MSMA Leadership 2020-2021
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Officers
President George Hruza, MD Chesterfield Dermatology President Elect Alexander Hover, MD Springfield Gastroenterology Secretary Brian Biggers, MD Springfield General Surgery Treasurer David Pohl, MD Town & Country Diagnostic Radiology Immediate Past President James DiRenna, Jr., DO Kansas City Family Practice 1st Vice President Laurin Council, MD St. Louis Dermatological Surgery Honorary Vice President David Chalk, MD Washington Orthopedic Surgery Honorary Vice President Ted Groshong, MD Columbia Pediatrics Speaker Sam Page, MD Creve Coeur Anesthesiology Vice Speaker Tim Swearengin, DO Springfield Anesthesiology |
Councilors
Council Chair (5th District) George Hubbell, MD Lake Ozark Obstetrics & Gynecology Council Vice Chair (7th District) Lancer Gates, DO Kansas City Internal Medicine 1st District Robert Corder, MD St. Joseph Obstetrics & Gynecology 2nd District John Memken, MD Hannibal Family Medicine 3rd District Elie Azrak, MD St. Louis Cardiovascular Disease 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 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 Clayton Sleep Medicine 10th District Dorothy Munch, DO Cape Girardeau Family Medicine Organized Medical Staff Section Peggy Barjenbruch, MD Mexico Internal Medicine International Medical Graduate Section Sri Kolli, MD Fenton Internal Medicine 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 Jared Lammert, MD Columbia Emergency Medicine Medical Student Section Priya Jain, UMKC |
Vice Councilors
1st District Robert T. Weigand, MD St. Joseph Medical Oncology 2nd District Sandra Ahlum, MD Hannibal Obstetrics & Gynecology 3rd District Ramona Behshad, MD St. Louis Dermatology 4th District Keith Ratcliff, MD Washington Family Medicine 5th District Amy Zguta, MD Columbia Ophthalmology 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 David Barbe, MD Mountain Grove Family Medicine 10th District Rachel Kyllo, MD St. Louis Dermatology Organized Medical Staff Section Hossein Behniaye, MD Hannibal Family Medicine International Medical Graduate Section Louis DelCampo, MD Springfield Anesthesiology Young Physician Section Sara Hawatmeh, MD St. Louis Internal Medicine Resident & Fellow Section Brette Harding, MD Columbia Otolaryngology Women Physicians Section Frances Mei Hardin, MD Columbia Otolaryngology Medical Student Section Sree Lanka UMKC |
AMA Delegates
Edmond Cabbabe, MD St. Louis Plastic Surgery Elie Azrak, MD St. Louis Cardiovascular Disease Warren Lovinger, Jr., MD Nevada Internal Medicine Charles Van Way, III, MD Kansas City Thoracic Surgery James Conant, MD St. Joseph Family Practice Joseph Corrado, MD Mexico General Surgery AMA Alternate Delegates
Ravi Johar, MD Chesterfield Obstetrics & Gynecology Peggy Barjenbruch, MD Mexico Internal Medicine Alexander Hover, MD Ozark Gastroenterology Betty Drees, MD Kansas City Endocrinology Joanne Loethen, MD Kansas City Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Samantha Lund St. Louis AMA Regional Student Delegate Manna Varghese UMKC World Medical Association President David Barbe, MD Mountain Grove Family Medicine |
Additional MSMA Leadership
Alliance President Diana Corzine St. Joseph Alliance President Elect Barbara Hover Ozark Missouri Medicine Editor John Hagan, III, MD Ophthalmology Medical School Deans
David Perlmutter, MD Washington University School of Medicine Gastroenterology Mary Anne Jackson, MD – Interim Dean University of MO – Kansas City School of Medicine Pediatrics Steven Zweig, MD – Interim Dean University of MO – Columbia School of Medicine Geriatrics Robert Wilmott, MD St. Louis University School of Medicine Pediatric Pulmonology Margaret Wilson, DO A.T. Still University/Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine Family Practice Darrin D’Agostino, DO Kansas City University Internal Medicine Laura Rosch, DO Kansas City University – Joplin Internal Medicine |