FSP Business Meeting July 13, 2019 │ 1:45-2:00 pm AGENDA 1. Welcome/Call to Order Morton Levitt, MD 2. Adoption of Minutes Oleksandr Kryvenko, MD 3. Treasurer’s Report Janice B. McCall, MD 4. Membership Report Jason Savell, MD 5. FMA Update Ronald Giffler, MD 6. Legislative Update Amy Young 7. Closing Remarks Morton Levitt, MD
1 2 Florida Society of Pathologists 3 2019 Winter Business Meeting 4 February 23, 2019 5 Minutes- draft 6 7 8 WELCOME/CALL TO ORDER Antonio Martinez, MD, FSP President, called the 9 business meeting to order at 12:01 PM. 10 11 Dr. Martinez thanked everyone for attending the 12 meeting. 13 14 ADOPTION OF MINUTES Jason Savell, MD, FSP Secretary presented the minutes 15 from the 2018 Summer Business Meeting on July 21, 16 2018. A motion was made to adopt the minutes from 17 the 2018 summer business meeting. 18 19 MOTION 19-02-01 MOTION ADOPTED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM 20 THE 2018 SUMMER BUSINESS MEETING. 21 22 TREASURER’S REPORT Janice McCall, MD, presented the Treasurer’s report. As 23 of February 14, 2019, total current assets are $383,000 24 and current net income $204,000. The net income 25 represents an amount before the remaining expenses 26 for the rest of the fiscal year have been paid which are 27 estimated to be an additional $160,000. Income 28 collected for the year total $441,000 and expenses total 29 $237,000. Dr. McCall reported that the society would 30 once again end the fiscal year in April with a positive net 31 income. 32 33 MEMBERSHIP REPORT Jason Savell, MD presented the Membership report. 34 There are currently 385 active members in the society. 35 The FSP has received 11 applications for membership 36 since the last Board of Directors meeting in November 37 2018. All new members were asked to stand. 38 39 NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT Nominating Committee Chair, Margaret Neal, MD 40 presented the nominating committee report. Dr. Neal 41 reviewed the proposed slate of officers. 42 43 Executive Committee Members: 44 President-Elect: Qihui “Jim” Zhai, MD 45 Vice President: Marilyn Bui, MD, PhD 46 Secretary: Oleksandr Kryvenko, MD 47 Treasurer: Janice McCall, MD 48
49 50 At-Large Members 51 Khaled Algashaamy, MD (Resident Liaison) 52 Brett Cantrell, MD 53 Lizardo Cerezo, MD 54 Nicole Riddle, MD 55 Margaret Neal, MD 56 Vatsal Patel, MD 57 Jason Savell, MD 58 Stephen Vernon, MD 59 60 Committee Chairs/Co-chairs: 61 Membership: Jason Savell, MD 62 Legislative: Brett Cantrell, MD 63 Communications: Antonio Martinez, MD (Chair) and 64 Khaled Algashaamy, MD (Co-Chair) 65 Education: Qihui “Jim” Zhai, MD (Chair) and Carmen 66 Gomez-Fernandez, MD (Co-Chair) 67 Resident and Fellows: Khaled Algashaamy, MD 68 69 A motion was made to elect the slate of Officers as 70 presented. 71 72 MOTION 19-02-02 MOTION ADOPTED TO ELECT THE SLATE OF OFFICERS 73 AS PRESENTED. 74 75 Dr. Neal also thanked the outgoing board members Dr. 76 Harvey Feld, Dr. Cory Porteus, and Dr. David Stewart for 77 their dedicated service to the board and the 78 organization. 79 80 PC REPORT Morton Levitt, MD, Chair of the FSP-Pathology PAC 81 provided a brief PC Report. In 2018, donations totaled 82 $17,325. Candidate contributions totaled $19,000, 83 political committee contributions totaled $11,000 and 84 political party contributions totaled $2,500. Dr. Levitt 85 asked attendees to consider donating to the PC over the 86 weekend during the meeting to help reach the goal of 87 raising $10,000 in donations onsite at the meeting. FSP 88 Board members and staff are on hand at the FSP booth 89 in the exhibit hall to collect donations. Each person that 90 donates will receive a sticker to wear throughout the 91 weekend. 92 93 RESIDENT POSTER AWARDS Stephen Vernon, MD, chair of the Poster Committee 94 presented the Resident Poster awards to the following 95 residents: 96
97 Third Place 98 Paul Plantinga, MD, Schulich Medicine of Dentistry 99 (London) – Histological Elucidation of Tumor Deposits in 100 Colorectal Adenocarcinoma 101 102 Second Place 103 Yanel De Los Santos, MD, University of Florida – Distal 104 Rectal Skip Segment Hirschsprung Disease: Rare Variant 105 with Potential for False Negative Biopsy Results 106 107 First Place 108 Victor Sanchez, MD, Orlando Health – Autopsy Case 109 Report of Perforation of the Right Cardiac Ventricle by 110 Fractured Inferior Vena Cava Filter Leg 111 112 SOCIETY AWARDS Dr. Martinez presented two President’s Service Awards 113 to Robert Poppiti, MD and Brett Cantrell, MD for their 114 contributions to the FSP and to furthering the pathology 115 profession. Dr. Vernon presented Dr. Azorides Morales 116 with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his service to 117 pathology over the years. Lastly, Dr. Levitt presented Dr. 118 Martinez with an Outgoing President’s award for his 119 outstanding leadership over the past two years of his 120 term. 121 122 CAP REPORT Patrick Godbey, CAP President-Elect, presented the CAP 123 report summarizing a list of priorities for 2019. 124 125 FMA REPORT Ronald Giffler, MD, FMA President-Elect, presented the 126 FMA report and gave FSP attendees an update on 127 legislative focus for the upcoming Florida legislative 128 session. 129 130 ADJOURNMENT With no further business to discuss, Dr. Martinez 131 thanked everyone for attending and adjourned the 132 meeting at 12:50 PM EDT.
7/13/2019 FSP Business Meeting Saturday, July 13, 2019 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida WWW.FLPATH.ORG 1 1 Adoption of Minutes Oleksandr Kryvenko, MD WWW.FLPATH.ORG 2 2 Treasurer’s Report Janice McCall, MD WWW.FLPATH.ORG 3 3 1
7/13/2019 As of July 9, 2019 LAST FISCAL YEAR: Year End: May 2018 – April 2019 Income: $456,000 Expenses: $404,000 Net Income: $52,000 The last fiscal year ended with a positive net income of $52,000. Financials as of July 9, 2019 Total Current Assets: $346,000 Total Liabilities and Equity: $346,000 Net Income * : $119,000 * Net income represents an amount before the remaining payments for the summer meeting, which will amount to another $40,000 approximately. WWW.FLPATH.ORG 4 4 Revenue and Expenses per Fiscal Year $500,000 $456,000 $450,000 $426,000 $417,000 $404,000 $380,000 $380,000 $381,000 $400,000 $350,000 $295,000 $300,000 $250,000 $200,000 $150,000 $100,000 $50,000 $0 April, 2016 April, 2017 April, 2018 April, 2019 Expenses Revenue WWW.FLPATH.ORG 5 5 As of July 9, 2019 Total Income = $186,000 $33,000 Membership Dues $90,000 Summer: Exhibits, Grants, $63,000 Sponsorships Summer: Registration WWW.FLPATH.ORG 6 6 2
7/13/2019 As of July 9, 2019 Total Expenditures = $66,000* $500 $3,500 $18,000 Professional Services Summer Meeting Expenses $44,000 Membership General Adminstrative * Does not represent approximately $40,000 in Summer meeting costs WWW.FLPATH.ORG 7 7 Membership Report Jason Savell, MD WWW.FLPATH.ORG 8 8 As of July 9, 2019 Membership – 403 total members 13 89 107 30 20 138 6 Regular Regular Group New Practitioner Corresponding Retired Resident Honorary WWW.FLPATH.ORG 9 9 3
7/13/2019 FMA Report Ronald Giffler, MD FMA President-Elect WWW.FLPATH.ORG 10 10 Florida Medical Association Ron Giffler, M.D. President-Elect, FMA Treasurer, FMA PAC 11 Florida Medical Association Mission: Helping Physicians Practice Medicine Membership: 2018 was a record breaking year for the FMA with over 25,000 physician and student members 12 4
7/13/2019 FMA Educational Activities Accredited to offer CME • Directly provide live activities • Directly provide online CME via website • Jointly provide live activities (hospitals, specialty societies, and foundations 13 Foundation for Healthy Floridians Sponsor of the Karl M. Altenburger, M.D. FMA Leadership Academy which provides leadership training for young physicians, currently in it’s 9 th year provided leadership training for 131 physicians 14 Foundation for Healthy Floridians Secured over a million dollars of support to help physicians affected by Hurricane Michael, Irma and Maria reopen their practice through our Foundation 15 5
7/13/2019 Foundation for Healthy Floridians Sponsor of the Healthy Living Initiative to provide resources to physicians to reduce obesity 16 FMA & Advocacy – How we advocate for YOU • Legislative advocacy – passing pro-medicine legislation and fending off bad bills for physicians • Council on Legislation – Council of physicians appointed by the President charged with overseeing legislative issues • FMA PAC – a 51 member board comprised of physicians, alliance members, residents and students. The mission of the PAC is electing pro-medicine candidates in Florida. • Key Contact Program – pairing physicians with legislators so that when important bills are up for a vote, the legislator hears from a physician 17 Advocacy (continued) • Federal Outreach AMA Delegation Federal Lobbyist Big Four/Coalition of State Medical Societies • Council on Medical Economics • Collaboration and Outreach County Medical Societies Specialty Societies Hospital Medical Staffs Healthcare Corporations Large Medical Groups Individual physicians 18 6
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