Leonard Gelman, MD, CMD, has been in private medical practice in the Capital District area of New York for 30 years. He has been an attending physician and medical director for many facilities over these years. He is a member of AMDA and has been on the AMDA Board of Directors most recently as President from 2014-2015. He has been a member of the AMDA Education Committee and a co-developer, chairperson, and educator for the revision of the AMDA Core Curriculum in Medical Direction 2001 to present. He has served in many other capacities at AMDA.