REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
A-05
Subject:
Nominations for Council on Constitution and Bylaws
Presented by:
J. James Rohack, MD, Chair
The Board of Trustees presents the following nominations (in alphabetical order) for two vacancies on the
Council on Constitution and Bylaws for a term to end in 2009:
Dennis M. Brown - born 1942. MD Degree: Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara; 1969. Specialty:
Family Practice. American Board of Family Practice. American Board of Quality Assurance and
Utilization Review Physicians. AMA Delegate, Illinois. Member: Illinois State Medical Society; Chicago
Medical Society, Former President; American Academy of Family Physicians, Fellow.
Michael M. Deren – born 1944. MD Degree: Georgetown University School of Medicine; 1970. Specialty:
Thoracic Surgery. American Board of Surgery. AMA Delegate, Connecticut. AMA OMSS Governing
Council. Member: Connecticut State Medical Society; New London County Medical Society; American
College of Surgeons, Fellow; American College of Chest Physicians, Fellow; International College of
Surgeons, Fellow.
Michael E. Greene – born 1957. MD Degree: Mercer University School of Medicine; 1990. Specialty:
Family Practice. American Board of Family Practice. AMA Alternate Delegate, Georgia. Member:
Medical Association of Georgia, Former President; Bibb County Medical Society, Former President;
Georgia Academy of Family Physicians; American Academy of Family Physicians, Fellow; Southern
Medical Association; National Headache Foundation.
Walter J. Kahn - born 1934. MD Degree: University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine; 1959.
Specialty: Ophthalmology. American Board of Ophthalmology. National Board of Medical Examiners.
Clinical Instructor in Ophthalmology MCP, Hahnemann Medical School. AMA Delegate, New Jersey;
AMA Council on Constitution and Bylaws. Member: Medical Society of New Jersey, Former President;
American Academy of Ophthalmology, Fellow; American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery;
American College of Surgeons, Fellow.
Marilyn K. Laughead - born 1945. MD Degree: University of Arizona College of Medicine; 1971.
Specialty: Obstetrics and Gynecology. American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. AMA Alternate
Delegate, American Institute of Ultrasound Medicine. Member: Arizona Medical Association, Former
President; American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Fellow; American Institute of Ultrasound
Medicine, Fellow; National Association of Parliamentarians.
Larry E. Reaves – born 1952. MD Degree: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas,
1978. Specialty: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. American Board of Plastic Surgery. American Board
of Surgery. AMA Alternate Delegate, Texas. Member: Texas Medical Association; American College of
Surgeons; American Society of Plastic Surgeons; American Association for Hand Surgery; American
Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery; Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
A-05
Subject:
Nominations for Council on Medical Education
Presented by:
J. James Rohack, MD, Chair
The Board of Trustees presents the following nominations (in alphabetical order) for five vacancies on the
Council on Medical Education for a term to end in 2009, and one Resident vacancy for a term to end in 2008:
Baretta R. Casey – born 1953. MD Degree: University of Kentucky College of Medicine; 1991. Specialty:
Family Medicine. American Board of Family Medicine. Professor, University of Kentucky College of
Medicine. AMA Delegate, Kentucky. Member: Kentucky Medical Association; Pike County Medical
Society, Former President; Kentucky Association of Family Physicians; American Academy of Family
Physicians.
Mahendr S. Kochar – born 1943. MD Degree: All India Institute of Medical Sciences; 1966. Specialty:
Internal Medicine. American Board of Internal Medicine. American Board of Family Practice. American
Board of Medical Management. American Board of Clinical Pharmacology. Senior Associate Dean for
Graduate Medical Education and Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical
College of Wisconsin. AMA Alternate Delegate, Wisconsin. Member: Wisconsin Medical Society;
American College of Physicians, Fellow; Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Fellow;
American College of Clinical Pharmacology, Fellow; American Academy of Family Physicians, Fellow;
American Society of Hypertension Specialist Program Certificate.
Dale C. Moquist – born 1947. MD Degree: University of Texas Southwestern at Dallas; 1973. Specialty:
Family Medicine. American Board of Family Practice. AMA Delegate, American Academy of Family
Physicians. Member: Texas Medical Association; Harris County Medical Society; American Geriatrics
Society; Society of Teachers of Family Medicine; American Medical Directors Association.
Richard B. Reiling – born 1941. MD Degree: Harvard Medical School; 1967. Specialty: General Surgery.
American Board of Surgery. Clinical Professor of Surgery, Wright State University School of Medicine.
AMA Delegate, American College of Surgeons. AMA Representative to the Commission on Cancer.
Member: North Carolina State Medical Association; Mecklenburg County Medical Society; Montgomery
County Medical Society; American College of Physician Executives; American Society of Clinical
Oncologists; American Society of Plastic Surgeons; Breast Surgery International; International Society of
Endocrine Surgeons; Soceite Internationale de Chirguire; Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract; and
Society of Surgical Oncology.
Carl A. Sirio – born 1958. MD Degree: UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; 1984. Specialty:
Internal Medicine. American Board of Internal Medicine. National Board of Medical Examiners.
Associate Professor of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. AMA
Alternate Delegate, Pennsylvania. AMA Council on Medical Education. Consortium for Physician
Performance Improvement. Liaison Committee on Medical Education. Member: Pennsylvania Medical
Society; Allegheny County Medical Society, Former President; American College of Physicians; Society of
Critical Care Medicine; American College of Chest Physicians.
Melissa K. Thomas – born 1962. MD Degree: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; 1991. Specialty:
Internal Medicine. American Board of Internal Medicine. National Board of Medical Examiners. Assistant
Professor of Medicine, Harvard University. AMA Alternate Delegate, Massachusetts. AMA Council on
Medical Education. Member: Massachusetts Medical Society; American College of Physicians; The
Endocrine Society.
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RESIDENT/FELLOW
William J. Walsh – born 1969. MD Degree: Indiana University School of Medicine; 2004. Specialty:
Internal Medicine. AMA Council on Medical Education Student Member 2002-2004. Member: Utah State
Medical Association; American College of Physicians.
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Council on Medical Education Member Status
2005-2006
Richard Allen, MD
AMA Representative, American Board of Medical Specialties
AMA Delegate, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Adjunct Professor of Obstetrics-Gynecology, and Assistant Dean, Graduate Medical
Education, Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine
Member, Liaison Committee on Medical Education
Past Chair, Council on Medical Education
Past President, Colorado Medical Society
Past President, Oregon Medical Association
Past Chair, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
Specialty: Obstetrics-Gynecology
60% of time spent in teaching, 40% administration.
Susan Rudd Bailey, MD
AMA Delegate, Texas
Diplomate, American Board of Allergy and Immunology
Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics
Member, Texas Medical Association
Distinguished Fellow, American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics
Fellow, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
Specialty: Allergy
85% patient care, 10% administration, 5% education.
Karen Hsu Blatman
Council on Medical Education Student Member
James L. Borland, Jr., MD
Past Chair, Council on Medical Education
Treasurer Emeritus, American College of Physicians
Past Chair, Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
AMA Delegate and Co-Chair of Delegation: American College of Physicians
AMA Representative, National Board of Medical Examiners
Specialty: Internal Medicine
80% of time spent in administration, 20% patient care.
Emmanuel G. Cassimatis, MD
Immediate Past Chair, Council on Medical Education
Chair and Executive Committee Member, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
Past Chair, AMA Section Council on Federal and Military Medicine
AMA Delegate, Association of Military Surgeons of the United States
Past Chair, AMA Specialty and Service Society
Specialty: Psychiatry
65% of time spent in administration, 25% teaching, 10% patient care.
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Kelly Caverzagie, MD
Council Resident Physician Member
Chief Resident, 2004-2005, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Resident Member, Board of Directors, Nebraska Medical Association
State Delegate, AMA Resident and Fellow Section
2000 Recipient of the AMA Foundation Leadership Award
Past President, University of Nebraska College of Medicine AMA Medical Student Section
Claudette E. Dalton, MD
Director, Seventh District for The Medical Society of Virginia
AMA Alternate Delegate, Virginia
Assistant Dean for Community Based Medical Education, UVA School of Medicine
Assistant Professor for Medical Education and Anesthesiology
Director, Office for Community Based Medical Education
Co-Chair, University of Virginia Health System Strategic Planning Committee on Community Service
Member, Steering Committee for the University of Virginia School of Medicine
Medical Director of the Pre-Operative Evaluation Clinic
Specialty: Anesthesiology
30% of time spent in patient care, 40% teaching and 30% administration.
Sandra F. Olson, MD
Chair, Council on Medical Education
Past President, American Academy of Neurology
Past President, Illinois State Medical Society
AMA Delegate, Illinois
Director, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
Specialty: Neurology
60% of time spent in administration, 40% patient care.
Richard J. D. Pan, MD, MPH
AMA Delegate, American Academy of Pediatrics
Immediate-President, Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society
Vice-Chair, California Medical Association Council on Legislation
Executive Committee, California Medical Association Council on Scientific Affairs
Director, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
Past Chair, California Medical Association Young Physicians Section
Past Chair, American Academy of Pediatrics Resident Physicians Section
Past Chair, Massachusetts Medical Society Resident Physicians Section
Specialty: Pediatrics
10% of time spent in administration, 40% patient care, 30% education, 20% research.
Carl A. Sirio, MD
Chair-Elect, Council on Medical Education
Member, Liaison Committee on Medical Education
Member, Internal Medicine Residency Review Committee
AMA Alternate Delegate, Pennsylvania
Specialty: Internal Medicine/Critical Care
50% of time spent in research and administration, 25% patient care, 25% teaching.
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Melissa K. Thomas, MD, PhD
Member, Executive Committee, Council on Medical Education
Director, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
President, National Resident Matching Program
Clinical Affairs Committee, The Endocrine Society
Board of Directors, Vanderbilt Medical Alumni Association
AMA Alternate Delegate, Massachusetts
Specialty: Endocrinology
90% of time spent in research, 10% patient care.
H. David Wilson, MD
Past Chair, AMA Section on Medical Schools
Specialty: Pediatrics/Infectious Diseases
90% of time spent in administration, 7% teaching, and 3% patient care.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
A-05
Subject:
Nominations for Council on Medical Service
Presented by:
J. James Rohack, MD, Chair
The Board of Trustees presents the following nominations (in alphabetical order) for two vacancies on the
Council on Medical Service for terms to end in 2009:
Ronald P. Bangasser – born 1950. MD Degree: Finch University of Health Science/Chicago Medical
School, 1975. Specialty: Family Practice. American Board of Family Practice. National Board of
Medical Examiners. Associate Professor, Loma Linda University Medical College. AMA Delegate,
California. AMA Council on Medical Service. AMA Physician Consortium for Performance
Improvement. AMA Foundation Board of Directors. Member: California Medical Association, Former
President; San Bernardino County Medical Society, Former President; American Academy of Family
Physicians, Fellow; American College of Hyperbaric Medicine; American College of Physician
Executives; California Academy of Family Physicians; Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society.
William A. Dolan – born 1940. MD Degree: Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine, Halifax, Nova
Scotia, 1966. Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery. American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. National Board
of Medical Examiners. Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Rochester Medical
Center. AMA Delegate, New York. AMA Council on Medical Service. Member: Medical Society of the
State of New York, Former President; Monroe County Medical Society, Former President; American
Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons; American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine; North American
Arthroscopy Society; International Society of Arthroscopic and Knee Orthopaedic Surgeons.
Stephen A. Imbeau - born 1947. MD Degree: University of California, San Francisco School of
Medicine; 1973. Specialty: Allergy. American Board of Allergy and Immunology. American Board of
Internal Medicine. National Board of Medical Examiners. Assistant Clinical Professor, Medical
University of South Carolina, Charleston. AMA Delegate, South Carolina. Member: South Carolina
Medical Association; Florence County Medical Society; American College of Physicians, Fellow;
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, Fellow; American College of Allergy, Asthma
and Immunology, Fellow; Southeastern Allergy Society.
Bryan P. Pechous – born 1956. MD Degree: Rush University; 1983. Specialty: Ophthalmology.
American Board of Ophthalmology. AMA Delegate, Iowa. Member: Iowa Medical Society; Dubuque
County Medical Society, Former President; Iowa Academy of Ophthalmology, President; American
Academy of Ophthalmology.
Thomas E. Sullivan - born 1943. MD Degree: Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University,
1969. Specialty: Cardiovascular Diseases/Internal Medicine. American Board of Internal Medicine.
American Board of Cardiovascular Diseases. AMA Alternate Delegate, Massachusetts. AMA Physician
Consortium for Performance Improvement. Member: Massachusetts Medical Society, President; Essex
South District Medical Society, Former President; American College of Physicians.
Donna E. Sweet – born 1948. MD Degree: University of Kansas School of Medicine; 1982. Specialty:
Internal Medicine. American Board of Internal Medicine. Professor of Internal Medicine, University of
Kansas School of Medicine. Member: Kansas Medical Society; Medical Society of Sedgwick County;
American College of Surgeons, Fellow.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
A-05
Subject:
Nominations for Council on Scientific Affairs
Presented by:
J. James Rohack, MD, Chair
The Board of Trustees presents the following nominations (in alphabetical order) for three vacancies on the
Council on Scientific Affairs for terms to end in 2009:
Mary Anne McCaffree – born 1945. MD Degree: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine; 1971.
Specialty: Pediatrics. American Board of Pediatrics. Professor, Department of Pediatrics University of
Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. AMA Delegate, Oklahoma. AMA Council on Scientific Affairs.
AMA Women’s Physician Congress. Member: Oklahoma State Medical Association; Oklahoma Medical
Women’s Association; Oklahoma City Clinical Society; American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow;
American College of Chest Physicians, Fellow; American College of Nutrition, Fellow; Central Oklahoma
Pediatric Society; American Thoracic Society; American Lung Association of Oklahoma; Southern
Society for Pediatric Research; American Federation for Clinical Research; and American Association of
Sleep Disorders.
Carolyn B. Robinowitz - born 1938. MD Degree: Washington University School of Medicine; 1964.
Specialty: Psychiatry. American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. National Board of Medical
Examiners. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Georgetown University School of Medicine. AMA Delegate,
American Psychiatric Association. AMA Council on Scientific Affairs. AMA Commission to End Health
Care Disparities. Member: Medical Society of the District of Columbia; American Psychiatric
Association, Fellow; American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; American Association for
Social Psychiatry; American Orthopsychiatric Association, Fellow; American College of Psychiatrists,
Fellow; Association for Academic Psychiatry; Association of American Medical Colleges; National
Alliance for Research in Schizophrenia and Depression.
Gary L. Woods - born 1942. MD Degree: University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry; 1972.
Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery. American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. National Board of Medical
Examiners. AMA Alternate Delegate, New Hampshire. AMA Council on Scientific Affairs. Member:
New Hampshire Medical Society; Merrimack County Medical Society; American Academy of
Orthopaedic Surgeons; American Association for the Advancement of Science; New Hampshire
Orthopaedic Society; American Society for Surgery of the Hand.