The Georgia Composite Medical Board is comprised of 16 members (15 voting members and one ex-officio member) appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the State Senate. By statute, two members are consumer members, one is a physician assistant (and is an ex-officio member), two are physicians with Doctor of Osteopathy degrees, and 11 are physicians with Doctor of Medicine degrees.

John S. Antalis, MD
Former Chair (2016- 2017)
Family Medicine Physician
Whitfield County
Term expires 7/1/2026

Subrahmanya Bhat, MD
Internal Medicine Physician
Henry County
Term expires 7/1/2025

William Bostock, DO
Family Medicine Physician
Gwinnett County
Term expires 1/9/2024

Kathryn Cheek, MD
Pediatric Physician
Taylor County
Term expires 12/6/2025

Ruthie Crider, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician
Bulloch County
Term expires 7/1/2025

Debi Dalton, MD
Former Chair (2021- 2022)
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician
Cobb County
Term expires 6/1/2023

Charmaine Faucher, PA-C
Physician Assistant, Ex-Officio Member
Cobb County

Austin Flint, MD
Radiologist
Hall County
Term expires 4/21/2025

Sreenivasulu "Sreeni" Gangasani MD
Cardiovascular Disease Physician
Gwinnett County
Term expires 7/1/2025

Judy Gardner, PharmD
Consumer Member
Fulton County
Term expires 10/28/2024

Alexander S. Gross, MD
Former Chair (2010- 2011)
Dermatologist
Dekalb County
Term expires 7/1/2026

Charles E. Harris, Jr.
Consumer Member
Hall County
Term expires 1/9/2024

J. Jeffrey Marshall, MD
Former Chair (2018- 2019)
Cardiologist
Fulton County
Term expires 1/9/2024

Matthew W. Norman, MD
Chair
Psychiatrist
Fulton County
Term expires 6/1/2023

Andrew Reisman, MD
Vice-Chair
Family Medicine Physician
Hall County
Term expires 7/1/2026

Barby J. Simmons, DO
Former Chair (2020- 2021)
Family Medicine Physician
Henry County
Term expires 10/28/2024

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The Board has several advisory committees that review matters pertaining to the licensing of specific areas of practice and additional committees that review matters pertaining to the enforcement of the laws and rules of the Board. Please see the attached document for a description of each committee, who comprises the committee and how each committee contributes to the Board's mission.