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MSD ANNUAL MEETING
MSD Council
In October 2011, the MSD House of Delegates adopted a proposal to change the MSD governance structure. Core reasons for the changed were to:
Restorerelevanceofthegovernanceprocesstothe organization and the members
Increasememberengagement
Create a more nimble, timely, and inclusive culture
As a result, our Council was created in 2012. The MSD Council
is representative of Delaware physicians in private practice; those employed by hospitals and health systems; physicians in the academic, corporate, and government arena; recognized Delaware specialty societies; osteopathic physicians; physicians located in eight designed geographic areas across the state; and our resident/ fellow, early career, and retired colleagues.
The Council has held two meetings each year since its inception, an Interim Meeting in the Spring and the Annual Meeting in the Fall. The expertise, engagement, and participation of Council members are essential to the quality of deliberations and effective communications between MSD and the organizations and members who are represented on the Council. Representatives on the Council serve as a liaison between the physicians they represent and MSD.
MSD would like to recognize and thank the MSD Council Members who served in 2015:
OFFICERS:
Nancy Fan, MD .................................................................. President Dorothy M. Moore, MD............................................... President-Elect Prayus T. Tailor, MD .....................................................Vice President Harry A Lehman III, MD.......................................................Secretary Randeep S. Kahlon, MD ..................................................... Treasurer Leo W. Raisis, MD.................................................................Speaker Stephen J. Kushner, DO ............................Immediate Past President
MSD SECTIONS:
Stephanie Guarino, MD...........................Resident and Fellow Section Mark Eskander, MD......................................Young Physicians Section Robert B. Brereton, MD....................................... Physicians Emeritus
AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVES:
Matthew J. Burday, DO..........................................New Castle County John J. Goodill, MD................................................New Castle County Paul C. Peet, MD..........................................................Sussex County Robert J. Varipapa, MD................................................... Kent County
AMA REPRESENTATIVE:
Kelly S. Eschbach, MD
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE:
Richard W. Henderson, MD
THIRD PARTY PAYER COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE:
Nicholas O. Biasotto, DO
HOLDING COMPANY BOARD REPRESENTATIVE:
Michael A. Alexander, MD
CORPORATE/GOVERNMENT EMPLOYED PHYSICIAN REPRESENTATIVE:
Suzanne J. Sherman, MD
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS REPRESENTATIVE:
Anna Marie Sullivan, DO
MEDICAL SPECIALTY SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES:
Alfred E. Bacon III, MD.............................................Internal Medicine Ganesh R. Balu, MD.......................Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Mark S. Borer, MD.................................Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Sophia N. Kotliar, MD..........................................................Pathology Stephen T. Lawless, MD......................................................Pediatrics Gilbert A. Leidig, Jr, MD......................................................Cardiology Timothy A. Manzone, MD.....................................................Oncology John T. Powell, MD............................................. Emergency Medicine Margot L. Savoy, MD.................................................. Family Practice William M. Sheppard, MD............. Otolaryngology/Head, Neck Surgery Richard L. Sherry, MD..................................................Ophthalmology Kristina A. Siddall, MD.......................................................Radiology Kirsten M. Smith, MD...................................... Obstetrics/Gynecology Carol A. Tavani, MD ............................................................Psychiatry Glen H. Tinkoff, MD............................................................... Surgery Peter F. Townsend, MD.........................................Orthopedic Surgery Brian J. Walsh, DO...................................................... Sleep Medicine Selina Y. Xing, MD..................................................Interventional Pain Michael R. Zaragoza, MD........................................................Urology
GEOGRAPHIC AFFINITY GROUP REPRESENTATIVES:
Michael A. Alexander, MD..................................Hockessin/Pike Creek Stephani R. Allison, MD..............................................Eastern Sussex Thomas P. Barnett, MD...............................................................Dover Anna M. D’Amico, MD.......................................................Wilmington Robert C. Ferber, MD...................................................Western Sussex John H. O’Neill, DO........................................................... Middletown John R. Stump, MD................................................................. Milford James Zaslavsky, DO..........................................................Christiana
HOSPITAL MEDICAL STAFF REPRESENTATIVES:
Jeffrey Campbell, MD........A.I. duPont Hospital for Children (employed) Mouhanad Freih, MD.....................Beebe Healthcare (private practice) Jeffrey E. Hawtof, MD............................ Beebe Healthcare (employed) William B. Funk, MD...............Christiana Care Health System (private) Stephen G. Manifold, MD........Kent General Hospital (private practice) Michel R. Samaha, MD......Milford Memorial Hospital (private practice) Alvaro I. Buenano, MD......Nanticoke Health Services (private practice) Joseph H. Kim, DO.................... Nanticoke Health Services (employed) Robert D. McGarrigle, DO....... St. Francis Healthcare (private practice) Michael K. Polnerow, DO ................. St. Francis Healthcare (employed)
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