Physician Leaders Elected for New Terms on AMS Board
The elections for the AMS executive committee, AMA delegates, and AMS district trustees concluded on February 28, 2023. The following physician members will be sworn in at the AMS Annual Membership Meeting on Thursday, May 11, 2023. (* indicates incumbent).
Executive committee officers are elected for one term beginning in May 2023 through April 2024.
- President: Anthony Johnson, MD – Little Rock (elected in 2022)
- President-elect: George Conner, MD* – Forrest City
- Vice President: Brad Bibb, MD* – Jonesboro
- Secretary: Samuel Bledsoe, MD – Little Rock
- Treasurer: Jacob Dickinson, MD* – Mountain Home
The following AMA Delegates were elected for two-year terms beginning in January 2024 through December 2025.
- Amy Cahill, MD – Pine Bluff
- Stephen Magie, MD* – Little Rock
- Eugene Shelby, MD – Hot Springs
- Alan Wilson, MD – Monticello (Alternate)
- Danny Wilkerson, MD – Little Rock (Alternate)
The following district trustees will serve a two-year term beginning on May 11, 2023, at the Board of Trustees meeting in Rogers. These are only the trustees who were elected for this term. For a complete list of physician leaders, visit ARKMED.org/about/physician-leaders/.
District 1:
- Emma Jacobs, MD – Jonesboro
District 2:
- Edward (E.J.) Jones, MD – Batesville
District 3:
- Willard Burks, MD* – Forrest City
District 4:
- Darrell Over, MD* – Pine Bluff
District 5:
- Mimo Lemdja, MD* – Camden
District 6:
- Randy Walker, MD* – DeQueen
District 7:
- John Bouldin, MD – Alexander
District 8:
- Srikant Das, MD – Little Rock
- Riley Lipschitz, MD – Little Rock
- Sujit Kotapati, MD – Little Rock
- Randy Maddox, MD – Little Rock
- Issam Makhoul, MD – Little Rock
- Nirvana Manning, MD* – Little Rock
- Naveen Patil, MD* – Little Rock
- Markus Renno, MD – Little Rock
- Bala Simon, MD – Little Rock
- Kathryn Stambough, MD – Little Rock
District 9:
- Tim Paden, MD* – Mountain Home
- Alan Schumacher, MD – Pea Ridge
- Stacy Zimmerman, MD – Fayetteville
District 10:
- Anthony Davis, MD* – Russellville
- Jeremiah Rutherford, MD* – Russellville
Student Trustee:
- Olivia Tzeng – Little Rock