NMA Announces 2012-2013 Leadership

Online, August 20, 2012 (Newswire.com) - The National Medical Association (NMA) is the nation's oldest and largest association of African American physicians. Leadership in this prestigious organization denotes excellence in the field of medicine and respect by other physicians and the patients they serve. The NMA recently installed an impressive roster of physicians for the 2012-2013 term during its Annual Conference and Scientific Assembly held in New Orleans, Louisiana. The organization is led by its 113th President, Dr. Rahn K. Bailey who currently serves as the Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the Meharry School of Medicine. "I am thrilled to serve as the national president of the NMA," said Dr. Bailey. "I am inspired by the outstanding physicians that have been elected to serve in the leadership of the NMA and we are all aware of the daunting tasks that lay before us."

The NMA's newly elected and returning officers represent numerous medical specialties and work in various practice settings including solo and group practice, academia, and corporate settings. The organization remains committed to its founding principles of supporting African American physicians and the patients that they serve.

The Officers and Board of Trustees of the NMA for 2012-2013 include:
Dr. Rahn K. Bailey, President
Dr. Michael A. LeNoir, President Elect
Dr. Cedric M. Bright, Immediate Past President
Dr. Walter L. Faggett, Speaker of the House of Delegates
Dr. Lonnie Joe, Jr, Vice Speaker of the House of Delegates
Dr. Oliver T. Brooks, Secretary of the House of Delegates
Dr. C. Freeman, Treasurer
Dr. Ingrid Taylor, Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Dr. George L. Saunders, III, Secretary of the Board of Trustees
Dr. Garfield Clunie, Trustee
Dr. Gregory A. Antoine, Trustee
Dr. Sadye B. Curry, Trustee
Dr. Edith P. Mitchell, Trustee
Dr. Barry-Lewis Harris, II, Trustee
Dr. Bradley S. Jackson, Trustee
Dr. Jeffery K. Clark, Trustee
Dr. James D. Patterson, Trustee
Dr. Arthur W. Fleming, Trustee
Dr. Gail Morgan, Trustee
Dr. Traci C. Burgess, Trustee
Dr. Lisa Green, Post Graduate Physician Trustee
Nisha N. Branch, Student Trustee
Dr. Elisa Cook, Chair of the Committee on Administrative and Financial Affairs,
Dr. Rachel Villanueva, Regional Chair
Dr. Sandra McGruder-Jackson, Regional Chair
Dr. Gloria D. Frelix, Regional Chair
Dr. Virginia A. Caine, Regional Chair
Dr. Joia Crear-Perry, Regional Chair
Dr. Richard Allen Williams, Regional Chair

The NMA continues to maintain its strong commitment to advocacy with the ultimate goal of eliminating health disparities; its aggressive programmatic agenda continues to impact this nation's health. "The NMA remains the leading voice in African American health and serves as a role model for other minority and majority health organizations," says Dr. Bailey. "We stand ready and equipped to move the health agenda forward with a focus on advocacy, access and the elimination of health disparities and we welcome corporations and all healthcare professionals to join us in our efforts."

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Founded in 1895, the National Medical Association is the nation's oldest and largest medical association representing the interests of more than 50,000 African American physicians and their patients. The NMA repeatedly advocates for policies that would assure equitable and quality health care for all people. The NMA has an aggressive national platform, "We Stand with You", which connects physicians, patients and other health advocates together in a unified voice to improve the status of health in this nation. Please visit www.nmanet.org for additional information.