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At Work for You
LACMA offers a wide array of benefits designed to enhance your practice and protect your autonomy By CArol Chaker
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h e r e h a s n e v e r been a more important time to be a member of the Los Angeles County Medical Association and the California Medical Association. When you join LACMA and the CMA, you join a dedicated network of over 6,000 Los Angeles County physicians and over 35,000 California physicians who are working together to achieve a unified health care front and fight against unfair insurer reimbursement practices, restrictions on physician autonomy and the erosion of valuable legislation that protects physicians’ practices. LACMA and the CMA can help enhance your practice, improve your bottom line and protect your autonomy as a physician.
Your Membership, Your Benefits
Since 1871, LACMA has been at the forefront of medicine in L.A. County, ensuring that our members are represented in the areas of public policy, government
relations and community relations. Through our advocacy efforts in both L.A. County and with the California Medical Association, our physician leaders and staff strive toward a common vision—that you might spend more time treating your patients and less time navigating the obstacles that threaten your autonomy and undermine your practice of medicine. When you join LACMA and the CMA, you have access to these member-only benefits: • Legislative advocacy • Reimbursement advocacy and assistance • Free legal consulting • Jury duty assistance • Free publications • HIT resources • Free access to educational events, webinars, and CME programs • Partnerships and discounts As a member of LACMA and CMA, these benefits can:
• Provide visibility with patients and the community. • Help improve your bottom line. • Provide access to networks of peer physicians and elected officials. • Give you a powerful platform to advocate for meaningful reform of the health care system and to protect your rights as a physician. • Put valuable resources on topics ranging form practice management to legal issues at your fingertips. Most importantly, your membership works for you. As a member, you get access to a committed professional staff that stops at nothing to protect the way you practice medicine from legal, regulatory and legislative intrusions. Your membership lets you focus on what’s really important: providing exceptional care to your patients. We offer specialized memberships for physicians, residents and students. For additional information or to apply, visit www.lacmanet.org or call us at 213-226-0313.
Meet Your Board!
LAC M A’ s Board of Directors consists of a group of 30 dedicated physicians who are working hard to uphold your rights and the rights of your patients. They always welcome hearing your comments and concerns. You can contact them by emailing or calling Lisa Le, Executive Assistant, at lisa@lacmanet.org or 213-226-0304. Officers Samuel Fink, MD
Erik Berg
President
Medical Student Councilor / USC Keck
Marshall Morgan, MD
Stephanie Booth, MD
Pedram Salimpour, MD
Jack Chou, MD
Peter Richman, MD
Sidney Gold, MD
Troy Elander, MD
William Hale, MD
President-Elect Treasurer
Secretary
Immediate Past President
Board of Directors David Aizuss, MD
Councilor-at-Large CMA Trustee Councilor Councilor
Shelley Han
CMA Trustee
Medical Student Councilor / UCLA David Geffen
William Averill, MD
Vito Imbasciani, MD
Councilor
Councilor
Paul Kirz, MD
Chair of LACMA Delegation 2 0 s o u t h e r n c a l i f o r n i a p h ys i c i a n | s e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 2
Lawrence Kneisley, MD
Heidi Reich, MD
Councilor-at-Large
Resident/Fellow Councilor
Howard Krauss, MD
Susan Reynolds, MD
Gideon Lowe, MD
Bob Rogers, MD
Councilor Councilor
Jonathan Macy, MD Councilor-at-Large
Carlos E. Martinez, MD Councilor
Nassim Moradi, MD Councilor
Ashish Parekh, MD Councilor
Jeffrey Penso, MD Councilor-at-Large
Councilor Councilor
Sion Roy, MD
Resident/Fellow Councilor (Alternate)
Pejman Salimpour, MD Councilor
Shuo Steven Wang, MD Councilor-at-Large
Erin Wilkes, MD
CMA Trustee (Resident)