Dr.
Fedderly received his undergraduate degree in
molecular biology and his Doctor of Medicine
degree from the University of Wisconsin. He served his residency in family practice at
the Hahnemann Family Health Center, in
Worcester, Massachusetts. He has also practiced
in the medical specialty of Gerontology, and was
an attending physician in the emergency room of
Worcester Hahnemann Hospital and Holden Hospital
in Massachusetts.
Dr.
Fedderly is a Fellow of the AAFP and has served
on a number of its committees. In addition, he
has served on the American College of
Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Task
Force For the Development Of Guidelines In The
Treatment Of Valvular Heart Disease, and is Past
President of the Wisconsin Academy of Family
Physicians.
From
1991 to present, Dr. Fedderly has conducted
in-office teaching of medical students and
residents from the Medical College of Wisconsin.
Dr.
Fedderly is married to his wife, Sharon, and has
two children.
Ardis D. Hoven, MD is
an AMA appointee on COLA's
Board of Directors. Dr. Hoven is an internal medicine and
infectious disease specialist in Lexington, Kentucky, and
was elected to the American Medical Association (AMA)
Board of Trustees (BOT) in June 2005. At the state level,
Dr. Hoven has served as a delegate to the AMA from
Kentucky for the past 16 years, and was president of the
Kentucky Medical Association from 1993 to 1994.
Dr. Hoven received her undergraduate degree in
microbiology and then her MD degree from the University
of Kentucky. She completed her internal medicine and
infectious disease training at the University of North
Carolina. Since then, she has been in active practice and
currently is the medical director of the Bluegrass Care
Clinic, an infectious disease and HIV/AIDS practice
affiliated with the University of Kentucky College of
Medicine.
Board-certified in internal medicine and infectious
disease, Dr. Hoven is a member of the American College of
Physicians, and the Infectious Disease Society of
America. She has been the recipient of many awards
including the University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Distinguished Alumnus Award and the Kentucky Medical
Association Distinguished Service Award.
Dr. Hoven is married to Ron Sanders, PhD, an economist
and college professor. They share a mutual enjoyment of
two grandchildren, sports, travel, and philanthropic
activities.

Verlin
K. Janzen, MD is an AAFP appointee and serves as Vice
Chair on COLA's Board of Directors. Dr. Janzen is on Active
Medical Staff at the Hutchinson Clinic and Hutchinson
Hospital in the Department of Family Medicine in
Hutchinson, Kansas, and is currently the Medical Director
of Mennonite Friendship Manor. He was a member of the
CLIAC committee at the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention from 1994-2000, and currently serves as a
consultant to the American Academy of Family Physicians
Proficiency Testing Program. He was President of the
Kansas Academy of Family Physicians in 2004-05.

Veronica
C. Santilli, MD, MHA, CPE is an AMA appointee
and serves as Finance Committee Chair on COLA's Board of Directors. She is the President of the Brook-Island Pediatrics Group in Brooklyn, New York. She currently serves as Chair of the Medical Society State of New York Membership Committee, is a member of MSSNY Publications Committee, the MSSNY Health Care Delivery and Medicaid Committee and the MSSNY Delegation to the AMA House of Delegates. Dr. Santilli is a member of the
Board of Trustees at Maimonides Medical Center, where
she is also a senior attending physician in the Department of Pediatrics.

W.
James Stackhouse, MD, MACP is an ACP appointee to
COLA's Board of Directors. Dr. Stackhouse is certified in
Internal Medicine, and is currently in private practice
with Goldsboro Medical Specialists in Goldsboro, North
Carolina. Dr. Stackhouse is a Clinical Assistant
Professor in the Department of Medicine at UNC SOM, and
serves on the NC Legislative Task Force on Stroke and
Heart Attack Prevention. Dr. Stackhouse has served as a Regent for ACP and is currently serving as its Treasurer. He has also been a member of
the AMA, NC Chapter of the ACP, NC Medical Society, and
Wayne County Medical Society. Dr. Stackhouse also served
as a member of the Board of Directors at Wayne Memorial
Hospital, where he also held the position of President of
the hospital medical staff, and various positions on
hospital committees.

Donna
E. Sweet, MD, MACP is an ACP appointee and serves as
Chair on COLA's Board of Directors. Dr. Sweet is
certified by the American Board of Internal
Medicine. She is a Professor of Internal
Medicine at University of Kansas School of
Medicine in Wichita, Kansas and is Director of
Internal Medicine Education at Via- Christi
Regional Medical Center - St. Francis, as well
as the director and principal investigator of
the Kansas AIDS Education and Training Center.
Dr. Sweet is accredited by the American Academy
of HIV Medicine as an HIV Specialist and is a
member of the national board of the American
Academy of HIV Medicine and is a member of the
CDC/HRSA AIDS Advisory Committee (CHAC). She is
the immediate past Chair of the Board of Regents
for the American College of Physicians and an
ACP delegate to the AMA House of Delegates.
Dr. Sweet is best known for medical treatment
and research on AIDS, and she has been
recognized locally and nationally for her work
with HIV and AIDS. She is the director of the
Ryan White Title III Early Intervention Clinic
in Kansas and works extensively with the Health
Resource Service Administration on Ryan White
issues in Kansas. She lectures in her home state
of Kansas, Nationally, and Internationally to
educate other health care providers regarding
HIV.

Kathleen M. Weaver, MD, MACP is an ACP appointee on the
COLA Board. Dr. Weaver has been Medical Director
for the Center for Weight Management, Southwest
Washington Medical Center, Vancouver, since May
2007. From 2003 - 2007, she was Director of the
Health Resources Commission, Salem, Ore., and
was Medical Director of the Office for Oregon
Health Policy and Research from 1997 to 2003.
Previously, she was in the private practice of
internal medicine for 18 years.
Dr.
Weaver is a medical graduate of Oregon Health
& Science University, where she also
completed residency training in internal
medicine. She is certified in internal medicine.
Dr.
Weaver served as 1994-1995 President of the
American Society of Internal Medicine, which
merged with ACP in 1998. Dr. Weaver was elected
a Fellow of ACP (FACP) in 1996 and was named a
Master of ACP (MACP) in 2004 for her
achievements toward quality medical care for all
of Oregon's citizens, and for her "key role
in making the American Society of Internal
Medicine achieve excellence in its advocacy
efforts." Dr. Weaver is a member of the ACP
Bylaws Committee and the Health and Public
Policy Committee. She has been a member of the
ACP Third Party Relations, Coding and Payment
Committee and has twice served on the ACP
Nominations Committee.
Dr.
Weaver was an Oregon delegate to the AMA from
1998 to 2005. She served on the AMA Women in
Medicine Advisory Panel, and as an alternate
delegate, from 1994 to 1998. She is a now a
member of the AMA Medical Service reference
committee. She also served as American Society
of Internal Medicine Secretary-Treasurer from
1991 to 1993, and Trustee from 1986 to 1991.

Richard
A. Wherry, MD holds a director-at-large
position on COLA's Board of Directors. Dr. Wherry is in private practice in a multi-specialty medical group in rural Georgia. He is also assistant professor at Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, Georgia, and the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta. In addition, he serves as a preceptor at Emory University School of Medicine and Morehouse School of
Medicine, both in Atlanta.
A board-certified family physician, Wherry received his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, in 1974. He completed a three-year family practice residency program at Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon.
Dr. Wherry served as a member of the Board of Directors of the AAFP from 2000-2003. A member of the Academy since 1977, Wherry has also served on numerous Academy commissions and committees addressing such issues as insurance and financial services, drugs and devices, health care services and the task force on foundation
network governance. The AAFP has awarded him the degree of Fellow for distinguished service and continuing medical education.
Dr. Wherry is married to Alice Moore; they have two daughters and five grandchildren.

Cecil
B. Wilson, MD is an AMA appointee to the COLA Board of Directors. Dr. Wilson, an
internist, has been in private practice in Central Florida for 30 years. He
received his BA and MD degrees from Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. He
interned at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Virginia, and completed his
residency in internal medicine at the US. Naval Hospital, San Diego, California.
He served as a navy flight surgeon, rising to the rank of commander. He is board
certified in internal medicine and a Master of the American College of
Physicians (ACP).
Dr. Wilson was elected to the AMA Board of Trustees in 2002 and is currently
serving as Board Chair. He has been a member of the AMA House of Delegates since
1992 and previously was elected to two terms as a member of the Council on
Constitution and Bylaws where he served as vice chair.
Dr. Wilson has served as Chair of the Board of Regents of ACP. He has also been
president of the Florida Medical Association, Orange County Medical Society, and
medical staffs of the Winter Park Memorial Hospital and Florida Hospital Medical
Center, Orlando, Florida.
He and his wife, Betty Jane, past-president of the FMA Alliance, have three
children--Randall, Brian, and Krista.