Leadership

Meet our esteemed leadership team, made up of cannabinoid specialists, cannabis nurses, lawyers, entrepreneurs, and educators dedicated to cannabinoid medicine.

Executive Committee

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Jordan Tishler, MD

President

Dr. Tishler is a cannabinoid specialist.  He is the Founder and President of the Association of Cannabinoid Specialists.

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James Winokur

VP Finance, Board of Directors

James is currently the CEO of CitraChem Corp, a start-up life sciences company founded on patent-pending chemical synthesis process.

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Board of Directors

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Adam Abodeely, MD MBA FACS FASCRS

Dr. Adam Abodeely MD, MBA, FACS, FASCRS is a double Board-Certified Surgeon specializing in gastrointestinal diseases and cancer, and a cannabinoid specialist.

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Elizabeth Dost, RN

Elizabeth G. Dost, RN, is a senior health care executive with more than 25 years-experience in the Boston market and a cannabis nurse.

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Bryant Godfrey

Bryant Godfrey is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Foley Hoag and is Co-Chair of the firm’s FDA Practice Group.

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John Malanca

Through a family hardship in 2011, John and his wife Corinne founded United Patients Group (UPG), a trusted resource and leader in medical cannabis information and education.

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Julia Arnsten, MD, MPH

Dr. Julia Arnsten is Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine and a Professor of Medicine, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, and Epidemiology & Population Health, as well as a cannabinoid specialist.

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Mark Bolton

Mark Bolton serves as Head of Global Public Policy for Jazz Pharmaceuticals. In that capacity, Mark oversees all international, federal, and state public policy for Jazz.

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Sandra Carrillo, MD

Dr. Sandra Carrillo is a cannabinoid specialist. She is President of the Colombian Medical Association of Cannabis Medicine (ASOMEDCCAM).

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Suraj Tandon, MD, FRCPC

Dr. Tandon has worked as a researcher and co-investigator assessing physical and mental health disparities amongst South Asian immigrants. Dr. Tandon is also a cannabinoid specialist.

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Advisory Board

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Carrie Armour

Carrie Armour has over fifteen years of experience representing physicians, patients and the cannabis industry as a government affairs attorney and advocacy consultant.

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David Meiri, PhD

David (Dedi) Meiri, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Biology at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology and a member of the Technion Integrated Cancer Center (TICC).

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Deondra Asike, MD

Deondra Asike, MD is double board certified in anesthesiology and pain medicine, and is a cannabinoid specialist. She is a Clinical Associate in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins since 2015.

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