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NC Medical Society Foundation
222 North Person Street
PO Box 27167
Raleigh, NC 27611
1 919 833 3836
1 800 722 1350 (NC only)
1 919 833 2023 FAX
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Since its inception in 2002, the Leadership College has succeeded in accomplishing its goal of creating a pool of qualified leaders to speak on behalf of patients and the health care profession in North Carolina. To date, the program has graduated 66 scholars, with four currently serving on NCMS Boards, 38 on NCMS Committees or Task Forces, and 27 as officers in their county or specialty societies. Many have also participated as representatives to the NCMS House of Delegates and as Doctors of the Day at the North Carolina state legislature. Alumni also continue to stay involved with the Leadership College by serving as mentors to other scholars, sharing ideas with fellow alumni, and by participating in program planning.
Take a look below to see how Leadership College alumni are currently helping to shape the future of medicine in North Carolina.
Class of 2003
Stephen M. Blatt, MD, is currently serving on the Managed Care and Legislation Committees for the NCMS.
Philip M. Brown, Jr., MD, is currently serving on the NCMS Access to Health Care Committee.
Edward B. Ermini, MD, is currently serving as Chair of the NCMS Quality of Care & Performance Improvement Committee and as a member of the Medical Education, Nominating & Leadership Development, and Communication & Membership Advisory Committees for NCMS. He also serves as a Board member of the North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance (NCHICA).
Jennifer T. Fortney, MD, is currently serving on the NCMS Legislation Committee.
Russell Howerton, MD, is currently serving as President of the NC Chapter of the American College of Surgeons and as a member of the Legislation and Quality of Care & Performance Improvement Committees for NCMS.
Jugta Kahai, MD, is currently serving on the Family & Public Health and the Nominating & Leadership Development Committees for the NCMS, on the Leadership College Steering Committee, and as a Board member of the NC Health & Wellness Trust Fund Commission. Since graduating from the Leadership College, Dr. Kahai founded two community organizations, Tsunami Relief and You and A.W.A.K.E.N. (A Working Alliance for Kids With Exceptional Needs.)
Charles R. Kays, MD, is currently serving on the Legislation and Constitution & Bylaws Committees for NCMS, in addition to the Leadership College Steering Committee. He is also serving on the NCMS Foundation Board of Trustees.
Meera A. Kelley, MD, is currently serving on the NCMS Quality of Care & Performance Improvement Committee and as a member of the Board of Trustees for the NC Center for Hospital Quality & Patient Safety. Dr. Kelley also recently appeared in a commercial for WakeMed Hospitals in Raleigh.
Leta Sue Lamb, MD, is currently serving on the NCMS Board as a Representative at Large and as a member of the Communication & Membership Advisory Committee. She also serves as Vice Chief of Staff at Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville.
Mark A. Mattioli, MD, is currently serving on the Coordination Council of Specialty Societies and the Family & Public Health Committees for the NCMS.
Leslie E. Page, DO, moved to Kansas in October 2006 to be closer to family. She is now working for WholeWoman Center and is an active member of the Kansas Medical Society, where she is helping with membership promotion.
Sarvesh R. Sathiraju, MD, is currently serving on the NC Medical Board and will serve as a delegate to the Federation of Medical Boards. He has also served on the Physician Assistant Advisory Council.
Frank C. Smeeks, III, MD, is currently serving on the Communications & Membership Advisory and the Managed Care Committees for the NCMS, in addition to serving as Past-President of the Burke County Medical Society.
Class of 2004
B. Steven Bentsen, MD, is currently serving on the NCMS Ethical & Judicial Affairs Committee.
Dieter Bruno, MD, is currently serving as President-Elect of the Pitt County Medical Society.
Douglas K. Holmes, MD, and his wife, audiologist Randi Leonard Holmes, are in the process of constructing a $2.5 million, 9,000-square-foot building to meet patient growth in their ENT/Audiology practice. In addition, the couple spends time providing care to inmates at the Butner Federal Correctional Complex in Butner, NC.
Janice E. Huff, MD, is currently serving on the Managed Care and Access to Health Care Committees for the NCMS, in addition to the Leadership College Steering Committee.
Terry A. Icard, PA-C, is currently serving on the NCMS Family & Public Health Committee.
Thomas J. Polascik, MD, is currently serving as President of the NC Urological Association and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Southeastern American Urological Association. He is also in the process of starting an American Cryosurgical Society and will be the Director of the first World Summit on Focal Therapy and Imaging of Prostate Cancer, to be held at Duke in February of 2008.
Shiva K. Rao, MD, FACS, is currently serving on the Credentials and Ethical & Judicial Affairs Committees for the NCMS, in addition to the Leadership College Steering Committeee.
Wesley B. Robinson, MD, is currently serving on the NCMS Legislation Committee and as Vice-President of the NC Society of Anesthesiologists.
John A. Welshofer, MD, is currently serving as Chair of the NC Industrial Commission Liaison Committee for the NCMS.
Class of 2005
Elaine Cabinum-Foeller, MD, is currently serving as Treasurer of the Pitt County Medical Society.
J. Madison Clark, MD, is currently serving as President-Elect of the NC Society of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery.
George L. Cooper, MD, is currently serving on the NCMS Coordinating Council of Specialty Societies Committee and as President of the NC Society of Eye Physicians & Surgeons.
Robin G. Cummings, MD, is currently serving on the NCMS Family and Public Health Committee, as Chairman for the Indian Health Committee of the NC Commission of Indian Affairs' Task Force, and as Chair of the Board for the FirstHealth of the Carolinas Foundation.
Shirish D. Devasthali, MD, is currently serving on the NCMS MedPAC Board. He is also working on a project called "Faces in the Community", with Dr. Inder Nijhawan, to increase awareness of the various cultures in our region and by taking advantage of this diversity, prepare the local youth to compete in the global economy more effectively.
Palmer Edwards, MD, is currently serving on the NCMS Coordinating Council of Specialty Societies Committee, as Treasurer of the Forsyth-Stokes-Davie County Medical Society, and as President of the NC Psychiatric Association.
Eugenie M. Komives, MD, is currently serving on the Leadership College Steering Committee, on the NCMS Quality of Care & Performance Improvement Committee, and as Treasurer of the Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence Board.
Sabine M. Maas, MD, is currently serving on the NCMS Family & Public Health Committee.
Marcus G. Plescia, MD, is currently serving on the Leadership College Steering Committee and as Chair of the NCMS Family & Public Health Committee.
Devdutta G. Sangvai, MD, is currently serving on the Communications & Membership Advisory and Finance Committees for NCMS and as President-Elect of the Durham-Orange County Medical Society.
Brian E. Smith, MD, is currently serving as President of the Buncombe County Medical Society.
Joshua F. Smith, PA-C, is currently serving on the Board of Directors of the NC Academy of Physician Assistants.
Thomas S. Stewart, MD, is currently serving on the NCMS Finance Committee.
Joey P. Thomas, MD, is currently serving as Chair of the NCMS International Medical Group Section and as President of the Halifax-Northampton County Medical Society.
Ellis A. Tinsley, Jr., MD, is currently serving as President-Elect of the NC Chapter of the American College of Surgeons.
Benjamin E. Wall, MD, is currently serving on the Coordinating Council of Specialty Societies and NC Industrial Commission Liaison Committees for NCMS and as President of the New Hanover-Pender County Medical Society.
Barry E. Williamson, MD, is currently serving as President of the Robeson County Medical Society and as Chair of the Practitioner Performance Committee at Southeastern Regional Medical Center. He is also beginning the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Project at his hospital as surgeon champion.
Class of 2006
Betty B. Bradley, MD, has moved from Bladen County to her original home in Moore County, where she is now working for Randleman Urgent Care.
Robert E. Clark, MD, PhD, is currently serving on the NCMS Quality of Care & Performance Improvement Committee.
David O. Cook, MD, is currently serving on the Managed Care and Nominating & Leadership Development Committees for NCSM.
Thomas L. Eisenhauer, MD, is currently serving on the NCMS Communications & Membership Advisory Committee.
Charles W. Henrichs, III, MD, is currently serving on the NCMS Ethical & Judicial Affairs Committee.
Derrick G. Hickey, MD, is currently serving on the Leadership College Steering Committee and as Secretary of the New Hanover-Pender County Medical Society.
Alma F. Jenkins, MD, is currently serving on the Leadership College Steering Committee and the NCMS Access to Health Care Committee.
Mark K. LaVigne, MD, is currently serving as Secretary-Treasurer of the NC Society of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery.
Frank M. Melvin, MD, is currently serving on the Coordinating Council of Specialty Societies and the Nominating & Leadership Development Committees for NCMS.
Sarah J. Olenick, MD, served as President of the Alamance-Caswell County Medical Society.
Natarajan Rajan, MD, is currently serving as President-Elect of the Halifax-Northampton County Medical Society.
John L. Reynolds, MD, served as President of the Cleveland County Medical Society.
Wright D. Shields, MD, served as President of the Craven-Pamlico-Jones County Medical Society.
Barry M. Stowe, MD, is currently serving on the NCMS Ethical & Judicial Affairs Committee.
Elizabeth C. Tilson, MD, is currently serving on the Access to Health Care and Family & Public Health Committees for NCMS.
Last Updated 6/1/07 |
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