VISITING FACULTY

• Stephen R. Ash, MD, FACP, Director of Dialysis, Clarian Arnett Health and Wellbound; Chairman, Ash Access Technology, Inc., Lafayette, Indiana
• Donald L. Deye, MD, FACP, Internal Medicine, Cambridge Medical Center, Medical Director, Cambridge, Minnesota
• Christine Klein, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Renal Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
• Dhaval Parekh, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medical Director, Texas Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
• Philip W. Smith, MD, Chief, Section of Infectious Diseases, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
• Mark S. Wathen, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute, Nashville, Tennessee

GREATER KANSAS CITY FACULTY

• Ahmad Al-Mubaslat, MD, FACE, Endocrinologist, Medical Group of Kansas City; Research Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri
• Laura M. Alba, MD, Gastroenterology Fellowship Associate Program Director; Assistant Professor of Medicine University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri
• Richard J. Barohn, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
• Thomas A. Beller, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City; Pulmonologist, Kansas City Pulmonology Practice, Kansas City, Missouri
• Abid Bhat, MD, Associate Professor, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Mo.; Medical Director, Center for Sleep Health, Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri
• David R. Blick, MD, FACC, Cardiologist, Kansas City Cardiology Associates, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri
• Mark S. Box, MD, Rheumatologist, Internal Medicine & Rheumatology, Kansas City Internal Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri
• Kenneth A. Buchwach, MD, FACS, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas; Private Practice, Otolaryngology/Head and Neck, Facial and Reconstructive Surgery; Overland Park, Kansas
• Jeffrey M. Burns, MD, Associate Professor, Neurology; Director, Alzheimer and Memory Program; Assistant Director of General Clinical, Research Center; School of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
• Donald R. Campbell, MD, Chairman and Arthur W. Robinson, MD/Missouri Endowed Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Luke's Hospital; Professor of Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri; Partner, Plaza Gastroenterology Associates, Kansas City, Missouri
• Joseph A. Cates, MD, FACS, Vascular Surgeon, Kansas City General and Vascular Surgeons, Overland Park, Kansas
• Wendell K. Clarkston, MD, FACP, Professor of Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Medicine; Fellowship Director, Section of Gastroenterology, UMKC; Gastroenterology Associates, Overland Park, Kansas
• Mark Covington, MD, Otolaryngologist, ENT Associates of Greater Kansas City, Lee’s Summit, Missouri
• Chris Duncan, RN, BSN, CHPN, Palliative Care Clinician, Research Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri
• Maithe Enriquez, PhD, RN, ANP, Assistant Professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Nursing; Clinical Assistant Professor, UMKC School of Medicine; Adult Nurse Practitioner, Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri
• Frank Feigenbaum, MD, Neurosurgeon, Midwest Neurosurgery Associates, Kansas City, Missouri
• Robert E. Golder, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri; Nephrologist, Midwest Nephrology Consultants, Kansas City, Missouri
• K. Allen Greiner, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Director of Research, Department of Family Medicine, Rural Primary Care Practice and Research Program, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
• John C. Hall, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Missouri Kansas City Medical School, St Luke’s Hospital; Dermatologist, University Physicians Associates; Kansas City Free Health Clinic, Kansas City, Missouri
• Kathryn A. Hedges, MD, Neurologist, Kansas City Neurology Associates; Stroke Medical Director, Lee's Summit Hospital, Missouri
• Christian A. Hettinger, MD, Urologist, Kansas City Urology Care, Lee's Summit, Missouri
• Verda J. Hunter-Hicks, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Missouri-Kansas City; Private Practice, Resource Center for Gynecologic Oncology, Kansas City, Missouri
• David L. Kaplan, MD, FAAD, FACP, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine (Dermatology), University of Missouri-Kansas City; Kansas City, Missouri; Dermatologist, Adult and Pediatric Dermatology, P.A., Overland Park, Kansas
• Michael Liston, MD, FACC, Cardiologist, Kansas City Cardiology Associates, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri
• Konoy K. Mandal, MD, Medical Director, VITA Eating Disorders Program, Research Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri; Psychiatrist, Midwest Psychiatric Consultants, Lee's Summit, Missouri
• Dennis R. Pyszczynski, MD, Associate Professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri; Pulmonologist, University Physicians Associates, Kansas City, Missouri
• Mary E. Ryan, MSN, ARNP, Nurse Practitioner, Family Medicine, Kansas City Family Medical Care, Kansas City, Missouri
• Esmat Z. Sadeddin, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri; Gastroenterologist, Kansas City, Missouri
• Gary A. Salzman, MD, FCCP, Professor of Medicine, Chief and Program Director, Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri
• Thomas S. Samuelson, MD, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Kansas City Bone and Joint Clinic, PA, Overland Park, Kansas
• Christopher F. Sirridge, MD, Hematologist/Oncologist, Kansas City Cancer Center, Kansas City, Missouri
• William P. Smith, MD, RVT, Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
• Warren C. Stark, DO, Family Physician, Goppert-Trinity Family Care, Kansas City, Missouri
• Gregory C. Starks, MD, FACOG, Clinical Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine, Director of Obstetrics and Gynecology Education, Research Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri
• Michael J. Waxman, MD, Medical Director Med-Surg ICU, Research Medical Center, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine (Respiratory and Critical Care), University of Missouri-Kansas City; Private Practice, Kansas City Pulmonary Practice, Kansas City, Missouri

KANSAS CITY SOUTHWEST CLINICAL SOCIETY OFFICERS
Board of Directors
Officers:
President: Lillard G. Ashley, M.D.
President-Elect: David S. McKinsey, M.D.
Vice President & Secretary: Bradd J. Silver, M.D.
Treasurer: Mark R. Galant, M.D.
Director of Clinics: Michael J. Waxman, M.D.
Director of Clinics-Elect: Christopher Koenig, M.D.
Associate Director of Clinics: Richard J. Harlow, M.D.
Past Director of Clinics: Jennifer L. Brown, M.D.
Past President: Kevin P. Hubbard, D.O.
Executive Director: Sonora Thigpen
Directors: K. Kwas Huston, M.D., David A. McCormick, M.D,
Olevia M. Pitts, M.D., Shadrach Smith, M.D.,
Steve W. H. Waxman, M.D., Thomas L. Wilkins, M.D.

Johnson County Community College
Penny Shaffer, RN, Program Director

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