Deborah Malka MD, PhD

Board of Directors

Integrative holistic physician, cannabis medicine educator, and author.

About

Deborah Malka, MD, PhD, is a holistic physician with certification in Integrative Holistic Medicine. She is both a clinician and an educator in medical cannabis. She has previously served as the medical director for a group of 30 clinics providing medical marijuana evaluations in California, training 50 physicians and serving over 300,000 patients. She is committed to educating the public and professionals about medicinal cannabis, teaching at conferences nationally and internationally. She developed and served as faculty director for the first online CME-accredited curriculum in Clinical Cannabinoid Medicine, sponsored by the Society of Cannabis Clinicians. Her definitive textbook for professionals was published in 2022, Medicinal Cannabis: Pearls for Clinical Practice, published by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis. She is now semi-retired in New Mexico, where she teaches 4th-year medical students about cannabis as a medicine and does private cannabis health consulting.

Holistic Physician with Medical Cannabis Specialization

Board-certified in Integrative Holistic Medicine with a PhD in Human Genetics from Columbia University.

Cannabis Medicine Educator

 Developed and directed the first online CME-accredited curriculum in Clinical Cannabinoid Medicine.

Author & Advocate

 Published Medicinal Cannabis: Pearls for Clinical Practice and educates medical professionals internationally.

Scheril Murray Powell, Esq
Dr. Bridget Cole Williams, M.D.

Dr. Bridget Cole Williams, M.D.

Family physician, cannabis educator, author, and wellness entrepreneur.About Dr. Bridget Cole Williams, M.D., is a board-certified family physician, author, medical cannabis specialist, and entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in patient-centered care. She...

Mary Lynn Mathre, President

Mary Lynn Mathre, President

Producing accredited educational seminars for health care professionals since 1995.About Mary Lynn (ML) Mathre is the President and Co-founder of Patients Out of Time and Past President and Founding Member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association (ACNA). Mary Lynn...

Melanie Dreher, RN, PhD, FAAN

Melanie Dreher, RN, PhD, FAAN

Distinguished research examining the health and development of women and children in Jamaica About Dr. Dreher is Dean Emeritus of the College of Nursing of Rush University in Chicago, Illinois. From 1997 until 2006 she served as Dean of the University of Iowa College...

Michael Jay Green, Treasurer

Michael Jay Green, Treasurer

Navy veteran, bookseller, attorney and all around eclectic cannabis renaissance man About Michael Jay Green serves of the Board of Patients Out of Time as its treasurer and on the membership, events & legal committees. He is also active as a member of the Board of...

Scheril Murray Powell, Esq

Scheril Murray Powell, Esq

Education, Criminal Justice & Activist.About Scheril Murray Powell, Esq., is a multifaceted legal professional renowned for her expertise in agricultural, cannabis, dietary supplement, regulatory, and trade law. Currently practicing at Doumar, Allsworth, Laystrom,...

Irvin Rosenfeld

Irvin Rosenfeld

The second patient of the Compassionate Invesitgational New Drug program.About The longest surviving of the final four Federal Medical Cannabis patients in the United States. The Federal Government has been supplying me 10 Medical Cannabis cigarettes per day for over...

Brandon Wyatt, Esq

Brandon Wyatt, Esq

Decorated army combat solider, disabled veteran, activist and attorney.About Attorney Brandon L. Wyatt Esq., a decorated army combat solider and disabled veteran, is admitted to practice law in the state of Maryland. He received his Juris Doctorate from Howard...

Denis Petro M.D.

Denis Petro M.D.

Education and activism since 1997 About Denis Petro, MD is a Founding Director of Patients Out of Time. Dr. Petro is a neurologist and has researched cannabis use for Multiple Sclerosis patients and has served as an expert witness for many cases concerning medical...

IN MEMORIAM

George McMahon, Founding Director
Larry Hirsch, JD (Advisor)
Joanna McKee (Advisor)
Robert Randall (Advisor)
Tom Saint, (Advisor)
Barbara Douglass (Board member)
Mae Nutt (Board member)
Kevin Zeese, Esq.

BOARD OF ADVISORS

Dr. Dustin Sulak  |  Sunil Kumar Aggarwal, MD, PhD  |  David Bearman, MD  |  Richard Bonnie, JD  |  Sandee Burbank  |  Ervin Dargan  |  Patrick Fourmy  |  Greta Gaines  |  Mara Gordon  |  Michael Krawitz  |  Bryan Krumm, RN  |  Laura Lagano, MS, RDN, CDN  |  Jim Miller  |  Mark Miller  |  Carl Olsen  |  Mark Pedersen  |  Angel Raich  |  Alice O’Leary Randall, LPN  |  John Rowlingson, MD  |  Ethan Russo, MD  |  Gary Storck  |  Mark Ware, MD, MSc, MRCP  |  Lennice Werth |  Don Wirtshafter, Esq.  |  Ken Wolski, RN, MPA

EmEritus

Al Byrne  |  Michael Aldrich, PhD. |  Elvy Musikka, IND Patient | Irvin Rosenfield, IND Patient | Denis Petro, MD, Founding Director | Melanie Dreher, RN, PhD, FAAN, Founding Director