Board Briefs November 13, 2017 The Board: Received an update from Glennah Trochet, MD, Chair of the Public and Environmental Health Committee and approved the following proposals from the committee: 1) Encourage the Board of Supervisors and other elected bodies in Sacramento County to work together to address homelessness by increasing housing availability at all levels of income, but especially for low income residents of the county; 2) Encourage the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors to authorize and implement Laura’s Law in Sacramento County. The law provides community-based, assisted outpatient treatment to a small population of individuals who meet strict legal criteria and who, as a result of their mental illness, are unable to voluntarily access community mental health services; 3) Encourage the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors to provide homeless people access to basic sanitation in order to prevent a Hepatitis A Epidemic. Approved the following Scholarship and Awards Committee recommendations for the 2017 annual awards: Mary Pat Pauly, MD, Golden Stethoscope Award; Gordon Garcia, MD, Medical Honor Award; and My Sister’s House, Medical Community Service Award. Approved the 3rd Quarter 2017 Financial Statements, Investment Reports and Recommendations. Approved the 2018 Budgets for the Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society (SSVMS) and the Community Service, Education and Research Fund (CSERF). Approved the Following Membership Reports: October 26, 2017 For Active Membership — Drew-Anne Drapala, MD; Sarah Favila, MD; Kriti Gwal, MD; Jamal Haleem, MD; Robert Levy, MD; Damoon Rejaei, MD; Ulfat Shaikh, MD; Amanpal Singh, MD; Anton Sisante, DO; Sooraj Tejaswi, MD; Nay Nay Thiri, MD; Brenden Tu, MD. For Reinstatement to Active Membership — Maxine
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Barish-Wreden, MD; Craighton Chin, MD; Sapoora Manshaii, MD; Gregory Smith, MD. For Active Resident Membership — Michelle Engle, MD; Jaire Sunders, MD. For a Change in Membership Status from Active to Active 65/20 — Marcia Gollober, MD; Michael Pirruccello, MD. For Retired Membership — James Goodnight, Jr., MD; Stephen Nagy, Jr., MD; Steven Polansky, MD; Dean Rinard, MD; David Ruderman, MD; James Vasser, MD. For Transfer to Membership — Francis Canet, MD to Placer-Nevada; Rajbarinder Hundal, MD to San Joaquin; Salim Wehbe, MD to Placer-Nevada. For Resignation — Muhammad Choudry, MD (moved to New York); Murat Mardirossian, MD (moved to Arizona); Faryal Michaud, DO (moved to Hawaii); Ripul Panchal, DO (moved to Texas); Stanley Sady, MD (moved to Colorado; Gregory Spears, DO (moved to Arkansas). November 13, 2017 For Active Membership — Benjamin Bluth, MD; Alison Chow, MD; Katherine Garvey, MD; Devon Ganter, MD; Kathryn Griffin, MD; Nisrin Fadul, MD; Matthew Fields, DO; Tuongvi Ha, DO; Jennifer Hallock, MD; Gwendolyn Ho, MD; Stephen Jamieson, MD; Anil Jasti, MD; Jason J. Kim, MD; Christopher Lawrence, MD; Jenny Lee, MD; Pachida Lo, MD; Robert Lucas, MD; Alayna Ly, MD; Nuzhat Majid, MD; Seth Miller, MD; Jonathan Najman, MD; Beheshteh Nakhaee, MD; Latifa Pacheco, DO; Michelle Palvolgyi, MD; Pooja Rathi, DO; Brian Rezvani, MD; Syed Safdar, MD; Sameera Sandhu, MD; Sukwinder Singh, DO; Steven Stockslager, MD; Ra’ad Taashman, MD; Loc Ton, MD; Julie Westberg, MD. For Reinstatement to Active Membership — J. Andrew Brothers, MD. For Retired Membership — William Bommer, MD. For Transfer of Membership — Medical Student Cesar Soria (to Ventura). For Resignation — Christina Ortega-Chen, MD; Pankaj Ranka, MD.