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aware that negative manifestations,
like physical exhaustion or substance
use, may surface. This phase can last
months to years, and we need to be
diligent in supporting each other. Board of Ethics
Michael Romain, MD, Chair
May 9 has also been identified as Kimberly Carter, MD
Fentanyl Awareness Day, as fentanyl Executive Board Aileen Ebadat, MD
Jonathan E. MacClements, MD – President
Jeffrey D. McNeil, MD
overdoses have become a major Tina J. Philip, DO – President-Elect Brian Metzger, MD
public health problem. According Scott W. Clitheroe, MD – Immediate Past President Stanley S. Wang, MD, JD, MPH
Hillary Miller, MD – Secretary-Treasurer
to the US Drug Enforcement Alinda Cox, MD, Member-at-Large
Administration (DEA), fentanyl is Maria Claire Monge, MD, Member-at-Large TMA Secretary/Treasurer
Michelle A. Berger, MD
Holli Sadler, MD, Member-at-Large
involved in more deaths among Ricardo Solis, MD, Member-at-Large
people under 50 than cancer, heart J. Stuart Wolf, Jr., MD, Member-at-Large Delegate to AMA
disease, suicide, homicide, and Belda Zamora, MD, Member-at-Large Michelle A. Berger, MD
Michael Romain, MD, Chair, Board of Ethics
accidents. This is truly a national crisis! Esther Cheung-Phillips, MD, Delegation Representative Alternate Delegate to AMA
Finally, physicians need to be Kimberly Avila Edwards, MD
Robert Emmick, MD
aware of a new, one-time DEA-
mandated requirement of eight Delegates to TMA Alternate Delegates to TMA
hours training on the treatment and Alex Alvarez, MD Shannon Abikhaled, MD
management of patients with opioid Tony Aventa, MD – Chair Maneesh Amancharla, MD
Sarah Avery, MD
or other substance use disorders. Kimberly Avila Edwards, MD Nabanita Basu, MD
Ira Bell, MD
Physicians who register or renew Michelle Berger, MD – Vice Chair Nancy Binford, MD
their registration for a DEA license Maya Bledsoe, MD Anna Buteau, MD
Kimberly Carter, MD
Esther Cheung-Phillips, MD – Board Rep
will face this new requirement as of Scott Clitheroe, MD Goddy Corpuz, MD
June 27. DEA registration is Rob Cowan, MD Lauren Crawford, MD
Chad Dieterichs, MD
Antonia Davidson, MD
renewable every three years, so that Robert Emmick, MD Debra Dollar, MD
still gives many already-registered James Eskew, MD Susan Dubois, MD
Kristen Hawthorne, MD
Colby Evans, MD
physicians time to meet the requirement. Katharina Hathaway, MD Anupama Kapadia, MD
TCMS is working with the TMA to Andy Joshi, MD Alison Kartush, MD
Judy Kim, MD
provide resources to help Jeffrey Kahn, MD Sunil Kolli, MD
Thomas Kim, MD
members meet this requirement– Megan Kressin, MD Sonia Krishna, MD
more to come. Craig Kuhns, MD Pradeep Kumar, MD
Carlos-Nicholas Nick Lee
Paraag Kumar, MD
With summer approaching, I Daniel Leeman, MD Steven McKinley, MD
look forward to seeing you at Jonathan MacClements, MD Maria Monge, MD
Damodaran Narayanan, MD
Hillary Miller, MD
upcoming TCMS events. In the Celia Neavel, MD Hemali Patel, MD
meantime, let’s enjoy the wildflowers Michelle Owens, DO Tina Philip, DO
Elisabeth Potter, MD
Jack Pierce, MD
while we can. Fara Ranjbaran, MD Pooja Pundhir, MD
Dora Salazar, MD Roxanna Rhodes, MD
Sarah Smiley, DO Mary Ann Rodriguez, MD
Lynn Stewart, MD Holli Sadler, MD
Brian Temple, MD Garrett Scales, MD
David Tobey, MD Alan Schalscha, DO
Zoltan Trizna, MD, PhD Arathi Shah, MD
Elizabeth Troung, MD Shaina Sheppard, MD
Stephanie Vertrees, MD Ricardo Solis, MD
Jonathan MacClements, MD John Villacis, MD Deepa Varshney, MD
Daniel Walk, MD
Stanley Wang, MD
TCMS President Belda Zamora, MD Chad Whited, MD
president@tcms.com Guadalupe “Pete” Zamora, MD Stuart Wolf, MD
Jay Zdunek, MD

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