Institutional Review Board (IRB)

Rockingham Memorial Hospital’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) is a multi-disciplinary committee of the hospital, which is designed to assure that appropriate steps are taken to protect the rights, safety, and welfare of human research subjects recruited to participate in research.

The Institutional Review Board is designed to express local community attitudes and ethical standards when reviewing proposed investigations. The RMH IRB has a review process which conforms to the Federal Policy for Protection of Human Subjects, the regulatory codes 45CFR of the HHS and 21CFR 50, 56, 312, 314, of the FDA.

Contact Us

540-689-2368

The offices of the Institutional Review Board are located in the Pharmacy on the second floor of the main hospital.

Chairman

Dr. Stewart Pollock
Harrisonburg Medical Associates
1871 Evelyn Byrd Avenue
Harrisonburg VA 22801

Committee Members

Betsy Early, PharmD,
Pharmacy Director
RMH Healthcare

Laura Adkins, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Clinical Manager
RMH Healthcare

Dr. Ganish Kini
Medical Director
Inpatient Physicians
RMH Healthcare

Dr. John Anderson
Inpatient Physician
RMH Healthcare

Dr. Warren Bannister
Pathologist
RMH Healthcare

Dr. Michael Marsh
Carilion Family Medicine-Dayton

Donna Hahn, RN, CNE
VP Acute Care Services
RMH Healthcare

Janet MacArthur, RN
Director of Oncology &
Hospital Services
RMH Healthcare

Krista Rogers, RN
Progressive Care Unit
RMH Healthcare

Community Members

Dr. Christian Early
Eastern Mennonite University

Elizabeth Maxwell

Ming Ivory
James Madison University

Elbert Detwiler
Retired – Virginia Mennonite Retirement Center