include care for immigrant and refugee populations, community health, and public policy. He serves or has served on the boards of Health Care for All Texas (currently as vice president), the Chinese American Doctors Association of Houston, San Antonio Healthcare-NOW, and Doctors for Change. Born and raised in Houston, Dr. Chao attended Rice University and the Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and completed his family medicine residency training at UT Health San Antonio.
North East Region (2 seats)
Board member in this region not up for election: Danny McCormick, MD, MPH (Massachusetts)
Mary E. O’Brien, MD (New York)
Dr. Mary O’Brien has been a practicing primary care physician in New York City for the past 35 years – first as associate director of an urban emergency department for 10 years and now as a primary care physician at Columbia. She is double-boarded in internal medicine and emergency medicine. For several summers she has volunteered at a rural clinic in the Mississippi while the medical director takes vacation time. She currently precepts fourth-year medical students at Columbia in their primary care rotation. A member of the board of directors of Physicians for a National Health Program, Dr. O’Brien is also a member of the New York Metro chapter’s executive committee.
Janine R. Petito, MD (Massachusetts)
Dr. Janine Petito earned her MD from Boston University School of Medicine and completed residency training at Cambridge Health Alliance, where she is now chief resident. She pursued a career in primary care medicine with the aims of serving disadvantaged populations and making health care equitable for all people. Dr. Petito became involved in Students for a National Health Program as a first year medical student, and served as co-chair of its political advocacy team from 2014-2016, was subsequently a student delegate on PNHP’s Board of Directors, and has served on the Board of Directors for the past two years.
South Region (1 seat)
Board member in this region not up for election: Olveen Carrasquillo, MD (Florida)
Jessica Schorr Saxe, MD (North Carolina)
If not actually born a single-payer supporter, Dr. Saxe was born to be one: universal health care through a single-payer system was an explicit and implicit social justice message in her family. Brought up near Washington, DC, she attended Oberlin College, received her MD at Tufts University School of Medicine, and completed residency at Duke, seeking greater warmth in ambient temperature and receptiveness to family medicine. From 1980 to 2015, she worked as a family physician for the underserved in Charlotte, NC. Her practice reinforced her interests in access to care, as well as in prevention and lifestyle changes. In 2009, Dr. Saxe convened a group of health professionals to support health reform. The group eventually supported single-payer health care and evolved into Health Care Justice—NC, a chapter of PNHP. She has been the chair since its inception. Dr. Saxe has written op-eds, many advocating for Medicare for All, for the Charlotte Observer for over 30 years. Now retired, she speaks on single-payer health care and other health advocacy topics. She currently serves on the COVID-19 Recovery and Renewal Task Force for Mecklenberg County. She has received numerous community and professional awards.
North Central Region (1 seat)
Board member in this region not up for election: Ann Settgast, MD (Minnesota)
Joshua J. Faucher, MD, JD (Illinois)
Dr. Josh Faucher is a practicing emergency medicine physician in Oak Park, IL. He studied medicine at the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and completed a Juris Doctor at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law with a certificate in health law. He was a founding member of Students for a National Health Program, helped to organize multiple SNaHP events with attendance from chapters across the country, and was a student member of the PNHP Board of Directors while in medical school. He completed his training in emergency medicine at the Ohio State University.
West Region (1 seat)
Board members in this region not up for election: Stephen Kemble, MD (Hawaii) and Paul Song, MD (California).
Eve C. Shapiro, MD, MPH (Arizona)
Dr. Eve Shapiro is a pediatrician practicing in Tucson, AZ, for over 30 years. She has been a member of PNHP since shortly after its founding due to her commitment to working toward a health care system that is universal, equitable, and nonprofit. She has worked with her Congressional representatives to help them understand the need for such as system and was able to move Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick to sign on to H.R. 1384 shortly after its introduction. She has written many op-eds and letters to the editor and has organized her local community to support this important work. She would be honored to serve on the PNHP Board of Directors at this important time in history. Dr. Shapiro completed her MD at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY, and completed resident at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester and Montefiore in the Bronx. She received her MPH in public policy from the University of Arizona.