Tucson Osteopathic Medical Foundation Welcomes New Leadership

TOMF Welcomes New Leadership

By Steve Nash, Executive Director, Tucson Osteopathic Medical Foundation

New year, new faces for leadership at Tucson Osteopathic Medical Foundation (TOMF) as it enters its 35th year of service to the profession and people of southern Arizona. Tucson/Sierra Vista plastic surgeon Jamie M. Moenster, DO starts her term as chairman of the TOMF Board of Trustees. Moenster earned her osteopathic medical degree from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine and trained in surgery and plastic surgery at South Pointe Hospital in Warren Heights, Ohio. Tucson dermatologist Christopher Weyer, DO is her husband.

Howard R. Zveitel, DO

will serve as chair-elect. Although he resides in Tucson, Dr. Zveitel is an emergency department physician at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Phoenix. He is a graduate of Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and did his internship and residency at Tucson General Hospital. He chairs several key Foundation committees.

Rodolfo Jimenez, DO

begins his climb up the officer ladder as secretary/treasurer. Jimenez is the CEO, CMO and a practicing physician at United Community Health Center in Green Valley. He oversees 14 sites for this group of federally qualified health centers. He grew up in Southern California, graduated from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, and trained at Tucson General.

Psychiatrist Kristine T. Norris, DO was also unanimously elected to the Board. Dr. Norris grew up in Tucson, the daughter of a family medicine physician and a nurse practitioner mother. Norris earned her undergraduate and MPH degrees from the University of Arizona and her DO degree from Kirksville. Her husband, Bradley Norris, DO, is a Tucson orthopedic surgeon. She replaces long-time TOMF Board member Kenneth Snow, DO, who retired to Utah.

The remainder of the Board is the same: urologist Kenneth Belkoff, DO; internist Scott Biehler DO; pediatrician Valerie Ebert, DO; pediatrician Patricia Eck, DO; internist Issa Hallaq, DO; family practitioner John Harris, DO; internist Jerry Hutchinson, Jr., DO; family practitioner John Manfredonia, DO; and pulmonologist Franz P. Rischard, DO.

Tucson Osteopathic Medical Foundation was created in 1986 after the sale of Tucson General Hospital. It provides funding for small projects aimed at improving community health. More than 75 Southern Arizona organizations have received grants. Additionally, TOMF awards scholarships for students attending Arizona osteopathic medical schools. Since 1987, a total of 58 students have benefited from more than $1,000,000 awards.

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