• Chad W.M. Ritenour, MD, Co-Chair
    Chief Medical Officer
    Emory University Hospital/Emory Healthcare

    Co-Chief Well-Being Officer, Correll Distinguished Clinician Leader
    Woodruff Health Sciences Center of Emory University

    James C. Kennedy Professor in Prostate Health, Vice Chair, Education and Faculty Affairs, Department of Urology
    Emory University

  • Kevin B. Weiss, MD, MPH, Co-Chair
    Chief Sponsoring Institutions and Clinical Learning Environment Officer
    ACGME

  • Jenny J. Alexopulos, DO
    Statewide Director of CLER
    Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences

  • Michael Apostolakos, MD, FCCP
    Chief Medical Officer, Vice President
    University of Rochester Medical Center

  • Alesia Coe, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE
    Vice President, Associate Chief Nursing Officer
    UChicago Medicine

  • Bain J. Farris, MHA
    Retired Hospital/Health System CEO

  • Robert V. Higgins, MD
    Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
    Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

  • Scott A. Holliday, MD, FACP, FAAP
    Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education/DIO,
    Associate Medical Director, University Hospital
    Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine & Pediatrics
    The Ohio State University

  • Sherry C. Huang, MD
    Vice Chancellor and Enterprise DIO, Professor of Pediatrics
    Rutgers Biomedical Health Sciences

  • Tanya Lord, PhD, MPH
    Chief Innovation Officer
    ATW Health Solutions

  • David Markenson, MD, MBA, FAAP, FACEP, FCCM
    Director, Center for Disaster Medicine and Professor of Public Health
    New York Medical College

  • David Mayer, MD
    Founding Executive Director Emeritus, MedStar Institute for Quality and Safety
    MedStar Health

  • Carmen Hooker Odom
    Public Member

  • Jeffrey M. Rothenberg, MD, MS
    Chief Medical Officer
    Ascension St. Vincent

  • Teresa Y. Smith, MD, MSEd, FACEP
    Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education and Affiliations, Designated Institutional Official, Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
    SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Resident Members

  • Brittany E. Levy, MD
    General Surgery Resident
    University of Kentucky

  • Frederick Peng, MD
    Gastroenterology/Hepatology Fellow, Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine
    Baylor College of Medicine

Contact CLER Staff

Director, CLER Site Visit Program
Kristen Ward Hirsch
kwardhirsch@acgme.org
312.755.7133

Senior Vice President, Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER)
Robin Wagner, RN, MHSA
rwagner@acgme.org
312.755.5054

CLER@acgme.org