Board Members

The West Virginia Board of Medicine consists of 15 members. One member is the state health officer ex-officio, with the right to vote as a member of the board. The other 14 members are appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Eight of the members are appointed from among individuals holding the degree of doctor of medicine, one holds the degree of doctor of podiatric medicine, and two members are licensed by the board as physician assistants. Three lay members are appointed to represent health care consumers.

 

Board Member

Member Classification

Term Expires

Jonathan P. Lilly, MD
President

Physician

09-30-2028

Victoria L. Takubo, PA-C
Vice President

Physician Assistant

09-30-2027

Peter S. Martin, MD
Secretary

Ex-Officio

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Kishore K. Challa, MD, FACC

Physician

 

Kiran S. Devaraj, MD

Physician

09-30-2026

Douglas S. Dockery, DPM

Podiatric Physician

09-30-2027

Reverend Janet M. Harman

Public

09-30-2027

Radhakrishna U. Kukkillaya, MD

Physician

09-30-2029

Angela A. Mayfield

Public

09-30-2028

David A. Mullins, MD

Physician

09-30-2025

Kiran R. Patel, MD, FACOG

Physician

09-30-2025

Kristen D. Statler, MD

Physician

09-30-2027

Christopher J. Tipton, PA-C

        Physician
        Assistant

       09-30-2027

Russell O. Wooton

        Public

09-30-2027

Kevin W. Yingling, MD, FACP

Physician

09-30-2029

 

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Jonathan P. Lilly, MD - President

Dr. Lilly earned his Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry at Marshall University in 1985 and his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at MU in 1989. He also completed his family practice residency at Marshall, where he served as chief resident in his third year.  

Dr. Lilly is board certified in family practice and is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians. He is a partner at Dunbar Medical Associates, PLLC, where he has spent his entire career. He maintains active privileges at Thomas Memorial Hospital, where he has served on multiple committees.  

In addition, Dr. Lilly has served as medical director at several Charleston-area skilled nursing facilities and in October 2016 became consulting corporate medical director for American Medical Facilities Management, Inc. (AMFM). He recently was elected as medical director for Aledade West Virginia ACO (accountable care organization), a statewide organization of independent primary care physicians dedicated to a value-based practice care model.

He and his wife, Kathryn, reside in Winfield and have four adult sons who reside in the area.

Previous Board Appointments                             Current Committee Appointments 
November 2018                                                       Executive/Management Committee, Chair
                                                                                 Legislative Committee

                                                                                 Personnel Committee, Chair

 

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Victoria L. Takubo, PA-C - Vice President

Ms. Takubo, of South Charleston, is certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), and is affiliated with THS Physician Partners and Kanawha Urology Associates. She is a 2010 graduate of Alderson Broaddus College. 

Previous Board Appointments                             Current Committee Appointments
October 2017                                                           Executive/Management Committee
                                                                                 Physician Assistant Committee, Chair
                                                                                 Legislative Committee
                                                                                
 Licensure Committee 
                                                                          
       Personnel Committee                             

 

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Peter S. Martin, MD

Previous Board Appointments                             Current Committee Appointments 
                                                                                 
                                                                                 

 

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Kishore K. Challa, MD, FACC

Previous Board Appointments                             Current Committee Appointments

                                                                                                                                           

 

 

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 Kiran S. Devaraj, MD

Previous Board Appointments                             Current Committee Appointments
                                                                                 Licensure Committee
                                                                                 Physician Assistant Committee                                                                             

 

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Douglas S. Dockery, DPM

Previous Board Appointments                             Current Committee Appointments
                                                                                 Legislative Committee
                                                                                 Licensure Committee                                                                                                                                                         

 

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Rev. Janet M. Harman

Rev. Harman is a deacon, associate at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church in Charleston, and also serves as the campus pastor at The University of Charleston. She and her husband, John N. Harman IV (Newt), reside in Charleston. She has sung mezzo soprano with the WV Symphony Chorus for the past 20 years.

For the West Virginia United Methodist Church, Rev. Harman leads the Conflict Transformation Teams and has provided leadership with the Board of Ordained Ministry. She is a WV-licensed professional counselor and social worker.

Previous Board Appointments                             Current Committee Appointments
October 2017                                                           Licensure Committee
                                                                                 Physician Assistant Committee                                                                             

 

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Radhakrishna U. Kukkillaya, MD

Dr. Kukkillaya is currently in private practice at Sathish and Radha Internal Medicine Group in Logan, and is an attending physician at Logan Regional Medical Center. A specialist in internal medicine, he serves as director/chairman of the Utilization Committee and Quality Resource Management at LRMC. He chairs the medical center’s Mortality Committee. He serves as the physician advisor to LRMC on case management/utilization/quality issues and is a member of the hospital’s Medical Executive Committee.

He previously served as LRMC’s medical staff president, chairman of the Medical Executive Committee, a member of the hospital’s Governing Board, and chairman of the Credential Committee and Department of Medicine.

Known as “Dr. Radha,” he earned is Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees from Kasturba Medical College in India, and his MD degree in internal medicine at United Medical Center in Newark, NJ. He was the chief resident of the Internal Medicine Residency program at United Healthcare System in Newark, where he was selected by the program as the best intern for 1994. He and his wife, Sandhya, have one daughter and two sons. 

Previous Board Appointments                             Current Committee Appointments
                                                                                 Complaint Committee                                                                                                                                                               

 

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Angela A. Mayfield

Ms. Mayfield is an associate broker at Real Estate Central, the 2019 president of the Kanawha Valley Board of REALTORS®, a director on the WV Association of REALTORS® Board of Directors, the secretary of the WV Futbul Club, and a member of the Thomas Health Systems Board of Directors.    

Her employment and volunteer background includes experience at the American Heart Association and the Center for Economic Development. She is a former member of the WV Symphony League, Friends of Culture and History, Childhood Immunization Advisory Board and the Minority Health Forum. 

Ms. Mayfield lives in Cross Lanes with her husband and son. 

Previous Board Appointments                             Current Committee Appointments                                
February 2019                                                         Complaint Committee, Chair

                                                                                 Executive/Management Committee

 

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David A. Mullins, MD

Dr. Mullins is a graduate of the West Virginia University School of Medicine. He completed his surgical residency through WVU- Charleston Division, and since has successfully practiced as a general surgeon in the Princeton area.

Previous Board Appointments                             Current Committee Appointments

September 2016                                                      Complaint Committee                                                           

 

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Kiran R. Patel, MD, FACOG

Dr. Patel is an obstetrician-gynecologist who has been in practice for more than 20 years. Born in Birmingham, England, he is a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology, and is certified by the American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology, the American Congress of Obstetrics & Gynecology, the Society of Laparoendoscopic and Robotic Surgeons, the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists, and the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine. 

He is a clinical professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg, a clinical professor in the Physician Assistant Program at Alderson Broaddus University in Philippi, and a clinical preceptor in the PA Program at the University of Charleston. 

Dr. Patel graduated from medical school at Kasturba Medical College in Manipal, India, before completing an internship at Kasturba General Hospital, a residency in family practice at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Yonkers, NY, and a residency in Ob-Gyn at the University of Wisconsin’s Sinai-Samaritan Medical Center. He still holds an active medical license in Wisconsin. He and his wife, Leela K. Patel, MD, own and operate Patel & Patel, MD, Inc., in South Charleston. They have two sons.

Previous Board Appointments                             Current Committee Appointments

                                                                                 Licensure Committee, Chair
                                                                                 Phyician Assisstant Committee                                                                            

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Kristen D. Stater, MD

Previous Board Appointments                             Current Committee Appointments
                                                                                 Licensure Committee                                                                                                                                                         

 

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Christopher J. Tipton, PA-C

Christopher Tipton, DMSc, MPAS, PA-C, of Kistler in Logan County has been associated with Lincoln Primary Care in Man, WV, since 2013. His range of skills and experience includes advanced life support, surgical first assistance, primary care, critical care, emergency medicine, pulmonary care, gastroenterology, and family medicine. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Mountain State University in Beckley in 2002, a master’s degree in Advanced Physician Assistance from A.T. Still University in Kirksville, MO, in 2015, and a Doctor of Medical Sciences degree from Lynchburg College in Lynchburg, VA, in 2019.
 

Previous Board Appointments                             Current Committee Appointments
July 2020                                                                 Complaint Committee                                                                                                                                                               

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Russell O. Wooton, Esq.

Mr. Wooton practices at Wooton & Wooton, Attorneys at Law in Beckley. He is a graduate of the West Virginia University College of Law, and specializes in personal injury cases, as well as criminal defense and real estate law. 

Previous Board Appointments                             Current Committee Appointments
October 2017                                                           Licensure Committee
                                                                                 Physician Assistant Committee                                                                              

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Kevin W. Yingling, MD, FACP

Previous Board Appointments                             Current Committee Appointments                                                                                                                                                                                                

 

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