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Meet MSMA's President and Leadership
MSMA 2021-2022 President: Alexander R. Hover, Jr., MD, FACP, AGAF Alexander R. Hover, Jr., MD, Ozark, Missouri, will serve as President of the Missouri State Medical Association in 2021-2022. During his tenure as president, Dr. Hover intends to advocate for the patient-centered practice of medicine unencumbered by inappropriate authorization demands, continuing communication with Missouri physicians, and advocating for access to health care for all Missourians. Dr. Hover graduated cum laude from Missouri State University in Springfield, and Saint Louis University medical school cum laude in 1976. He completed his internal medicine residency and gastroenterology fellowship at Wilford Hall United States Air Force Medical Center Lackland AFB 59th Medical Wing in San Antonio, Texas. He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians and the American Gastroenterological Association. He practiced for many years at the Smith Glynn Callaway multispecialty clinic in Springfield and has also served as a health system Senior VP for Clinical Excellence. Dr. Hover currently continues practice in gastroenterology for Cox Health system in Branson. |
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MSMA 2021-2022 Leadership |
OFFICERS President Alexander Hover, MD Springfield Gastroenterology President Elect George Hubbell, MD Lake Ozark Obstetrics & Gynecology Secretary Brian Biggers, MD Springfield General Surgery Treasurer Elie Azrak, MD St. Louis Cardiovascular Disease Immediate Past President George Hruza, MD Chesterfield Dermatology 1st Vice President James Blaine, MD Springfield General Practice Honorary Vice President Betty Drees, MD Kansas City Endocrinology Honorary Vice President Karen Goodhope, MD St. Louis Diagnostic Radiology Speaker Sam Page, MD St. Louis Anesthesiology Vice Speaker Tim Swearengin, DO Springfield Anesthesiology | COUNCILORS Council Chair (7th District) Lancer Gates, DO Kansas City Internal Medicine Council Vice Chair (3rd District) David Pohl, MD St. Louis Diagnostic Radiology 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 Michael O’Dell, MD Kansas City Family Medicine 8th District Matthew Stinson, MD Springfield Family Practice Ellen Nichols, MD Joplin Neurological Surgery 9th District Lirong Zhu, MD Rolla Sleep Medicine 10th District Dorothy Munch, DO Poplar Bluff Family Practice Organized Medical Staff Section Peggy Barjenbruch, MD Mexico Internal Medicine International Medical Graduate Section Louis DelCampo, MD Springfield Anesthesiology Young Physician Section Sarah Florio, MD Lee’s Summit Internal Medicine Women Physicians Section Joanne Loethen, MD Kansas City Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Resident & Fellow Section Brette Harding, MD Columbia Otolaryngology Medical Student Section Alex Shimony Washington University | VICE COUNCILORS 1st District Robert T. Weigand, MD St. Joseph Medical Oncology 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 Fariha Shafi, MD Kansas City 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 Amy Patel, MD Kansas City Radiology International Medical Graduate Section Chakshu Gupta, MD Liberty Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine Young Physician Section Sara Hawatmeh, MD Ballwin Internal Medicine Resident & Fellow Section Christina Kratschmer, MD St. Louis Internal Medicine Women Physicians Section Tammara Goldschmidt, MD St. Louis Pediatric Anesthesiology Medical Student Section Satya Sivasankar University of Missouri-Kansas City |
