May 14, 2007
Serving as the Administrative Board to BloodSource, the Board:
Approved the BloodSource Executive Committee's recommendation to begin the process of changing the organization's name from Sacramento Medical Foundation dba BloodSource to, simply, BloodSource. The change should reduce confusion among patients and others over the organization's name.
Approved these appointments to the BloodSource Executive Committee and Board of Trustees: Michael Ueltzen, CPA, Member-at-Large, George Chiu, MD, Vice President and Chris Ann Bachtel, Member, Board of Trustees.
Serving as the SSVMS Board of Directors, the Board:
Approved the nomination of the following physician-members to CMA Councils or Committees for 2007-2008: Barbara Arnold, MD, Committee on Medical Services; Richard Gray, MD, Council on Ethical Affairs; Gordon Love, MD, Committee on Quality Care; Richard Pan, MD, Council on Legislation; Lee Snook, MD, Consultant to the Committee on Quality Care. The CMA Board of Trustees serves as the Nominating Committee to the House of Delegates for appointments to CMA Councils and Commissions. The nominating process requires the component medical society to nominate their members who are interested in serving on CMA Councils and Committees.
Approved development of a membership certificate program to provide SSVMS members with a certificate attesting to the physician's membership in the Medical Society and CMA. The certificates will be a daily, tangible reminder to patients and the physician of the principles the physician supports by being a member.
Approved the Membership Report:
For Active Membership — Sharmila P. Amolik, MD; Rose E. Arellanes, MD; Jeffrey J. Casper, MD; Emily Y. Chan, MD; Sufen Chiu, MD; Vahid Feiz, MD; Bianca C. Fernandez Y. Garcia, MD; Audrey Y. Fu, MD; Kathy G. Gaspar, MD; Lynne A. Hackert, MD; Sarah J-K Heringer, DO; Russell F. Jacoby, MD; Rakhshi Khan, MD; Rakhi Khatri, MD; Esther S-Y. Kim, MD; Rodger D. Kobes, MD; Michele C. Lim, MD; Anna Mirzoyan, MD; Joseph E. Morales, MD; Soni Hageswaran, MD; Mary A. O'Hara, MD; Susanna S-C Park, MD; Michelle P. Rhodes, MD; Ernesto S. Rivera, MD; Leah L. Roxas, MD; Sasha L. Szytel, MD.
For Government Membership — Olivia C. Kasirye, MD
For Reinstatement to Active Membership — Richard P. Clark, MD; David L. Estep, MD; Breanna M. Ruthrauff, MD; Steven J. Schorer, MD.
For Retired Membership — - Timothy Baker, MD; Gary W. McLaughlin, MD; Wayne C. Matthews, MD.
For Resignation — - Michael D. Arca, MD (Transferred to Placer-Nevada); Lynette Francis, MD (Transferred to Alameda-Contra Costa); Harold J. Wadley, MD.
Approved terminating membership of the following physicians for nonpayment of 2007 dues:
Amr Al-Hariri, MD; Robert Allen, MD; Najam A. Awan, MD; Ranjit S. Bajwa, MD; Cesar A. Banda, MD; Vincent Caggiano, MD; Henry Chang, MD; Rizwana S. Chaudhry, MD; Benjamin R. Craycraft, MD; Donald Daniel, MD; Theresa A. DeMarco, MD; Gregory J. Dixon, MD; Evelyn G. Fainsztein, MD; Erina N. Foster, MD; Anne M. French, MD; Ostashe N. Godlen, MD; Laura A. Halliday, MD; Jay A. Hendrickson, MD; William Hicks, MD; Robert M. Jarka, MD; Michael S. Jedrzynski, MD; Richard L.S. Jennelle, MD; Kheeraj Kamra, MD; Stephen A. Kannwischer, MD; Irina Korman, MD; Joan Z. Kutschbach, MD; Carolyn C. LoBue, MD; Shahriar Mabourakh, MD; Akshay J. Manek, MD; Michelle Mattison-Kelly, MD; Pasquale X. Montesano, MD; Ira J. Nabi, MD; Sean Nealon, MD; Patricia Ostrander, MD; Ravi J. Patel, MD; Timothy Phelan, MD; Mark Ratley, MD; David T. Rideout, MD; Beth S. Rogers, MD; Paul Rosenberg, MD; Jan M. Rosnow, MD; Steven L. Schule, MD; Alan Shatzel, Jr., MD; Alan Silverman, MD; Carlos G. Solis, MD; Lisa Swensson, MD; Kenneth M. Toft, MD; Loan T. Tran, MD; David Z. Tzeng, MD; Michael C. Ullery, MD; Kristen M. Vandewalker, MD; Jill Walsh, MD; Robert C. Ward, MD.
Since the Board did not meet in April, the Board:
Approved the April Membership Report:
For Active Membership - Michael Ali, MD; Charles F. Carpenter, MD; Anton Chen, MD; Brett D. Christiansen, MD; Troy S. Dickson, MD; Yoav Hahn, MD; Asraa L. Namiq, MD; Hasina Nasir, MD; Irene S. O'Farrell, MD; Neena M. Reddy, MD; W. Taylor Vance, MD.
For A Change in Membership Status from Resident to Active - Eric H. Schwartz, MD.
For Postgraduate Leave of Absence - John T. Cornelius, MD
For Retired Membership - Dennis L. Fung, MD; Robert W. Meagher, MD; Raymond E. Porter, MD; Lynn Taylor, MD.
June 11, 2007
The Board:
Approved the First Quarter 2007 Financial Statements and Investment Performance Report and Recommendations.
Approved the Membership Report:
For Active Membership — Janet B. Abshire, MD; Neema M. Aghamohammadi, DO; Rita G. Azzam Caso, DO; Suketu M. Khandhar, MD; Boaz Ovadia, MD; Dawei (David) Zheng, MD.
For Reinstatement to Active Membership — - Richard D. Grutzmacher, MD; Richard A. Lewis, MD; Lawrence S. Morse, MD.
For Resignation — Douglas H. Beernink, MD; Arvind K. Bhasin, MD.
Approved a $500 contribution to the Loaves and Fishes 25th Anniversary Fund and, if requested, will provide the Medical Society's mailing list for use in their fund raising campaign.
Approved a recommendation from the Emergency Care Committee requesting SSVMS to send a letter to the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors requesting implementation of SB 1773 (by former Senator Ken Maddy). Other counties throughout California are implementing this legislation; it allows $2 of every $10 in fines, penalties and forfeitures collected for criminal offenses to be deposited into the Maddy Emergency Medical Services Fund.
Approved terminating the Medical Society's pension plan administration with Benetech, Inc. and changing to Polycomp Administrative Services, Inc.
Approved the nomination of Ruth Haskins, MD, to the CMA Council on Legislation for 2007-2008.
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