George W. Meyer

Date/Place of Birth: April 30, 1941, Cleveland, Ohio

Education: BS MIT 1962, MD, Tulane 1966

Postdoctoral Training: Mixed Medicine Internship: Southern Pacific Memorial Hospital 1966-1967; Internal Medicine residency Pacific Presbyterian Hospital , San Francisco, CA 1969-1972, Gastroenterology Fellowship: David Grant USAF Medical Center, Travis AFB, CA 1971-76

Certification: Internal Medicine 1972, Gastroenterology 1975

Military Service: USAF 1967-69; 1972-1993; CURRENT POSITION: Staff Gastroenterologist, Kaiser Permanente, Sacramento, CA: Clinical Professor of Medicine. University of California at Davis, 2001-present, Consultant, Cleveland Clinic 2001-present

ACP Activities: Life member 1972, FACP, 1977; Air Force: Program Director, AF Regional Meeting 1977-1978; Board of Governors 1979-82; President, AF Region 1984-85; Laureate Award 2001; GA: Program Director, Annual Associates Meeting 1996; Member Governor's Advisory Council 1994-97; Organizer, Georgia Jeopardy Team for Annual Session 1995 and 1996; N. CA: Governor's Advisory Council 1999-2001; Laureate Award 2006; National: Telecommunications Committee 1982-1984; Postgraduate Courses Committee 1984-88; MKSAP XI, GI Subcommittee 1995-97; MCQ Bank Committee 1997-99; Annual Session Committee 1997-99 and 2000-01; Poster Judge, Associates Posters, Annual Session 2006 and 2007

Hospital/Community Service: United Health Services Medical Advisory Committee, Dayton, OH, 1980-82 Board of Trustees, 1980-82; Board of Directors, American Cancer Society, Bexar County Unit, 1984-86, Professional Education Subcommittee 1984-86, Nominating Committee 1984-85, Services and Rehabilitation Committee, Chairman, 1985-86, Executive Committee 1985-86, Member, Texas Division, Service and Rehabilitation Committee 1985-86; Board of Directors, American Cancer Soc., El Paso, Teller Unit, 1987-88, Chair, Professional Education Subcommittee 1987-88, Member, CO Division, Professional Education Comm. 1987-88, Member, CO Division, Services and Rehab Comm. 1987-88; Leadership Committee, Amer. Cancer Soc., Ramstein AB, Germany 1989-92; Board of Directors, Am Cancer Soc., Atlanta City Unit, Atlanta GA 1995-97, Board of Directors, Georgia Div., Amer. Cancer Soc., 1996-97; Volunteer physician. Health Volunteers Overseas, 1999-present, St Jude Hospital, St. Lucia BWI, Feb 2000; Feb 2003, Lima Peru, Jan 2005, Internal Medicine Volunteer coordinator, Peru, 2005-present, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Feb 2006; Volunteer physician, Sacramento County Clinics 2001-present; Volunteer physician, Flying Samaritans 2001-present; Volunteer physician, UCD Student run clinics 2006-present; Volunteer physician, Sacramento Medical Reserve Corps, 2005-present

Other Appointments: Program Director, Internal Medicine: Wright-Patterson USAF Med. Center, Dayton, OH 1980-82; Program Director, Internal Medicine, Wilford Hall USAF Med Center, San Antonio, TX 1982-1986; Program Director, Georgia Baptist Med. Center, Atlanta, GA 1993-97

Areas of Professional Interest/Expertise: Esophageal Disease, Eosinophilic esophagitis; Cyclic vomiting syndrome, unusual causes of abdominal pain, medical education, volunteerism

Vision Statement
We must re-identify internists as thoughtful diagnosticians, not 15 minute PCP’s. Internal Medicine needs to speak as one voice. Subspecialists need to understand that ACP is the key to their future, such as fighting the annual battle to void the annual automatic Medicare cutbacks. I will work to provide physicians who volunteer their skills to the underserved with state sponsored malpractice insurance. I will identify and reorganize the prior leaders of Northern California’s ASIM to strengthen our voice in Sacramento and Washington, DC. There are many problems facing the practicing internist, including pay for performance (quality is important but is this the solution?), recertification (recertification is not negotiable but the mechanism to achieve it can be simplified), influence of pharma on medical practice (for instance: can we get the ads off TV?), and the role of the internist who wishes to follow his or her patient when hospitalized.

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