KCMS Board of Directors

Board of Directors 2022

Officers

		Scott Kujath, MD, FSVS, FACS – President Vascular Surgeon Midwest Aortic & Vascular Institute
		Carole Freiberger-O’Keefe, DO – President-Elect Critical Care Medicine Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
		Betty Drees, MD, FACP, FACE – Immediate Past President Dean Emerita and Professor of Medicine, Univ. of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine President, Graduate School for the Stowers Institute for Medical Research
		Jennifer Bernard, MD – Secretary Pediatrician, Saint Luke’s South Hospital
		Gregory K. Unruh, MD, FASA – Treasurer Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education University of Kansas Medical Center

Board Members

James Appelbaum, MD
Providence Medical Center
Neurology

Sam Caughron, MD
MAWD Pathology Group and AdventHealth
Pathology

Cassie Dietrich, MD
Mobile Anesthesia Care
Anesthesiology

Brad Garstang, MD
Liberty Hospital
Family Medicine

Sarah Hon, DO
The University of Kansas Health System
Neurology

Brian Mieczkowski, DO
HCA Midwest/Research Medical Center
Critical Care and Pulmonology

Joseph Reuben, MD
Menorah Medical Center
Emergency Medicine

Jim Wetzel, MD
UnitedHealthcare
Internal Medicine

Annette Small, RN, BSN, MBA,
Interim Executive Director of Kansas City Medical Society
CEO Midwest Aortic & Vascular Institute, P.C.