Physicians Support Medicaid Expansion

We Kansas City-Area physicians, along with the Kansas City Medical Society and the Kansas City Medical Society Foundation and other allied healthcare professionals, support Medicaid expansion in Missouri and Kansas. Expanding Medicaid is good for our patients and our community.

Agency Partners

AdventHealth

Alliance for a Healthy Kansas

Alzheimer’s Association Heart of America Chapter

American Lung Association in Kansas and Greater Kansas City Ascension Via Christi

Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas

Community Care Network of Kansas

Community Health Council of Wyandotte County

El Centro, Inc.

Faith Voices for Medicaid Expansion

Health Forward Foundation

Healthy Communities Wyandotte

Kansas Cancer Partnership

Kansas Hospital Association

Mission Southside

REACH Healthcare Foundation

St. Paul’s United Methodist Church

Unified Government Public Health Department

United Community Services of Johnson County

Vibrant Health

Wyandot Behavioral Health Network

Supporters

Medicaid Expansion Supporter

Carla Aamodt, MD
Rebekah Abbott, DO
Rima Abhyankar, MD
Bernard Abrams, MD
Rebecca Aguayo, MD
Debra Ahern, DO, JD, FAAFP
Laura Alba, MD
Kareem Albaba, MD, MBA
Adam Algren, MD
Stacey Algren, MD, FACOG
Geoffrey Allen, MD
Renato Aller-Zumaeta, DO
Uri S. Alon, MD, CPP
Amita Amonker, MD
Sheela Ananth, MD, FAAP
Terry Anderson, DO
Beth Andes, MD, FACP
Noushin Ansari, MD
James Appelbaum, MD, FAAN
Anne Arey, MD, FAAFP (Ret.)
Lauren Arney, MD
Suzanne Arnold, MD, MHA, FAHA
Jennifer Ashby, MD (Ret.)
Thomas Attard, MD, FAAP, FACG
Keith August, MD, MS
Michael Ausmus, MD
Nada Bader, MD
Karishma Balani, MD
David Bamberger, MD, FACP, FIDSA
Jay Banister, MD
Prameela Banoth, MD
Danny Bartlett, MD
Daphne Bascom, MD, PhD
Timothy Bateman, MD, MASNC, FACC, FACP, FAHA
James Batterson, MD, DFAPA
Alejandra Beardman, MD, FAAP
Karl Becker, MD, MBA, FACA (Ret.)
Jessica Bettenhausen, MD, FAAP
Jeremy Beyer, MD
Mala Bhagat, MD
Jennifer Biggs, MD, FAAP
Alfred Biggs, MD
Mark Bilezikjian, MD
James Bogener, MD, FAAOS, DABOS
Barbara Bohon, MD
Rene Bollier, MD
Mark Brady, MD, FASA
Jeffrey Brick, MD (Ret.)
Taylor Brinton, DO
Adam Brunfeldt, MD
Barbara Buchanan, MD, FAPA, FAACAP
(Ret.)
Matthew Bunte, MD, MS, FSVM,
FSCAI, FACC
Anthony Buren, MD
Megan Buri, MD
Tanya Burrell, MD
Greg Canty, MD, FAAP
Megan Carroll, MD
Amy Carter, DO
Brian Carter, MD, FAAP
Peter Caruso, MD
Brett Chamberlain, MD
Paul Chan, MD
Sherwin Chan, MD, PhD, FSRU
Susana Chavez-Bueno, MD
Shelby Chesbro, MD
Tara Chettiar, MD, FACOG
Adnan Chhatriwalla, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Donna Childs, MD
Richard Childs, MD (Ret.)
Adnan Choudhury, MD
Michael Christian, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
Akin Cil, MD
Kathleen Cita, MD
Doug Cochran, MD, FACP
Douglas Coe, MD, FACEP
Keith Coffman, MD
Kyle Coffman, MD
Steven Cohn, MD, CABA (Ret.)
Linda Cooley, MD, MBA, FCAP, FACMG
Robert Cooley, DO, MA
Erin Corriveau, MD, MPH
Suzanne Crandall, DO, MBA
Christopher Crenner, MD, PhD
Thaer Daifallah, MD, DDS, FACS
Lawrence Dall, MD
William Daniels, DO
Oluwatobi Dawodu, MD
Reuben De Almeida, MD, MSc
Matthew Deedy, MD, FACC
Michelle Dew, MD, FACC
Mark DeWolfe, MD
Jodi Dickmeyer, MD, FAAP
Emily Diederich, MD
Cassie Dietrich, MD
Craig Dietz, DO, MPH, AAHIVS, FACOI
Kavitha Dileepan, MD, MPH, FAAP
Carl Dirks, MD
Damon Dixon, MD, MHA
Melissa Doan, MD
Charles Donohoe, MD
Kathryn Doran, DO, FAAP
Dinah Dosdos, MD, FAAP
Betty Drees, MD, FACP, FACE
Jason D’Souza, MD, MBBS
Jonathan Dubin, MD, FAAOS
Sarah Dubin, MD, MPH
Edward Ellerbeck, MD, MPH
Kathryn Ellerbeck, MD, MPH, FAAP
Jennifer Elliott, MD
Marwa Elsayed, MD
Jonathan Enriquez, MD
Lori Falcone, DO, FAAP
Mina Farahbakhsh, MD, PhD
Midhat Farooqi, MD, PhD, FCAP
William Featherston, MD, FACEP
Tim Fendler, MD, MSc
Adam Fleddermann, MD
Karen Florio, DO, FACOG
Alan Forker, MD, MACP, FACC, FAHA
Megan Fraker, MD
Elizabeth Friedman, MD, MPH
Laura Fromm, MD
Jennifer Frost, MD, FAAFP
Ryan Gallagher, MD
Sara Gardner, MD, FAAP, FACP
James Garner, MD, FACP
Margaret Gibson, MD
William Gilbirds, MD, FAAFP
B. William Ginsberg, MD
Joshua Go, DO
Emily Goodwin, MD

Noel Graham, MD, FAAP

Sean Gratton, MD

Travis Gratton, MD

R. Stephen Griffith, MD, FAAFP

R. Alan Grimes, MD, FAAP

Ben Grin, MD, MPH

Anna Grodzinsky, MD, MSc, FACC

Alexandra Grunewald, MD

Roxana Guggenmos, DO

Rupal Gupta, MD, FAAP

Sanjaya Gupta, MD, MBA, FACC, FHRS

Clara Hageman, MD

Ara Hall, MD

John Hall, MD, FAAD (Ret.)

Luningning Haluck, MD

Rebecca Hamel, MD

Sarah Hampl, MD, FAAP

Brady Hanson, DO

Karl Hanson, MD (Ret.)

Richard Harlow, MD

JoAnn Harris, MD, FAAP, FIDSA, FPIDS

Emily Haury, MD, MHPE, FACP, FAAP

Corrie Hays, MD

Howard Heching, MD, FAAP

Nathan Heckerson, MD

Mary Hegenbarth, MD, FAAP, FACEP

Vittal Hejjaji, MD, MSc

John Helzberg, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF

John Hendren, MD, FACEP, FAAEM

Edwin Herman, MD, FACR (Ret.)

Christian Hettinger, MD

Claire Hickey, MD, FAAP

Peter Holt, MD

Sarah Hon, DO, FAAN

Sara Howe, MD

Dena Hubbard, MD, FAAP

Zuri Hudson, DO

Annette Hughes, MD

Lyndsey Hultman, MD

Sharon Humiston, MD, MPH, FAAP

Meghan Hurt, MD

Sarah Ifteqar, MD

Robin Imperial, MD

Cory Jabara, DO

Mary Anne Jackson, MD, FAAP,

FIDSA, FPIDS

Sherri Jackson, MD, MPH, FACOG

Dany Jacob, MD, FACC

Naiomi Jamal, MD, MPH

Dharshinie Jayamaha, MD

William Jennings, MD, FACP

Daniel Jensen, MD

Katherine Jessop, MD

David John, MD

Rebecca Johnson, MD (Ret.)

Traci Johnson, MD

Andrew Kao, MD, FACC, FHFSA

Sivakoti Katta, MD

Andrew Kaufman, MD, FAANS,

FACS (Ret.)

Alison Kaye, MD, FAAP, FACS

Daniel Keleti, MD

Jonathan Kendall, MD

Robert Kenney, DO, FACS

Thelda Kestenbaum, MD

Roha Khalid, MD

Erin Khouri, DO, FAAEM

Samina Khumri, MD

Taiyeb Khumri, MD, FACV

Howard Kilbride, MD

Sara Kilbride, DO

Jacqueline Kitchen, MD, MS

Joel Koenig, MD

Suhel Kotwal, MD

Mikail Kraft, DO, FAAP

Molly Krager, MD, FAAP

Salil Kulkarni, MD

Benjamin Kulow, MD

Gayathri Kumar, MD

Kathryn Kyler, MD, MS, FAAP

Seth Lamb, MD

LiYin Lan, DO, MBA

Kamani Lankachandra, MD

John Lantos, MD

Christopher Larsen, MD, FACS

Marc Larsen, MD, FACEP

Jinny Lavezzi, DO, MPH

Gina Lawson, DO

Nevada Lee, MD

Tamorah Lewis, MD, PhD

Jason Lindsey, MD

Sally Ling, MD, FACP, FHM

David Lisbon, MD

Timothy Little, MD, MPH

Joanne Loethen, MD, MA

Patricia Logan, MD

David Lyon, MD, FACS

Rola Mahmoud, MD

Tony Makovec, MD

Bailey Martin, MD

Patricia Martin, MD

Abbey Masonbrink, MD, MPH, FAAP

Valerie Mateescu, MD, FCAP, FASC

Chris Mathis, MD

Colleen Mathis, MD, FAAP

Gerald Matile, MD, FACOG

John May, MD

Susan Mayer, MD

Bridget McCandless, MD, MBA, FACP

Sheila McGreevy, MD, FACP

Cassandra McKarnin, DO

Jay Menitove, MD, FACP (Ret.)

Kurt Metzl, MD, FAL (Ret.)

Elizabeth Milkovich, MD, FAAP

Nikki Miller, MD

Kathryn Miner, DO

Grace Mitchell, MD, MBA

Amanda Montalbano, MD, MPH, FAAP

Jill Moormeier, MD, MPH

Zoe Morgan, MD

Leanna Mosher, MD

Wael Mourad, MD, MHCM, FAAFP

Stuart Munro, MD

Vydehi Rama Murthy, MD

Doug Myers, MD

Usman Nazir, MD, FCCP

Tammy Neblock-Beirne, MD, FACS

Ramon Newman, MD, FAAP

Helen Nguyen, MD, FAAAAI, FACAAI

Huong Nguyen, DO

Lily Nguyen, DO, FAAP

Anna Nicek, MD

Anas Noman, MD

Michael O’Dell, MD, MSHA, FAAFP

Christopher Oermann, MD

Steve Olsen, MD, FAAP

Evanthia Omoscharka, MD, FCAP

Jayne Opena Bumgarner, MD

Sarat Pachalla, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Carlos Pacheco, III, MD

Joseph Palazola, MD (Ret.)

Sindhuja Palle, MD

Grant Parker, MD

Jeffrey Parker, MD

Lina Patel, MD, FAAP, FACEP

Nisha Patel, MD

Douglas Perryman, MD

J. Chris Perryman, MD

Kathy Perryman, MD

John Peterson, MD, FACC, FACP,

FAHA, FCCP

Thuylinh Pham, MD, FAAP

Nurbanu Pirani, MD, FACP

Laura Plencner, MD

Timothy Pluard, MD

Henry Puls, MD

Daniel Purdom, MD, FAAFP

Mary Queen, MD, FAAP

Valerie Rader, MD

Devon Ramaeker, MD, FACOG

Kimberly Randell, MD, MSc, FAAP

Mamta Reddy, MD, MBOE

Nallu Reddy, MD

Vilash Reddy, MD

Mary Redmon, DO

Danielle Reed, MD

Lauren Regueyra, MD

Kirsten Reilly, MD

Stephen Reintjes, Sr., MD

Dhana Rengachary, MD FRCOG FRCS

Jennifer Riekhof McBride, MD,

FACP, FAAP

Jay Rilinger, MD

William Rinck, MD (Ret.)

Carlos Rivas-Gotz, MD, FACC

James Roberson, MD, FAAP

Nicole Rogers, MD

Scott Rogers, DO

Ryan Romans, MD

Beth Rosemergey, DO, FAAFP

Robert Ross, MD

Paul Rotert, DO, MPH

Michelle Rowland, MD, PhD,

MPH, FACOG

Scott Russell, MD

Cody Ryan, MD

Kelsey Ryan, MD

Ibrahim Saeed, MD, FACC, FAAP, FSCMR

David Safley, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Stephen Salanski, MD

Gary Salzman, MD, FACP, FCCP

Jessica Sanchez, MD

Kelly Sandri, MD

Christine Sankpill, MD

Bela Satija, MD

Jennifer Sauer, MD, FAAP

Courtnay Scarborough, MD

RoseAnn Scheller, MD

Joan Schieber, MD, FACOG

Daniel Schlozman, MD, FACP, FCCP (Ret.)

Laura Schmidt, MD

Alie Scholes, MD, MHCM, FACEP

Bradley Schow, MD

Jennifer Schuster, MD

James Sear, MD, FACC

Rachel Seymour, MD

Fariha Shafi, MD, FACP

Justin Sheehy, MD

Douglas Shevlin, MD

Alvin Singh, MD

David Skolnick, MD, FACC

Aniesa Slack, MD

Anne Sly, MD

Katelyn Smelser, MD

Khannah Smith, MD

Tyler Smith, MD, MPH, FAAP

Sarah Soden, MD, FAAP

Olumide Sokunbi, MD

Joy Solano, MD

Amelia Sorensen, MD

Brett Sperry, MD

John Spertus, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA

James Sreffen, MD

William Stark, MD

James Steffen, MD

Alec Stein, DO MA

Tracy Stevens, MD

James Stewart, MD, CHCQM

Steven Stiles, MD

Gretchen Stokes, MD

Ryan Stokes, MD

Shayla Sullivant, MD, DFAACAP, FAPA

Jonathan Swade, DO

Chandra Swanson, MD

Nasreen Talib, MD, MPH, FAAP

Ossama Tawfik, MD, PhD

Nalini Tella, MD, MBA

Blair Thedinger, MD

Alexis Thomas, MD, FACP (Ret.)

Kenneth Thomas, MD, FAAP

Jennifer Tieman, MD, FAAFP

Kelly Tieves, DO, MS, FAAP

Catricia Tilford, MD

Andrew Tomaw, DO, MBA

Frances Turcotte Benedict, MD,

MPH, FAAP

Figen Ugraabul, MD

Molly Uhlenhake, DO, FACP

Morgan Vaughn, MD, FAAP

Michael Vesali, MD, FAASM

Jennifer von Fintel, MD

Laura Voss, DO

Donald Walker, MD

Jacqueline Walker, MD, MHPE, FAAP

Jessica Wallisch, MD

Kevin Wang, DO

Marsha Weaver, MD

Robert Weir, MD, FASS

Matthew Wilkinson, MD, PhD

Stephen Williamson, MD, FACP

Samantha Winstead, MD

Anne Wishna, MD

Kaitlin Wittler, MD

James Wohlwend, MD, FAAP

Kristen Wootton, DO

Maggie Wright, MD, MPH, FAAP

Mary Wurtz, MD, FCCP

Toni Zink, MD

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