Becoming involved in organized medicine is an essential element to a career in medicine. It provides a wonderful educational opportunity for young leaders like yourself to become aware of critical health care issues and a better understanding of the environment they practice in, thereby helping you in your own practice endeavors.
Contact your local state RFS Chair to become active and involved in the AMA and your state medical society.
| State | State RFS Chair | State Medical Society |
| Alabama | Heather Haley, DO hhaley@wvsom.edu |
Vic McLean |
| Alaska | No State Chair |
Gina Senko |
| Arkansas | Teresa Newcomb Arkansas Medical Society 10 Corporate Hill Drive Little Rock, AR 72205 Work: (501) 224-8967 Fax: (501) 224-6489 tnewcomb@arkmed.org |
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| Arizona | No longer has a Resident Section |
Simone Lustig |
| California |
Nirav Patel, MD |
Adam Dorsey |
| Colorado | Sara Wasserbauer, MD Home/Fax: (303) 832-1604 Pager: (303) 897-2343 Cell: (303) 596-1604 lunasara@earthlink.net |
Sandra M. Finney |
| Connecticut | David Smith, MD david.n.smith@yale.edu |
Barbara Levine |
| Delaware | Daniel J. Elliott, MD elliot_627@yahoo.com |
Wendy Gainor 131 Continental Drive, Suite 405 Newark, DE 19713 Phone: (302) 658-7596 Fax: (302) 658-9669 wlge@medsocdel.org |
| District of Columbia | Savita Srivastava, MD Work: (202) 784-3000 Pager: (202) 668-4428 saavy74@yahoo.com srivastavasa@mednav.net |
Edward Shanbacker Medical Society of the District of Columbia 2175 K St. N.W., Suite 200 Washington, D.C. 20037 Work: (202) 466-1800 Fax: (202) 452-1542 |
| Florida | Patricio Rossi, MD University of Miami Jackson Memorial Medical Center patrossi@hotmail.com |
Ginnie Moore, MD Florida Medical Association 113 E. College St. Tallahassee, FL 32301 (850) 224-6496 (850) 513-0291(f) gmoore@medone.org |
| Georgia | No State Chair |
Mary Eva King |
| Hawaii | No State Chair | Paula Arcena Hawaii Medical Association 1360 Beretania St., Suite 100 Honolulu, HI 96814 Work: (808) 536-7702 Fax: (808) 528-2376 paula_arcena@hma-assn.org |
| Idaho | No State Chair | Robert Seehusen Idaho Medical Association 305 West Jefferson Boise, ID 83702 Work: (208) 344-7888 Fax: (208) 344-7903 |
| Illinois |
Christine Pabin Bishof, MD
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Nena Samardzija Illinois State Medical Society 20 North Michigan Ave., Site 700 Chicago, IL 60602 Work: (312) 782-1654 Fax: (312) 782-2023 samardzija@isms.org |
| Indiana | Helen Borgenheimer, MD Work: (765) 747-4306 |
Susan Grant Work: (317) 261-2060 Fax: (317) 261-2076 sgrant@ismanet.org |
| Iowa | No State Chair | Ed Whitver Iowa Medical Society 1001 Grand Ave. West Des Moines, IA 50266 Work: (515) 223-1401 Fax: (515) 223-0590 ewhitver@iowamedical.org |
| Kansas | Joe McDonald, MD jmcdonald@kumc.edu |
Nancy Sullivan Kansas Medical Society 623 S.W. 10th Ave. Topeka, KS 66612 Work: (785) 235-2383 Fax: (785) 235-5114 nsullivan@kmsonline.org |
| Kentucky | Roy Dubash, MD roydubash@yahoo.com |
Diane Maxey Kentucky Medical Association 4965 US Highway 42, Suite 200 Louisville, KY 40222-6301 Work: (502) 426-6200 Fax: (502) 426-6877 maxey@kyma.org |
| Louisiana | Dennis M. Britten, MD dbritt2@lsuhsc.edu |
Cathy Thompson Louisiana State Medical Society 6767 Perkins Road Baton Rouge, LA 70808 Work: (225) 763-8500 Fax: (225) 763-6122 cathyt@lsms.org |
| Maine | No State Chair | Lisa Martin Maine Medical Association 30 Association Drive Manchester, ME 04351 Work: (207) 622-3374 x221 Fax: (207) 622-3332 lmartin@mainemed.com |
| Maryland | Baligh Yehia, MD byehia@gmail.com |
Susan Brunt Maryland State Medical Society (Med-Chi) 1211 Cathedral St. Baltimore, MD 21201 Work: (410) 539-0872 Fax: (410) 547-0915 sbrunt@medchi.org |
| Massachusetts | Neeral L. Shah, MD |
Emily Richardson Massachusetts Medical Society 860 Winter St. Waltham, MA 02451 Work: (800) 322-2303 X 7315 Fax: (781) 893-2105 erichardson@mms.org |
| Michigan | Jeremy M. Lipshutz, MD jlipshut@med.wayne.edu |
Rebecca Blake Michigan State Medical Society 120 West Saginaw East Lansing, MI 48826-0950 Work: (517) 337-1351 Fax: (517) 337-2490 rblake@msms.org |
| Minnesota |
Robert Grow, MD
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Kathy Messerli |
| Mississippi | David McClendon, MD mcclendon1@yahoo.com Work: (601)949-2709 |
Charmin Thompson Mississippi State Medical Association 408 West Parkway Place Ridgeland, MS 39157 Work: (601) 853-6733 Fax: (601) 853-6746 cthompson@msmaonline.com |
| Missouri | Michelle L. E. Powers, MD drmisha80@aol.com |
Johanna Echols |
| Montana | No State Chair | Brian Zins Montana Medical Association 2021 Eleventh Ave., #1 Helena, MT 59601-4890 Work: (406) 443-4000 Fax: (406) 443-4042 |
| Nebraska | Stephen F. Darrow, MD stephendarrow@creighton.edu |
Nancy Pick |
| Nevada | No Organized Resident Section |
Cynthia Rambo |
| New Hampshire | No State Chair |
Palmer Jones |
| New Jersey | No active resident section |
Gini Shoykhet |
| New Mexico | No active resident section |
G. Randy Marshall |
| New York | Renee Solomon, MD |
Sandra Bennett Medical Society of the State of New York 420 Lakeville Road Lake Success, NY 11042-5404 Work: (516) 488-6100 Fax (519) 488-1267 sbennett@mssny.org |
| North Carolina | Shannon Stinson, MD stinsons@ecu.edu |
Shawn Scott North Carolina Medical Society 222 North Person Street Raleigh, NC 27611 Work: (919) 833-3836 Fax: (919) 833-2023 sscott@ncmedsoc.org |
| North Dakota | State has no Resident Section | David Peske North Dakota Medical Association P.O. Box 1198 Bismark, ND 58502-1198 Work: (701) 223-9475 Fax: (701) 223-9476 dpeske@ndmed.com |
| Ohio | Elizabeth Muennich MD/PhD Work (937) 361-0604 Home (937) 259-8855 elizabethleman@yahoo.com |
Sharon Cordial Ohio State Medical Association 3401 Mill Run Drive Hilliard, OH 43026 Work: (614) 527-6779 scordial@osma.org |
| Oklahoma |
Jeffrey Sparling, MD |
Kathy Musson |
| Oregon |
Steve Sherick, MD |
Beth Cherry Oregon Medical Association 5210 S.W. Corbett St. Portland OR 97201 Work: (503) 226-1555 Fax: (503) 241-7148 beth@theoma.org |
| Pennsylvania | Brad Klein, MD brad.klein@jefferson.edu |
Claire Shearer Vicki Deacon Pennsylvania Medical Society 777 East Park Drive Harrisburg, PA 17105 Work: (800) 228-7823 Fax: (717) 558-7840 cshearer@pamedsoc.org vdeacon@pamedsoc.org |
| Rhode Island | AnnGene Giustozzi, MD Work: (401) 729-2206 anngene_giustozzi@brown.edu |
Newell Warde, PhD Rhode Island Medical Society 106 Francis St. Providence, RI 02903 Work: (401) 331-3207 Fax: (401) 751-8050 |
| South Carolina | David S. Pucci, MD pucci@musc.edu |
Cathy Boland |
| South Dakota | Nicole Christenson, MD Home: (605) 582-8143 Work: (605) 367-5950 nicole.christenson@usd.edu |
Terry Marks South Dakota State Medical Association 1323 S. Minnesota Ave. Sioux Falls, SD 57105 Work: (605) 336-1965 Fax: (605) 336-0270 tmarks@sdma.org |
| Tennessee | Leah C. Patton, MD leah_cordovez@hotmail.com |
Beth McDaniels Tennessee Medical Association 2301 21st Ave. South Nashville, TN 37212 Work: (615) 385-2100 Fax: (615) 383-5918 bethm@tma.medwire.org |
| Texas |
Ryan Loftin, MD |
Christine Shepherd Pame Hale Texas Medical Association 401 W. 15th St. Austin, TX 78701-1680 (512) 370-1443; (800) 880-1300, ext. 1443 Fax: (512) 370-1631 christina.shepherd@texmed.org pam.hale@texmed.org |
| Utah | Kenny MacDonald kenny.macdonald@hci.utah.edu |
Mark Fotheringham Utah Medical Association 540 E. 500 South Salt Lake City, UT 84102 Work: (801) 355-7477 Fax: (801) 532-1550 mark@utahmed.org |
| Vermont | No active resident section | Stephanie Winters Vermont Medical Society 132 Main St. Montpelier, VT 05601 Work: (802) 223-1201 swinters@vtmd.org |
| Virginia | Kurt Micele, MD km6bt@virginia.edu |
Kathleen Bozis Medical Society of Virginia 2924 Emerywood Pkwy., Suite. 300 Richmond, VA 23294 Kbozis@msv.org Work: (804) 377-1042 Fax: (804) 355-6189 |
| Virgin Islands | No State Chair | Cora Christian, MD , MPH Virgin Islands Medical Society P.O. Box 5986 Sunny Isle St. Croix, VI 00823 Work: (340) 712-2400 Fax: (340) 712-2449 |
| Washington | Francine Wiest, MD Work: (206) 764-6549 fwiest@u.washington.edu |
Shannon McGeoy Washington State Medical Association 2033 6th Ave., Suite 1100 Seattle, WA 98121 Work: (206) 441-9762 Fax: (206) 441-5863 |
| West Virginia | No State Chair | Mona Thevenan West Virginia State Medical Association 4307 MacCorkle Ave., S.E. Charleston, WV 25364 Work: (304) 925-0342 Fax: (304) 925-0345 mona@wvma.com |
| Wisconsin |
Robert J. Vickre, MD |
Melissa Breen State Medical Society of Wisconsin 330 E. Lakeside St. Madison, WI 53715 Work: (608) 257-6781 Fax: (608) 283-5401 mbreen@wismed.org |
| Wyoming | No State Chair | Wendy Curran Wyoming Medical Society 1920 Evans Ave Cheyenne, WY 82001 Work: (307) 635-2424 Fax: (307) 632-1973 wcurran@syomed.org |
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