Meet our Board

Ryan Gossage, MD

  • Chairman

  • Ryan@medicinalwhiskeycharity.org

  • goose1441@gmail.com

John Martin, PA-C

  • Vice Chairman

  • Johnmartin@medicinalwhiskeycharity.org

Ryan and John are the founders of Medicinal whiskey Charity. They are avid bourbon enthusiasts and medical professionals. Ryan, is an Interventional Radiologist in the Carolinas and John is an Emergency Medicine PA in Augusta, GA. They are brothers in law and hope to use the passion of whiskey enthusiasts to help fight against childhood illness.


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John McKillop, MD

  • Whiskey Historian and Content Publisher

  • Johnmckillop@medicinalwhiskeycharity.org


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Michael Bedenbaugh, PharmD, MBA

  • Secretary

  • Michael@medicinalwhiskeycharity.org


Jon Bailey, MD

  • Board Advisor

  • Jonbailey@medicinalwhiskeycharity.org


Malay B. Shah, MD, FACS

  • MWC Chief Medical Officer

  • malay.shah@uky.edu


Seth Thompson, Founder and President of The Bourbon Review

  • MWC Event Coordinator and Promotions (Kentucky Chapter)

  • seth@thebourbonreview.com


Robert Pope, DO

  • MWC Director of Operations, Kentucky Chapter

  • majdr9@gmail.com