SCMS April Membership Meeting Minutes
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he Saginaw County Medical Society Membership Meeting was held on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, at Horizons Conference Center. Anthony M. Zacharek MD, President, called the meeting to order at 7:09 p.m. Dr. Zacharek welcomed members, CMU residents, CMU medical students and guests. Dr. Zacharek thanked the following Key Providers in attendance for their ongoing support of SCMS programs: • Covenant HealthCare – Marcus Atkins • Renue Physical Therapy – Tom Hetzner, Casey Sowinski, PT, DPT and Mel Svorinic PT, DPT Dr. Zacharek then conducted the following business of the SCMS: • The Minutes of the January 18, 2022, Membership Meeting were attached to the Agenda and published in The Bulletin. MOTION: Approve the January 18, 2022, Meeting Minutes as printed. MOTION APPROVED. • Introduced CMU residents attending the meeting: o Carmen Avramut MD - PGY-1 Psychiatry o Chad Bambrick MD - PGY-2 Emergency Medicine o Sakshi Dhir MD - PGY-3 Psychiatry o Swetha Kondaveeti MD - PGY-1 Psychiatry o Jared Pugh DO - PGY-2 Psychiatry o Maria Qadir MD – PGY-1 Psychiatry o Mohammed Aamir Saiyed MD - PGY-1 Family Medicine and Resident Rep on the SCMS Board o Jisselly Salcedo MD - PGY-3 Psychiatry o Sara Schambach MD - PGY-1 Emergency Medicine o Shipra Singh MD - PGY-2 Psychiatry • Introduced CMU medical students attending the meeting: o Lauren Bootzin - M2 o Patrick Fewins - M2 o Mary Galuska - M2 and Medical Student Rep on the SCMS Board o F. Ann Sobell - M3 and Medical Student Rep on the SCMS Board o Matthew Welch - M3 • Shared news that Senate Bill 247 on Prior Authorization was recently signed into law. • Encouraged members to stay up-to-date with the SCMS by reading The Bulletin which is available on our website www.SaginawCountyMS.com under the Bulletin tab.
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• Asked everyone to plan on participating in the SCMS Foundation’s Annual Golf Outing on Saturday, June 4, 2022, at the Saginaw Country Club. The Foundation raises money to provide low interest loans to medical students, scholarships and awards for medical student and residents, and assists the Alliance with providing nursing scholarships. TONIGHT’S PROGRAM Dr. Zacharek introduced speakers Sasha P. Savage MD, Family Physician and Chief Health Officer of THRIVE; Mark G. Greenwell MD, Family Physician; Claudia C. Zacharek MD, Nephrologist; and Jisselly Salcedo MD, PGY-3 Psychiatry Resident who each gave TED Talks on “Overcoming Obstacles in Health Care.” Each presentation was unique and heartfelt, and coincidentally followed a common theme of emotional intelligence as referenced in Dr. Zacharek’s Winter 2022 article in The Bulletin. According to Bradberry and Greaves, “emotional intelligence is your ability to recognize and understand emotions in yourself and others, and your ability to use this awareness to manage your behavior and relationships.” (Bradberry, T, Greaves, J. “Emotional Intelligence 2.0”, 2009). Dr. Zacharek thanked Drs. Savage, Greenwell, Zacharek and Salcedo for sharing their very personal stories of overcoming obstacles in health care. The SCMS Annual Membership Meeting and SCMS Foundation Annual Membership Meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, at Horizons. Featured during the Annual Meetings will be an address from Thomas J. Veverka MD who will be installed as MSMS President on April 30 at the House of Delegates in Kalamazoo. Dr. Veverka is only the fifth MSMS President from Saginaw. Dean George E. Kikano MD will also give an update on the CMU College of Medicine. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:27 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Joan M. Cramer Executive Director
