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.

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

President Elect

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

Vice President

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

Treasurer (3-year term)

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

Assistant Secretary

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

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