THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OFFICERS President Scott Benninghoven, MD President-Elect Seham El-Diwany, MD Past President Eleanor Martinez, MD VP-Community Health Cindy Russell, MD VP-External Affairs Kenneth Blumenfeld, MD VP-Member Services Ryan Basham, MD VP-Professional Conduct Vanila Singh, MD Secretary Seema Sidhu, MD Treasurer Anh Nguyen, MD
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
COUNCILORS
William C. Parrish, Jr.
El Camino Hospital of Los Gatos: Lewis Osofsky, MD El Camino Hospital: Vacant Good Samaritan Hospital: Vinit Madhvani, MD Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose: Hemali Sudhalkar, MD Kaiser Permanente Hospital: Martin Wong, MD O’Connor Hospital: Michael Charney, MD Regional Medical Center: Erica McEnery, MD Saint Louise Regional Hospital: Faith Protsman, MD Stanford Health Care / Children's Hospital: John Brock-Utne, MD Santa Clara Valley Medical Center: Clifford Wang, MD
CMA TRUSTEES - SCCMA Thomas M. Dailey, MD (District VII) Kenneth Blumenfeld, MD (District VII)
BULLETIN THE
Official magazine of the Santa Clara County Medical Association and the Monterey County Medical Society
THE MONTEREY COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY
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Managing Editor Pam Jensen
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President Craig Walls, MD PhD President-Elect Maximiliano Cuevas, MD Past-President James Hlavacek, MD Secretary Alfred Sadler, MD Treasurer Steven Harrison, MD
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER William C. Parrish, Jr.
DIRECTORS Valerie Barnes, MD David Holley, MD William Khieu, MD Eliot Light, MD
Phillip Miller, MD David Ramos, MD James Ramseur, MD