PNHP

Eve Shapiro, MD, MPH

Eve Shapiro, MD, MPH

Pediatric Medicine

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Dr. Eve Shapiro is a pediatrician in Tucson, AZ, where she ran a private practice specializing in adolescent medicine for over 30 years. She also served as clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. Since selling her practice, Dr. Shapiro has been practicing part time and serving in leadership positions with Physicians for a National Health Program and Physicians for Social Responsibility.

Dr. Shapiro earned her medical degree at SUNY Upstate Medical University; she completed her residency in pediatrics at the University of Rochester Strong Memorial Hospital and at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx, NY, followed by a fellowship in adolescent medicine at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine and an MPH at the University of Arizona College of Public Health.

Samuel Dickman, MD

Samuel Dickman, MD

Internal Medicine

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Dr. Samuel Dickman is a practicing internist, abortion provider, and health policy researcher. He currently serves as the chief medical officer at Planned Parenthood of Montana and a researcher for the City University of New York Research Foundation. Dr. Dickman previously worked as medical director for Primary Care at Planned Parenthood South Texas. 

Dr. Dickman conducts research on inequality in the health care system, reproductive health, and substance use, and has published findings in JAMA, the New England Journal of Medicine, Health Affairs, and The Lancet. Since 2017, he has served as a commissioner on the Lancet Commission on U.S. Public Policy and Health. Dr. Dickman has also served as an expert witness and consultant in legal cases involving immigration, asylum, and reproductive care. His opinion pieces have been published in major news outlets such as The New York Times and The Guardian.

Dr. Dickman earned his medical degree from Harvard, and completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (SF General Hospital).

Richard Bruno, MD, MPH, FAAFP, FACPM, AAHIVS

Richard Bruno, MD, MPH, FAAFP, FACPM, AAHIVS

Family and Preventive Medicine

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Dr. Richard Bruno is a double-boarded family and preventive medicine physician, serving as the senior medical director for primary care at Central City Concern, a federally-qualified health center that focuses on health care for the homeless in Portland, Oregon. His main clinical focuses are on HIV, gender affirming care, obesity, and opioid use disorder, with involvement in community public health interventions and policies, including cooking classes for kids and legislation expanding access to medication for opioid use disorder. 

Dr. Bruno is a longtime advocate for health care access, and has served on the board of the American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Preventive Medicine, Physicians for a National Health Program, Doctors for America, Committee to Protect Medicare, American Association of Public Health Physicians, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Sugar Free Kids Maryland, Maryland Academy of Family Physicians, and the Oregon Prescription Drug Affordability Board. 

Dr. Bruno earned his bachelor’s degree from Princeton University, medical degree from Oregon Health and Science University, and MPH from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He completed his residency in family and preventive medicine MedStar Franklin Square and Johns Hopkins.

George Bohmfalk, MD

George Bohmfalk, MD

Neurosurgery

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Dr. George Bohmfalk is a retired neurosurgeon and health care advocate. He previously worked as a neurosurgeon in Texarkana, Texas and served as a clinical professor in neurosurgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Dr. Bohmfalk’s research has been published in journals such as JAMA, Cancer, and the Journal of Neurosurgery. Dr. Bohmfalk attended medical school and completed his neurosurgery residency at the University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio. He serves as chair of Health Care Justice – NC, the Charlotte, North Carolina chapter of PNHP.

Dr. Bohmfalk has spoken to many groups around the country including the Texas Association of Neurological Surgeons.

James G. Kahn, MD, MPH

James G. Kahn, MD, MPH

Preventive Medicine, Health Policy, Health Economics

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Dr. Jim Kahn is an emeritus professor at the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California San Francisco. He is past president of the California chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program.

Dr. Kahn is an expert in policy modeling in health care, cost-effectiveness analysis, and evidence-based medicine. He has received over $10 million in NIH and other funding for health economics research, and published more than 225 articles, reports, and book chapters. Dr. Kahn led a team that published a 2020 review in PLoS Medicine of economic studies of single payer health care. Dr. Kahn served on a National Academies of Science/Institute of Medicine committee on the public financing and delivery of HIV care.

Dr. Kahn received his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and his master’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley. He completed a residency in preventive medicine at UC Berkeley, an international health fellowship for the CDC and the Ministry of Health – Central African Republic, and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Health Policy Studies, UCSF.

Kevin Grumbach, MD, FAAFP

Kevin Grumbach, MD, FAAFP

Family Medicine

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Dr. Kevin Grumbach is professor of family and community medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He cares for patients at the family medicine practices at San Francisco General Hospital and UCSF Health.

Dr. Grumbach served as chair of the UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine from 2003-2022, and as vice president for population health for the UCSF Health system from 2015-2018. He is a founding director of the UCSF Center for Excellence in Primary Care and director of the Community Engagement Program for the UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute. 

Dr. Grumbach has written or contributed to over 100 articles on the primary care workforce, innovations in primary care, diversity in the health professions, and community health improvement and health equity. With Tom Bodenheimer, Dr. Grumbach co-authored the bestselling textbook, “Understanding Health Policy: A Clinical Approach,” now in its eighth edition, as well as the book, “Improving Primary Care: Strategies and Tools for a Better Practice.”

Dr. Grumbach has been an advisor to Congressional committees and government agencies on primary care and health reform, and a member of the National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and currently serves on the California Health Workforce Education and Training Council. He was a co-founder of the California Physicians’ Alliance, which merged with Physicians for a National Health Program in 1993 to become the California chapter of PNHP.

Henry Abrons, MD, MPH

Henry Abrons, MD, MPH

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

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Dr. Hank Abrons is a physician in Berkeley, CA who retired from the faculty at Highland Hospital (Alameda County Medical Center). He was previously associate professor of Medicine at West Virginia University, where his research focused on epidemiology, physiology, and clinical features of occupational lung disease. His clinical practice focused on critical care, chronic lung disease, and cystic fibrosis. Prior to his appointment at WVU, Dr. Abrons worked for three years in the U.S. Public Health Service.

He received his undergraduate degree from Harvard College, medical degree from Case Western Reserve University, and master’s degree from the University of Illinois. He is past-president of the California chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program, served on PNHP’s board of directors, and is a member of the national advisory board.

Stephen B. Kemble, MD

Stephen B. Kemble, MD

Internal Medicine/Psychiatry

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Dr. Steve Kemble is recently retired from the private practice of psychiatry and continues to work as a psychiatrist embedded in a hospital-based primary care clinic serving a mostly Medicaid and uninsured population. He also teaches psychiatric aspects of general medical care to internal medicine residents as an assistant clinical professor of both Medicine and Psychiatry at the University of Hawaii School of Medicine.

Dr. Kemble is a past president of both the Hawaii Psychiatric Medical Association and the Hawaii Medical Association. He has a longstanding interest in health care reform, and he was appointed to the Hawaii Health Authority in 2011, charged with overall health planning for the State of Hawaii and with designing a universal health care system covering everyone in the state. Dr. Kemble serves on the board of Physicians for a National Health Program and chairs the PNHP Policy Committee.

Dr. Kemble attended medical school at the John A. Burns School of Medicine when it was a 2-year school, and completed medical school at Harvard. He trained in both internal medicine and psychiatry.

Paul Gorman, MD, FACP, FACMI

Paul Gorman, MD, FACP, FACMI

Internal Medicine

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Dr. Paul Gorman, recently retired, is professor emeritus in the Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). He previously served as assistant dean for rural medical education at OHSU. A fellow of the American College of Physicians and a fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics, he is board-certified in internal medicine.

Dr. Gorman completed formal training at Rush Medical College in Chicago and learned about the realities of primary care while in private practice on the Oregon coast. Over three decades at OHSU, he divided his efforts between clinical teaching, medical informatics research, and medical school curriculum. Dr. Gorman has been active in the Medicare-for-All movement, PNHP, and the Measure 23 Campaign in Oregon. He is a proud honorary member of the “Mad As Hell Doctors” group that campaigned for single-payer health care in 2009 during the passage of the Affordable Care Act.

David McLanahan, MD

David McLanahan, MD

Surgery

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Dr. David McLanahan is surgeon emeritus at Pacific Medical Center and clinical associate professor emeritus at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He was previously chief of general surgery at Pacific Medical Center. In 2002, he published, with Sandra McLanahan, “Surgery and its Alternatives; How to Make the Right Choices for Your Health.”

Dr. McLanahan received his medical degree from the Temple University School of Medicine; he completed his internship at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital at Staten Island and residency at Staten Island University Hospital. He is a diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners and the American Board of Surgery. Dr. McLanahan serves as coordinator of the Washington state chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program, and an advisor and former member of PNHP’s national board. He received the Dr. Quentin Young Health Activist Award in 2007 for recognition of his longtime advocacy for universal health care.

John P. Geyman, MD

John P. Geyman, MD

Family Medicine

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Dr. John Geyman is professor emeritus of family medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, where he served as chairman of the department of family medicine from 1976 to 1990. A family physician with over 25 years in academic medicine, he has also practiced in rural communities for 13 years.

He was the founding editor of the Journal of Family Practice from 1973 to 1990 and the editor of the Journal of the American Board of Family Practice from 1990 to 2003. His most recent books include “Breaking Point: How the Primary Care Crisis Endangers the Lives of Americans” and “Hijacked: the Road to Single Payer in the Aftermath of Stolen Health Care Reform.”

Dr. Geyman is a past president of Physicians for a National Health Program and a member of the Institute of Medicine.

Vincent J. Markovchick, MD, FAAEM, FACEP

Vincent J. Markovchick, MD, FAAEM, FACEP

Emergency

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Dr. Vince Markovchick is professor emeritus of emergency medicine at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine and past director of emergency medical services at Denver Health Medical Center. He is the former Denver health director of emergency medical services. He is the co-author of “Emergency Medicine Secrets, 5th Edition.”

Dr. Markovchick has been instrumental in the development of emergency medicine for more than three decades. He has been an oral board examiner for the American Board of Emergency Medicine, president of the Colorado chapter of the ACEP, co-editor of the Annals of Emergency Medicine, vice-president of the Colorado Trauma Institute, medical director of the Denver Fire Department, emergency physician to Pope John Paul II and World Youth Day, president of the American Board of Emergency Medicine, and chairman of the ACEP academic affairs committee, among many other positions.

Dr. Markovchick’s many awards include the Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association’s Excellence in Teaching Award, the Denver Health and Hospitals’ Outstanding Career Service Faculty Teaching Award, ACEP’s Outstanding Contribution to Education Award, the Peter Rosen Leadership Award, and the Alumni Achievement Award from Temple University School of Medicine. He was appointed the first emeritus professor of emergency medicine by the University of Colorado School of Medicine.