2009 Governors-elect Candidates' Bios and Vision Statements
The ballots for the current Governors-elect election have been mailed. Members can vote via telephone at 1 800 218 4026 (US only), online or mail. You will need your mailed ballot for your ACP Number and PIN in order to make a vote.
Below are the bios and vision statements of the candidates that are running in this election. The deadline for submitting ballots is November 26, 2009 at 12 midnight CT. Please be sure to vote!
Jason C. Junkins
DATE/PLACE OF BIRTH: June 7, 1968, Centre, Alabama; EDUCATION: MD: University of Alabama Birmingham-School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama; POST DOCTORAL TRAINING: University of South Alabama Medical Center, Mobile, Alabama: Combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics residency; CERTIFICATION: Internal Medicine; PRESENT POSITION: Hospitalist: Medical Director, Northeast Alabama Inpatient Management, Gadsden Regional Medical Center, Gadsden, Alabama ; ACP ACTIVITIES: I have been involved in the Alabama Chapter of the ACP since becoming an Associate during my residency. I became a Member following my residency. I advanced to Fellowship in July of 2004. Following residency, while a member, I have been involved with the Alabama Chapter by being a Councilor at Large June 2004-June 2006, Secretary-Treasurer June 2006-Present and Chairman of the Finance Committee November 2006-Present; HOSPITAL/COMMUNITY SERVICE: I have served the past two years as president of a local service organization, Physicians Who Care of Northeast Alabama. I have done volunteer work at the Etowah Free Clinic. I was voted one of the best doctors in Etowah County in 2006; OTHER APPOINTMENTS: I served on the Admissions Interview Committee of the University of Alabama School of Medicine from September 2002-June 2005. I currently serve as the medical director of Amedisys Hospice in Gadsden, Alabama; AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL INTEREST/EXPERTISE: Hospital Medicine and Palliative Care.
Vision Statement
It is a pivotal time to be involved in the landscape surrounding healthcare now. There are many visions I have for the Chapter but the most pressing, in my opinion, is that of education. We must educate politicians and patients who we are and the value of cognitive medicine. If they do not understand this value, then everyone will lose when the final bill passes through congress. If someone does not understand something, they will not value it. If they do not value it, they won’t invest in it. If they don’t invest in internal medicine for the future, medical school graduates will continue to flock to other specialties. We must have this education in order to fight for our specialty which, will in turn, be fighting for primary care and our patients. Without us, the healthcare system cannot stand. Thank you for your consideration.
Wickliffe J. Many, Jr.
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 8/12/47 New Orleans, LA; EDUCATION: BS – LSU 1969 ; MD – University of Alabama School of Medicine; POST DOCTORAL TRAINING: Internship – Internal Medicine UAB 73-74; Diagnostic Radiology UAB 74-75; Internal Medicine UAB 75-78; Infectious Diseases Fellowship U of Texas /Parkland Hospital Dallas, TX 78-79; Infectious Diseases Fellowship UAB 79-80; CERTIFICATION: Internal Medicine 1977; Infectious Disease 1980; PRESENT POSITION: Professor of Medicine School of Medicine at UAB; Program Director UAB Health Center Montgomery; ACP ACTIVITIES: Board of Directors – Alabama Chapter of the ACP 2002-present, Fellow – July, 2007, Annual Program Chair 2008-present, Laureate Award – 2009; HOSPITAL/COMMUNITY SERVICE: Active Staff Baptist Medical Center South 1985-present; Chair of QA/QI 2004-2005; Chief of Staff 2005-2006; Chair Credentials Committee 2008; Chair of P&T Committee 1985-present; Chair of Infection Control Committee 1985-present, Board of Directors - Boys & Girls Clubs of Montgomery 1988-present; President of Board 1999-2000, Council on Medical Education – Medical Association of the State of Alabama 1997-2003, Envision 2020 (Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce) Healthcare Task Force 2002-2003; OTHER APPOINTMENTS: UAB Dean’s Council for Graduate Medical Education 2001-present; AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL INTEREST/EXPERTISE: HIV Medicine; General Infectious Diseases; Medical Education; Professionalism in Medicine
Vision Statement:
Our current health care system will be reformed in some fashion and it will be the responsibility of physicians – especially internists - to insure that the principles and ideals that led us to choose this profession will not be compromised. The ACP – at the state and national level - has a unique opportunity to insure that 1) access to appropriate health care is not compromised nor is mandated by those who do not have a full appreciation of the physician – patient relationship 2) that the ACP must provide support to those physicians who provide comprehensive, cost effective, evidence based medicine. As Governor, I would endeavor to make the Alabama Chapter more vocal and visible to patients and policy makers in this climate of change. Other goals are 1) to promote internal medicine as a career choice for medical students and 2) to incorporate hospitalists to become active in the local ACP chapter.
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Contact Information
Chapter Governor:
Maryella D. Sirmon, MD, FACP
Chapter Staff:
Teri Dingler
Ph: 334- 954-2575
E-mail: tdingler@bellsouth.net