Annual Meeting
Annual Meeting THE 2016 SIERRA SACRAMENTO Valley Medical Society and Alliance Annual Awards and Installation Dinner was held January 21, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Sacramento with over 200 guests in attendance. Thomas Ormiston, MD, Family Practitioner with the Woodland Clinic Medical Group, was installed as the 142nd President of SSVMS. Also installed were the following SSVMS 2016 Officers and Board of Directors: Ruenell Adams Jacobs, MD, President-Elect; Chris Serdahl, MD, Secretary; Rajiv Misquitta, MD, Treasurer; Jason Bynum, MD, Immediate Past President; and Directors, Vijay Khatri, MD; Darin Latimore, MD; Alexis Lieser, MD; Anne Neumann, DO; Paul Reynolds, MD; Seth Thomas, MD; Sadha Tivakaran, MD; Thomas Valdez, MD; John Wiesenfarth, MD; Eric Williams, MD. The Society’s highest honor, the Golden Stethoscope Award, was presented to Robert Kahle, MD, a neonatologist at Mercy San Juan Hospital. Dr. Kahle received the award for his devotion to patient care and the medical needs of the community. The Medical Honor Award was presented to George W. Meyer, MD, in recognition of his outstanding volunteer contributions to the health of the people in our community and throughout the world. A Special Recognition Award was presented to The Honorable Senator Richard J. D. Pan, MD, for his outstanding contributions to public health with the introduction and passage of SB 277, the vaccination bill. The Alliance presented its highest honor, the Dorothy Dozier Helping Hands Award, to Ingrid Niles for devoting her time, energy and talents to the Alliance and community. Guests at the event were entertained with traditional jazz music by Cyr’s Combo, a group of young musicians from the Sacramento area who play regularly throughout California.
L-R Dr. Tom Ormiston, Incoming President and Dr. Jason Bynum, Outgoing President
March/April 2016
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