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Council Members 2011-2013

Eileen P.G. Vining, M.D. President 2011-2013 Dr. Vining graduated from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1972 and has been a member of the departments of Neurology and Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins since 1976. She is currently Director of the John M. Freeman Pediatric Epilepsy Center at Johns Hopkins Children's Center. She is also the Lederer Professor of Pediatric Eplilepsy and a Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins.
Ralph H. Hruban, M.D. First Vice President 2011-2013 Dr. Hruban graduated from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1985 and has been a member of the Johns Hopkins faculty since 1990. He is currently a Professor of Pathology and Oncology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Director of the Division of Gastrointestinal/ Liver Pathology, and Director of the Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center.
Clair A. Francomano, M.D. Second Vice President 2011-2013 Dr. Francomano graduated from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1980. She is currently Director of Adult Genetics at the Harvey Institute for Human Genetics, a division of the Greater Baltimore Medical Center.
David R. Shortle, M.D. M75, Ph.D.'79 Secretary-Treasurer 2011-2013 Dr. Shortle received his M.D. from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1975 and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in 1979. He then completed a post doctoral fellowship in Biology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Shortle currently serves as Professor in the Department of Biological Chemistry at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Diane J. Orlinsky, M.D. M93 Associate Secretary-Treasurer 2011-2013 Dr. Orlinsky graduated from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1993. She continued on at Hopkins for her residencies in Internal Medicine and Dermatology. Currently, Dr. Orlinsky has a private practice with the Simmons-O'Brien & Orlinsky group in Towson, Maryland. She also serves as Assistant Professor in the departments of Internal Medicine and Dermatology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
William A. Crawley, M.D. M79 Immediate Past President 2011-2013 Dr. Crawley graduated from the Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine in 1979, and was on the house staff in oral surgery, general surgery and plastic surgery. He is currently Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery and practices at Johns Hopkins at Green Spring Station.
Peter D. Byeff, M.D. M74 Councilor 2011-2013 Dr. Byeff graduated from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1974. Dr. Byeff is a currently a partner at the Cancer Center of Central Connecticut, where he specializes in hematology, oncology, and internal medicine.
Susan L. Gearhart, M.D. Councilor 2011-2013 Dr. Gearhart graduated from The Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University in Chicago in 1993. She was a resident, chief resident, and instructor in General Surgery. She currently serves as the Assistant Professor of Colorectal Surgery and the Assistant Professor of Oncology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Iredell W. Iglehart III, M.D. M83 Councilor 2011-2013 Dr. Iglehart graduated from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1983. He stayed on at Hopkins for a residency in internal medicine and later, a fellowship in Rheumatology. Currently, Dr. Iglehart practices in Baltimore at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.
Mack C. Mitchell, Jr. M.D., M77, BA'74 Councilor 2011-2013 Dr. Mitchell graduated from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1977. He stayed on at Hopkins for a residency in Internal Medicine, following with a fellowship in liver diseases. Currently, Dr. Mitchell serves as the Director of the Division of Gastroenterology and Digestive Diseases at The Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and as an Associate Professor of Medicine.
Richard D. Schulick, M.D. M89, BS'85 Councilor 2011-2013 Dr. Schulick graduated from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1989. He then completed a residency in General Surgery from 1989-1996, concurrently with a fellowship in Clinical Pharmacology at the National Institutes of Health and a fellowship in Immunology at the National Cancer Institutes. Currently, Dr. Schulick is The John L. Cameron Professor of Alimentary Tract Diseases, Chief of the Cameron Division of Surgical Oncology, and Professor of Surgery and Oncology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
John T. Thompson, M.D. M80, BA'77 Councilor 2011-2013 Dr. Thompson graduated from the Johns Hopkins University in 1977, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1980 and completed his ophthalmology training at The Wilmer Institute. He is President of Retina Specialists at Greater Baltimore Medical Center and an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at The Wilmer Institute.