Nassier Heyrani, MD; Katherine M. Hinchcliff, MD; Eve A. Hood, MD; Justin N. Hopkins, MD; Stephanie A. Jamison, MD; Christopher H. Kim, MD; Janet W. Lee, MD; Melissa L. Lichte, MD; Su Liu, MD; Pachida C. Lo, MD; Katie J. Long, MD; Ashley R. Lundgren, MD; Devna U. Magrola, MD; Kristen M. Marshall, MD; Lydia P. Mendoza, MD; Kiran Mudambi, MD; Alexander J. Nedopil, MD; Samantha J. Neureuther, MD; Rachelle L. Nicolai, MD; Alinea S. Noronha, MD; Amy K. Nuismer, MD; Devin A. Oller, MD; Caterina G. Palumbo, MD; Christine J. Park, MD; Katherine J. Park, MD; Andrew M. Perry, MD; Tamara S.V. Pleshakov, DO; Marisa E. Scofield, MD; Laura E. Sienas, MD; Meryl A. Simon, MD; Warrik M. Staines, MD; Daniel M. Strum, MD; Emily M. Tibbits, MD; Minh-Chi Tran, MD; Melissa A. Vanover, MD; Adriel M. Watts, MD; Julie M. Westberg, MD; Clara C. Yang, MD; Alexander B. Younts, MD; Michelle S. Yu, MD. For a Change in Membership Status from Student to Resident — Elizabeth Abdin, MD; Aleksandra N. Belova, MD; Jana Chtchetinin, MD; Irene Chen, MD; Dariush Garber, MD; Stephen S. Henrichon, MD; Jensine Lee, MD; Matthew J. Lopez, MD; Shiloh M. Martin, MD; Tricia M. Roberts, MD. For a Change in Membership Status from Resident to Active — Deborah S. Kim, MD. For Reinstatement to Membership — Carl C. Hsu, MD (Active); Robert J. Forster, MD (Retired). For Retired Membership — Michael H. Burman, MD; Bruce D. Miller, MD; Bahman Nazeri, MD. For Resignation — Andrew M. Park, MD (transferred to Orange County). Serving as the Board to the Community Service, Education and Research Fund (CSERF), the Society’s 501(c)(3) organization, the directors received an annual report regarding the SPIRIT Program from Jack Rozance, MD, Chair of
the SPIRIT Management Committee and Kris Wallach, Program Director. SPIRIT, Sacramento Physicians Initiative to Reach out, Innovate and Teach, was established in 1995 through a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the program engages volunteer physicians in the delivery of medical care to the uninsured. SPIRIT is funded by five partners, SSVMS, Sutter Health, Dignity, Kaiser and UC Davis, who annually contribute $15,000 to the program. BloodSource was a major donor to the program this past year with committed funding of SPIRIT through 2014. Other donations are received throughout the year. Since inception, the SPIRIT Program has treated 38,579 patients; performed 584 hernia surgeries, 70 cataract surgeries and 15 other out-patient surgeries. This year the SPIRIT Program will receive the CMA Foundation’s Robert D. Sparks, MD, Leadership Achievement Award for its outstanding concern for the health of communities and demonstrated efforts consistent with the mission of the Foundation.
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