Partners

Pamela Willis earned her nursing degree from the University of Hawaii. She completed her law degree at California Western School of Law in San Diego. Prior to joining The Doctors Company 12 years ago, she worked as the case intake specialist in a medical malpractice litigation firm.

As a background to her legal and risk management careers, Ms. Willis had 14 years of experience as a bedside labor and delivery nurse. She experienced varying practice regimens in hospitals throughout the country while serving as a travel nurse in five states and holding nursing leadership roles in local area hospitals.

Dr. Wilson is an interventional cardiologist and executive vice chair at Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute in North Carolina. He attended Duke University School of Medicine and then completed his residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. In his career, Dr. Wilson has published more than 75 articles.

Since 2006, he has been a clinical professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, as well as the chief liaison for cardiovascular training between UNC’s hospital campuses. Wilson served as co-director of the annual Advanced Cardiovascular Interventions course in Hilton Head and as the chief interventional cardiologist for the ACC North Carolina Chapter STEMI/RACE program. He was the chair of the ACC/American Heart Association National STEMI Accelerator I and II programs, has been a senior adviser to the steering committee for the ACC Global Heart, and has served as co-chair of ACC Latin America, as governor for ACC’s North Carolina Chapter, and as chair of the Board of Governors and secretary of the Board of Trustees.

Erin Phipps received her DVM from Cornell University and began her career in equine and mixed animal private practice. Her interest in infectious disease epidemiology led her to pursue a master’s in public health, and she has worked exclusively in public health since 2006.

Prior to joining the NM DOH in January 2023, she spent 11 years with the New Mexico Emerging Infections Program, where she led population-based surveillance for pathogens such as C. difficile, carbapenem-resistant enterobacterales, and Candida spp.

Dr. Aurora Quaye is an Assistant in Anesthesia in the Department of Anesthesia at Tufts Medical School. Dr. Quaye completed a residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and a fellowship in Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. She is an attending anesthesiologist for Spectrum Healthcare Partners and is a member of the Acute Pain and Regional Anesthesia Service at Maine Medical Center in Portland, ME.

Her interests include identifying perioperative opioid reduction strategies for patients at risk of or suffering from, opioid use disorder (OUD).  Dr. Quaye contributed to the development and publication of perioperative buprenorphine continuation guidelines for patients with a history of OUD. These guidelines have been successfully implemented at Massachusetts General Hospital along with other institutions and have shown early promise in facilitating postoperative pain relief. 

Dr. Pacheco is a Fellow of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the International Academy of Independent Medical Examiners. She received her M.D. degree from the University of New Mexico School of Medicine and completed a Family Practice internship at the University of Louisville. She completed her PM&R residency at the Amelia Brown Frazier Rehabilitation Center in Louisville, KY. 

Dr. Pacheco has been certified, in the past, in the 4th and 5th editions of the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment and is presently certified in the 6th edition. She has been in private practice in New Mexico since 1994 and was the Medical Director at HealthSouth (now Encompass) in the past. She has been evaluating and treating injured workers since 1994. She has been performing IME since 1996 and is a certified Medical Legal Examiner (CMLE).

As president of MW, a marketing advisory firm that helps stalled, stuck and stale companies through tough transitions, Jonathan has led his firm to be recognized by industry purveyor Advertising Age as a national leader in branding and marketing, winning the Southwest Small Agency of the Year, national B2B Campaign of the Year, and national Best Places to Work awards.

A business and branding strategist, Jonathan honed his skills during the lean years of the Great Recession, helping brands navigate today’s unforgiving new business paradigms. Jonathan’s opinions are highly sought by numerous business and marketing publications, including Forbes, Digiday, and Advertising Age, where he explores the factors that led to stalled growth and the principles proven to help companies navigate the ambiguities and dangers of the business wilderness.

Dr. Edwards has been committed to organized medicine for over 30 years, holding prominent positions in several associations including the National Medical Association, MedChi, the Baltimore City Medical Society, the Monumental City Medical Society, and the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America. She has founded an internal medicine practice in Baltimore, where she is the managing partner.

Since joining the AMA in 1994, she has chaired the Women Physicians Congress, the AMA House of Delegates Committee on Compensation of the Officers, the AMA Council on Constitution and Bylaws, and the AMA Task Force on Health Equity. Dr. Edwards was elected to the AMA Board of Trustees in 2016 and re-elected in 2020.

Eileen Barrett received her MPH from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her MD at Georgetown University and completed her internal medicine residency at Oregon Health Sciences University Hospital. She completed a Rural Faculty Development Fellowship through the University of Arizona in 2009 and a Medical Justice and Advocacy Fellowship through Morehouse School of Medicine and the American Medical Association in 2022.

Dr. Barrett received a 2019 Exceptional Mentor Award from the American Medical Women’s Association, is an elected member of the Gold Humanism Honor Society, received a 2021 Award of Excellence in Humanitarian Services from the Society of Hospital Medicine, and received a 2022 Inspire Award from the American Medical Association. 

Dr. Jenkusky is the new board medical director who previously served as a member of the board for 14 years including as chair for 5 years. A double-boarded addiction psychiatrist, formerly associated with UNM and Presbyterian, he is now assisting the board in policy and regulatory matters.

Adam Banks, is a board certified cardiologist whose primary interests focus on interventional cardiology and noninvasive cardiology studies to diagnose and treat coronary and structural heart disease. These problems may include coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, atrial septal defects, and heart failure. In his free time, Dr. Banks enjoys running, hiking, biking and spending time outdoors with his wife and daughter.

Dr. Banks received his undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering from Vanderbilt University. He then earned his medical degree at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston, Texas. He completed his residency and chief residency in internal medicine at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, where he subsequently completed fellowships in cardiology, interventional cardiology, and structural heart disease. He is currently the Structural Heart and Cardiac Catheterization Lab Director at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque. 

Gerlach received a B.S. degree in Biological Sciences (2004) from Brock University. She earned her Doctor of Medicine degree (2008) from Queen’s University School of Medicine. Following her MD degree, she completed a 5-year anesthesiology residency at Queen’s University/Kingston General Hospital.