Board Members - WV Board of Medicine (2023)

Ashish P. Sheth, MD - President

dr Sheth graduated from the Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Memorial Medical College in Amravati, India. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Jersey Shore Medical Center.

dr Sheth is affiliated with Thomas Memorial Hospital, where he has served on the hospital's peer review committee since 2005. He also served as Chair of the Department of Medicine and Family Medicine in 2005.

dr Sheth lives in Cross Lanes with his wife Falguni, who is a respiratory therapist and assists in his medical practice, WV Primary Care. Together they have a son and a daughter.

Former board mandates Current committee appointments

March 2016Board of Directors/Management, Silla
Legislative Committee
Personnel Committee, President

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Jonathan P. Lilly, MD – Vice President

Dr. Lilly earned his BS in Chemistry from Marshall University in 1985 and his MD from the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at MU in 1989. He also completed his family medicine residency at Marshall, where he served as chief resident in his third year.

dr Lilly is a board-certified family medicine practitioner and 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 retains active privileges at Thomas Memorial Hospital where he served on various committees.

In addition, Dr. Lilly has served as Medical Director at several care facilities in the Charleston area and became Advisory Corporate Medical Director for American Medical Facilities Management, Inc. (AMFM) in October 2016. He was recently elected Medical Director of the Aledade West Virginia Accountable Care Organization (ACO), a nationwide organization of independent primary care physicians committed to a values-based model of care.

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

Former board mandatesCurrent committee appointments
Complaints Committee
Board of Directors/Management
Legislative Committee
Personal Committee

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Kaserne-Ayne Amjad, MD, MPH - Secretary

dr Amjad has been appointed State Health Officer and Commissioner of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of Public Health. In this capacity, she is ex officio secretary to the Executive Board. She lives in Beckley and has been a doctor in private practice since 2010, specializing in internal medicine and prevention. She is also Associate Program Director for Encompass Health in Princeton and Medical Director for PCH Home Care in Beckley.

dr Amjad has a BS in Biochemistry from Virginia Tech, an MPH from West Virginia University and her MD from Marshall University. He also studied internal medicine at Allegheny General Hospital.

Previously, she was project coordinator for the Beryllium Research Team, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and Fellow at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She is the founder of Bee-Better, a non-profit organization to combat opioid addiction, and is a member of the Beckley Human Rights Commission.

Former board mandates Current committee appointments

Board of Directors/Management
Legislative Committee
Personal Committee

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dr Challa and his wife Jalasree have a son and a daughter.

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September 2013Board of Directors/Management
Legislative Committee
Personal Committee

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Pfr. Janet M. Harman

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

For the West Virginia United Methodist Church, Rev. Harman leads the Conflict Transformation Teams and has served as the Chair of the Board of Ordinated Ministry. She is a WV Licensed Professional Counselor and Social Worker.

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License Committee
Committee of Resident Doctors

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Radhakrishna U. Kukkillaya, MD

dr Kukkillaya is currently in private practice with the Sathish and Radha Internal Medicine Group in Logan and an attending physician at the Logan Regional Medical Center. As a specialist in internal medicine, he serves as Director/Chair of the LRMC's Quality Resource Utilization and Management Committee. He chairs the medical center's mortality committee. He serves as the Medical Advisor to the LRMC on case management/utilization/quality issues and is a member of the hospital's Medical Executive Committee.

Previously, he was Chair of the LRMC Medical Staff, Chair of the Medical Executive Committee, Member of the Hospital Board of Directors, and Chair of the Credentials Committee and Medical Department.

Known as "Dr. Radha,” earned his BS and BS degrees from Kasturba Medical College in India and his MD in Internal Medicine from United Medical Center in Newark, NJ. He was the senior resident of the Internal Medicine Residency program at United Healthcare System in Newark, where he was selected by the program as their 1994 Best Intern. He and his wife Sandhya have one daughter and two sons.

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License Committee
Committee of Resident Doctors

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Angela A. Mayfield

Ms. Mayfield is an Associate Broker at Real Estate Central, 2019 Chair of the Kanawha Valley REALTORS® Board, Director of the WV Association of REALTORS® Board of Directors, Secretary of the WV Futbul Club and a member of the Board of Directors of Thomas Healthcare Systems.

Her work and volunteer experience includes experience with the American Heart Association and the Center for Economic Development. He is a past member of the WV Symphony League, Friends of Culture and History, Childhood Immunization Advisory Board and Minority Health Forum.

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

Former board mandatesCurrent committee appointments

Complaints Committee
Board of Directors/Management

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Dr. David A. Mullins

dr Mullins graduated from West Virginia University Medical School. He completed his surgical residency at the WVU-Charleston Division and has since practiced successfully as a general surgeon in the Princeton area.

Former board mandates Current committee appointments

September 2016Complaints Committee

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Kiran R. Patel, MD, FACOG

dr Patel is a gynecologist who has been in practice for over 20 years. Born in Birmingham, England, he is a member of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and is a member of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Society of Laparoendoscopic and Robotic Surgeons, the American Association of Certified Gynecological Laparoscopists and the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine.

He is Clinical Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg, Clinical Professor in the Physician Assistant Program at Alderson Broaddus University in Philippi, and Clinical Instructor in the PA program at the University of Charleston.

dr Patel received his medical degree from Kasturba Medical College in Manipal, India before completing an internship at Kasturba General Hospital, a residency in family medicine at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Yonkers, NY and a residency at Ob-Gyn at the university of the Wisconsin Sinai-Samaritan Medical Center. He still has an active medical license in Wisconsin. He and his wife, Leela K. Patel, MD, own and operate Patel & Patel, MD, Inc. of South Charleston. You have two children.

Former board mandates Current committee appointments

Licensing Committee, Chairman
Committee of Resident Doctors

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Dr. Mustafa Rahim

dr Rahim graduated from Dow Medical College, University of Karachi, Pakistan and completed his postgraduate education at Christ Hospital Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL.

dr Rahim is a Board Member in Internal Medicine and Board Member in Clinical Hypertension for the American Hypertension Society. dr Rahim is Associate Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine at West Virginia University School of Medicine, Adjunct Faculty at Lincoln Memorial University School of Medicine - DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, and Professor of Medicine at the School of Avalon University Medicine. dr Rahim is President of Mustafa Rahim, MD, Inc. in Beckley. He is Medical Director of Pine Lodge Care and Rehabilitation Center in Beckley, Pineville Manor in Pineville, Raleigh Center in Daniels, Mullens Manor in Mullens, Glen Rogers Manor in Glen Rogers and ResCare.

Previously he was Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at West Virginia University School of Medicine, Clinical Instructor of Medicine at West Virginia University School of Medicine, Chief of Staff at Beckley ARH, Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Hospital General of Raleigh and has served also the medical director of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation at the Southern West Virginia Clinic.

Former board mandates Current committee appointments

October 2014 Legislative Committee, Chair

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Victoria L. Takubo, PA-C

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. He is a 2010 graduate of Alderson Broaddus College.

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Residents' Committee, Chairman
Legislative Committee
License 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, first aid surgery and primary care, medical critical care, emergency medicine, pulmonary care, gastroenterology and family medicine. He received his Bachelor of Science from Mountain State University at Beckley in 2002, an M.A. in Advanced Medical Assisting by A.T. 2015 still in Kirksville, MO and 2019 Doctor of Medical Sciences from Lynchburg College in Lynchburg, VA.

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License Committee
Committee of Resident Doctors

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Russell O. Wooton, Esq.

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

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License Committee
Committee of Resident Doctors

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