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MSMA Constitution & Bylaws/Policies In 1850, when the inhabitants of Missouri were fighting scourges of typhoid, malaria, smallpox, and diphtheria, physicians assembled to “devise a plan by which the entire medical profession of the State can be brought together.” Matters of importance that year were the passage of a good medical practice act; the establishment of a uniform system of registering births, marriages, and deaths; the control of dispensing impure drugs and competent inspections of medicines; and a liberal preliminary education for those entering the study of medicine. Since MSMA's creation, the Constitution and Bylaws and Policy Manual have reflected the changes and modernization of Missouri's medicine. |
Meet MSMA's President and Leadership
MSMA 2021-2022 President: George P. Hubbell, MS, MD, FACOG George P. Hubbell, Lake Ozark, Missouri, will serve as President of the Missouri State Medical Association in 2022-23. During his tenure as president, Dr. Hubbell intends to work on electronic medical record ease of use to reduce the burden, risk, and burnout associated with such; to engage more younger and older physicians to our organization, increasing the diversity by age; and to demonstrate the value of being a MSMA member with all the inherent benefits. Dr. Hubbell earned a degree in Biology from Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. Subsequently, he was a research specialist in horticulture working in herbicide and plant physiology, ultimately earning a Master of Science degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He matriculated medical school at the University of Missouri-Columbia, obtaining a medical degree in 1987, then completing residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. He is currently a member of Alpha Omega Alpha. Dr. Hubbell began private practice in the rural community of Osage Beach, Missouri, in 1991, starting Women’s Health Consultants of the Ozarks. There he practiced for nearly three decades with a nurse practitioner. His practice emphasized office procedures and minimally invasive pelvic surgery but included all aspects of women’s health. Formerly, he was associated with Conceptus, Ethicon Women’s Health and Urology, and Hologic in the capacity of preceptor, consultant, and nationwide speaker. Dr. Hubbell participated in two FDA studies for office procedures. Currently, he clinically maintains an active locum tenens coverage. In his community, Dr. Hubbell served as President of the Lake of the Ozarks Medical Society and was chairman of the department of Maternal and Child Health at Lake Regional Hospital, also serving in leadership positions. In 2006, he helped found a Free Community Health Clinic in Camdenton; he currently serves on the board and regularly volunteers his medical services there. Additionally, he has served on six international medical mission teams. In 2006, Dr. Hubbell helped develop a satellite residency program at his local institution, Lake Regional Hospital. Third-year OB/GYN residents rotated through the hospital during their residency training at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Dr. Hubbell was appointed Clinical Assistant Professor to coordinate this site with the department of OB/GYN. In the past two decades, he has served as a preceptor for medical students rotating from the Kansas City University of Medical and Biosciences, the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, and the University of Missouri-Columbia for their rotation in obstetrics and gynecology. Dr. Hubbell has long been active in the Missouri Section of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He served on the Missouri section advisory council and later as chair, presently serving in the capacity of a past chair. Other statewide advocacy duties include serving as Councilor for the Missouri State Medical Association and President for the Board of Governors at the University of Missouri Medical Alumni Association. He has served on the Pregnancy Associate Maternal Mortality Review Committee, affiliated with the Department of Health and Senior Services for the state of Missouri since 2009. In 2015, he began an appointment with the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit as the reproductive health consultant on a team advising a four-state poison control helpline. |  |
MSMA Past Presidents: 1850-Current (click on image)
MSMA 2022-2023 Leadership |
OFFICERS President George Hubbell, MD Lake Ozark Obstetrics & Gynecology President Elect Lancer Gates, DO Kansas City Internal Medicine Secretary Ellen Nichols, MD Joplin Neurological Surgery Treasurer Elie Azrak, MD St. Louis Cardiovascular Disease Immediate Past President Alexander Hover, MD Springfield Gastroenterology 1st Vice President Keith Frederick, DO Rolla Orthopedic Surgery Honorary Vice President Stuart Braverman, MD Sedalia General Surgery Honorary Vice President Karen Edison, MD Columbia Dermatology Speaker Tim Swearengin, DO Springfield Anesthesiology Vice Speaker M. Laurin Council, MD St. Louis Dermatology | COUNCILORS Council Chair (3rd District) David Pohl, MD St. Louis Diagnostic Radiology Council Vice Chair (8th District) Brian Biggers, MD Springfield General Surgery 1st District Robert Corder, MD St. Joseph Obstetrics & Gynecology 2nd District Hossein Behniaye, MD Hannibal Family Medicine 3rd District Robert Brennan, Jr., MD St. Louis Obstetrics & Gynecology Inderjit Singh, MD St. Louis Nephrology Christopher Swingle, DO St. Louis Nuclear Medicine 4th District Kevin Weikart, MD Lake St. Louis Internal Medicine 5th District Lisa Thomas, MD Columbia Psychiatry Amy Zguta, MD Columbia Ophthalmology 6th District David Kuhlmann, MD Sedalia Sleep Medicine 7th District Betty Drees, MD Kansas City Endocrinology Fariha Shafi, MD Overland Park, KS Internal Medicine Joanne Loethen, MD Kansas City Internal Medicine/Pediatrics 8th District Matthew Stinson, MD Springfield Family Practice 9th District Lirong Zhu, MD Clayton Sleep Medicine 10th District Dorothy Munch, DO Poplar Bluff Family Practice Organized Medical Staff Section Amy Patel, MD Kansas City Radiology International Medical Graduate Section Louis DelCampo, MD Springfield Anesthesiology Young Physician Section Sara Hawatmeh, MD Ballwin Internal Medicine Women Physicians Section Tammara Goldschmidt, MD Ballwin Pediatric Anesthesiology Resident & Fellow Section Christina Kratschmer, MD St. Louis Internal Medicine Medical Student Section Alex Shimony Washington University | VICE COUNCILORS 1st District Chakshu Gupta, MD St. Joseph Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine 2nd District Barbara White, DO Hannibal Pediatrics 3rd District Ramona Behshad, MD St. Louis Dermatology 4th District Keith Ratcliff, MD Washington Family Medicine 5th District Jennifer Powell, MD Osage Beach Family Practice 6th District Jennifer Conley, MD Nevada Family Practice 7th District Sarah Florio, MD Lee’s Summit Internal Medicine 8th District Tim Swearengin, DO Springfield Anesthesiology 9th District Nathaniel Barbe, DO Mountain Grove Family Practice 10th District Rachel Kyllo, MD Arnold Dermatology Organized Medical Staff Section Albert Hsu, MD Columbia Reproductive Endocrinology International Medical Graduate Section Raghuveer Kura, MD Poplar Bluff Nephrology Young Physician Section Marc Mendelsohn, MD St. Louis Emergency Medicine Resident & Fellow Section Anup Bhattacharya, MD St. Louis Diagnostic Radiology Women Physicians Section Carlin Ridpath, MD Springfield Diagnostic Radiology Medical Student Section Maddie Sauer University of Missouri-Columbia |
Contact Cheri Martin at cmartin@msma.org or call 573-691-4502.
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