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South Dakota AHEC Leadership

Program Office

Anderson Susan Anderson, M.D., F.A.A.F.P.
AHEC Program Director
Chair & Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Erin Srstka Erin Srstka, M.S., M.E.d.
Grant Specialist
Department of Family Medicine
Erin.Srstka@usd.edu
Rops Brock Rops, M.S.
SD AHEC Deputy Director
HOSA State Advisor
Department of Family Medicine
Brock.Rops@usd.edu

South Dakota AHEC Executive Council

  • Mary Nettleman, M.D., M.S., M.A.C.P. (VP Health Affairs/Dean, Sanford School of Medicine)
  • Lori Hansen, M.D. (Dean, Yankton Campus, Sanford School of Medicine)
  • Susan Anderson, M.D., F.A.A.P. (AHEC Program Director; Chair, Family Medicine, Sanford School of Medicine)

South Dakota AHEC Program Advisory Board

  • Mary Nettleman, M.D., M.S., M.A.C.P. (VP Health Affairs/Dean, Sanford School of Medicine)
  • Lori Hansen, M.D. (Dean, Yankton Campus, Sanford School of Medicine)
  • Nedd Brown, Ed.D. (Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education, Sanford School of Medicine)
  • Haifa AbouSamra (Dean, Health Sciences, University of South Dakota)
  • Sandra Durick (Executive Director, Northeast AHEC and Southeast AHEC)
  • Wade Nilson, P.A.-C. (Program Director, Physician Assistant Studies Program, University of South Dakota)
  • Kari Potter, M.S. (Chair, Medical Laboratory Science)
  • Josie Peterson
  • Shelly Tennapel