Present:
MFA Executive Board:
Kathryn R. Challoner - President
Harvey Kaslow - President Elect
Bob Stellwagen - Past President
James Daniel - Treasurer
Members at large:
Austin Mircheff
Wendy Mack
Representatives:
Anesthesiology: James Daniel
Biochemisty: Frank Markland
Cell and Neurobiology: Gene Albrecht
Children's Hospital: Gary Lerner
Emergency Medicine: Michael Orlinsky
Family Medicine: Steven Stumpf
Medicine: Mohammad Akmal
Molecular Microbiology: Axel Schonthal
Neurological Surgery: Peter Guen
Neurology: Patricia Anderson
Norris Medical Library: Alice Kawakami
Obstetrics and Gynecology: Rebecca Sokol
Ophthalmology: Ronald Green
Orthopedics: Tom Hedman
Otolaryngology: Dennis O'Leary
Pathology: Arnis Richters
Pediatrics: Larua Wachsman
Physiology and Biophysics: Herb Meiselman
Preventive medicine: Wendy Mack
Psychiatry: absent
Radiation Oncology: Silvia Formenti
Radiology: Michael Terk
Ranchos Los Amigos: absent
Surgery: Jeffrey Peters
Urology: absent
Cardiothoracic Surgery: Robbie Cohen
A quorum was present.
Dr. Challoner asked if there could be a vote on the current draft of
the Governance Document. Dr. Gene Albrecht called for a motion to
table the vote. He pointed out that there were to be further changes
made to this draft as promised by Drs. Levine and Bernstein at the previous
open meeting. This motion was seconded by Dr. Anderson. The vote
to table was: Yes - 12, No - 8, Abstain - 1
The motion to table passed.
Dr. Challoner then asked if the assembled representatives could give an opinion poll of how the majority of their Faculty had reacted to the current draft of the Governance Document.
Dr. Kaslow distributed a proposed recommendation entitled "A Joint Task Force Regarding Governance" to the represntatives.
After some discussion, it was agreed that this recommendation could be voted on at the next MFA meeting on May 5th.
Dr. Challoner reminded the 11 departments whose representatives' term would expire in June that nominations had to be placed and elections held prior to the June 2nd meeting of the MFA. She also stated that nominations were being accepted for officers of the MFA 97/98 by Dr. Harvey Kaslow, President Elect.
The meeting was adjorned at 5:30 pm.
The next meeting of the MFA will be on May 5th in the basement conference room of the Norris Medical Library.