The following national officers and Fellow-at-Large were elected at the Annual Business Meeting on May 4, 2009, with Dr. Gerald F. Joseph, Jr becoming President.
Gerald F. Joseph Jr, MD
Ponchatoula, LA
Professional Position
Senior consultant for Ochsner Clinic Foundation in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the Ochsner Clinic, North Shore affiliate, New Orleans, LA
Education
n MD: Tulane University, New Orleans
n RESIDENCY: Louisiana State University
ACOG Activities
n NATIONAL: President Elect, Executive Board; member, Council of District Chairs; chair, Committee on Scientific Program;
member, committees on Gynecologic Practice, Nominations,
Long-Range Planning, Credentials, Continuing Medical Education;
chair, task forces on Enhancing Practice Satisfaction,
District and Section Contributions; member, task forces on
Abortion, Nominations Process (2), Scope of Practice, Medical
Student Recruitment, Committees; member, Grievance
Committee's Appeals Panel Committee; Executive Board
liaison to Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine board; member,
medical advisory board for Managing Menopause/pause®
magazine
n DISTRICT VII: chair; vice chair; secretary-treasurer; scientific
program chair; Louisiana Section chair, vice chair, secretary-treasurer;
member, Missouri Section Advisory Council
Richard N. Waldman, MD
Syracuse, NY
Professional Position
Chair of ob-gyn and medical director of performance improvement,
St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center; president,
Associates for Women's Medicine; clinical associate professor
of ob-gyn, Upstate Medical Center, the State University
of New York
Education
n MD: New Jersey College of Medicine & Dentistry
n RESIDENCY: Upstate Medical Center, the State University
of New York
ACOG Activities
n NATIONAL: member, Executive Board; chair, Council of
District Chairs; Junior Fellow College Advisory Council advisor;
team leader, Voluntary Review of Quality Care program;
member, committees on Finance, Nominations, Patient
Safety and Quality Improvement; member, task forces
on Safety in Residency Training, District and Section Donation
Policy; member, Collaborative Practice Advisory Group
and ACOG-ACNM Liaison Group; ACOG representative to
Practicing Physicians Advisory Council National Committee
for Quality Assurance
n DISTRICT II: chair; vice chair; treasurer; chair, scientific program;
chair, Nominating Committee; co-chair, Quality Assurance
Committee; member, Primary Care Committee, Practice
Management Committee; Junior Fellow advisor; recipient,
Outstanding District Service Award, Outstanding Section Service
Award; Section 5 chair, vice chair
J. Craig Strafford, MD, MPH
Gallipolis, OH
Professional Position
Staff physician, Holzer Medical Center
Education
n MD: The Ohio State University
n RESIDENCY: Indiana University Medical Center
ACOG Activities
n NATIONAL: member, Executive Board; member, Council of
District Chairs; chair, vice chair, Committee on Practice Management;
member, committees on Coding and Nomenclature,
Gynecologic Practice, Government Relations and Outreach,
Electronic Medical Record; alternate delegate to AMA; McCain
fellow
n DISTRICT V: chair; vice chair; treasurer; member, Advisory
Council; general arrangements chair, Annual District Meeting;
Ohio Section chair, vice chair, secretary-treasurer, key contact
Kevin C. Kiley, MD
Albany, NY
Professional Position
Chair and associate professor of ob-gyn, Albany Medical
College
Education
n MD: Georgetown University, Washington, DC
n RESIDENCY: William Beaumont Army Medical Center,
El Paso, TX
ACOG Activities
n NATIONAL: chair, committees on Finance, Compensation;
member, committees on Nominations, Course Coordination;
member, Appeals Panel Committee; member, Task
Force on Strategic Planning
n ARMED FORCES DISTRICT: chair; vice chair; secretary-treasurer;
recipient, Outstanding District Service Award; recipient,
Zimmerman Award; recipient, Chairman's Award
Presentation; Army Section chair, vice chair
Ramon A. Suarez, MD
Atlanta
Professional Position
Private practice; medical director of ob-gyn graduate education
at Piedmont Hospital; clinical professor of ob-gyn at Emory
University
Education
n MD: Emory University, Atlanta
n RESIDENCY: Emory University, Atlanta
ACOG Activities
n NATIONAL: member, Executive Board; chair, Council of District
Chairs; member, committees on Government Relations and
Outreach, Nominations; member, Subcommittee for Development;
reviewer, Voluntary Review of Quality of Care program
n DISTRICT IV: chair; vice chair; secretary; Georgia Section chair,
vice chair; Georgia Section Junior Fellow chair, vice chair, program
chair, local arrangements chair
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Fellow-at-Large (3-year term) |
May Hsieh Blanchard, MD
Baltimore
Professional Position
General ob-gyn division chief, residency program director,
and assistant professor of ob-gyn, University of Maryland
School of Medicine; medical director, Penn Street Women's
Health Clinic, University of Maryland Medical Center
Education
n MD: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
n RESIDENCY: CWRU-MetroHealth/Cleveland Clinic
ACOG Activities
n NATIONAL: chair, Junior Fellow College Advisory Council;
member, Task Force on Medical Student Recruitment; member,
committees on Government Relations and Outreach, Nominations;
member, Grievance Committee, ABOG/ACOG Liaison
Committee; participant, Future Leaders in Ob-Gyn Conference;
participant, ACOG Leadership Institute
n DISTRICT V: Fellow-at-large; Junior Fellow chair, vice chair,
secretary; general arrangements chair, Junior Fellow Annual
District Meeting