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Academy News: July 2003
Know your Board of Governors and how they can work for you! The RSLAAIS has a Board of Governors for each of the seven regions in the United States. The Board of Governors are elected representatives from their state and local allergy societies. They are responsible for communicating issues to and from their societies, the Board of Governors, lay allergy organizations and the AAAAI. They are expected to be present on monthly telephone conferences of the Board, attend their annual meeting at the AAAAI and attend the Federation Business Meeting.
The Governors hold periodic telephone conferences and maintain other forms of communication with the leadership of allergy societies within his/her region. Currently all the society presidents have been contacted by the Board of Governors and have been asked to fill out a questionnaire about their society’s health. Once the data and information is collected and tabulated a report will be made. To date, many presidents have not returned their questionnaire. This critical information will help us move forward. A list of the seven regions and their societies is available on the AAAAI Web site at www.aaaai.org/professionals/rslsocieties/default.stm. The RSL map above shows the locations of the seven regions. The Governors represent seven regions in the United States and are evenly
represented by the members. In order for the RSL to support the grassroots
allergist/immunologist, it is important for Academy members to know their
Governors and utilize them to help promote the best practice of allergy.
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Academy members encouraged to learn about Board of Governors
Governor Kevin P. McGrath, MD, FAAAAI, has a solo practice serving adults
and pediatric patients in Wethersfield and Fairfield, CT. He is Past
President of the New England Society of Allergy and continues to serve on
the CME Committee based in Massachusetts. He currently is President Elect
of the Connecticut Allergy Society. Dr. McGrath is also Secretary Elect of
the American Association of Certified Allergists. He is Co-Chair (with the
AAAAI Co-Chair) of the Primary Care Training Committee of the ACAAI. He
completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of
Connecticut Health Center in Farmington and his fellowship in Allergy and
Immunology at Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, NY. Dr. McGrath
received his medical degree from Creighton University School of Medicine
in Omaha, NE. He resides in Farmington, CT, with his wife.
Governor William Geimeier, MD, FAAAAI, has served in this position for
four years. Previously he was President of the Asthma and Allergy Society
of Delaware. He is currently in private practice with a group of four
other allergist/immunologists. He is Chief of the Division of Allergy at
Christiana Medical Center in Wilmington, DE. He is involved in arranging
and providing lectures in allergic diseases to the various residency
programs in the community and offers rotations in his office. He is
especially interested in CPT coding issues and maintaining productive
relationships with the medical directors of insurance companies. He is
involved with the ALA, Rotary Club and his church.
Governor Hugh H. Windom, MD, FAAAAI, is in solo practice in Sarasota, FL,
and serves as Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Allergy and
Immunology Division at the University of South Florida. He is the
Chairperson of the ERT Board of Trustees and a Past President of the
Florida Allergy Asthma and Immunology Society (FAAIS). He chaired the
first three Annual Primary Care Residents Conference on Allergy and
Immunology sponsored by the FAAIS. He completed his A/I training at the
Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center. Prior to his fellowship program
he spent a year with Professor Beasley in Wellington, New Zealand studying
the role of beta agonist overuse in the epidemic of asthma mortalities.
Dr. Windom did his Internal Medicine residency at Georgetown University
and attended Duke University for both his undergraduate studies and
medical school education. He is married and blessed with four beautiful
children.
Governor Malcolm Blumenthal, MD, FAAAAI, is currently a Professor of
Medicine at the University of Minnesota and is the Director of the Allergy
and Asthma Program. He received his medical degree from the University of
Minnesota and did his internship and residency at Barnes Hospital in St.
Louis, MO. He did further residency training at the University of
Minnesota. He received his fellowship training from the University of
Michigan and is ABIM and ABAI certified in Allergy and Immunology. Dr.
Blumenthal is a Fellow in the AAAAI and ACAAI and a member of many other
professional organizations. He has chaired the Allied Health
Professionals, Immunogenetics, Molecular Biology & Epidemiology, and
Public Education section committees of the AAAAI and is a member of many
other AAAAI committees. Dr. Blumenthal is the Director of the Annual
Allergy and Immunology Course held at the University of Minnesota and has
served as President of the Allergy & Asthma Foundation of America,
Minnesota Chapter. He is a consultant for the Department of Health and
Human Services and for the Asthma & Allergy Study of Georgia. Dr.
Blumenthal’s research interests include asthma, atopic disease, and
immunogenetics and he is an author on many articles and chapters relating
to these topics.
Governor William Fawcett, IV, MD, is currently the President of the Texas
Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Society, Chairman of Governor Rick Perry’s
Texas Asthma Research Advisory Committee, Assistant Associate Professor of
Medicine at UTMB-Galveston, and on the clinical faculty of the Baylor
College of Medicine. Dr. Fawcett is also on the Board of Directors for the
Asthma Coalition of Texas and advisor to “Camp Huff N Puff,” a local
allergy camp. In the past he has served on the board of the Education and
Research Trust for the AAAAI. Currently Dr. Fawcett is in private practice
in Beaumont, TX. His special interests include asthma disease management
and asthma education.
Governor Paul V. Williams, MD, FAAAAI, was born and raised in Seattle, WA.
He attended medical school at the University of Washington School of
Medicine in Seattle, graduating in 1971. He did his pediatric residency at
the University of Rochester, NY. Dr. Williams was in a general pediatric
practice for 10 years before returning to the University of Washington for
his allergy fellowship in 1988. He was board certified in A/I in 1991 and
recertified in 2001. He is in a general allergy practice in a rural
community in northwest Washington state as part of a large group of
allergist/immunologists based in Seattle with several practice sites
around the state. President of local and state allergy societies and RSL
Governor of Region 6 for three years, Dr. Williams is active in several
committees of the AAAAI, including as Chair of Credential Committee. He is
also a member of the Executive Committee of the Section on Allergy and
Immunology of the AAP.
Governor Sheldon Spector, MD, FAAAAI, did his internal medicine training
at Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, followed by a two-year fellowship at the
National Institute of Health where he was a research investigator in the
Laboratory of Virology and Rickettsiology in the Division of Biologic
Standards. He did his fellowship in allergy and clinical immunology at
National Jewish Hospital in Denver, CO, and stayed on for approximately 12
years as the head of the program in Allergy and Clinical Immunology. He
presently is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of
California, Los Angeles. He is Past President of the Los Angeles Society
of Allergy and Immunology and California Society of Allergy and
Immunology. He has authored or co-authored many articles and lectures
nationally and internationally. He received the Distinguished Service
Award from the Academy in 1994 and from the American College of Allergy,
Asthma and Immunology in 1989-1990.