Dr. Barbe, a board-certified family physician from Missouri, was elected to the AMA Board of Trustees on June 16,
during he Annual Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates in Chicago.
“I am honored to be elected to the AMA Board of Trustees,” said Dr. Barbe. “I look forward to representing physicians
as the AMA and the nation focus on health-care reform.”
Dr. Barbe’s multifaceted career spans nearly three decades of service, including many top leadership positions in his
local, state and family practice specialty organizations. He has served on the AMA’s Council of Medical Service for two
terms, acting this year as its chair. Dr. Barbe has also chaired the Council’s subcommittee on medical payment and
financing. He has served on the AMA’s Physicians Data Release Task Force and as the AMA designee to URAC, an
accreditation body.
Dr. Barbe has practiced family medicine in his hometown of Mountain Grove, Missouri for 25 years, delivering
comprehensive medical care including pediatrics, obstetrics and adult medicine. He also oversees all clinic operations
of St. John’s Clinic, Regional Division, in southwest Missouri and northwest Arkansas.
Dr. Barbe received his medical degree and Master of Health Administration from the University of Missouri and
completed his residency in family practice in Wichita, Kansas. Dr. Barbe and his wife, Debbie, currently live in
Mountain Grove, Missouri.
Dr. Barbe’s term on the Board lasts four years.
“I am pleased to see a mix of both fresh and familiar faces on the Board of Trustees,” said Rebecca J. Patchin, M.D.,
an anthesthesiogist and pain management specialist from Loma Linda, Calif., whose one-year term as AMA board chair began
today. “We will use innovative ideas as well as proven methods to continue to serve America’s physicians and patients
this year as we work to reform the health system for patients and physicians.”
J. James Rohack, M.D., a cardiologist from Bryan, Texas, is the Association’s 164th president, while Cecil B. Wilson,
M.D., an internal medicine physician from Winter Park, Fla., assumes the position of president-elect.
Including Dr. Barbe, those newly elected to the 2009-2010 Board of Trustees follow:
Raj Ambay, M.D., D.D.S., resident/fellow member
David O. Barbe, M.D., member
Justin B. Mahida, medical student member
Those re-elected to the 2009-2010 Board of Trustees follow:
Andrew W. Gurman, M.D., vice speaker
Ardis D. Hoven, M.D., chair-elect
Jeremy A. Lazarus, M.D., speaker
Robert M. Wah, M.D., member
Those continuing to serve on the 2009-2010 Board of Trustees follow:
Joseph P. Annis, M.D., member
Peter W. Carmel, M.D., member
William A. Dolan, M.D., member
William A. Hazel, Jr., M.D., member
Cyril M. Hetsko, M.D., member
Joseph M. Heyman, M.D., member
Christopher K. Kay, public member
Edward L. Langston, M.D., member
Mary Anne McCaffree, M.D., member
Nancy H. Nielsen, M.D., PhD, immediate past president
Rebecca J. Patchin, M.D., chair
J. James Rohack, M.D., president
Steven J. Stack, M.D., member
Cecil B. Wilson, M.D., president-elect
The election of board members is by secret ballot and under the supervision of the Committee on Rules and Credentials
and the chief teller, appointed by the speaker and vice speaker. The mission of the AMA Board of Trustees is to ensure
the AMA remains focused on promoting the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.
Contact Information
David O. Barbe, MD, MHA, FAAFP
St. John’s Clinic – Mountain Grove w 120 West 16th Street w Mountain Grove, MO 65711
Office Phone: 417.926.6111 w
E-mail: dbarbe_md@yahoo.com
ORGANIZED MEDICINE RESPONSIBILITIES
American Medical Association
AMA Council on Medical Service, Chair 2008-2009; AMA Designee to URAC Board 2004-present; URAC Board Executive Committee 2008;
Member, AMA Physician Data Release Task Force 2008;
Missouri Representative to the AMA Committee on Org of Orgs;
Member, AMA House Select Committee to Investigate
Anderson Allegations AMA Reference Committee D;AMA Convention Committee on Rules and Credentials
Past Chair, Missouri Delegation to the AMA;AMA Delegate & Alternate Delegate since 1996
Missouri State Medical Association
President, 2005-2006;
Chair, Council (Board), 2003-2004;
Vice-President, 1999;
Chair, Missouri Medical PAC Committee, 1999-2005; MSMA Councilor (Board Member), 1987-2005;
Member and Past President, Board of Directors, Missouri State Medical Association Insurance Agency;
Member of Legislative & Budget and Finance Committees;
Eighteen years as an Administrative Board Member on Primaris (Missouri QIO);
Nine years, Committee to Preserve Health Care, a committee
empowered to negotiate health issues with trial attorneys
Missouri and American Academies of Family Physicians
Top Ten Finalist for American Family Physician
of the Year, 1995; Missouri Family Physician of the Year, 1993;
Member, Legislative Supercommittee, MAFP;
Member, Membership Committee MAFP;25-year member AAFP and MAFP
Local Medical Society
Seventeen years as President, South Central Counties
Medical Society, five-county local medical society
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Administrative
PRESIDENT, Regional Division, St. John’s Clinic, Inc., St. John’s Clinic
consists of 470 physicians in 60 clinic locations
in southwest Missouri and northwest Arkansas. St. John’s Clinic is a subsidiary of St. John’s Health System of
Springfield, Mo.
November 1999 – present; MEMBER, Medical Executive Committee, St. John’s Hosptial- Springfield, Mo. (800 bed, Level 1 trauma); MEMBER, St. John’s Health Plans Board; MEMBER,
Executive Committee, St. John's Health System; MEMBER, Board of Directors, St John’s Hospital-Springfield
and four regional/rural St. John’s Hospitals; MEDICAL DIRECTOR, Department of Obstetrics, Texas County
Memorial Hospital various years, 1983 - 2007; CHAIR, Quality Assurance Committee, Texas County Memorial
Hospital, Houston, Mo. PAST CHIEF OF MEDICAL STAFF for both the Texas County Memorial Hospital and
Mercy Hospital, Mansfield, Mo.
Clinical Family Practice
In addition to his administrative responsibilities with St. John’s Clinic, Dr. Barbe continues an
active medical practice covering
three clinic sites in rural southwest Missouri. This year he observed his 25th year in the practice he established
Mountain Grove. He is in a group of three physicians and two mid-level practitioners, delivering comprehensive medical
care including pediatrics, obstetrics, and adult medicine to southwest Missouri residents.
Dr. Barbe, a board-certified family physician from Missouri, was elected to the AMA Board of Trustees on June 16,
during he Annual Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates in Chicago.
