The members of the PAHS International Advisory Board contribute their diverse expertise and experience to the development of the Academy. They are committed to making PAHS an innovative and high-quality educational institution that will improve health care throughout rural Nepal.

Cliff Tabin, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Genetics
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA
(Chair of International Advisory Board)

Michael Alkan, MD
Professor of Medicine
Ben Gurion University
Beer Sheva, Israel

Marit Bakke, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Social Anthropology
University of Bergen
Bergen, Norway

Charles Boelen, MD, MPH, MSc         
International Consultant in
Health Systems and Human ResourcesFormerly with WHO
France

Fred Bosman, MD, PhD
Professor of Pathology
Director, Institute of Pathology
University of Lausanne
Switzerland

Werner Christie, MD
Former Health Minister
Oslo, Norway

David Cook
Director of the Division of Studies in Medical Education
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Carol Ann Courneya, PhD
Associate Professor of Physiology
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada

Peter Dieter, PhD
Professor of Biochemistry
Dean of Medical Education - Basic Science Years
Institute of Physiological Chemistry
Faculty of Medicine `Carl Gustav Carus´
Fetscherstrasse 74
D-01307 Dresden
Germany

Geert-Jan Dinnant, MD
Professor of Research in General Practice
Maastricht University
Maastricht, The Netherlands

Jeremy Farrar, M.D.
Professor
Hospital for Tropical Diseases
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Ann S. Garden, MD, FRCOG
Professor of Medical Education
University of Lancaster
Lancaster, UK

Prasanna Chandra Gautam, MD
Associate Professor
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, UK

John Hamilton, MD
Professor of Medicine
Former Dean, Faculty of Medicine
University of Newcastle
Newcastle, Australia

Chan Uhng Joo, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics
Former Dean
Chonbuk National University Medical School
Republic of Korea

Sam Leinster, MD, FRCS          
Professor and Dean
School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice
University of East Anglia
Norwich, UK

David Lehman, MD, PharmD
Professor of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology
Vice-Chairman, Department of Medicine
Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, NY, USA

Ken Lukowiak, MD, PhD          
Professor of Medical Physiology
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Jan Nesland
Professor and Chair, Dept. of Pathology
National Cancer Hospital
Oslo, Norway

Vincenzo Pezzino       
Professor of Medicine
University of Catania
Sicily, Italy

Kim Solez, MD
Professor of Pathology
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Robert Suskind, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
School of Medicine
Texas Technical University
El Paso, TX, USA

Geoffrey Tabin, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Nu Viet Vu, PhD
Professor of Medical Education
University of Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland

Robert Woollard, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Family Practice
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, Canada