CMS Foundation Receives Funds from Medical Community

DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATES OF TALLAHASSEE MAKES DONATION, IN HONOR OF DR. MEREDITH MCKINNEY, TO THE WE CARE NETWORK

THE TMH MEDICAL STAFF MAKES DONATION TO THE CAPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION IN MEMORY OF DR. JULIA ST. PETERY

On December 20, 2021, Dr. Armand Cognetta presented a $5,000 check to the Capital Medical Society Foundation President Dr. John P. Mahoney. The gift was presented in honor of Dr. Meredith McKinney upon his retirement on December 15, 2021 from the Dermatology Associates of Tallahassee after twenty-one years in their practice. Dr. McKinney’s commitment to the We Care Network program spans decades. “He has worked with me for over twenty years,” said Dr. Armand Cognetta. “It is such a pleasure to honor him in front of his colleagues with this gift. He has provided treatment to many, many We Care Network patients over the years.” The We Care Network program is celebrating its thirty-year anniversary in 2022. Dr. Meredith McKinney has been an integral part of the We Care Network as a donating physician.

On behalf of the TMH Medical Staff Fund, Dr. Heemanshi Shah presented a gift check for $5,000 to the Capital Medical Society Foundation’s Executive Director Pam Irwin on February 10. The gift for the Julia Revell St. Petery, M.D. Scholarship in Pediatrics Endowment reflects TMH staff’s desire to honor the late Dr. Julia St. Petery and her passion for access to healthcare for all children. The interest earned on the endowment will support scholarships for future generations of pediatricians. Meredith McKinney, M.D. graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana in 1965 and Indiana University Medical School in Indianapolis in 1968. Between 1968 and 1974 he completed a four-year general surgery residency at Shands Hospital at the University of Florida in Gainesville and spent two years with the Special Forces at Fort Bragg, NC. He then fulfilled a two-year plastic surgery residency at Indiana University and specialty hand surgery training at the Kleinert Kutz Hand Care Center in Louisville, KY. From July 1976 to October 1999, he provided a full spectrum of cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery to patients in the Tallahassee and surrounding communities. Since that time, he has restricted his practice to skin cancer reconstruction. Dr. McKinney worked closely and exclusively with Dr. Cognetta at Dermatology Associates to provide patients with the best possible care.