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Welcoming Scott W. Kujath, MD, FSVS, FACS, as 2021 KCMS President

Jim Braibish • January 11, 2021

The Kansas City Medical Society welcomes Scott W. Kujath, MD, FSVS, FACS , as our 2021 president.

A board-certified vascular surgeon with Midwest Aortic & Vascular Institute (MAVI), Dr. Kujath is the chief of vascular surgery at Kansas City Veterans Administration Medical Center. He previously served from 2006 to 2017 as chief of vascular surgery at Truman Medical Center and the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He is 2021-2022 president of the medical staff at North Kansas City Hospital.

Dr. Kujath is a clinical associate professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Department of Surgery, at the University of Kansas Department of Neurosurgery, and at Kansas City University. He is program director for MAVI’s vascular surgery fellowship. In research, Dr. Kujath serves as a local principal investigator for several clinical trials with a focus on the utilization of stents in aortic and vascular disease.

Previous appointments include chief of vascular surgery at Truman Medical Center and the University of Missouri-Kansas City from 2006 to 2017; medical director of the Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Blue Springs; and medical director of the Advanced Wound Center at Centerpoint Medical Center.

Dr. Kujath is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the Society for Vascular Surgery. Besides certification in vascular surgery from the American Board of Surgery, he is certified in undersea and hyperbaric medicine by the Preventive Medicine Board.

A graduate of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Dr. Kujath completed a residency in general surgery at UMKC and fellowship in vascular surgery at the University of Tennessee-Memphis.

He has been a member of the KCMS board of directors since 2007 and was president-elect in 2020. He has served on the board of directors of the KCMS Foundation and its predecessor organization Metro Care since 2014, and was 2018 Foundation board chair. He was 2013 president of the Kansas City Surgical Society.

Dr. Kujath makes annual mission trips to Kenya with the health care organization Living Room Ministries International, and has been a member of its board of directors since 2012. He also has completed mission trips to Jamaica.

Locally, he was board chair of the former Mission of Hope Clinic in Raytown for six years and previously was a board member and medical director for Mercy and Truth Medical Missions. Currently, he is medical director of the AED program for the Raytown School District and a member of the Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee for the City of Kansas City.

In 2016, Dr. Kujath was honored with the International Medicine Award by INMED, the Kansas City-based organization that trains professionals to serve on medical missions around the world. He received the KCMS Patient & Community Advocate Award in 2015 and the HCA Frist Humanitarian Award in 2011. He has been on the Kansas City Magazine Top Doctor list for the past four years.

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Letter from the President 2025

January 6, 2025

I consider it a sincere honor to serve as president of the Kansas City Medical Society this year. As we look forward to this new year, we celebrate our previous accomplishments and look for new ways to meet the challenges of our ever-changing healthcare environment. As we recognize our recent successes, I want to take the opportunity to thank Dr. Greg Unruh, our immediate past president, for his excellent leadership, and I look forward to his continued partnership, providing much-needed wisdom and experience to our board of directors as well as a leadership council. I am also deeply appreciative of Micah Flint, our executive director, now in his third year with the Society. As a board, we are prioritizing key areas where we believe the Society can make a difference for physicians and the communities we serve. With this in mind, we will continue our focus on wellness, advocacy, and expand our opportunities for in person social and educational gatherings. Our journal connects us in a variety of valuable ways, and we will continue its publication and expand its distribution. Under the directorship of Karole Bradford, the Society’s Foundation continues to do invaluable work. We celebrate those accomplishments and the charitable care they provide to our community’s vulnerable population. We are grateful for our individual members and corporate sponsors and welcome your suggestions of how the Society can best serve physicians and our community. Please mark your calendar for the Society’s upcoming events and consider inviting physician colleagues to join you as we gather to learn and support one another.