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Chairs
Staff Liaison
Alabama Cary Kuhlmann
Executive Director
Medical Association of the State of Alabama
P.O. Box 1900
Montgomery, AL 36102-1900
Ph: (800) 239-6272
Direct: (334) 954-2505
Fax: (334) 269-5200
cary@masalink.org
Alaska James Jordan
Executive Director
Alaska State Medical Association
4107 Laurel Street
Anchorage, AK 99508
Ph: (907) 562-0304
Fax: (907) 561-2063
asma@alaska.net
Arkansas David Wroten
Executive Vice President
Arkansas Medical Society
P. O. Box 55088
Little Rock, AR 72215
Ph: (501) 224-8967
dwroten@arkmed.org
Arizona
Michael T. Schwimmer, MD
State Chair
Southwest Medical Specialist
Suite 303
1520 S. Dobson Road
Mesa, AZ 85202
Ph: (480) 835-9697

Carol Wagner
Associate Vice President of Operations
Arizona Medical Association
810 W. Bethany Home Road
Phoenix, AZ 85013
Ph: (602) 246-8901
Fax: (602) 242-6283
cwagner@azmedassn.org

Simone Lustig
Advertising/Operations Coordinator
Arizona Medical Association
810 W. Bethany Home Road
Phoenix, AZ 85013
Ph: (602) 347-6907
Fax: (602) 288-5106
Email: Simone@azmedassn.org

California
Lytton Smith, MD

State Chair
St. Jude Hospital

Family Practice
4900 Prospect
Yorba Linda, CA 92886
Ph: (714) 528-4211

Fax: (714) 579-6821
lytwill@sbcglobal.net

Robert G. Pugach, MD
Caucus Chair
3801 Katella Avenue, Suite 110
Los Alamitos, CA 90720
Ph: (562) 594-0860
Fax: (562) 594-9010
rpugach@pacificcoasturology.com

Yvonne Choong
California Medical Association
1201 J Street, Suite 200
Sacramento, CA 95814
Ph: (916) 551-2884
ychoong@cmanet.org 
Colorado Chet Seward
Colorado Medical Society
P. O. Box 17550
Denver, CO 80217-0550
Ph: (702) 859-1001
Fax: (702) 771-8657
chet_seward@cms.org
Connecticut
Michael M. Deren, MD
State Chair
Lawrence & Memorial Hospital
Suite 104
21 Mopntauk Avenue
New London, CT 06320-4906
Ph: (860) 443-5469
Fax: (860) 437-1170
michaelddd@aol.com
Robert J. Brunell
Connecticut State Medical Society
160 St. Ronan Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Ph: (203) 865-0587
Fax: (203) 865-4997
bbrunell@csms.org
Delaware 
Carol A. Tavani, MD, MS, FAPA
Executive Director
Christiana Healthcare Systems
Suite 124
4745 Ogletown-Stanton Road
Newark, DE 19713
Ph: (302) 454-9900
Fax: (302) 454-9905
catavani@msn.com
Mark A. Meister
Medical Society of Delaware
Suite 405
131 Continental Drive
Newark, DE 19713-4308
Ph: (302) 658-7596
Fax: (302) 658-9669
mam@medsocdel.org
District of Columbia 
Joseph E. Gutierrez, MD
State Chair
4120 North River Street
McLean, VA 22101
Ph: (703) 536-5561
jedgutierrez@cox.net
K. Edward Shanbacker
Medical Society of the District of Columbia
Suite # 200
2175 "K" Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20037-1809
Ph: (202) 466-1800, ext. 101
Fax: (202) 452-1542
shanbacker@msdc.org
Web site: www.msdc.org
Florida
Robert R. Lastomirksy, MD, PhD
State Chair
740 Rialto, P. O. Box 1803
Venice, FL 34284-1803
Ph: (941) 484-8414
Fax: (941) 488-7586
rrlmd@comcast.net
Susan Franz
Florida Medical Association, Inc.
123 South Adams Street
Tallahassee, FL 32301
Ph: (800) 762-0233
Fax: (850) 224-7569
sfranz@medone.org
Georgia 
Paul Scheinberg, MD
Atlanta Pulmonary Group, LLC
Suite 390
5667 Peachtree Dunwoody Road
Atlanta, GA 30342
Ph: (404) 252-7200
Fax: (404) 252-8026
pscheinberg@sjha.org

Joseph S. Wilson Jr., MD
Suite 530
755 Mount Vernon Highway, NW
Atlanta, GA 30328
Ph: (404) 252-7970
Fax: (404) 250-0553
drjoe@cardioatl.com
Camilla R. Grayson
Medical Association of Georgia
Suite 500
1330 W. Peachtree Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30309
Ph: (404) 876-7535
Fax: (404) 881-5021
cgrayson@mag.org
Web site: www.mag.org 
Hawaii
Stephen Wallach, MD
State Chair
1301 Punchbowl Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
Ph: (808) 585-5494
Fax: (808) 585-5490
swallach@queens.org
Paula Arcena
Executive Director
Hawaii Medical Association
1360 S. Beretania, 2nd Floor
Honolulu, HI 96814
Ph: (808) 536-7702, ext. 110
Fax: (808) 528-2376
paula_arcena@hma-assn.org
Idaho Susie Pouliot
CEO
Idaho Medical Association
P.O. Box 2668
305 W. Jefferson
Boise, ID 83701
Ph: (208) 344-7888
Fax: (208) 344-7903
susie@idmed.org
Illinois
Joseph L. Murphy, MD
State Chair/Caucus Chair
6079 N. Kirkwood Avenue
Chicago, IL 60646
Ph: (773) 736-8896
Fax: (773) 736-7006
sljmurphy@sbcglobal.net
Jeff Holden
Illinois State Medical Society
Suite 700
20 N. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60602
Ph: (312) 580-2440
Fax: (312) 782-2023
holden@isms.org
Indiana
Jerome E. Melchior, MD
Health Care System
200 S. 6th Street
Vincennes, IN 47591
Ph: (812) 882-1266
Fax: (812) 882-2706
melchior@avenuebroadband.com
Julie Reed
Indiana State Medical Association
322 Canal Walk
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3252
Ph: (317) 261-2060
Fax: (317) 261-2076
jreed@ismanet.org
Web site: www.ismanet.org
Iowa
Daniel Fick, MD
State Chair
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Department of Family Medicine
200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City, IA 52242
Ph: (319) 384-7711
Fax: (319) 384-7822
daniel-fick@uiowa.edu 
Lucinda Stephenson
Vice President, Communications
Iowa Medical Society
1001 Grand
West Des Moines, IA 50265
Ph: (515) 223-1401
Fax: (515) 223-0590
lstephenson@iowamedical.org
Kansas
Arthur D. Snow Jr., MD
State Chair
Shawnee Mission Medical Center
P.O. Box 7004
Shawnee Mission, KS 66207
Ph: (913) 268-8519
Fax: (913) 491-9285
adsnowjr@aol.com 

Terry Poling, MD
Caucus Chair
1709 S. Rock Road
Wichita, KS 67207-5150
Ph: (316) 689-6630 (Becky)
(316) 682-7411
Fax: (316) 689-6690 or 6688
tlpoling@cox.net

Ruth Cornwall
Director, Health Care Finance
Kansas Medical Society
623 SW 10th Avenue
Topeka, KS 66612-1627
Ph: (785) 235-2383
Fax: (785) 235-5114
rcornwall@kmsonline.org 
Kentucky
John D. O'Brien, MD
State Chair
Suite 400
100 E. Liberty
Louisville, KY 40202
Ph: (502) 587-6010
Fax: (502) 587-1314
johnobrienmd@insightbb.com
Bob Klinglesmith
Kentucky Medical Association
The KMA Building
Suite 2000
4965 US Highway 42
Louisville, KY 40222-6301
Ph: (502) 426-6200
Fax: (502) 326-2696
rek@kyma.org
Louisiana Dave L. Tarver
Executive Vice President
Louisiana State Medical Society
6767 Perkins Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Ph: (225) 763-8500
Fax: (225) 763-6122
dave@lsms.org

Geraldine Leche
Executive Assistant
Louisiana State Medical Society
6767 Perkins Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Ph: (800) 375-9508
Fax: (504) 763-6122
geraldine@lsms.org
Maine
Charles "Tom" McHugh, MD
71 Broadway
P.O. Box 699
Baileyville, ME 04694
Ph: (207) 427-3344
Fax: (207) 427-8312
ctmchugh@ccpwireless.com
Gordon Smith, Esq.
Executive Vice President
Maine Medical Association
30 Association Drive
P.O. Box 190
Manchester, ME 04351
Ph: (207) 622-3374, ext. 212
Fax: (207) 622-3332
gsmith@mainemed.com
Maryland
George S. Malouf Sr., MD
State Chair
5802 Baltimore Avenue
Hyattsville, MD 20781
Ph: (301) 277-9161
Fax: (301) 277-2363
Martin P. Wasserman, MD, JD
Executive Director
c/o Debbie Sciabarrasi
The Maryland State Medical Society
1211 Cathedral Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Ph: (410) 539-0872
Fax: (410) 244-0947
dsciabarrasi@medchi.org
Massachusetts
Frank S. Carbone Jr., MD
State Chair
186 Hart Street
Beverly, MA 01915
Ph: (978) 927-1919
Fax: (978) 927-4571
frank_s_carbone@lahey.org
Stephen R. Phelan
Director, Membership
Massachusetts Medical Society
860 Winter Street
Waltham, MA 02451-1411
Ph: (781) 434-7320
Fax: (781) 893-2105
sphelan@mms.org
Web site: www.massmed.org

George Dudley
Ph: (781) 434-7308
Fax: (781) 893-2105
gdudley@mms.org
Web site: www.massmed.org
Michigan
Robert J. Jackson, MD
Western Wayne Physicians, PLC
Suite 250
7445 Allen Road
Allen Park, MI 48101
Ph: (313) 386-5505
Fax: (313) 386-3444

robertjackson8140@sbcglobal.net
Cheri Vaupel
Michigan State Medical Society
120 West Saginaw
East Lansing, MI 48823
Ph: (517) 336-5787
Fax: (517) 336-5797
CVaupel@msms.org
Minnesota 
Kenneth W. Crabb, MD
State Chair
Suite 460
280 Smith Avenue N
St. Paul, MN 55102
Ph: (651) 224-4897
Fax: (651) 297-6559
crabb002@umn.edu
Susan L. Sweezo
Administrative Assistant to the CEO
Minnesota Medical Association
Suite 2500
1300 Godward Street NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413
Ph: (612) 362-3729
Fax: (612) 378-3875
Ssweezo@mnmed.org
Mississippi
Eric E. Lindstrom, MD
State Chair
809 Cherry Lane
Laurel, MS 39440
Ph: (601) 426-9454
Fax: (601) 426-9476
drlindstrom@lindstromeye.com
Charmain Kanosky
Executive Director
Mississippi State Medical Association
408 West Parkway Place
Ridgeland, MS 39157
Ph: (601) 853-6733
Fax: (601) 853-6746
ckanosky@msmaonline.com
Missouri
David L. Wilkinson, MD
State Chair
12465 Drexel Hill Drive
St. Louis, MO 63131
Ph: (314) 843-0122
Patrick J. Mills, CPA
Missouri State Medical Association
P.O. Box 1028
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Ph: (573) 636-5151
Fax: (573) 636-8552
pmills@msma.org
Montana  G. Brian Zins
Montana Medical Association
2021 11th Avenue
Helena, MT 59601
Ph: (406) 443-4000
Fax: (406) 443-4042
brian@mmaoffice.org
Nebraska
David Filipi, MD
8601 West Dodge Road #216
Omaha, NE 68114
Ph: (402) 354-5603
Fax: (402) 354-5621
davidfilipi@nmhs.org
Dale Mahlman
Nebraska Medical Association
Suite #1200
233 S.13th Street
Lincoln, NE 68508
Ph: (402) 474-4472
Fax: (402) 474-2198
dalem@nebmed.org
Nevada
John A. Ellerton, MD
Co-State Chair
2020 Palomino Lane, Ste. 110
Las Vegas, NV 89106-4892
Ph: (702) 384-0808
Fax: (702) 384-9329
jaellerton@hotmail.com 

T. Brian Callister, MD
Co-State Chair
4790 Caughlin Pkwy, #530
Reno, NV 89519-0907
Ph: (775) 323-8708
Fax: (775) 323-5438
tbriancallister@yahoo.com
Larry Matheis
Nevada State Medical Association
Suite #101
3660 Baker Lane
Reno, NV 89509
Ph: (775) 825-6788 or
(702) 798-6711 Las Vegas
Fax: (775) 825-3202
lmatheis@nsmadocs.org
New Hampshire
Georgia A. Tuttle, MD
129 Mechanic Street
Lebanon, NH 03766-1522
Ph: (603) 448-1071
Fax: (603) 448-1079
georgia_tuttle@valley.net
Palmer P. Jones
New Hampshire Medical Society
7 North State Street
Concord, NH 03301
Ph: (603) 224-1909
Fax: (603) 226-2432
palmer.jones@nhms.org
New Jersey
Michael H. Bernstein, MD
Chilton Memorial Hospital
220 Hamburg Turnpike
Wayne, NJ 07470
Ph: (973) 790-8094
Fax: (973) 898-1924
miketheknife@optonline.net
Eileen Kean
Medical Society of New Jersey
2 Princess Road
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648-2302
Ph: (609) 896-1766
Fax: (609) 896-1368
ekean@msnj.org
New Mexico
John Seibel, MD
State Chair
Suite 502
201 Cedar, SE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
Ph: (505) 224-7700
Fax: (505) 224-7703
seibel@ix.netcom.com
Randy G. Marshall
New Mexico Medical Society
Suite 400
7770 Jefferson, NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109
Ph: (505) 828-0237
Fax: (505) 828-0336
rmarshal@nmms.org
New York
Lewis D. Yecies, MD
State Chair
531 Washington Street
Watertown, NY 13601
Ph: (315) 782-4365
Fax: (315) 788-1932
lyecies@verizon.net
Sandra Bennett
Medical Society of the State
of New York
420 Lakeville Road
P.O. Box 5404
Lake Success, NY 11042
Ph: (516) 488-6100, ext. 383
Fax: (516) 616-9285
sbennett@mssny.org
North Carolina Stephen W. Keene
General Counsel, Deputy EVP
North Carolina Medical Society
222 North Person Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
Ph: (919) 833-3836, ext. 114
Fax: (919) 833-2023
skeene@ncmedsoc.org
North Dakota Bruce Levi
North Dakota Medical Association
1622 E. Interstate Avenue
Bismarck, ND 58503
Ph: (701) 223-9475
Fax: (701) 223-9476
blevi@ndmed.com
Ohio
Gale Hazen, MD
State Chair
27337 Pineview Drive
Westlake, OH 44145
Ph: (888) 794-1211
Fax: (440) 233-7187
gahazen@aol.com 

Lawrence J. Yodlowski, MD
Vice Chair
Holzer Clinic
90 Jackson Pike
Gallipolis, OH 45631
Ph: (740) 446-5417
Fax: (740) 446-5958
ljyodl@aol.com
Contact: Beth Jacobs
Ohio State Medical Association
3401 Mill Run Drive
Hillard, OH 43206
Ph: (800) 766-6762 or
(614) 527-6762
Fax: (614) 527-6763
bjacobs@osma.org
Oklahoma
Jay A. Gregory, MD
State and Caucus Chair
Suite D
333 S. 38th
Muskogee, OK 74401
Ph: (918) 687-5304
Fax: (918) 687-0178
dr.gregory@sbcglobal.net
Melissa Johnson
Oklahoma State Medical Association
601 NW Grand Boulevard
Oklahoma City, OK 73118
Ph: (405) 843-9571
Fax: (405) 842-1834
johnson@osmaonline.org
Web site: www.okmed.org
Oregon Joy Conklin
Director of Socioeconomic Affairs
Oregon Medical Association
11740 SW 68th Parkway
Portland, OR 97223
Ph: (503) 226-1555
Fax: (503) 241-7148
joy@theOMA.org
Web site: www.theOMA.org
Pennsylvania
James A. Goodyear, MD
State Chair
North Penn Surgical Associates
Suite 100
2100 North Broad Street
Lansdale, PA 19446-1052
Ph: (215) 368-1122
Fax: (215) 368-3569
JAGoody37@aol.com
Denise Zimmerman
Pennsylvania Medical Society
777 East Park Drive
P.O. Box 8820
Harrisburg, PA 17105
Ph: (717) 909-2604
Fax: (717) 558-7840
dzimmerman@pamedsoc.org
Rhode Island Steve DeToy
Director of Public and Government Affairs
235 Promenade Street
Suite 500
Providence, RI 02908
Ph: (401) 331-3207
Fax: (401) 751-8050
sdetoy@rimed.org
South Carolina Kelly Danias
Manager, Medical Economics
South Carolina Medical Association
132 Westpark Boulevard
Columbia, SC 29210
Ph: (803) 798-6207, ext. 236
Fax: (803) 772-6783
kelly@scmanet.org
South Dakota Dean Krogman
Vice President of Governmental Relations
South Dakota State Medical Association
P. O. Box 7406
Sioux Falls, SD 57117-7406
Ph: (605) 336-1965, ext. 3164
dkrogman@sdsma.org
Tennessee
Stuart M. Polly, MD
State Chair
Regional Medical Center at Memphis
877 Jefferson Avenue, AG 62
Memphis, TN 38103
Ph: (901) 545-7676
Fax: (901) 545-7966
spolly@the-med.org
A. Yarnell Beatty
General Counsel
Tennessee Medical Association
2301 21st Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37212-0909
Ph: (615) 385-2100
Fax: (615) 312-1897
yarnellb@tma.medwire.org
Texas
Robert V. Carr, MD
The Center for Orthopedic Surgery
Suite 101
4642 North Loop 289
Lubbock, TX 79416
Ph: (806) 797-4985 ext. 124
Fax: (806) 792-8588
carrlds@aol.com
Helen Kent Davis
Texas Medical Association
401 West 15th Street
Austin, TX 78701
Ph: (512) 370-1401
Fax: (512) 370-1632
helen.davis@texmed.org
Utah
Clifford S. Reusch, MD
State Chair
3856 Seagull Drive
West Valley City, UT 84120
Ph: (801) 967-5670
Fax: (801) 964-3638
csumnerreusch@yahoo.com
Val J. Bateman
Utah Medical Association
310 East 4500 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84107-4250
Ph: (801) 355-7477
Fax: (801) 532-1550
val@utahmed.org
Vermont Paul Harrington
Vermont Medical Society
P.O. Box 1457
Montpelier, VT 05601
Ph: (802) 223-7898
Fax: (802) 223-1201
pharrington@vtmd.org
Virginia
Lawrence K. Monahan, MD
State Chair
1111-b South Jefferson Street
Roanoke, VA 24016
Ph: (540) 342-1007
Fax: (540) 345-4643
lkmonahan@jimed.roacoxmail.com 
Bette Bois
Medical Society of Virginia
Suite 300
2924 Emerywood Parkway
Richmond, VA 23294
Ph: (804) 377-1038
Fax: (804) 521-6690
bbois@msv.org 

Suzanne Welsh
Medical Society of Virginia
Meeting and Project Specialist
Suite 300
2924 Emerywood Parkway
Richmond, VA 23294
Ph: (804) 377-1021
Fax: (804) 521-6690
swelsh@msv.org
Washington John V. Arveson
Washington State Medical Association
Suite 1100
2033 6th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121
Ph: (206) 441-9762
Fax: (206) 441-5863
jva@wsma.org
West Virginia
State Chair
PO Box 1680
Clarksburgh, WV 26301-1680
Ph: (304) 624-2288
Fax: (304) 624-2971
Evan Jenkins
Executive Director
West Virginia State Medical Association
4307 MacCorkle Avenue, SE
P.O. Box 4106
Charleston, WV 25364
Ph: (304) 925-0342, ext. 15
Fax: (304) 925-0345
evan@wvsma.com
Web site: www.wvsma.com
Wisconsin
Paul A. Wertsch, MD
State Chair
4901 Cottage Grove Road
Madison, WI 53716
Ph: (608) 221-1501
Fax: (608) 223-3540
pwertsch@wisc.edu
Jeff Nelson
Membership & Professional Services
Wisconsin Medical Society
330 E. Lakeside
Madison, WI 53715
Direct: (608) 442-3762
Cell: (608) 516-5472
Fax: (608) 442-3802
jeffn@wismed.org
Wyoming
Timothy Hallinan, MD
State Chair
Suite 4
709 West 8th Street
Gillette, WY 82716
Ph: (307) 682-3333
Fax: (307) 682-6723
Dennis Ellis
Executive Director
Wyoming Medical Society
PO Drawer 4009
Cheyenne, WY 82003
Ph: (307) 635-2424
Fax: (307) 632-1973
dennis@wyomed.org
Last updated: Nov 3, 2008
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