PCMS Winter Bulletin 2022

President’s Page

Pierce County Medical Society Announces New Board Members

Nonprofit appoints female president for second year in a row

Dina Titova, MD PCMS President

“I have been practicing medicine in Tacoma for over a decade and I am deeply rooted in the local medical community,” said Dr. Titova. “I am honored and humbled to serve my colleagues and continue the work of past presidents, in particular Dr. Ann Geotcheus Gehl, who was the first female president in the past 20 years.”

For the second year in a row, the Pierce County Medical Society (PCMS) has named a woman as its board president. Dina C. Titova, MD, PhD was elected president of the organization at the November, 2021 board meeting.

Dr. Titova graduated from medical school in Russia, completed her Internal Medicine Residency at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis, IN and completed a Rheumatology Fellowship at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. She joined Franciscan Rheumatology Associates in 2007 and then MultiCare Rheumatology Specialists in 2019.

The following physicians were also elected as officers to the association’s board of trustees: C. Blake Perry, MD, President-Elect, Aesthetic Surgery Centre, Puyallup Courtney Kennel, DO, Secretary/Treasurer, Physicians Care Northwest, Lakewood Julian S. Arroyo, MD, Vice President, Proliance Puget Sound Orthopaedics, Lakewood Ann J. Goetcheus Gehl, MD, Community Health Care, Tacoma

Other trustees include: Henry M. Davis, MD, Community Health Care, Tacoma Nicholas Rajacich, MD, Mary Bridge Children’s Health Center, Tacoma Camille P. Samujh, DO, MPH, Rainier Anesthesia Associates, Puyallup Neil Batta, MD, NeoSpine, Gig Harbor John Heffernan, MD, Proliance Puget Sound Orthopaedics, Gig Harbor Z. Roger Wang, MD, PhD, Franciscan Rheumatology Associates, Lakewood Anthony L-T Chen, MD, MPH, Ex-Officio – Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, Tacoma