Clyde B. Jensen, Ph.D. Chairman of the Board of Governors University of North Dakota, Ph.D.

Clyde B. Jensen has one of the most distinctive and diverse resumes in medical education. After receiving his Ph.D. in 1974 from the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at the University of North Dakota he became:

America's youngest medical school president at the age of 32.
The only person to serve as chief or senior executive at colleges of allopathic,   osteopathic, naturopathic and oriental medicine.
One of a few higher education executives to preside over a half-dozen colleges including   public and private with community college through doctoral programs.
A member of institutional and programmatic higher education accrediting bodies.
A reviewer for federally funded research proposals in the biomedical sciences.
A recipient of teaching awards from higher education institutions and leadership awards   from major health care professions.
An investigator in the pharmaceutical and dietary supplement industries.

These and other experiences helped Dr Jensen to value the commonalities among the health care professions and to seek ways to foster interprofessional collaboration. In 2001 he formed Continuum Biomedical Consultants and began to assist industry and higher education with the integration of conventional and complementary health care, research and education. His diverse range of experience and colleagues enables him to call upon experts from numerous fields of biomedical science to assist in providing innovative solutions to difficult problems.

A resident of Portland, OR, Dr Jensen wishes to contribute to the development of a new, international model for the education of contemporary physicians and scientists. He is convinced that Sint Eustatius University can play an important role in that endeavor and is committed to working with physicians, scientists, students and policy makers from Sint Eustatius and elsewhere to enhance the quality and collaboration within international medical education and health care.

Michael D. Lumpkin, Ph.D. Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors University of Texas, Ph.D

Dr. Michael Lumpkin is a tenured Professor and immediate past Chair of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Georgetown University School of Medicine.

After completing his bachelor’s degree in Biology and Government as a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Texas, he then earned his doctoral degree in Physiology in 1981 from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. He completed NIH sponsored postdoctoral fellowship training in Neuroendocrinology at Southwestern Medical Center in 1983. He became Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biophysics at Georgetown in 1984 and was promoted to Professor and Chairman of the Physiology and Biophysics Department of Georgetown’s Medical Center in 1993. He has been the recipient of over 30 academic awards, honors, and visiting professorships. His research has been supported by grants from NIH and biotechnology foundations.

Dr. Lumpkin’s current research involves studies of the mechanisms by which physical and psychological stressors disrupt the neuroendocrine systems that regulate growth, metabolism, immunity, and reproduction, thereby producing or exacerbating chronic disease states. From this work, he and his research group have produced a patent for treating AIDS-related wasting syndromes in adults and children. He is also a central participant in a large NIH-funded initiative to bring integrative medicine (CAM) research and education to medical and graduate students at Georgetown.

Dr. Lumpkin lectures extensively at national and international venues on the subjects of stress hormone physiology, psychoneuroimmunology (PNI), and mind-body medicine. He often incorporates mind-body skills into his presentations to help groups of conventional healthcare professionals better understand the links between stress, disease, and the ability to heal. He is also an officer in two international scientific societies, serves on several Boards of Directors of medical and educational organizations, and is a past Chair of the Georgetown University Rank and Tenure Committee. He lectures, instructs, and facilitates student groups in all aspects of neuroendocrinology, psychoneuroimmunology and mind-body medicine.

Dr. Lumpkin is a director and lecturer in the Georgetown Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Mini-Medical School for the public. He is a Golden Apple and Kaiser Permanente Award winner for outstanding teaching. He serves as a representative to the Leadership Group of the Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine. Dr. Lumpkin is the author of 175 scientific articles, book chapters, and abstracts.

William R. Hendee Ph.D. Secretary of the Board of Governors University of Texas, Ph.D.

William R. Hendee has accumulated a wealth of experience in health care through his service in a variety of research, education and administrative positions following receipt of the PhD degree in Medical Physics in 1962 from the University of Texas. The positions he has held include:

Distinguished Professor of radiology, radiation oncology, biophysics,community and
  public health
Dean of a large graduate school in a well-known allopathic college of medicine
Senior associate dean for research in a well-known allopathic college of medicine
President of a research foundation
Professor of biomedical engineering, adjunct professor of electrical engineering, and   adjunct professor of radiology
Interim dean of a large and well-known allopathic college of medicine
Vice president for science and technology in the world’s largest medical association
Professor and chair of radiology in a large state-supported school of medicine
Professor and director of radiological sciences in a large state-supported school of   medicine
Associate professor and chair of physics and astronomy in a highly-respected
  liberal arts college

Dr. Hendee values the strength of the collaborative enterprise that brings basic and clinical scientists together to yield a more effective environment for medical research, education and clinical service. He recognizes the importance of this enterprise in helping physicians and medical students master the emerging technologies that will become powerful tools to improve patient care in the future. He appreciates the contributions achievable through use of a variety of approaches to patient care that go beyond the boundaries of traditional allopathic medicine.

Aviad Haramati, Ph.D Member of the Board of Governors University of Cincinnati, Ph.D

Aviad Haramati, Ph.D is Professor in the Departments of Physiology & Biophysics and Medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine. A graduate of Brooklyn College, he received a Ph.D in Physiology from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and did post-doctoral research training at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Haramati’s research interests centered on two main areas: the regulation of renal and electrolyte physiology during growth; and the cardiovascular-renal-endocrine regulation of volume homeostasis in heart failure. His research has been supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, American Heart Association and the National Kidney Foundation and his work has received honors from several organizations and foundations. Currently, his focus is more on medical education and the incorporation of complementary medicine in the training of physicians.

Dr. Haramati has taught medical and graduate students for over 25 years, and for over a decade directed the medical school course in Human Physiology and other graduate school courses. He served on the Physiology Test Development Committee (USMLE Step 1) for the National Board of Medical Examiners, and is currently Chair of the Examination Section for the Certification Board of Nutrition Specialists (CBNS) of the American College of Nutrition. His teaching effectiveness has been recognized with numerous teaching awards: first at Mayo Clinic, and then at Georgetown University School of Medicine where he received 5 Golden Apple awards and the Golden Orchard honor. In 1997, the School of Medicine awarded him the Kaiser-Permanente Excellence in Teaching of the Basic Sciences, and in 2000 was the eighth recipient of the Arthur C. Guyton Teacher of the Year award by the American Physiological Society. In 2002, he received the Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teaching Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges. In 2004, he was inducted into the Magis Society of Master Teachers at Georgetown University.

Dr. Haramati has been involved in curricular initiatives and governance/strategic planning at the School of Medicine for over 15 years. He served as chair of the pre-clinical course directors committee, and head of the task force to evaluate Problem-Based Learning at Georgetown. A member of the University Faculty Senate for several years, in June 2005, he concluded his second term as Vice-President of the University Faculty Senate and Chair of the Medical Center Caucus. During 2003-4, he was appointed by the Executive Vice President/Executive Dean to direct the Strategic Planning Task Force at Georgetown University Medical Center.

He is the past-president of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) and hosted the 4th (1999) and 7th (2003) IAMSE conferences. He is on faculty for the Program for Leaders in Medical Education, sponsored by Harvard Medical International, and a member of the executive committee of the Integrated Healthcare Policy Consortium. He has a deep interest to improve medical education across the globe, and currently advises a number of medical school deans. He was elected as the Founding Vice-Chair of the Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine, and chaired the program committee for the North American Research Conference on Complementary and Integrative Medicine, held in May 2006 in Edmonton, Canada.

Dr. Haramati is principal investigator of a $ 1.7 million NIH grant that is funding a broad educational initiative aimed at incorporating complementary, alternative (CAM) and integrative medicine into the 4-year medical curriculum at Georgetown. The goal of the initiative is not to train practitioners of CAM, but rather to educate skillful, knowledgeable physicians who understand the role of CAM in healthcare and are capable of discussing these issues with their patients.