Valerie Briones-Pryor, MD
Board Chair *
June 2023-May 2024
Patricia Purcell, MD, MBA
President *
June 2023-May 2024
Lewis Hargett, MD
President-Elect * & NMA Region 3 Trustee
June 2023-May 2024
Thomas Higgins, MD
Vice-President *
June 2023-May 2024
Jeffrey Goldberg, MD
Treasurer *Â
June 2023-May 2025
Aneeta Bhatia, MD
Secretary *
June 2022-May 2024
Lesley Kellie, DO
At-Large
2022-2024 elected
Christopher Jones, MD
At-Large
June 2022-May 2024
Tamea Evans, MD
At-Large
2023-2025 elected
Ali Farooqui, MD
At-Large
2023-2025 elected
Rejith Paily, MD
At-Large
2023-2025 appointed
* Executive Officers
Ex-Officio board Members
Bruce Scott, MD
AMA Speaker & Delegate Â
John Roberts, MD
KMA Trustee, AMA Delegate & Foundation Chair
Monalisa Tailor, MD
KMA President
Eric Lydon, MD
KMA Alternate TrusteeÂ
Jeffrey Howard, MD
Interim Director, Dept. Of Public Health & Wellness
Toni M. Ganzel, MD, MBA
Dean, U of L School of Medicine
Karyn Hascal
President, The Healing Place
Kenneth Anderson, MD
Baptist Health
Jason Smith, MD
UofL Health
Steve Hester, MD, MBA
Norton Healthcare
Sam Yared, MD
Senior Physician Committee Chair
Patrick Padgett
KMA Executive Vice President
