About: Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health is a distinguished group of physicians representing a wide range of medical expertise, geographic location, age, and ethnicity.
(* indicates founding member)
Executive Committee
CHAIR
Douglas Laube, MD, MEd
University of Wisconsin
CHAIR-ELECT
Nancy L. Stanwood, MD, MPH
Yale School of Medicine
SECRETARY
Fredrik F. Broekhuizen, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin
AT-LARGE MEMBER
Willie J. Parker, MD, MPH, MSc
TREASURER
Michelle Staples-Horne, MD, MS, MPH
Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice
Current Board Members
Renaisa S. Anthony, MD, MPH
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Anna Altshuler, MD, MPH
University of Washington Medical Center
Margaret J. Baylson, MD
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Curtis Boyd, MD
Private Practice
Albuquerque, NM
Darcy Broughton, MD
Oregon Health and Science University
Marvin Buehner, MD, FACOG
Black Hills Obstetrics and Gynecology (South Dakota)
Daniela Diaz, MD
Resident Representative
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Michelle Forcier, MD, MPH
Hasbro Children's Hospital (Providence)
Patricia Glowa, MD
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (New Hampshire)
Adam Jacobs, MD
Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York City)
Atsuko Koyama, MD, MPH
Boston Medical Center
Carmen Rita Nevarez, MD, MPH
Public Health Institute (Oakland)
Karen Ramstrom, DO, MSPH
California Department of Public Health
Scott J. Spear, MD, FAAP
Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas
Austin, TX
Jodi Magee
President and CEO
Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health
Ex-Officio
Former Board Members
Susan Baldwin, MD, MPH
Frances Batzer, MD, MBE
* Richard Behrman, MD
* John G. Boyce, MD
Herbert P. Brown, MD
LeRoy Carhart, MD
* Wendy Chavkin, MD, MPH
Philip A. Corfman, MD
Stephanie Kusko Cramer, MD
Anne R. Davis, MD, MPH
* Quentin B. Deming, MD
Angela Diaz, MD, MPH
Vivian M. Dickerson, MD
Laurence E. Dopkin, MD
Alison Edelman, MD, MPH
M. Joycelyn Elders, MD
Eve Espey, MD, MPH
Paul M. Fine, MD
Angel M. Foster, D.Phil., MD, AM
Marilynn C. Frederiksen, MD
Joshua Freeman, MD
Richard Grossman, MD, MPH
Paula Hillard, MD
* Margaret Hamburg, MD
* Jarsolav F. Hulka, MD
Pratima Gupta, MD, MPH
Robert L. Johnson, MD
Harry S. Jonas, MD
* Howard Jones, MD
Cathy J. Lazarus, MD, FACP
Larry Leeman, MD
Sara Buchdahl Levine, MD, MPH
Daniel Mishell, MD
Connie Mitchell, MD, MPH
Nilda L. Moreno, MD, MPH
Laura Myers, MD
* Warren H. Pearse, MD
* Suzanne T. Poppema, MD
* D. Malcolm Potts, MD, PhD
Ralph Riviello, MD, MS
Roger Rochat, MD
Natalie Roche, MD
Robert Roose, MD, MPH
Courtney Schreiber, MD
* Denese Shervington, MD, MPH
Jody E. Steinauer, MD, MAS
Nada Stotland, MD, MPH
Madeline Sutton, MD, MPH
Albert G. Thomas, MD
Kathryn Perkins Tift
* Beverly Winikoff, MD, MPH
Deceased Board Members
* Richard H. Hausknecht, MD
* Elizabeth Karlin, MD, MPH
* William K. Rashbaum, MD
* Helen Rodriguez-Trias, MD
* Seymour L. Romney, MD
Allan Rosenfield, MD
Kenneth J. Ryan, MD
Steven B. Tamarin, MD
George Tiller, MD
Honor Physicians
Help us recognize Eve Espey, MD, MPH, and Willie Parker, MD, MPH, MSc, at the 2013 Rashbaum-Tiller Abortion Provider Awards.
Video: Pre-Roe Doctors
The documentary Voices of Choice features physicians and advocates who witnessed women's suffering before Roe v. Wade. They helped as many women as they could obtain safe abortions.
Who We Are
PRCH is a doctor-led national advocacy organization. We use evidence-based medicine to promote sound reproductive health policies. We believe in reproductive choice for everyone.
Show Your Support
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Choice Words
“Women do not enter into the decision to terminate a pregnancy lightly. Yes, there are women who use abortion as a method of birth control, and yes, they are rarer than hen’s teeth.”
William K. Rashbaum, MD, from “In His Own Words”





