William A. Johnson, M.D.
Founder & Chairman of the Board

Dr. Johnson was engaged in the practice of general surgery for more than 40 years in California. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is a graduate of the Northwestern University Medical School and completed his internship and surgical residency at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.

He has served his country both as a member of the United States Navy in WWII and Army as MASH surgeon in Korea. He has also served as the National President of the Christian Medical Society. In addition to his surgical practice, he has participated in multiple short-term medical missions -- including missions to Bolivia, Ecuador, Thailand, Zimbabwe, and the Comoro Islands off the Coast of Africa.

Rudolph Oehm, M.D.
President

Dr. Oehm is a graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Cardiovascular Medicine and is a Fellow at the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Oehm has been a Staff MD for several years for Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Oakland. He was the prior President of Contra Costa Country Chapter of the American Heart Association. In addition, Dr. Oehm was the prior President of Staff of Kaiser Hospital in Oakland, CA. He has served as an international cardiology lecturer and on short term overseas medical missions.

John W. Gillan, D.D.S., M.S.
Vice President

Dr. Gillan is a graduate of Loyola University School of Dentistry.  He holds a specialty certificate and masters degree in Endodontics.  He is currently in private practice limited to endodontics in Mesa, Arizona.  Dr. Gillan is a past president of the Arizona Endodontic Association.  John has served on medical/dental missions to Romania, Kosova, Cameroon, Africa, as well as many to Albania.

David L. Krueger
Treasurer

Mr. Krueger is President of KDL Corporation, a management consulting firm. He has also served as President and Chief Operating Officer of two other companies, a steel recycling company and an information technology/market research services company. In addition, he previously held executive positions with the IBM Corporation during his 33 year tenure at that company. He has made two trips to Albania with medical doctors of the Albanian Health Fund. He is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and has an MBA degree in Finance from the Stern School of Business at New York University.

Paul C. Smith , M.D.,FRCS

Dr. Smith was engaged in the practice of general surgery for over 37 years, the last 26 years serving in the Oakland/Berkeley area of Northern California. He was the Director of the UCSF East Bay Surgical Residency Program at Kaiser Hospital in Oakland, California. His work was recognized by his students and his colleagues when he was awarded the "Teacher of the Year" award in 2001. Dr. Smith received his medical training, both undergraduate and graduate, at Guy's Hospital, London University, U.K. between 1959 and 1974, receiving his FRCS certification in 1970. Additionally, he received a certification in Higher Surgical Training from the Royal College of Surgeons, London, 1974 followed by an appointment as a Fellow in Surgery at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dr. Smith has travelled to Albania over 41 times since 1992 and has completed over a man-year "in- country", teaching and mentoring his Albanian colleagues. Additionally, he has been invited to do many complex and difficult surgical cases by his hosts. In recognition of his years of work, the President of Albania awarded Dr. Smith a certificate of "Special Civil Merit" in May of 2011. In addition to his work in Albania, Dr. Smith has travelled to Nicaragua, Guatemala, Vietnam, and India on Medical Missions.

Phillip G. Svalya, Esq.
Secretary

Mr. Svalya is a trial attorney in active practice in the Santa Clara Valley of California. He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, has served as a Navy SEAL and is a retired Captain from the Navy reserves. He is also a graduate of Santa Clara University Law School. With his wife and two children, he has made a trip to Albania accompanying medical doctors of the Albanian Health Fund.

Roberta J. Johnson, RN

Mrs. Johnson is a graduate of the University of Indiana. She taught at Wheaton Academy. Later, she received an R.N. degree from San Jose City College. Mrs. Johnson has served in multiple overseas missions.

Chris Jenkins, M.D.

Dr. Jenkins is a family medicine physician who graduated from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. He did his residency training at the "In His Image" Family Medicine Residency Program in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  He
currently serves as an Attending Physician at "In His Image." He is in the private practice of medicine in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He serves as Conference Director of Family Medicine Education International, and leads 8-12 teams a
year to various places such as Afghanistan, China, and the Central Asian Republics plus other countries.  He sits on the Christian Medical and Dental Association's Medical Education International Advisory committee. He has also served as a board member of Literacy and Evangelism International for the past nine years. Dr. Jenkins is a member of the missions committee of his church. He has studied theology at Princeton Theological Seminary and holds M.Div. and Th.M degrees from the seminary.

Edward M. Blight, Jr., M.D.

A graduate of The Citadel and the University of California School of Medicine, Dr. Blight spent 21 years in the U.S. Army, during which time he took his specialty training in Urology. He also completed a year of fellowship at M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute. A Diplomate of the American Board of Urology, he has been on the faculties of the schools of medicine at Oral Roberts University and Loma Linda University since retirement from the Army. He has visited Albania with AHF multiple times since 1995.

Edvin Selmani. M.D.

Dr. Selmani graduated from the University of Tirana Albania Medical School on 1998 and finished his residency program in Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery on 2003.  He holds a certificate of Fellowship in Foot and Ankle Surgery in Campbell Clinic Memphis Tennessee on 2005.  He has his Masters Degree in Orthopaedics (Tirana University) and is working on his PHD  He has worked since 2005 as an orthopaedic and trauma surgeon in the University Hospital Center Mother Theresa in Tirana Albania and is also involved with student teaching.  He served as President of Albanian Christian Medical and Dental Association (MDKSH) from 2005-2007. He is married and has two children.