2018 PALF Class Ready to Change the World Through Advocacy
*From the AAN - Guest Writer Javier Cardenas
Last weekend, 30 AAN members graduated from the 16th annual Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum (PALF), the AAN’s prestigious, award-winning leadership program. They joined 443 graduates from 47 states (along with Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico) and 17 other countries.
Each advocate also received legislative training, which consisted of mock congressional office visits to support the solutions to the opioid crisis that the AAN is currently pushing on Capitol Hill. The advocates concluded the weekend with an action plan to move forward on an issue they’re most passionate about, such as increased research funding and better stroke care for minority populations.
- Nikesh Bajaj, DO - Illinois
- Lori Billinghurst, MD, MSc, FRCPC - Pennsylvania
- Melissa Fellman, MD - Florida
- Jessica Gautreaux, MD - Louisiana
- Barbara Giesser, MD - California
- Hilda Guerra, MD - Minnesota
- Heidi Henninger, MD - Maine
- James Hillis, MBBS, DPhil - Massachusetts
- Sean Horrigan, DO - Massachusetts
- Chinazom Ibegbu , MD, MA - New York
- Rebecca Ichord, MD - Pennsylvania
- Joseph Kamtchum Tatuene, MD - United Kingdom
- Mustafa Khan, MD - New York
- Antonio Moya, MD, MPH - New York
- Kristi Nord, MD - Indiana
- Meghan O'Neill, MD - Illinois
- Temitayo Oyegbile, MD, PhD - District of Columbia
- Wesley Reynolds, MD - Colorado
- Logan Schneider, MD - California
- Vishal Shah, MD - California
- Neeraj Singh, MD - New York
- Amaal Starling, MD - Arizona
- Kara Stavros, MD - Rhode Island
- Lekhjung Thapa, MD, DM - Nepal
- Philip Tipton, MD - Florida
- Carey Wilson, MD - Utah
- Andrew Wilson, MD, MS, MBA - California
- Allan Wu, MD - California
- Crystal Yeo, MD, PhD- Texas
- Marcus Yountz, MD - Massachusetts
