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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. |
MSMA's Presidents and Leadership |
| MSMA 2024-2025 President: David L. Pohl, MD, FACR David L. Pohl, MD, FACR, a Fellow of the American College of Radiology, will serve as President of the Missouri State Medical Association in 2024-2025. He was formally installed in St. Louis, Missouri, April 6, 2024, during the MSMA’s 166th Annual Convention. Read more... |
2024-2025 MSMA Leadership |
OFFICERS President David Pohl, MD St. Louis Diagnostic Radiology President Elect Brian Biggers, MD Springfield General Surgery Secretary Ellen Nichols, MD Joplin Neurological Surgery Treasurer Elie Azrak, MD St. Louis Cardiovascular Disease Immediate Past President Lancer Gates, DO Kansas City Internal Medicine 1st Vice President Carlin Ridpath, MD Springfield Diagnostic Radiology Honorary Vice President John Krautmann, MD Jefferson City Orthopedic Surgery Honorary Vice President John Rollo, MD Des Peres Pathology Speaker Laurin Council, MD St. Louis Dermatology Vice Speaker George Mansour, MD St. Louis Internal Medicine | Councilors Council Chair (4th District) Kevin Weikart, MD Lake St. Louis Internal Medicine Council Vice Chair (7th District) Joanne Loethen, MD Kansas City Internal Medicine/Pediatrics 1st District Chakshu Gupta, MD St. Joseph Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine 2nd District Hossein Behniaye, MD Hannibal Family Medicine 3rd District Erin Gardner, MD St. Louis Dermatology Inderjit Singh, MD St. Louis Nephrology Christopher Swingle, DO St. Louis Nuclear Medicine Jenny Page, MD St. Louis Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 5th District Lisa Thomas, MD Columbia Psychiatry Amy Zguta, MD Columbia Ophthalmology 6th District Lirong Zhu, MD Clayton Sleep Medicine Dorothy Munch, DO Poplar Bluff Family Practice 7th District Fariha Shafi, MD Overland Park, KS Internal Medicine Amy Patel, MD Kansas City Radiology 8th District David Kuhlmann, MD Sedalia Sleep Medicine Timothy Swearengin, DO Springfield Anesthesiology Organized Medical Staff Section Peggy Barjenbruch, MD Mexico Internal Medicine International Medical Graduate Section Louis DelCampo, MD Springfield Anesthesiology Young Physician Section Rachel Kyllo, MD Arnold Dermatology Women Physicians Section Adriana Canas-Polesel, MD St. Louis Obstetrics & Gynecology Resident & Fellow Section Rachana Raghupathy, MD St. Louis Internal Medicine Medical Student Section Lacey Raper University of Missouri-Columbia |
Vice Councilors
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 7th District Sarah Florio, MD Lee’s Summit Internal Medicine International Medical Graduate Section Deepu Sudhakaran, MD Chesterfield Bariatric Surgery Young Physician Section Sara Hawatmeh, MD St. Louis Internal Medicine Resident & Fellow Section Julia Dmowska, MD Columbia Otolaryngology Women Physicians Section Kelly Schmidt, MD Columbia Otolaryngology Medical Student Section Bethany Baumgartner Kansas City University AMA DELEGATES Elie Azrak, MD St. Louis Cardiovascular Disease Edmond Cabbabe, MD St. Louis Plastic Surgery Joseph Corrado, MD Mexico General Surgery Betty Drees, MD Kansas City Endocrinology Charles Van Way, III, MD Kansas City Thoracic Surgery AMA ALTERNATE DELEGATES Peggy Barjenbruch, MD Mexico Internal Medicine George Hruza, MD Chesterfield Dermatology Ravi Johar, MD Chesterfield Obstetrics & Gynecology Joanne Loethen, MD Kansas City Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Charlie Adams Kansas City University AMA Past President David Barbe, MD Mountain Grove Family Medicine ADDITIONAL MSMA LEADERSHIP Alliance President Donna Corrado Mexico Alliance President Elect Gill Waltman St. Louis Missouri Medicine Editor John Hagan, III, MD Ophthalmology MEDICAL SCHOOL DEANS David Perlmutter, MD Washington University School of Medicine Gastroenterology Mary Anne Jackson, MD University of MO-Kansas City School of Medicine Pediatrics Richard Barohn, MD University of MO-Columbia School of Medicine Neurology Christine Jacobs, MD St. Louis University School of Medicine Family Practice Margaret Wilson, DO A.T. Still University/Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine Family Practice W. Joshua Cox, DO Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine Family Practice Kenneth Heiles, DO Kansas City University-Joplin College of Osteopathic Medicine Family Practice |
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Contact Cheri Martin at cmartin@msma.org or call 573-691-4502.
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