About the Board

City: Apex
Term ends: October 31, 2024
Specialty: Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Certification: American Board of Family Medicine
Professional Background:
Dr. Khandelwal is a Professor of Family Medicine and Director of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine with the Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine. She is Boarded in both Geriatrics and Hospice and Palliative Medicine, serving in Harnett County within the Cape Fear Valley Hospital System. Previously, Dr. Khandelwal was a practicing palliative care and hospice physician and the VP of Education and Outreach at Transitions Life Care in Raleigh.

City: Durham
Term ends: October 31, 2025
Specialty: Family Medicine
Certification: American Board of Family Medicine
Professional Background:
Dr. Sangvai is a Family Physician from Durham and is President, Duke Regional Hospital. He is a professor of family medicine, pediatrics, and psychiatry at the Duke University School of Medicine and a professor in the Program in Education at Duke University. Dr. Sangvai graduated from The Ohio State University and received his medical degree from the Medical College of Ohio, where he also completed postgraduate training in family medicine. Dr. Sangvai earned his Master of Business Administration from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business.

City: Raleigh
Term ends: October 31, 2026
Specialty: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Certification: American Board of Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation
Professional Background:
Dr. Rao-Patel is Associate Vice-President and Senior Medical Director for Government Markets at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC). In that role, she serves as the primary interface between Blue Cross NC and its clinical partners and is responsible for medical management and clinical strategy for government programs. In addition to this role, Dr. Rao-Patel led an enterprise-wide opioid workgroup for Blue Cross NC and continues to work collaboratively with key stakeholders at both state and national levels to identify solutions and best practices on the prevention and treatment of substance use disorders. Dr. Rao-Patel attended medical school at Louisiana State University in New Orleans and completed her internship in Internal Medicine at Earl K. Long Hospital in Baton Rouge. She completed her residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Prior to joining Blue Cross NC, she was in private practice providing services for chronic pain management and addiction management. She remains clinically active.

City: Eden
Term ends: October 31, 2026
Specialty: Family Practice
Certification: American Board of Osteopathic Family Physicians
Professional Background:
Dr. Bradley is a family practice physician who currently serves as Chief Medical Officer of UNC Health Rockingham in Eden, where she is also Medical Director of the Hospitalist Program and Medical Director of the Respiratory Therapy Program. Dr. Bradley earned her doctor of osteopathic medicine degree from Michigan State University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed an American Osteopathic Association (AOA) approved Family Medicine Emphasis Internship and Residency at the St. John Health System Oakland General Hospital in Michigan. She also earned a Master of Arts in Medical Sociology from Michigan State University and later earned her Master of Business Administration from East Carolina University College of Business.

City: Morganton
Term ends: October 31, 2025
Specialty: OB/GYN
Certification: American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Professional Background:
Dr. Hall currently practices gynecology with Blue Ridge Women's Care in Morganton, after more than two decades of busy OB/GYN practice. He earned his medical degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and completed postgraduate training in OB/GYN at Greenville Hospital System in Greenville, SC. Since becoming part of Carolinas Healthcare System - Blue Ridge, Dr. Hall has held numerous leadership positions within the system, including President of the Medical Staff. In addition, he is a past President of the Piedmont OB/GYN Society in Hickory.

City: Morganton
Term ends: October 31, 2024
Specialty: General Psychiatry
Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Professional Background:
Dr. Hill-Price is an Attending Psychiatrist for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services at Broughton Hospital in Morganton. Dr. Hill-Price began her career in medicine as a registered nurse and went on to earn both medical and law degrees from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She served a brief residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at East Carolina University but found postgraduate training too consuming to allow her to care for her toddler and instead pursued a career in law. After practicing law for eight years, Hill-Price returned to medicine, beginning postgraduate training in Psychiatry in Chapel Hill and completing her training at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Dr. Hill-Price is board certified in general psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and is a member of the NC Medical Society. She maintains an active license with the NC State Bar.

City: Goldsboro
Term ends: October 31, 2024
Certification: American Nurses Credentialing Center - Family Nurse Practitioner
Professional Background:
Dr. Johnson is the System Administrator for Advanced Clinical Practice (Physician Assistants, Clinical Pharmacist Practitioners and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses) at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, NC. As a Family Nurse Practitioner, she practices at East Carolina University (ECU) Division of Nephrology and Hypertension in Greenville. Dr. Johnson has worked in various healthcare organizations across the United States due to her husband’s service with the United States Air Force. Dr. Johnson entered the nursing profession as a diploma nurse in Rapid City, SD, and went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from South Dakota State University. She then trained as a Family Nurse Practitioner in the master’s degree program at the ECU College of Nursing, where she also earned her PhD in Nursing. Dr. Johnson serves as an Assistant Research Professor and Preceptor Development Coordinator with the ECU College of Nursing.

City: Pembroke
Term ends: October 31, 2025
Professional Background:
Mr. Malcolm, an attorney, is one of three public members of the Board. His legal expertise is in tribal enterprises, corporate governance, compliance, healthcare governance and government ethics, among other topics. Mr. Malcolm currently serves as President and CEO of Lumbee Tribe Holdings, Inc., in Pembroke, NC. Previously, he served as vice president of legal affairs, general counsel and corporate secretary for Lumbee Tribe Enterprises, LLC and as general counsel for the University of North Carolina at Pembroke for more than a decade after serving as associate general counsel for Fayetteville State University. He currently serves on the NC State Bar Council and previously served on the NC State Board of Elections. Mr. Malcolm earned his law degree from the North Carolina Central University School of Law after serving seven years on active duty as an officer and aviator in the U.S. Air Force.

City: Greenville
Term ends: October 31, 2026
Specialty: Trauma/Critical Care Surgery
Certification: American Board of Surgery
Professional Background:
Dr. Newell is a trauma and critical care surgeon who serves as an Associate Medical Director and Attending Surgeon at both ECU Health and Vidant Medical Center. He is also a Professor of Surgery at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University and has published numerous articles, textbook chapters, abstracts, research projects and presentations in his field of expertise. Dr. Newell currently serves as Vice Chair of Diversity at the Brody School of Medicine. Dr. Newell earned his medical degree at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and completed postgraduate training in General Surgery at Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center at New York Medical College in the Bronx, where he was Chief Resident. He also completed a fellowship in Surgical Critical Care at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, also at New York Medical College. Dr. Newell later earned a Master of Medical Management degree at Carnegie Mellon University.

City: Cary
Term ends: October 31, 2024
Certification: National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants
Professional Background:
Mr. Pineiro is the co-owner of FamHealth Primary Care in Raleigh, where he practices full scope primary care, including chronic disease management. A graduate of the Duke University PA program, Mr Pineiro’s clinical experience includes behavioral health and emergency medicine as well as preventive medicine. In addition, Mr. Pineiro is an Assistant Professor of Physician Assistant Studies with Campbell University PA program, where he teaches during the didactic year of the curriculum. He holds a Master of Health Professions Education from Campbell University.

City: Bladenboro
Term ends: October 31, 2025
Specialty: Family Medicine
Certification: American Board of Family Medicine
Professional Background:
Dr. Rich is a family physician practicing with Bladen Medical Associates in Elizabethtown. He earned his medical degree from the Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University and completed a family medicine residency at East Carolina University/Pitt County Memorial Hospital. Dr. Rich is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine. He is the American Academy of Family Physicians representative to the National Academy of Medicine – Opioid Collaborative (Prescribing Guidelines Working Group) and a member of the NC Prescription Drug Abuse Advisory Committee.

City: Raleigh
Term ends: October 31, 2024
Professional Background:
Mr. Sousa, an attorney with deep experience in health care, consults with several large medical practices on a myriad of regulatory and compliance issues. For more than 26 years, Mr. Sousa worked in executive leadership roles with the insurance carrier Curi, most recently as its Chief Legal Officer. Prior to that, he practiced law in private practice in Raleigh for fifteen years. Mr. Sousa holds a JD degree from Wake Forest University, and his M.B.A. and B.A. from the University of Kentucky.