Medical Nutrition Education Curriculum
Development (MNECD) Committee Listing

Co-Chairs

Connie W. Bales, Ph.D., R.D.
Associate Director, Sarah W. Stedman Center for Nutritional Studies
Associate Research Professor in Medicine
Associate Director, Education Evaluation, Geriatric Research, VAMC
P. O. Box 3487
Durham, North Carolina 27710
(919) 660-7519 (office)
(919) 660-8802  (fax)
cwb@geri.duke.edu
 
 

George J. Brewer, M.D., Professor
Morton S. and Henrietta K. Sellner Professor of Human Genetics
Professor of Internal Medicine
Department of Human Genetics and Internal Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
4708 Medical Science II, Box 6018
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
(734) 764-5499 (office)
(734) 615-2048 (fax)
brewergj@HG-BASIC1MAIL.HG.MED.UMICH.EDU

List of Members

Robert Acuff, Ph.D.
Professor in College of Medicine
Applied Human Sciences
Director, Center for Nutrition Research
East Tennessee State University
Box 70410
Johnson City, Tennessee 37614-0410
(423) 439-4375 (office)
(423) 439-6459 (fax)
acuffr@ACCESSS.ETSU.EDU
 
 

George Cowan, Jr., M.D.
Department of Surgery
University of Tennessee
College of Medicine
956 Court Avenue, Suite A212,
Memphis, Tennessee 38163
(901) 448-6635 (office fax)
(901) 448-7306 (office fax)
(901) 274-1336 (home phone)
(901) 725-0819 (home fax)
 

Darwin Deen, M.D., M.S.
Director, Division of Medical Student Education
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Bronx, New York 10461
(718) 430-2900 (office)
(718) 430-8816 (fax)
deen@aecom.yu.edu
 
 

Mark DeMeo, M.D.
Loyola University Medical Center
2160 S. 1st Avenue
Bldg. 17, Rm. 8
Maywood, Illinois 60153
(708) 216-0464 (office)
(708) 216-4113 (fax)
mdemeo@wpo.it.luc.edu
 
 

Jeanne Drisko, M.D.
University of Kansas Medical Center
Division of Functional and Complementary Medicine
Department of OB/GYN
3901 Rainbow Boulevard
Kansas City, Kansas 66160
(913) 588-6208 (office)
(913) 588-6271 (fax)
jdrisko@kumc.edu
 
 

Douglas C. Heimburger, M.D., M.S.
Division of Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics
Departments of Nutrition Sciences & Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
1675 University Boulevard
Birmingham, Alabama 35294-3360
(205) 934-7058 (office and voice mail)
(205) 934-7049 (fax)
HEIMBURD@SHRP.UAB.EDU
 
 

Barbara O'Mara, M.D.
131 N. Thetford Road
Lyme, New Hampshire 03768
(603) 795-4403 (home)
(802) 295-9363 (office)
(802) 291-6257 (fax)
barbara.omara@dartmouth.edu
 
 

Claudia S. Plaisted, MS, RD, LDN
Clinical Assistant Professor
Director, Nutrition in Medicine
Department of Nutrition, CB # 7400
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7400
(919) 408-0754 (office)
(919) 408-0674 (fax)
claudia_plaisted@unc.edu
 
 

Harry G. Preuss, M.D., F.A.C.N.
Department of Medicine and Pathology
Georgetown University Medical Center
4000 Reservoir Road
Washington, D. C. 20007
(202) 687-1441 (office)
(202) 687-7660 (fax)
preussh@medlib.georgetown.edu
 
 

Dileep S. Sachan, DVM, Ph.D.
Professor of Nutrition
Department of Nutrition, 229 JHB
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1900
(865) 974-6257 (office)
(865) 974-3491 (fax)
dasachan@utk.edu
 
 

Robert M. Suskind, M.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Pediatrics
Louisiana State University Medical Center
1542 Tulane Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
(504) 568-2881 (office)
(504) 568-5951 (fax)
rmsuskind@mail.peds.lsumc.edu
 

Brian W. Tobin, Ph.D., F.A.C.N., C.N.S.
Associate Professor of Nutrition and Biochemistry
Division of Basic Medical Sciences
Mercer University School of Medicine
1550 College Street
Macon, Georgia 31207
(912) 301-4026 (office)
(912) 301-5487 (fax)
tobin.b@gain.mercer.edu
 
 

Steven H. Zeisel, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Nutrition
2212 McGavran-Greenberg Hall
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7400
(919) 966-7218 (office)
(919) 966-7216 (fax)
steven_zeisel@unc.edu