AAPS Announces New Leadership Team

Jul 21, 2014

Tampa, FL- The American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc. ® (AAPS) has announced its Board of Directors for 2014-2015. Leaders were elected and installed at the recent AAPS House of Delegates & Annual Meeting.

The list of 2014-15 AAPS Board Members follows:

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

Board of Directors:
Daniel M. Avery, M.D., FAASS, Representative to the AAPS Board of Directors
Scott G. Barnes, D.O., FAAIM, Presidential Advisor
Solomon Behar, M.D., FAAA, Representative to the AAPS Board of Directors
Arthur L. Berman, D.O., FAAIM, Representative to the AAPS Board of Directors
Arthur Cooper, M.D., ABPS Vice Chair
Mark DeSantis, D.O., Representative to the AAPS Board of Directors
William J. Garrity, D.O., FAASFP, ABPS Chair
Jonathan Craig Gordon, M.D., Council of Academy Presidents Chair
Lewis W. Marshall, Jr., M.D., J.D., FAAEP, Representative to the AAPS Board of Directors
Stephen A. Montes, D.O., FAASOS, CME Chair
Anthony P. Russo, Jr., D.O., FAAA, Strategic Planning Chair
Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Public Member
Martin E. Thornton, D.O., Representative to the AAPS Board of Directors

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

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