Library Advisory Board
Katherine Akers
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
Katherine G. Akers is the biomedical research and data specialist at Shiffman Medical Library at Wayne State University (WSU). Katherine leads data-related initiatives across the WSU library system and supports the research and publishing activities of WSU School of Medicine faculty, residents, and students. She has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Missouri State University, […]
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Nicole Dettmar
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Nicole (Nikki) Dettmar is the curriculum design librarian at the Health Sciences Library at the University of Washington (UW). Prior to her current position, Nikki worked for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Pacific Northwest Region and the Outreach Evaluation Resource Center for 7 years and at UW Medicine for 10 years. Nikki has a […]
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Susan A. Fowler
Washington University in St. Louis
St.Louis, MO
Susan A. Fowler, MLIS, is the library director at Washington University’s Brown School of Social Work and Public Health. Susan specializes in evidence-based practice and research. Her current interests include creating reporting standards for systematic review search strategies and finding a pragmatic solution for search strategy peer review. She has co-authored several published systematic reviews […]
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Heather J. Martin
Providence St. Joseph Health
Portland, OR
Heather J. Martin, MISt, AHIP, serves as the director of system library services for Providence St. Joseph Health. Based out of Portland, OR, Heather directs the staff and nine physical libraries, which serve 34 hospitals and affiliated clinics and offices across the western United States. She helped lead the systemization of the library services and resources across Providence […]
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Eve Melton
Kaiser Permanente
Stockton, CA
Eve Melton, MLIS, MIS, is currently the regional director of library services for Kaiser Permanente Northern California overseeing 19 libraries and one journal repository. In her 10 years at Kaiser, she has introduced several new library technologies including a virtual reference software that allows seamless service across all Kaiser Permanente locations. In the past four […]
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Keir Reave
City of Hope
Duarte, CA
Keir currently is currently the Director, Library Services, the Lee Graff Medical and Scientific Library, at the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center. Keir received his Master of Library and Information Science degree from the University of Western Ontario. Before moving to the City of Hope, Keir held positions at Rutgers University, Newark; the University […]
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Gabe Rios
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN
Gabe Rios is the library director of the Ruth Lilly Medical Library at the Indiana University School of Medicine. He leads a team of librarians and staff in collaborating with faculty, staff, and students distributed over nine campuses for their curricular, research, and clinical information needs. He has been in administrative positions with increasing responsibility […]
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Anne Seymour
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Since 2014, Anne K. Seymour, M.S., has been the Director of the Welch Medical Library, overseeing library and information services at Johns Hopkins University, including the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health. She holds a faculty appointment at all three health science schools. She leads an expert team of managers, informationists, and IT/digital systems […]
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Andrea Twiss-Brooks
The University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Andrea Twiss-Brooks is the recently appointed director of research and teaching support at the University of Chicago Library. Prior to August 2016, she was co-director of Sciences Libraries for the University and oversaw collection services at the John Crerar Library, which serves the physical and biological sciences, medicine, and the history of science, medicine, and […]
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Ysabel Bertolucci
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Oakland, CA (Deceased)
Jane Blumenthal
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (Retired)
Jo Anne Boorkmann
University of California — Davis, Davis, CA (Retired)
Ginger Bopp
St Vincent's Mercy Hospital, Toledo, OH (Retired)
Margo Coletti
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Philip Davis
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (now at Phil Davis Consulting, Ithaca, NY)
Daniel Dollar
Yale University, New Haven, CT
Jon Eldredge
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Jill Emery
NASIG, United States (now at Portland State University, Portland, OR)
Tom Flemming
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada (Retired)
Rick Forsman
University of Colorado, Denver, CO (Retired)
Sandra Franklin
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Donna Gibson
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Cheryl Goodwin
Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA (Retired)
Cindy Gruwell
St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
Anna Habetler
Kaiser Permanente, San Diego, CA (Retired)
Teresa Hartman
University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE
Heather Holmes
Summa Health System, Akron, OH (now at Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC)
Ruth Holst
University of Illinois, Chicago, IL (Retired)
Teresa Knott
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Ulrich Korwitz
German National Library of Medicine, Cologne, Germany
Michelle Kraft
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Erica Lake
Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT (now at University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT)
Elizabeth Lorbeer
Rush University, Chicago, IL (now at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI)
Bruce Madge
CILIP, United Kingdom
John McDonald
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (now at USC, Los Angeles, CA)
Judith Messerle
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (Retired)
Locke Morrisey
University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (Deceased)
Jan Orick
Saint Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
Jerry Perry
University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
T. Scott Plutchak
University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
Jason Price
Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA (now at SCELC, Los Angeles, CA)
Bart Ragon
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Tovah Reis
Brown University, Providence, RI (Retired)
Melissa Rethlefsen
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (now at University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT)
Patti Reynolds
Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, FL
Karen Roth
Morton Plant Mease Health Care, Baycare Library Group, Clearwater, FL
Brit Roth
Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA (Retired)
Susan Schweinsberg Long
Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Chris Shaffer
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Jean Shipman
The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Tom Singarella
University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN (Emeritus)
Stefano Stabene
Ospedale Maggiore di Milano — IRCCS, Milan, Italy
David Stewart
North West Health Care Libraries Unit, National Health Service (NHS), England
MJ Tooey
University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Tom Waugh
VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, New York, NY (now at Veterans Health Administration, Washington, DC)
