Board Members

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​Richard A. Debenedetto, PharmD, MS AAHIVP, Chair
Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice & Administration
University of Maryland Eastern Shore School of Pharmacy & Health Professions

Deondra P. Asike, MD
Physician, Johns Hopkins Hospital

Thomas C. Bond, III
President & CEO
Summit Community Health, Inc.

Matthew Crisafulli, Sheriff
Worcester County Sheriff's Office

Tyler Cymet, DO, FACP, FACOFP
Board of Physicians Designee

Aparna Duggirala, DPM, FACFAS
President's Designee, Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners

Tosin David, PharmD
Pharmacist, Qlarant

Peggy Funk, CAE
Executive Director, Hospice & Palliative Care Network of Maryland

Leslie E. Grant, DDS, MSPA
President's Designee, Board of Dental Examiners
General Dentist

Justin Gross, Captain
Commander
Maryland State Police, Enforcement Division

Lenna Israbian-Jamgochian, PharmD, RPh
District of Compliance, Albertsons Safeway Inc-Eastern Division

Neil Leikach, RPh
Maryland Board of Pharmacy Representative

Susan Knott Lyons, CRNP
President's Designee, Maryland Board of Nursing

Sirosh Masuood, MD
Medical Director
Excel Psychiatric Consultation Outpatient Clinic

Stephen A. Nichols, MD, FAAP, FAAPMR
Senior Attending Physician for Rehabilitation Services
Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital

Marcia Parris, MD
Family Physician, Comprehensive Women's Health
Director, Maryland Academy of Family Physicians

Charles Peterson, MD, MBA
Consultant Medical Director
Hagerstown Opioid Use Disorder Clinic

Larry Polsky, MD, MPH
President's Designee, Maryland Association of County Health Officers
Health Officer, Calvert County

Dixit Shah, RPh
Deputy Director, Office of Pharmacy Services
Maryland Department of Health

David Sharp, Ph.D.
Chairman's designee, Maryland Health Care Commission
Director, Center for Health Information Technology & Innovative Care Delivery

D. Gail Shorter, DNP
Nurse Practitioner, University of Maryland Shore Medical Group

Open Seats:
Researcher/Academic ​