AMA Membership, Representation, and Leadership(2)

Representation in AMA
Numerous Texas physicians and medical students hold positions of leadership within the AMA organizational structure.  Texas physicians served on four of the AMA's seven elected and appointed councils during 2006; Texas physicians also serve on the AMA Board of Trustees and the AMPAC board. TMA Alliance member Nancy Neal also serves on the AMPAC board.

Texans holding elected or appointed positions on AMA entities include:  J. James Rohack, MD, and Joseph P. Annis, MD, AMA Board of Trustees; Carolyn A. Evans, MD, Council on Long Range Planning and Development; Susan Rudd Bailey, MD, Council on Medical Education; E. Randy Eckert, MD, Council on Science and Public Health; Sheldon G. Gross, MD, AMPAC board.  In addition, Norman H. Chenven, MD, serves on the Advisory Committee on Group Practice Physicians.

In addition to the 21 delegates and 20 alternate delegates representing the Texas Medical Association in the AMA House of Delegates in 2006, many other Texas physicians served in the AMA House.  Delegates and alternate delegates were Russell W.H. Kridel, MD, American Academy of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery; Dale C. Moquist, MD, American Academy of Family Physicians, Dennis S. Pacl, MD, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine; Rodney C. Richie, MD, American Academy of Insurance Medicine; Richard McKay, MD; American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons; Andrew Jamieson, MD, American Academy of Sleep Medicine; Mark J. Kubala, MD, American Association of Neurological Surgeons; Harris M. Hauser, MD, American Clinical Neurophysiology Society; Alnoor Malick, MD, American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology; Raymond Lewandowski, MD, American College of Medical Genetics; Bruno P. Granwehr, MD, American College of Physicians; Isabel V. Hoverman, MD, American College of Physicians; Lynne Kirk, MD, American College of Physicians; John Early, MD, American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society; James F. Arens, MD, and John Zerwas, MD, American Society of Anesthesiologists; Clifford Simmang, MD, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons; John N. Harrington, MD, American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; Paul R. Bergstresser, MD, Society for Investigative Dermatology; Carlos R. Hamilton Jr., MD, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists; David Genecov, MD, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery; Zoltan Trizna, MD, American Academy of Dermatology; Bradley Marple, MD, American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy; Melissa J. Garretson, MD, American Academy of Pediatrics; Gary Whitman, MD, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine; Milton V. Guiberteau, MD, American College of Radiology; Paul Wick, MD, American Psychiatric Association; Joseph S. Bailes, MD, American Society of Clinical Oncology; Hugh Lamensdorf, MD, American Urological Association; Susan M. Strate, MD, College of American Pathologists; and Claire Tibiletti, MD, International Spine Intervention Society.

Texans serving as ex officio members of the AMA House of Delegates were past presidents Nancy W. Dickey, MD, and Joseph T. Painter, MD, and former Board of Trustees member Charles Max Cole, MD.  Medical students Margaret Seater and Scott Chaiet served as Region III delegates.  Texas physicians and students also served on various AMA residency review committees, section councils, and editorial boards.

2007 Officers and Leadership
At its February 4 meeting, the delegation reelected Susan Rudd Bailey, MD, as chair, and Lyle S. Thorstenson, MD, and C. Bruce Malone, MD, as co-vice chairs.  Frederick L. Merian, MD, and Bohn D. Allen, MD, were reelected as at-large members of the Delegate Review Committee.

Chairing delegation standing committees for 2007 are David C. Fleeger, MD, Awards and Recognition; Josie R. Williams, MD, Communications; Stephen L. Brotherton, MD, Delegation Affairs; Robert T. Gunby Jr., MD, Membership; and Robert B. Morrow, MD, Nominations.

TMA House of Delegates: TexMed 2007