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AAPS Announces New Leadership Team for 2015-2016

Jul 06, 2015

Tampa, FL- The American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc. ® (AAPS) has announced its leadership team for 2015-2016. Leaders were elected and installed at the recent AAPS House of Delegates & Annual Scientific Meeting in Clearwater, FL.

The 2015-2016 AAPS leadership team follows:

Executive Committee:
Martin E. Thornton, D.O., FAAEP, FAADM, President
Craig S. Smith, M.D., President-Elect
Kenneth A. Wallace, III, M.D., Vice President
Surinder K. Kad, M.D., FAAIM, MPH, MBA, Secretary/Treasurer
Mark DeSantis, D.O., Membership Officer
Kenneth M. Flowe, M.D., FAAEP, MBA, Immediate Past President

Board of Directors:
Arthur L. Berman, D.O., FAAIM, Representative to the AAPS Board of Directors
Heidi P. Cordi, M.D., FACEP, FAADM, Representative to the AAPS Board of Directors
Mark DeSantis, D.O., Representative to the AAPS Board of Directors
Jonathan Craig Gordon, M.D., Representative to the AAPS Board of Directors
Robert Ilowite, D.O., FAASD, Representative to the AAPS Board of Directors
Gustavo G. Leon, M.D., Representative to the AAPS Board of Directors
Liz Maxwell-Schmidt, M.D., FAAEP, FACEP, Representative to the AAPS Board of Directors
Susan M. Sarracino, M.D., Ph.D., FAAA, Representative to the AAPS Board of Directors
William J. Garrity, D.O., FAASFP, Representative to the AAPS Board of Directors

Scott G. Barnes, D.O., FAAIM, Basic Documents Committee Chair
William J. Garrity, D.O., FAASFP, ABPS Chair
Arthur Cooper, M.D., M.S., ABPS, Vice Chair
Kenneth M. Flowe, M.D., FAAEP, MBA, CME Chair
A. Robert Cerrato, D.O., J.D., Presidential Advisor
Jerry Allison, M.D., Strategic Planning Chair
Stephen M. Damiani, D.O., FAAIM, Governmental Affairs Committee Chair
Harsha N. Dhanani, M.D., FAAR, Council of Academy Presidents Chair
Jerry Allison, M.D., Brand Ambassador Director
Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Public Member

“The AAPS leadership is committed to working for the highest standard of patient care by advancing the science and practice of medicine by board certified physician specialists,” said AAPS President Martin E. Thornton, D.O.

About AAPS
Headquartered in Tampa, FL, the AAPS is the governing body of the American Board of Physician Specialties ® (ABPS), a nationally-recognized multi-specialty physician certifying body.

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