Standing Committees
Executive Committee
Duties include the conducting of Society affairs when authorized to do so by the Board and the appointment of Members in good standing to fill vacancies in the Board of Censors, in the offices of the Society, and in any committees or sub-committees. The Executive Committee shall serve as the Budget and Finance Committee. Committee is composed of Society officers.
2009 Executive Committee Members:
Drs. Craig Kleinmann, Leonard Rich, Charles Rodning, Elizabeth Manci and Roger Tart
Mediation and Medical Ethics Committee
Member serves three year terms. Each year, two new members are appointed. The Committee is not limited to but empowered by its membership to safeguard 1) the integrity of medical practice, 2) the public's interest in an unencumbered doctor-patient relationship, 3) interaction between doctor and patient that promotes and sustains dignity, respect and care, 4) physician-physician relations that are professional and uncompromised by economic issues, 5) physician-institution relations that maintain the primacy of the doctor-patient relationship, and 6) physician commitment to patient access and adequate care regardless of setting and irrespective of financial issues.
The Committee shall investigate immediately any report of illegal or unethical practice of medicine by any Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Osteopathy, medical institution, or layman which would be dangerous or harmful to the public. The Committee shall investigate promptly any alleged offense that would be grounds for the discipline of a member and shall work to resolve misunderstandings between patients and physicians. The Committee may ask approval of the Board of Censors for employment of legal counsel or investigative personnel, and necessary funds to pursue its investigations, said funds to come from general revenues of the Society.
2009 Mediation and Medical Ethics Committee Members:
Drs. Margaret O'Brien, Chairman; Glenn Esses, Adrien Bodet, Bill Blaylock, Elliot Carter and Peter Lutz
Membership and Credentials Committee
Duties include receiving applications for membership in the Society and determining the qualifications of each applicant and then reporting recommendations to the Board of Censors. The Committee shall be responsible for the orientation of the new members.
2009 Membership and Credentials Committee Members:
Drs. Elizabeth Manci, Chairman; Sheri Owens, Cyle Ferguson, and Ronald Franks
Budget and Finance Committee
Duties include preparation of a budget for the fiscal year beginning January 1 of each year. The budget shall be submitted to the Board for consideration no later than the preceding October 31. The Executive Committee shall act as Budget and Finance.
2009 Budget and Finance Committee Members:
Drs. Leonard Rich, Chairman; Craig Kleinmann, Charles Rodning, Elizabeth Manci and Roger Tart
Nominating and Elections Committee
Duties include meeting and, by majority vote of the Committee, selecting a slate of nominees consisting of one for each elective office and each elective position to be filled at the annual meeting. Each nominee so selected shall be eligible and qualified as provided by the Bylaws and shall have given the Committee approval to being placed in nomination. This slate of nominees shall be presented at the meeting during which nominations are to be made.
2009 Nominating and Elections Committee Members:
Drs. Craig Kleinmann, Raymond Broughton, John Russell, Leonard Rich and Lynn Dyess
Legislative Affairs Committee
Duties include developing liaisons with the legislators representing Mobile County at both the State and National levels, and with the Legislative Department of MASA.
2009 Legislative Affairs Committee Members:
Drs. Ben Citrin and Maryella Sirmon
Public Relations Committee
Duties include planning and implementing programs designed to foster close relationships among Members of the Society, between the Society and allied groups, community agencies and organizations, and public information and opinion media such as newspapers, television, and radio stations, churches, schools, and others.
2009 Public Relations Committee Members:
Drs. Elizabeth Manci, Ben Citrin, Shaffer Wells and Elizabeth Harper
Continuing Medical Education Committee
Duties include planning and/or making available continuing education programs for the Members in conjunction with MASA and shall make available to the Members information regarding the existence and availability of other suitable continuing medical education programs.
2009 Continuing Medical Education Committee Members:
Drs. Elizabeth Manci, Charles Rodning and Juan Ronderos
Environmental Health Committee
Created in 1999 in response to community need to identify medical problems related to environmental hazards in Mobile County.
2009 Environmental Health Committee Members:
Drs. Ken Brewington, Ralph Pfeiffer, Thomas McGee, Mike Meshad, Bert
Eichold, and Bill Goetter