Missouri Medicine would like to publicly thank the following non-Editorial Board experts who have done peer-review of submitted manuscripts in 2019: Angel Baldan, PhD, Doug Bogart, MD, Stephen Braddock, MD, J. Patrick Brooks, MD, Sophia M. Chung, MD, Joel Eissenberg, PhD, Muhammad Ishaq Farhan, MD, Sean Gratton, MD, Richard Hellman, MD, Charles M. Lederer, MD, Lenard Politte, MD, and Stephen Reintjes, Jr., MD.
In the fall 2019 issue Proto magazine, the official publication of the Massachusetts General Hospital, the feature cover story is “The Science of Near-Death Experiences” (Missouri University Press 2017). The in-category best-selling book is based on a series of articles appearing in Missouri Medicine and is edited by John C. Hagan, III, MD. The book is available from MSMA and on amazon.com
Mark Adams, MD, of Columbia, received the President’s Award this year from the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. His support as an MSMA member for the past 10 years is appreciated.
Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare recently announced the addition of Brian Bellamy, MD, (left) and Bruce Bellamy, MD, FAAFP, (right) to its team. These two members of MSMA have supported our efforts for a combined total of 35 years.
Congratulations to MSMA and AMA Past President David Barbe, MD, of Mountain Grove, on being elected to serve as President-Elect of the World Medical Association.
MSMA President-Elect George Hruza, MD, MBA, FAAD, of Chesterfield, was recently selected to present at the 2019 Sharm Derma Conference in Cairo, Egypt. He serves as President of American Academy of Dermatology.
The MO HealthNet Oversight Committee met in early November in Jefferson City to discuss program transformation and enrollment reforms. Bridgett McCandless, MD, an MSMA member since 2011, of Kansas City, was elected Committee Co-Chair. State Rep. Jon Patterson, MD, an MSMA member since 2011; and Randall Williams, MD, an MSMA member since 2017, also serve on the committee.
Toniya Singh, MD, FACC, MSMA member since 2015, has been named Chair of the Women in Cardiology Council of the American College of Cardiology (ACC). Her three-year appointment as Chair runs through 2022; she was initially appointed to the Council in 2017. Dr. Singh is a managing partner with St. Louis Heart and Vascular.
James Womack, MD, MSMA member since 2011, of Clinton, passed the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery board certification.
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