News in Brief - Nevada Academy of Family Physicians

Summer
2006
News in Brief
Editor’s Two Cents
By Colleen C. Lyons, MD
Inside this Issue
1
Editor’s Two Cents
3
AAFP Delegates Report
UNSOM News
5
Resident Corner
7
The Nevada Clean Indoor
Air Act
9
Foundation Corner
Tar Wars – On To Another
Victory
11
Local Person to Person
CME
13
Hello from Your Executive
Director
15
Consultant Directory
Nevada Academy of Family
Physicians
326 W. Liberty Street
Reno, NV 89501
775-826-5100
http://www.cmenevada.org
Every important enterprise or
constituency requires a good
leader and good leadership reaps
excellent fruits for all.
The Nevada Academy sows the
field for family physician leaders.
NAFP exposes Nevada
physicians to state and national
politics and issues, through
participation in AAFP’s Annual
Leadership Forum, the State
Legislative Conference and the
Spring Congressional Meeting in
Washington, D.C. Additionally,
NAFP supports our delegates to
the national AAFP Congress of
Delegates, which sets AAFP
policy and goals. Many of
NAFP’s leaders have gone on to
serve in positions within the
larger physician community.
NAFP members have served on
AAFP Committees and
Commissions. Family physicians
having served the Nevada
Academy have subsequently
served the Nevada State Medical
Association and AAFP
nationally, including as President
of the Academy itself.
Physicians need leaders.
Obviously, not all NAFP
members seek to be those
leaders. The greater membership
serves itself by continuing to
support opportunities within
NAFP for those family
physicians so inclined to grow
leadership skills through
experience, mentoring, and
education.
Recently, I had the opportunity to
attend the AAFP Spring
Congressional Meeting where the
national Academy seeks to
educate and expose family
physicians to the inner workings
of the US Capitol. Having
actually met subsequently with
several members of the House
and Senate, I have come to more
fully appreciate the
representation needed and
required for physicians and
medicine in Washington, D.C.
I’ve heard it said that leading
doctors is like “herding cats”.
Well, leading America is
certainly no easier. The
government of the United States
with 435 House Representatives,
100 Senators and myriad officials
of the Executive Branch is a
formidable vehicle to maneuver.
A vehicle requiring limitless
patience and a constant presence,
both of which Physicians as the
leaders of medicine, must possess
to succeed in reaping the fruits
for themselves and the nation.
Support NAFP’s leadership thru:
1. Your membership dues
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2. Participating in meetings
which often include free food
and CME
3. Attending the Winter CME
Conference @ Lake Tahoe
and/or the Summer CME
Conference in Las Vegas.
These conferences are a
major source of funding for
the Nevada Academy.
4. Encouraging Pharmacy Reps,
insurance companies,
hospitals, DME suppliers, etc
to support NAFP meetings,
NAFP’s two annual CME
conferences and our
Newsletter.
5. Donating to the non-profit
NAFP Foundation which
supports: Tar Wars and
Scholarships for medical
students and family medicine
residents.
AAFP Delegates
Report
By Daniel Spogen, MD
The main item that is new is the
up and coming AAFP Scientific
Assembly. If you have not
registered by now you may want
to consider it. The National
Assembly this year is in
Washington DC. Wednesday,
the opening day of the assembly,
will start off with a rally at the
While House. The purpose is to
try to get some national
recognition of health care issues.
We will all bus from the
convention center to the White
House. It should be a fun and
interesting process. There will
also be “hot lines” in the
convention center that will
automatically forward you to
your state representative. When
connected you can leave a
message for your representative
or request a meeting. Of course,
the CME activities are many and
varied. It is an excellent
opportunity to hear nationally
recognized speakers and up-todate topics. The assembly will
be preceded by the Congress of
Delegates. During that two and a
half day session, you can speak at
any of the reference committees
on a variety of “hot” political
topics as they apply to the AAFP
and delivery of health care.
I am now serving on the
Commission on Continuing
Physician Development. The
focus of this new commission is
not only to review topics for
CME but also to investigate new
avenues of physician educational
enrichment. We are developing a
“point of care” product that will
allow a physician to seek an
answer of a patient care issue online. By answering some
questions about the search the
physician will get CME credit.
The AAFP will then follow-up
with the physician at a later date
to see if the intervention
improved patient care.
Another product is the METRIC
evaluation system. You can now
investigate that at the AAFP
website. This will be a chart
review on asthma, diabetes or
coronary artery disease. By
filling out the data you can get
CME credit, see how you are
performing compared with your
peers and satisfy part of your recredentialing process. In fact, if
you do this, keep up with your
maintenance of certification
exams you can re-certify on a 10
year cycle instead of a 6 year
cycle.
A new consideration is a small
group learning model. A module
will be sent to a physician that
agrees to be a presenter to a small
group and CME credit will be
granted.
The main focus of CME is the
idea of life long learning. These
above products are being
presented in residencies now.
Then when the resident graduates
he/she will just keep on learning
in the same format to maintain
certification. This is exciting
stuff and should make learning
more efficient than the standard
model of going to lectures and
testing every seven years.
UNSOM News
By Erin Grasek, MD
What could be better than getting
an afternoons worth of fresh
powder ski turns in while earning
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valuable CME credits? How
about a 3 mile hike, sunburn,
dinner cooked over an ancient
iron stove, boxed wine and an
outhouse? Sure, its not Caesars at
Tahoe but to the attendings,
residents, and students who
joined the 2nd Annual Winter
Wilderness Medicine Overnight
CME Trip, the Peter Grubb Hut
is exactly where they'd like their
learning to take place! Due to the
success of the 2005 trip, the
organizers this year were able to
involve some of their specialist
friends in addition to the
'regulars'- Family Med attendings
and residents from the Family
Medicine Program in Reno, NV.
Joining the group was an ER doc,
Pulmonologist, Oral Surgeon and
Nurse Practitioner. Two students
from the FMIG also attended.
CME accreditation was obtained
with help from St. Mary's Health
System and volunteers gave talks
discussing topics from
Hyponatremia and Altitude
Sickness to
Exposure
Ailments.
There were
even two
hands-on
rescue clinics
involving
medical search
and rescue
techniques in
avalanche
territory and
medical assessment and
evacuation in the backcountry.
The weather was great and the
participants enjoyed snowshoeing, skiing, and
snowboarding before heading out
on Sunday afternoon. Plans are
already underway to extend the
trip to 3 days next year and
involve more community docs
and students.
Resident Corner
By Karen M. Selbach
The Family Medicine Residency,
Reno, University of Nevada
School of Medicine is proud to
announce the Class of 2006
graduates and their practice
plans:
• Betsy (Bergemann) Jaffe,
M.D. (UNSOM) - private
practice - Silver State Family
Physicians, 2345 E. Prater
Way, Ste. #111, Sparks, NV
89436
• Todd Inman, M.D.
(UNSOM) - private practice Silver State Family
Physicians, 2345 E. Prater
Way, Ste. #211, Sparks, NV
89436
• Nancy Conley, M.D., (Amer
U Caribbean)
- private
practice 18653
Wedge
Parkway,
Reno, NV
89511
• Jaren Blake,
M.D.
(Tulane) private
practice in
Blackfoot, Idaho
• Jay Ramage, M.D. (U
Louisville) - private practice
in Wytheville, Virginia
• Gianna (Service) McKay,
M.D. (Michigan State - East
Lansing) - private practice in
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Kristin Corbett, D.O. will be
leaving after completion of her
Internship year (June, 2006), and
will be continuing her residency
training in Internal Medicine in
Santa Barbara, California to be
closer to family.
We wish our Residents and their
families the very best of
everything in their new
endeavors. We are privileged to
have met and worked with
these fine young physicians and
their families, and to be a part of
their education and future in
Family Medicine.
Ruth Adene-Peter, M.D. (U
Benin, Nigeria) will fill the
vacant PGY-II position, and is
currently in Residency at
Meharry (Nashville, Tennessee).
We matched all of our Class of
2009, and are proud to announce
their Internship Training,
beginning in July, 2006:
• Amanda S. Casey, M.D.
(UNSOM, undergrad UNR)
• Jim Davis, M.D. (St.
Georges, undergrad UNR)
• Natalia Fursevich, M.D. (OB
in Belarus, Minsk State
Medical Institute)
• Michael B. Koehn, M.D. (St.
Georges, undergrad Texas
A&M)
• Mayumi Cayde Leslie, M.D.
(U Santo Tomas, Philippines,
also undergrad)
• Suraj Verma, M.D. (Saba U,
undergrad UC Berkeley)
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After over twenty years as
faculty, David A. Mar, M.D. will
be leaving our faculty for a new
position with the State of Nevada
at the Men's Prison in Carson
City, and will be working with
Bruce Bannister, D.O.. We will
miss Dave, and wish him all the
best in his new job. Bruce is now
the Medical Director for the
Nevada State Prison System, and
continues to work with our
residents on call and for OB
deliveries, which we certainly
appreciate!
NAFP would like to welcome
the following Resident and
Student Members:
Erin Winter, MD - Chief
Resident
Jason Crawford, MD, MPH Chief Resident
Mike O'Brien - FMIG President
Joe Brown - FMIG Vice
President
Samantha Sharp - FMIG
Treasurer
Charles Clair - Family Medicine
Scholar
The Nevada Clean
Indoor Air Act
Submitted by Michael Hackett,
Nevadans for Tobacco-Free Kids,
Campaign Manager
As published in the Nevada
Business Journal (May Issue)
Current state laws on smoking in
public places simply don’t
protect non-smokers. Nevadans
want change. The Nevada Clean
Indoor Air Act is the only ballot
question this November that
provides the change voters want.
Sponsored by Nevadans for
Tobacco-free Kids, a coalition of
the American Cancer Society,
American Heart Association,
American Lung Association, the
Nevada Academy of Family
Physicians, and the Nevada State
Medical Association, this
initiative would change state
laws and ban smoking in public
places where children are
allowed. Protected areas include
restaurants, grocery stores,
convenience stores, schools and
shopping malls. It would also
give local authorities control over
smoking policy.
The research is absolutely
conclusive that secondhand
smoke is dangerous to nonsmokers, especially children – a
fact acknowledged by cigarettemaker Phillip Morris Co.
Nationally, the impact on
business from secondhand
smoke-related disease is
estimated at $10 billion annually
in lost production, lost wages and
medical costs.
Smoke-free laws are fast
becoming commonplace – 16
states and counting – in states as
diverse as Utah and
Massachusetts.
have proven very easy to comply
with. Bar, tavern and restaurant
associations in many of these
areas support smoke-free laws,
along with local chambers of
commerce, realizing good public
health policy means a healthy
bottom line.
A second petition, Responsibly
Protect Nevadans from
Secondhand Smoke, will also be
on the ballot. Don’t be confused
by its friendly title! Reminiscent
of 2004 and the deceptive intent
of Questions 4 and 5 to roll back
insurance rates and eliminate
frivolous lawsuits, this
competing petition serves only to
confuse voters.
At best, it will maintain the status
quo; at worst, it weakens current
law, repealing local school
districts ability to determine
policy.
Finally, consider the source.
Members of Nevadans for
Tobacco-free Kids are dedicated
to the research, education, care
and treatment of disease and
illness. That has been their
mission for decades. The
Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act is
Nevadans only choice for
change.
To learn more about the Nevada
Clean Indoor Air Act, visit
http://www.nevadacleanair.com.
Hospitality-based economies
have not been hurt by smoke-free
laws. In fact, just the opposite is
true. There has been a positive
impact on sales, profits, tax
receipts, employment and
patronage. Further, these laws
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Foundation Corner
By Ann Marie Campione, MD
The first annual Foundation
Silent Auction took place at this
year's CME/Ski meeting. It was
a huge success! We raised over
$2500.00. Thank you to all the
donors and to the successful
bidders. As, I mentioned, this
will be an annual event, so we
will be looking for donors for
next year's auction as well as
donors for our auction in the
southern part of the state for this
year’s CME/Summer meeting.
Great ideas for donations include
gift certificates for items or
services from either yourself or
your patients, handmade crafts,
or never used "treasures"
discovered during your spring
cleaning. Remember, all
donations are tax-deductible!!!
So, why raise money for the
foundation? The foundation is
the arm of the NAFP through
which we can provide
scholarship monies to encourage
our medical students and
residents to pursue our profession
of Family Medicine -- they are
our future. Through the
foundation, we were able to
accept grant monies to fund the
Tar Wars tobacco
education
program, and
to ensure its
continued
successes. In
short, the
vision of the
NAFP
Foundation is
to enhance the
health of the people of Nevada
and the specialty of Family
Medicine.
If you would like to be involved
in our Foundation or donate
items for our silent auctions,
contact the NAFP offices at 775826-4475 or e-mail
[email protected].
Tar Wars – On To
Another Victory
Submitted by Barbara Bolling, Special
Projects Director/Tar Wars
Coordinator
Ah, yes! It has
been grant
writing time again
as we attempt to
secure funding
for Tar Wars over the next two
years. The current grant cycle
ends on June 30, and although
we've made efforts at raising
funds for the program through
Tar Wars calendar sales, and so
forth, we've not nearly enough in
our coffer to financially support
the program, especially with the
current momentum that we've
established which includes
presenting the program to over
10,000 Nevada fifth-grade
students annually. Our grant
proposal was submitted to
the Task Force for the
Fund for a Healthy
Nevada and we were
approved in the amount
of $39,000 to operate the
program in FY07.
component of the program. With
help from Brooke Wong's
husband, we now have our own
Web site
http://www.tarwarsnv.org.
Students simply log-on and take
both the pre and post tests. It
saves hundreds of hours of
inputting their test results for
analysis of the program. The test
results that I've reviewed within
the past month show that
students' knowledge about
tobacco use has greatly increased
after their Tar Wars presentation,
and those are results that our
grantors like to see. If you are a
Tar Wars presenter, we thank
you.
We’ve had another
successful year with
the Tar Wars
program and
have presented the program to
about 11,700 in the past several
months. Dr. Herve Bezard and I
recently went out to the new
Touro University in Henderson,
and trained medical students to
become presenters. Also, Dr.
Ann Marie Campione provided
Tar Wars training to medical
students at UNSOM earlier this
year. Medical students are
enthusiastic presenters and relate
well to the fifth-grade students.
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Tar Wars evaluation is a
necessary and important
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This activity has been reviewed
and is acceptable for up to 22
Prescribed credits by the AAFP
and 4.00 of these credits conform
to the AAFP criteria for
evidenced-based CME. We are
offering Medical Ethics and a
lineup of great topics and
speakers. Register on line at
http://www.cmenevada.org. If
you need more information
contact Barbara Bolling at 702228-5822 or [email protected]
Occupational Medicine:
What Clearly Works is the
2006 Nevada Poster Winner
The number of presentations
given by medical professionals in
the state, as well as our members,
constantly amazes me. If you've
served in the past or are now
serving on the Board of Directors
or Trustees, worked on winter
and summer meeting committees,
presented Tar Wars, helped with
the calendar project or
participated in the silent auction
we salute you! Your spirit of
volunteerism is greatly
appreciated by both staff and
members of NAFP.
Local Person to
Person CME
NAFP’s 17th Annual
Summer CME Conference
will be held August 4-6, 2006 at
the South Coast Hotel and Casino
in Las Vegas. We invite you to
join us in fabulous Las Vegas for
three days of excellent CME.
theme of the 50th Annual
Western Occupational Health
Conference to be held September
14-16, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency
Lake Tahoe in Incline Village,
Nevada. Plenary sessions
include expert faculty from many
disciplines over a two-day period
and are designed to provide
evidence-based data that will be
both interesting and useful. Join
us for Post Graduate Sessions,
"Lunches with the Professors"
and our keynote lectures on the
Ecology of Lake Tahoe,
Wilderness Medicine, DOT
Guidelines and more. Visit our
Web site at
http://www.woema.org for more
information or email
[email protected] to request
a conference brochure.
Diabetes Updates: The 8th
Annual conference sponsored by
the Nevada Diabetes Association
for Children and Adults will be
held October 13, 2006 at the New
Boomtown Hotel in Reno. State
of the art talks on diabetes
mellitus will be discussed
including two hours of ethical
challenges which meet the
Nevada Board of Medical
Examiners' requirement for 2
CME credits in ethics. The CE
activity has been approved for up
to 10.25 PRESCRIBED credit(s)
by the American Academy of
Family Physicians. Conference
registration fee is only $50 which
includes lunch. You can preview
the brochure and register on line
at http://www.diabetesnv.org. If
you need any additional
information please contact
Claude K. Lardinois, M.D. at
[email protected]
The Seventeenth Annual
Trends in Cardiovascular
Medicine: Cardiology for
the Primary Physician is a
two-day CME program designed
for the primary care physician,
internist, practicing
cardiovascular specialist,
hospitalist, physician assistant,
nurse practitioner, pharmacist,
cardiovascular nurse, and all
other physicians and medical
personnel interested in the most
recent advances and current
established practice patterns in
the diagnosis, treatment and
prevention of cardiovascular
disease, diabetes mellitus, and
stroke. The conference is to be
held November 3-5, 2006 at the
Resort at Squaw Creek in
Olympic Valley, CA. For more
information please call Sierra
Heart Institute at 775-688-8088
or 1-800-765-8088 or e-mail
[email protected].
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NAFP Membership
Meetings:
Aug. 4, 2006—Las Vegas
Sept. 20, 2006—Reno
Oct. 12, 2006—Las Vegas
Oct. 18, 2006—Reno
Nov. 2, 2006—Las Vegas
Nov. 15, 2006—Reno
Don’t forget to mark your
calendars for the NAFP
39th Annual NAFP Winter
CME Meeting!
January 28 to February 2,
2007 at Harrah’s Tahoe.
Hello from Your
Executive Director
By C. Brooke Wong
for Students and Residents.
These students are the future of
Family Medicine and our
membership should be very
proud to afford student this
opportunity.
New for this summer is going to
be NAFP’s first fundraising
event to benefit both our
Academy and our Foundation.
Our Wine Tasting and Auction
will be held August 24, 2006 at
Washoe Wine Company in South
Reno. This will be a great
opportunity to visit with other
members, local specialists in the
area, and support the Academy
and Foundation. .If you are
interested in purchasing tickets or
even serving on the planning
committee, contact me today!
It has been a pleasure serving as
your Executive Director this past
year. I have enjoyed meeting
some of you and look forward to
meeting more of you in the
upcoming year. We had some
great Membership CME
meetings this year and our
Summer and Winter CME
meetings were a great success.
We have an excellent program
for this year’s Summer Meeting
(August 4th-6th), so I hope you all
can join us.
Winter Meeting planning is
underway and I am excited with
the program we have put together
so far. The dates for this year’s
meeting are January 28thFebruary 2, 2007. For the first
time, our meeting will be held at
Harrah’s Tahoe. Locals Day will
again be held the first official day
of the meeting, so if you cannot
attend for the entire 6 days, make
sure and at least mark your
calendar for Locals Day on
January 29th.
This year our Foundation was
able to provide two $1,000.00
Lisa Yao Scholarships, one in the
North and one in the South.
Congratulations to Kate Martin
and Amanda Casey for all of
their hard work. Our Foundation
also provided funding to send 5
students to the AAFP National
Conference on Family Medicine
As most of you know, previously
I worked with the American
Lung Association. I was pleased
to come on board with the
Academy since we are involved
in tobacco prevention and control
efforts. Last August, our Board
of Directors voted to support an
initiative that will ban smoking in
public places. The Nevada Clean
Indoor Air Act will protect
children and families from
second hand smoke. The petition
will ban smoking in public places
where children are present, such
as restaurants, grocery stores,
school grounds, daycare centers,
and other retail establishments.
Casino floors and stand-alone
bars that do not serve food will
be exempted from the ban. The
Act was tied up in court for over
a year, but this month, Judge
Maddux ruled in favor of the Act
and it will indeed be on the ballot
in November. I am excited that
NAFP can be involved in yet
another initiative campaign and
pleased to put our name on
something that can protect the
health of our families and
patients that you all provide care
for. This initiative will allow
Nevada to join the more than 15
other states that have enacted
similar laws to protect the public
from second hand smoke.
It has been a great year and I am
proud of the work of our
Academy. Please contact me if
you have any Academy questions
or would like to be more
involved in any of our Academy
activities. Enjoy your summer!
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Consultant Directory
This specialty referral section is a service to our members. All names and organizations are paid listings and
should not be considered endorsement by the NAFP. Appearance in this guide does not mean the NAFP
certifies these physicians as board certified specialists in their area of practice. We appreciate the
participation of these other specialty physicians and health care providers who have supported family
practice through this project.
Las Vegas
Allergy Immunology
Joram S Seggev, MD
3150 N Tenaya Way, #515
Las Vegas, NV 89128
702-822-2444
Desert Asthma & Immunology
A Sean McKnight, MD
2821 W Horizon Ridge Pkwy, #101
Henderson, NV 89052
702-212-5889
Behavioral & Clinical
Immunology
Behavioral Medicine Associates
Marv A Glovinsky, PhD
6000 W Rochelle, #200
Las Vegas, NV 89103
702-362-7785
Cardiovascular Surgery
Cardiovascular Surgery of Southern
Nevada
VC Smith, MD, FACS
JE Martin, Jr, MD, FACS
Nancy A Donahoe, MD, FACS
Demetri Mavroids, MD
Neel Dhudshia, MD
3131 LaCanada, #217
Las Vegas, NV 89109
702-737-3808
General Surgery
Lambert R Abeyatunge, MD, FACS
2080 E. Flamingo Road, #205
Las Vegas, NV 89119
702-735-1202
Stuart Engel, MD, FACS
3006 South Maryland Parkway, #465
Las Vegas, NV 89109
702-734-1800
James S Tate, Jr, MD
1701 W Charleston Blvd #215
Las Vegas, NV 89102
702-388-4292
Ronald Hofflander, MD
3201 S Maryland Parkway, Ste 601
Las Vegas, NV 89109
702-894-4440
Infectious Disease
Infectious Diseases Consultants
Eugene L Speck, MD, PhD, FACP
Jerome F Hruska, MD, PhD, FACP
Gary Skankey, MD
Elmer G Palitang, MD
Ronald A Shockley, MD
Kathleen Wairimu, MD
Sudakar V Mallela, MD
Asha Alagiriswami, MD
3006 S Maryland Parkway, #780
Las Vegas, NV 89109
702-737-0740
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Desert Perinatal Associates
Joseph Adashek, MD
Paul Wilkes, MD
Jay Gloeb, DO
Pat Pierce, MD
9280 W Sunset Rd, Suite 236
Las Vegas, NV 89148
703-341-6610
Neurology
Clinical Neurology Specialists
Leo Germin, MD, FAAEM
Bess L Chang, DO
1321 S Rainbow Blvd, Suite 240
Las Vegas, NV 89146
702-804-6555
600 Whitney Ranch Dr, Suite D-16
Henderson, NV 89014
702-804-1212
Neurosurgery
Las Vegas Neurosurgery Associates,
PC
Keith S Blum, DO, FACOS
7730 W Sahara Ave, Suite 109
Las Vegas, NV 89117
Western Regional Center for Brain &
Spine Surgery
Benjamin H Venger, MD, FACS
William D Smith, MD
John A Anson, MD, FACS
Derek A Duke, MD, FACS
Jason E Garber, MD
Michael E Seiff, MD
James S Forage, MD
Stuart S Kaplan, MD
3061 S Maryland Pkwy, Suite 200
Las Vegas NV 89109
702-737-1948
Las Vegas Neurosurgery & Spine
Care, LLC
Gary Flangas, MD
Randal R Peoples, MD
Debora Nelson, MD
Aury Nagy, MD
10001 S Eastern Ave, #408
Henderson, NV 89052
702-737-7070
OB/GYN
Centennial Hills OB/GYN Associates
Nader Abdelsayed, MD
Annette Mayes, MD
Tracy Nielson, CNM
1815 E Lake Mead Blvd, #314
North Las Vegas, NV 89030
702-649-0002
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Women’s Wellness OB/GYN
James Barber, MD
Kenneth Jones, MD
Joseph Plautz, MD
Kathleen Jones-Monte, MD
Robbi Burns, MD
Anthony Shaya, MD
Haydee Docasar, MD
10170 S Eastern Ave, #160
Henderson, NV 89052
702-914-7050
Ophthalmology
Eye Clinic of Las Vegas
Marietta Nelson, MD
2800 N Tenaya Way, #102
Las Vegas, NV 89128
702-384-2020
Siems Advanced Lasik & Image
Center
John L Siems, MD
1000 S Rampart Blvd, Suite 10
Las Vegas, NV 89128
702-948-2010
Nevada Orthopedic and Spine Center
Reynold L Rimoldi, MD
Michael S Bradford, MD
Arthur J Taylor, MD
Patrick S McNulty, MD
Gary D Morris, MD
Thomas C Kim, MD
Daniel D Lee, MD
Edward S Ashman, MD
Russell T Nevins, MD
Conrad O Yu, MD
Michael D Thomas, MD
Dennis P Gordon, MD
2650 N Tenaya Way, Suite 301
Las Vegas, NV 89128
702-878-0393
Otolaryngology
Scott E Manthei, DO
John Alway, DO
Ryan Mitchell, DO
2598 Windmill Pkwy
Henderson, NV 89074
702-896-6043
Pain Management
Ophthalmic Associates
Emily Fant, MD
Kevin Miller, MD
Grace Shin, MD
Toshina Reddy, MD
Adam Schwartz, OD
3016 W Charleston Blvd, Suite 100
Las Vegas, NV 89102
702-870-2020
Nevada Eye & Ear
Douglas Lorenz, DO
Thomas F Kelly, MD
860 Seven Hills Dr
Henderson, NV 89052
702-456-4000
Orthopaedics
Fred Redfern, MD
600 Whitney Ranch Dr, #D-22
Henderson, NV 89014
702-456-2400
Orthopedic Surgery
Bone and Joint Specialists
Mark J Rosen, MD
Steven M Sanders, MD
2020 Palomino Ln, Suite 220
Las Vegas, NV 89106
702-474-7200
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Nevada Pain Management
Robert Bein, MD
2851 N Tenaya Way, Suite 201
Las Vegas, NV 89128
702-233-9911
Pain Management and Rehab
Medicine
Pain and Rehab Center
Armando S Miciano, MD
3211 N Tenaya Way, Suite 113
Las Vegas, NV 89128
702-395-7558
Pain Medicine
Interventional Pain Medicine of
Nevada
Michael J McKenna, MD, FIPP
Mark Knutson, PA-C
Shannon Signorino, PA-C
901 Rancho Ln, Suite 135
Las Vegas, NV 89106
702-307-7700
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Pediatric Gastroenterology and
Nutrition Associates
Howard Baron, MD
Carl Dezenberg, MD
Christopher Rhee, MD
3196 S Maryland Pkwy, Suite 309
Las Vegas, NV 89109
702-791-0477
Pediatric Surgery
Center for Children’s Surgery
Kelly A Kogut, MD
Nicholas F Fiore, MD
Troy M Reyna, MD
Michael G Scheidler, MD
3121 S Maryland Pkwy, #400
Las Vegas, NV 89109
702-650-2500
Radiation Oncology
Comprehensive Cancer Centers of
Nevada
Dan Curtis, MD
655 Town Center Dr.
Las Vegas, NV 89144
702-233-2200
Craig Donaldson, MD
10001 S Eastern Ave, Suite 108
Henderson, NV 89052
702-952-3444
Raul Meoz, MD, FACR
9280 W Sunset Rd, Suite 100
Las Vegas, NV 89148
702-952-1251
Andrew Cohen, MD
Farzaneh Farzin, MD
3730 S. Eastern Ave
Las Vegas, NV 89109
702-952-3400
Vascular and General Surgery
Eddy H Luh, MD
526 S. Tonopah Dr, #120
Las Vegas, NV 89106-4044
702-258-7788
VitreoRetinal Surgery
The Retina Center at Las Vegas
Russell P Jayne, MD
6839 W. Charleston Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV 89117
702-737-7258
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Nevada Academy of Family Physicians News in Brief
Reno
Acupuncture
Five Seasons Health Care Inc.
Christi Bonds, MD
1101 W Moana Ln, #10
Reno, NV 89509
775-827-2249
Allergy and Immunology
Leonard Shapiro, MD
Boris Lokshin, MD
2005 Silverada Blvd, #250
Reno, NV 89512
775-359-5010
Dermatology
Nevada Center for Dermatology
Cindy L Lamerson, MD
Martin Moore, RN, APN
6050 Sierra Rose Dr, Suite A
Reno, NV 89511
775-827-8100
General, Vascular, Colorectal
and Thoracic Surgery
General and Vascular Associates
Janet L Albright, MD, FACS
Susan S Buchwald, MD, FACS
Charles M Carpenter, MD, FACS
Michelle K Chu, MD
Sherwood M Dixon, MD, FACS
Lillian Estrada-Linder, MD, FACS
John L Holler, MD, FACS
John E Ryan, MD, FACS
George F Sieffert, MD
Paul M Stumpf, MD, FACS
A Joseph D Vijungco, MD
1500 E Second St, Suite 206
Reno, NV 89502
775-789-7000
Premier Surgical Specialists
Alvaro H Devia, MD, FACS
Brian E Juell, MD, FACS
Thomas E Rembetski, MD
6554 S McCarran Blvd, Suite B
Reno, NV 89509
775-324-0288
General, Vascular, Colorectal,
Thoracic, Oncology and
Bariatric Surgery
Western Surgical Group
Martin A Bain, MD
John H Ganser, MD, FACS
Myron J Gomez, MD, FACS
John C Hanson, MD, FACS
James B Harris, MD, FACS
Frieda Hulka, MD, FACS
Mark D Kozar, MD, FACS
Rick L McElreth, MD, FACS
Edward J Plecha, MD, FACS
Kent C Sasse, MD, FACS
Lindsay B Smith, MD, FACS
Robert W Watson, MD, FACS
75 Pringle Way, Suite 1002
Reno, NV 89502
775-323-7500
Opthalmology
Center for Advanced Eye Care
412 W John St
Carson City, NV 89703
775-882-9123
Eye Care Professionals
Matthew B Mills, MD
AA (Bud) Schonder, MD
350 W Sixth St, #A1
Reno, NV 89503
775-322-1000
Thomas R Conklin, MD
Isaac J Hearne, MD
294 E Moana Ln, #22
Reno, NV 89502
775-329-2020
Terri Key, MD
1500 E Second St, #203
Reno, NV 89502
775-329-4545
Orthopaedic Surgery
Lake Tahoe Orthopaedic Institute
Randy C Watson, MD
Keith R Swanson, MD
Robert E Rupp, MD
Daniel T Robertson, MD
212 Elks Point Rd, #200
P.O. Box 11889
Zephyr Cove, NV 89448
775-588-3636
Reno Orthopaedic Clinic
James L Christensen, MD
Robert J Parlasca, MD
Timothy J Bray, MD
Richard W Blakey, MD
Jim Pappas, MD
Eric M Boyden, MD
Paul Y Shonnard, MD
Kirk A Kaiser, MD
John J Halki II, MD
Brett G MenMuir, MD
Peter Althausen, MD
Renny Uppal, MD
Bruce E Witmer, MD
Martin Jose Arraiz, MD
555 N Arlington Ave
Reno, NV 89503
775-786-3040
Orthopedic and Hand Surgery
Advanced Orthopedics
Patrick Osgood, MD
K Jeff Matteoni, MD
Michael E Raemisch, MD
George W Prutzman, MD
689 Sierra Rose Dr, #B
Reno, NV 89511
775-786-2100
Otolaryngology, Head & Neck
Surgery
William R Trimmer, MD
343 Elm St, #204
Reno, NV 89503
775-348-8555
Sierra Nevada Ear, Nose & Throat
Associates
Paul D Manoukian, MD, MPH
Brian Romaneschi, MD
Edwin Horgan, MD
John Forest III, MD
Nanci Szatmary, AuD
Eagle Medical Center
2874 N Carson St, Suite 220
Carson City, NV 89706
775-883-7666
Bud A West, MD
Courtney W Garrett, MD
343 Elm St, #204
Reno, NV 89503
775-323-2157
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Pain Medicine
Sleep Disorders
Pinnacle Pain Medicine
Alfred H Grimes, MD
550 W Washington St, #2
Carson City, NV 89703
775-841-7246
Sierra Pulmonary and Sleep
Consultants
Michael A Lucia, MD
2345 E Prater Way, #310
Sparks, NV 89434
775-351-2600
Psychology
Debra DL Richied, PhD
1065 Haskell Dr
Reno, NV 89509
775-348-8558
Karyn Forsyth, PhD
205 S Minnesota St
Carson City, NV 89703
775-881-2025
Psychology (Behavioral Health)
Spinal Surgery
Sierra Regional Spine Institute
James R Rappaport, MD
Phelps C Kip, MD
James H Olson, MD
Robert G Berry Jr, MD
Christopher D Twombly, MD
Dallin DeMordaunt, MD
6630-A S McCarran Blvd, #4
Reno, NV 89509
775-828-2873
Susan D Smith, PhD
458 Court St
Reno, NV 89501
775-324-1234
Pulmonary Medicine
Sierra Pulmonary and Sleep
Consultants
Michael A Lucia, MD
2345 E Prater Way, #310
Sparks, NV 89434
775-351-2600
Radiology
Saint Mary’s Radiology Group
Shin Kim, MD
Thaddeus Laird, MD
Colby Laughlin, MD
Mark McAllister, MD
H Michael Noh, MD
Rion O'Connell, MD
Richard Welcome, MD
235 W Sixth St
Saint Mary’s Hospital
Radiology Department
Reno, NV 89503
775-770-3177
Reno Diagnostic Centers
Ross Golding, MD
Timothy Martin, MD
Gary Shrago, MD
590 Eureka Ave
Reno, NV 89512
625 Sierra Rose Dr
Reno, NV 89511
775-323-5083
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2006-2007 NAFP BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The mission of the Nevada Academy of Family Physicians is to promote excellence in
health care and the betterment of the health of the citizens of the State of Nevada.
Reno Headquarters Office
C. Brooke Wong, Executive Director
326 W. Liberty St, Reno, NV 89501
Phone 775-826-5100 / Fax 775-826-4475
E-mail: [email protected]
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OFFICERS &
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William C Everts, DO
Catherine McCarthy, MD
R Bruce Bannister, DO
Daniel R Spogen, MD
Ann Marie Campione, MD
David S Hoskins, MD
Las Vegas Satellite Office
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P.O. Box 27713, Las Vegas, NV 89126
Phone 702-228-5822 / Fax 702-228-9737
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