Michigan Medicine Alumni Society Board Members
Alums at the 2022 med school class dinner

Serving Our Alumni Community

The Michigan Medicine Alumni Society Board is committed to bringing U-M Medical School alumni together while also providing guidance and support to the next generation of leaders in medicine. 

2023-2024 Board
 DaCarla M. Albright (M.D. 1997) DaCarla M. Albright (M.D. 1997)
Penn Ob/Gyn Associates
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
3701 Market Street - 3rd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
 Gary Freidlaender Gary E. Friedlaender (M.D. 1969, Residency 1971)
Yale Orthopaedics/Musculoskeletal Oncology
Yale Physicians Building
800 Howard Avenue, Ste. 1st Floor
New Haven, CT 06519
 Milton Little Milton T. Little (M.D. 2008)
Cedars-Sinai Orthopaedics
Los Angeles-Beverly Grove
444 S. San Vicente Blvd. #603
Los Angeles, CA 90048
 Oluwaferanmi O. Okanlami Oluwaferanmi O. Okanlami (M.D. 2011)
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Director of Medical Student Success, Office for Health Equity and Inclusion
Department of Family Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
300 North Ingalls Street, NI4C06
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5435
 Douglas S. Paauw (M.D. 1985) Douglas S. Paauw (M.D. 1985)
Current President 2020-2022
Professor, Department of Medicine
University of Washington Medicine Center
4245 Roosevelt Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105
 Mihir Parikh Mihir Parikh (M.D. 1995)
Ophthalmology and Refractive Surgery
NVision Eye Centers
3655 Nobel Dr., Suite 130
San Diego, CA 92122
 Terry S. Platchek Terry S. Platchek (M.D. 2005, Residency 2009)
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Stanford University
780 Welch Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
 Brian Reed Brian Reed (M.D. 1999)
Family Medicine and Clinical Sciences
Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204
 Samantha Spencer Samantha Spencer (M.D. 2000)
Current President (2023-24)
Pediatric Orthopedics
Boston’s Children’s Hospital
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
300 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
 Leslie A. Welk Leslie A. Welk (M.D. 1988, Residency 1992)
Banner University Medical Group Radiology
1111 E. McDowell Rd.
Phoenix, AZ 85006
Ex-Officio Members
 Marschall S. Runge Marschall S. Runge MD, PhD
Dean, U-M Medical School
McKay Professor
Executive Vice President, Medical Affairs, University of Michigan
Chief Executive Officer, Michigan Medicine
 weinstein-debra Debra F Weinstein, MD
Executive Vice Dean for Academic Affairs
Professor of Learning Health Sciences
Professor of Internal Medicine
Become a Board Member

Take a leadership role in the Michigan Medicine Alumni Society by becoming a board member. The Michigan Medicine Alumni Society board holds semi-annual meetings in Ann Arbor to help shape programs and policies that serve alumni, students and the Medical School. The mission of the board is to build, connect and support the family of medicine at Michigan.

Become a Board Member
To nominate yourself or a fellow graduate for membership, please:

  1. Secure two letters of recommendation
  2. Include the candidate's curriculum vitae
  3. Upload these documents here, along with the completed nomination form

Or send all* materials (including printed and completed nomination form) via mail to:

Trish Roma
Alumni Relations Coordinator
1000 Oakbrook Drive, Suite 100
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
[email protected]
734-763-5103

Mailed materials must be postmarked by/uploaded materials received by January 31 to be considered for membership beginning the following fall.

*We are unable to submit incomplete nomination packets for consideration.

Michigan Medicine Alumni Society Board Handbook