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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 2026-2027 President: Kevin D. Weikart, MD Kevin D. Weikart, MD, FACP, is the President of the Missouri State Medical Association (MSMA) for the 2026-2027 term. He was installed April 11, 2026, during the MSMA’s 176th Anniversary and its 168th Annual Convention in Chesterfield, Missouri. Read more... |
2026-2027 MSMA Leadership |
Officers President Kevin Weikart, MD Lake St. Louis Internal Medicine President Elect Joanne Loethen, MD Kansas City Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Secretary Ellen Nichols, MD Joplin Neurological Surgery Treasurer Christopher Swingle, DO St. Louis Nuclear Medicine Immediate Past President Brian Biggers, MD Springfield General Surgery 1st Vice President David Haustein, MD Springfield Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Honorary Vice President Milamari Cunningham, MD Columbia Anesthesiology Honorary Vice President Norman Knowlton III, MD Springfield Internal Medicine Speaker Laurin Council, MD St. Louis Dermatology Vice Speaker George Mansour, MD St. Louis Internal Medicine | Councilors Council Chair (3rd District) Elie Azrak, MD St. Louis Cardiovascular Disease Council Vice Chair (8th District) David Kuhlmann, MD Sedalia Sleep Medicine 1st District Chakshu Gupta, MD St. Joseph Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine 2nd District Barbara White, DO Hannibal Pediatrics 3rd District Erin Gardner, MD St. Louis Dermatology Inderjit Singh, MD St. Louis Nephrology Jennifer Page, MD St. Louis Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 4th District Keith Ratcliff, MD Washington Family Medicine 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 Blake Cooper, MD Kansas City Ophthalmology Amy Patel, MD Kansas City Radiology 8th District Timothy Swearengin, DO Springfield Anesthesiology Organized Medical Staff Section Peggy Barjenbruch, MD Mexico Internal Medicine International Medical Graduate Section Deepu Sudhakaran, MD Chesterfield Bariatric Surgery Young Physician Section Rachel Kyllo, MD Arnold Dermatology Women Physicians Section Adriana Canas-Polesel, MD St. Louis Obstetrics & Gynecology Resident & Fellow Section Jay Devineni, MD Columbia Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
Medical Student Section Miranda Mize Washington University | Councilors 2nd District Valena Fiscus, DO Kirksville Internal Medicine 3rd District Ramona Behshad, MD St. Louis Dermatology 4th District Matthew Meier, DO O’Fallon Internal Medicine 5th District Jennifer Powell, MD Osage Beach Family Practice 7th District Sarah Florio, MD Lee’s Summit Internal Medicine 8th District John Harger, MD Clever Anesthesiology International Medical Graduate Section Louis DelCampo, MD Springfield Anesthesiology Young Physician Section Sara Hawatmeh, MD St. Louis Internal Medicine Resident & Fellow Section Lacey Capetti, MD St. Louis Internal Medicine Women Physicians Section Carlin Ridpath, MD Springfield Diagnostic Radiology Medical Student Section Sreya Mandava University of Missouri-Kansas City AMA Delegates Elie Azrak, MD St. Louis Cardiovascular Disease Peggy Barjenbruch, MD Mexico Internal Medicine Joseph Corrado, MD Mexico General Surgery Betty Drees, MD Kansas City Endocrinology Ravi Johar, MD Chesterfield Obstetrics & Gynecology Charles Van Way III, MD Kansas City Thoracic Surgery AMA Alternate Delegates Brian Biggers, MD Springfield General Surgery George Hruza, MD Chesterfield Dermatology Joanne Loethen, MD Kansas City Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Samantha Shuster Kansas City University AMA Past President David Barbe, MD Mountain Grove Family Medicine Additional MSMA Leadership Alliance President Gill Roper-Hall Waltman St. Louis Missouri Medicine Editor John Hagan III, MD Ophthalmology Medical School Deans David Perlmutter, MD Washington University School of Medicine Gastroenterology Alexander Norbash, MD University of MO-Kansas City School of Medicine Radiology 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 Mildred Olivier, MD Ponce Health Sciences University Ophthalmology |
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Contact Cheri Martin at cmartin@msma.org or call 573-691-4502.
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