MSV Annual Meeting brings new activities and a new president!

3 November 2011

New this year! Annual Meeting photos are now available on MSV's Facebook page. Click here to view them now. Please "like" MSV's Facebook page in order to get the latest updates.

The Medical Society of Virginia (MSV) thanks all who attended the 2011 Annual Meeting at The Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia. More than 235 physicians participated in activities including two house of delegates sessions, a town hall meeting and educational sessions.

New leadership
On Sat., Oct. 29, Hugh M. Bryan III, M.D. was inaugurated as MSV's new president. Other officers who were elected during the meeting include:

• Russell C. Libby, M.D., FAAP of Fairfax; president-elect
• Sterling N. Ransone Jr., M.D., FAAFP of Deltaville; vice president
• William C. Reha, M.D., M.B.A. of Woodbridge; speaker
• Kurtis S. Elward, M.D., M.P.H, FAAFP of Charlottesville; vice speaker

Click here for a full list of newly elected MSV directors and associate directors. 





Also during the meeting, the MSV Foundation (MSVF) and MSV Political Action Committee (MSVPAC) elected new officers. Krista Crawford-Mathis, Ph.D., SPHR was elected as MSVF president and Sterling N. Ransone Jr., M.D., FAAFP was elected as MSVPAC chairman.




Other MSVF officers elected include:

• H. Lee Kanter, M.D., FACC of Virginia Beach; vice president
• Ibe O. Mbanu, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A. of Woodbridge; treasurer and finance chair
• S. Hughes Melton, M.D., FAAFP of Lebanon; secretary
• Shannon R. Valentine of Lynchburg; governance chair
• Alan L. Wagner, M.D., FACS of Virginia Beach; development chair
• Michele A. Nedelka, M.D. of Glen Allen; program chair

Other MSVPAC officers include:

• David Chow, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, C.F.P. of Reston; vice chairman
• Susan Hundley, M.D. of Clarksville; secretary
• Geoff Harter, M.D. of Roanoke; immediate past chairman

Resolutions
The 2011 actions of the house of delegates (HOD) are now posted on the MSV Web site. Click here to view this important document, which reflects the final actions taken by the HOD at the annual meeting. MSV’s HOD acts on numerous reports and resolutions and establishes policy to guide the society and its members. In order to view the final resolutions, you must have a valid MSV Web site username and password.

Town hall
For the first time, MSV introduced its new HOD town hall session during which participants discussed MSV governance as a core competency for ongoing relevance and success. Delegates brainstormed ways to encourage increased physician participation by making MSV and its governance structure more streamlined, accessible, responsive and timely for its members.

Educational session
This year's educational session featured Kent Bradley, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., former Deputy Commander, 30th Medical Brigade (Forward), Operation Iraqi Freedom, and James Roudebush, M.D., M.P.H., Lieutenant General, USAF (retired). They shared their experiences with team-based care dynamics and discussed how Virginia physicians could design opportunities for enhanced team dynamics in medicine to improve patient care.

Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) Manager Ralph Orr led a session on the PMP explaining why physicians should use it to identify possible drug-seeking behavior. Participants received a demonstration of how to use the PMP as a resource in patient-centered care.

More information about this year’s Annual Meeting will be available in our upcoming November Virginia Medical News. To see photos of this year's event, please visit MSV's Facebook album.