Barbe, David O., MD, MHA
David O. Barbe, MD, MHA, a board-certified family physician from Mountain Grove, Mo., was elected to the American Medical Association (AMA) Board of Trustees (BOT) in June 2009.
Dr. Barbe has a long history of service to organized medicine. He has been a member of the AMA, the Missouri State Medical Association (MSMA) and the American Academy of Family Physicians for more than 25 years. He has served on the MSMA board continuously for more than 20 years, serving as chair in 2003 and president in 2005. He has been a delegate from Missouri to the AMA since 1997 and is past chair of the delegation.
Prior to his election to the AMA-BOT, Dr. Barbe was elected to two terms on the AMA Council on Medical Service, serving as its chair from June 2008 to June 2009. As a member of the council, Dr. Barbe participated in the development of much of the AMA policy related to coverage of the uninsured, health care system reform, Medicare reform and health insurance market reform.
Dr. Barbe has served on numerous AMA committees and task forces and serves as the AMA representative on the board of URAC, a national accreditation organization, and also sits on its executive committee. At the state level, Dr. Barbe has been a longtime member of MSMA’s legislative committee, a board member of the Missouri Medical Political Action Committee and a member of the MSMA Blue Ribbon Committee on Tort Reform.
Dr. Barbe received his bachelor’s degree with honors in microbiology and his medical doctorate from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine. He completed his residency in family medicine at the University of Kansas affiliated program at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Wichita, Kan. (now Via Christi). He also received his Master of Health Administration from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Following residency, Dr. Barbe returned to his hometown of Mountain Grove in rural southern Missouri and established a solo practice in traditional family medicine, including obstetrics and minor surgery. Over time Dr. Barbe has expanded his independent practice to two sites and several physicians. In 1997 he merged his group with St. John’s Clinic, Springfield, Mo., and now serves as the regional division president of the nearly 500-physician integrated group. In this capacity he also serves on the executive management team of St. John’s Health System, which was named the No. 1 integrated health system in 2007 and 2009.
Dr. Barbe continues to live and practice in his hometown of Mountain Grove. He and his wife, Debbie, BSN, RN, have two children and three grandchildren.
2009–2010
