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Appointed Faculty

The Weitzman Institute has a growing national network of appointed faculty members with a range of experience in clinical care, research and education. Their demonstrated work and leadership is aligned with Weitzman’s mission to transform primary care delivery for the most vulnerable populations. Our faculty members are instrumental in informing the direction and vision of our work.

Senior Faculty

Daren Anderson, MD

Chief Quality Officer, CHC Inc. and General Internist, Former Director of Weitzman Institute

Tichianaa Armah, MD

Chief Psychiatry Officer, CHC,Inc.

Mary Blankson DNP, APRN, FNP-C, FAAN

Chief Nursing Officer (CNO), CHC,Inc.

Raghuram B. Bhat, MD, MA, FAPA

Psychiatrist

Mandeep Brar, MD

Clinical Endocrinologist & Medical Director Abrazo Diabetes Care Center, Phoenix AZ

Ho-Choong Chang, MD

Chief of Pediatrics, CHC,Inc.

Veena Channamsetty, MD

Chief Medical Officer, the Moses/Weitzman Health System

Veena Channamsetty, MD

Chief Medical Officer, the Moses/Weitzman Health System

Dr. Veena Channamsetty is the inaugural Chief Medical Officer of the Moses/Weitzman Health System (MWHS). She previously served as Chief Medical Officer of Community Health Center, Inc. from 2012-2024, leading one of the largest FQHCs in the country and directing a staff of more than 200, including primary care providers (physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants) and other specialties including podiatry, chiropractic, dietetics. Prior to assuming the CMO role at Community Health Center, Dr. Channamsetty practiced as a family physician at CHC’s Meriden facility for nearly a decade, where she cared for patients from newborns to the elderly in a comprehensive family practice.

Rob Dudley, MD, MEd, FAAP

Pediatrician, CHC,Inc.

Sheldon D. Fields PhD, RN, CRNP, FNP-BC, AACRN, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN

Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion | Research Professor Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing . The Pennsylvania State University

Terence Fitzgerald, PhD, EdM, MSW

Practice Improvement & Consulting Trauma-Informed, Resilience-Oriented Services, National Council for Mental Wellbeing, Washington, D.C. State Certified School Social Worker (Type 73), Illinois Regional Office of Education Professional Regulation

Margaret Flinter, PhD, APRN

Founder Emeritus, Senior Investigator

Joseph J. Gallo MD MPH

Director, Mixed Methods Research Training Program for the Health Sciences Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Research, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University

Marwan Haddad, MD, MPH

Medical Director, CHC,Inc.

Matthew Huddleston, MD, AAHIVS

Family Medicine Physician

Tim Kearney, PhD

Chief Behavioral Health Officer, CHC, Inc.

Edwin G. Lindo, JD

Assistant Dean, Social & Health Justice, Office of Healthcare Equity | Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Family Medicine | Adjunct Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Bioethics & Humanities, University of Washington School of Medicine | Adjunct Associate Professor, Morehouse School of Medicine

Kameron Leigh Matthews, MD, JD, FAAFP

Chief Health Officer, Cityblock Health

Tamar Mendelson, PhD

Bloomberg Professor of American Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomber School of Public Health

Maya E. Moody, DO, FAAP

Pediatrician, Mercy Hospital JFK Clinic, Center for Excellence in Child Well-Being, Department of Psychiatry, University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Medicine

Radhika S. Raghunathan, PhD MSPH

Assistant Research Professor, Department of Mental Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Kyu Rhee, MD, MPP

President & CEO of the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)

Kyu Rhee, MD, MPP

President & CEO of the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)

Dr. Kyu ("Q") Rhee is a purpose-driven physician executive, scientist, teacher, and entrepreneur who has led and developed diverse, transdisciplinary teams across and within the nonprofit, public, and private sectors to make the health system better, especially for underserved and health disparity populations. Dr. Rhee serves as the President and CEO of the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC). Since the nation's first community health centers opened in 1965, federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) have become the best part of our health system, delivering high quality, affordable, patient-governed primary care and health equity for communities across our nation. With over 300K employed serving 30 million people in over 14K locations, FQHCs provide values-based care to patients, regardless of ability to pay in every state, U.S. territory, and the District of Columbia. Prior to joining NACHC, Dr. Rhee held the position of Senior Vice President & Aetna Chief Medical Officer at CVS Health, where he led a team of over 1,500 doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other health professionals in the integration and delivery of clinical and population health solutions to improve health for up to 65 million people. Before CVS Health, Dr. Rhee was the Chief Health Officer of IBM for a decade, where he had global responsibilities for IBM’s efforts to transform health through the use of data, analytics, artificial intelligence, services, and research for providers, health plans, employers, governments, and life science companies across the world. During the exciting time of the Affordable Care and Recovery Acts, Dr. Rhee served in the public sector at HHS as Chief Public Health Officer of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), which is the primary federal agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated, or medically vulnerable, and the Director of the Office of Innovation and Program Coordination at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is the primary federal agency for research. Before his public service, Dr. Rhee worked in the nonprofit sector as a National Health Service Corps physician and Chief Medical Officer for FQHCs in the Washington, DC/Baltimore area. He served as Chief Resident and did his medical residency training in both internal medicine and pediatrics at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with dual-board certification. He earned his MD from USC, a Master's in Health Policy from Harvard, and a Bachelor’s in Science in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale.

Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.Ch., M.P.H., FAAP

Sheela Tummala, DDS, MPH

Chief Dental Officer, CHC,Inc.

Dana Vallangeon, MD

Chief Medical Officer, OACHC

Jessica Welt, PsyD

CEO & Clinical Director of the Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut

Dan Wilensky, MD

Family Physician, CHC,Inc.

Associate Faculty

Deirdre Brannin, MSN/MHA, FNP-BC

Nurse Practitioner, CHC, Inc.

Daniel Bryant, MSEd, LPC, CCTP

Clinical Director of Substance Use Disorder Services, CHC, Inc.

Cecilia Dennis

HIV Subject Matter Expert (SME), National HIV Aging Advocacy Network, Chair VCU Ryan White Planning Council, Member Virginia Community HIV Planning Group, Member