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Management Staff | Executive
Committee | Board of Directors
Gary R. Figge, MD President
Gary R. Figge, MD will serve as President until June 2011, when he will become President. Dr. Figge is an emergency medicine physician practicing in Tucson, and received his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee in 1992. He has been an ArMA member since 1993.
 Robert R. Orford, MD Vice President-Elect
Rober Orford, MD will be President-Elect
until 2011. Dr. Orford graduated from McGill University, Montreal, Canada, and is board certified in Internal Medicine, General Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Aerospace Medicine, and Occupational Medicine. He is currently Chair of the Division of Preventive, Occupational Medicine and Aerospace Medicine at Mayo Clinic Arizona, and is President-elect of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
He has been a member of ArMA since 1997.
 William J. Thrift, MD Vice-President
William Thrift graduated with his medical degree from the University of Arizona, and completed his residency in family practice at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. He has been a member of ArMA since 1983, is a past president of the Yavapai County Medical Society, a past vice president of the Arizona Academy of Family Physicians and is a member of the American Medical Association and a fellow of the American Academy of Family Practice. Dr. Thrift will serve as Vice-Presedent until June 2011.
Michael F. Hamant, MD Secretary
Michael Hamant, MD will hold the office of Secretary until June 2012. Dr. Hamant is a family practice and sports medicine physician practicing in Tucson. He medical degree from the University of Arizona, College of Medicine in 1983. He has been an ArMA member since 1998.
 Thomas C. Rothe, MD Treasurer
Thomas C. Rothe, MD, will ArMA's Treasurer until June 2011. He is a family practitioner. Dr. Rothe has been a member of ArMA since 1982. He graduated from the Medical College of Ohio at Toledo in 1977.
Beth A. Purdy, MD Immediate Past President
Beth A. Purdy, MD will serve as president from June 2009 to June 2010. She graduated from the University of Arizona, Tucson in 1991. Dr. Purdy is a hand surgeon practicing in Phoenix. She has been a member of the Arizona Medical Association since 1988.
Henri R. Carter, MD Outgoing Past President
Henri Carter, MD is the Immediate Past President and served as president from June 2008 until June 2009. Dr. Carter graduated from the University of Arizona College of Medicine in 1981, and completed his internship and residency at the University of Louisville. Dr. Carter's specialty is general/vascular surgery, and he is certified by the American Board of Surgery. Dr. Carter has had a private practice in Yuma since 1988. He is an active staff surgeon, and currently the vice-chairman of the department of surgery at Yuma Regional Medical Center. He is a member of the Yuma County Medical Society, the American Society of General Surgeons, the American College of Surgeons, and the Arizona Chapter of the American College of Surgeons.
Ronnie K. Dowling, MD AMA Delegation Chair
Ronnie Dowling, MD will serve as AMA Delegation Chair until December 2012. Dr. Dowling graduated from the University of Colorado Medical Center, where she also interned and completed her residency in orthopaedics. She has practiced in Show Low since 1982. An ArMA member since 1983, Dr. Dowling is also a member of the Apache County Medical Society, the Arizona Orthopaedic Society, the American Medical Association, the Association of Women Surgeons, Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society, the American Medical Women's Association and the Western Orthopaedic Society. Dr. Dowling served as ArMA's president for 2001-2002.
Jacqueline A. Chadwick, MD At-Large Member
Jacqueline Chadwick, MD graduated with a degree in zoology from Arizona State University, received her MD from the University of Arizona College of Medicine, and completed her residency at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. Dr. Chadwick has been practicing in Scottsdale since 1978. In 1992 she became the first woman president of the Arizona Medical Association. Also in 1992, Dr. Chadwick was appointed Associate Dean for Phoenix Programs for the University of Arizona College of Medicine to act as a liaison between the College of Medicine and the Phoenix community. Currently, she is a member of the Maricopa County Medical Society, the American Medical Association and both the Arizona and American Academies of Family Physicians. Dr. Chadwick will hold the office of At-Large Member for one year.
Gary S. Christensen, MD At-Large Member
Gary Christensen, MD is an anesthesiologist at Flagstaff Medical Center. He graduated from the University of Arizona College of Medicine and completed his residency at the Naval Regional Medical Center in Virginia. Dr. Christensen is currently a member of the Coconino County Medical Society, the Arizona Society of Anesthesiologists, the American Medical Association and the American Society of Anesthesiologists. He will serve as an At-Large Member for one year.
Daniel R. Marino, MD At-Large Member
Daniel Marino, MD will hold the office of At-Large Member for one year. Dr. Marino is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Gilbert. He medical degree from the University of Missouri, Columbia School of Medicine in 1980. He has been an ArMA member since 2005.
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