About

Established in 1934

ZVMS serves Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, and Olmsted Counties

Zumbro Valley Medical Society (ZVMS) is a nonprofit professional membership organization serving 3,000 physicians and physicians in training in Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, and Olmsted Counties. ZVMS promotes the health and health care of communities in Southeast Minnesota through advocacy, service, and education.

We are a component medical society of the Minnesota Medical Association (MMA). We provide local resources and services to our joint members. In addition, ZVMS appoints members to serve on MMA committees and its Policy Council. (See here for ZVMS representatives to the MMA.)

ZVMS members are also involved at the state level and within their various specialties at the American Medical Association (AMA) to effect change at the national level.

 

Our mission

We are a non-profit professional membership organization serving current and future physicians and promoting the health and health care of communities in Southeast Minnesota

We are committed to:

  • A broad definition of health
  • Community service
  • Being compassionate
  • Learning and evolving
  • Being responsive to our members and communities
  • Organizational sustainability

We strive to:

Asking​: Who is left out? What can we do to include them?

Asking: How do we know this is a need? Whose need? What can we do to be sure?

Asking:  Is this the best use of our funds?  Are we achieving the most value possible with our funds?

Asking:  What are we doing to eliminate health disparities?  Do our programs affect all populations and individuals equally?  Should they, or are there certain circumstances to consider?

Asking:  Are we stewarding and enjoying the natural resources around us?  How do our environmental actions in the Zumbro Valley affect the globe?  Are we staying up to date on the changing global environmental landscape?

Asking:  What activities are we sponsoring that allow our members respite from their professional lives? Are our members practicing self-care and avoiding burnout?  How are we ensuring that our active members are not spreading themselves too thin?

Our mission

We are a non-profit professional membership organization serving current and future physicians and promoting the health and health care of communities in Southeast Minnesota

We are committed to:

  • A broad definition of health
  • Community service
  • Being compassionate
  • Learning and evolving
  • Being responsive to our members and communities
  • Organizational sustainability

We strive to:

Asking​: Who is left out? What can we do to include them?

Asking: How do we know this is a need? Whose need? What can we do to be sure?

Asking:  Is this the best use of our funds?  Are we achieving the most value possible with our funds?

Asking:  What are we doing to eliminate health disparities?  Do our programs affect all populations and individuals equally?  Should they, or are there certain circumstances to consider?

Asking:  Are we stewarding and enjoying the natural resources around us?  How do our environmental actions in the Zumbro Valley affect the globe?  Are we staying up to date on the changing global environmental landscape?

Asking:  What activities are we sponsoring that allow our members respite from their professional lives? Are our members practicing self-care and avoiding burnout?  How are we ensuring that our active members are not spreading themselves too thin?

ZVMS Officers

President: Robert Hyde, MD

Vice President: Amirala Pasha, DO, JD

Secretary/Treasurer: TBA

Executive Director: Beth Kangas, PhD

Executive Committee

  • Robert Hyde, MD (President)
  • Juan Bowen, MD
  • Elizabeth Farkouh (MCASOM4)
  • Giovanna Grigsby-Rocca (MCASOM4)
  • Dionne Hart, MD (Past Co-President)
  • Amirala Pasha, DO, JD (Vice President)
  • Roma Sonik (MCASOM3)
  • Emily Bero, MD (Mayo Fellows Association)
  • Beth Kangas, PhD (Executive Director)
  • TBA

Legislative Committee

  • Amirala Pasha, DO, JD (Chair)
  • Steven Callori, MPH (MCASoM4) (Co-Vice Chair)
  • Elizabeth Farkouh (MCASoM4) (Co-Vice Chair)
  • Nusheen Ameenuddin, MD 
  • Taylor Boland Rigby, MD
  • Patrick Crowley, DO
  • Ryan Dexheimer (MCASoM 1)
  • Caleb Grenko (MCASoM2)
  • Dionne Hart, MD
  • Bryant Karenson (MCASoM2)
  • Seoyoon Kim (MCASoM1)
  • Sarah A. Lawrence, MD
  • Mark Liebow, MD
  • Emily Mawyer (MCASoM2)
  • Michael Rigby, MD, PhD
  • Kannan Sharma (MCASoM2)
  • Annabella Strathman (MCASoM1)
  • Nicole Vilendrer (Mayo)
  • Beth Kangas, PhD (Executive Director)
  • January 8
  • February 12
  • March 11
  • April 8
  • May 13
  • June 10
  • August 12
  • October 14
  • December 9

Eco-Public Health Committee

  • Robert Hyde, MD (Chair)
  • Luqman Ellythy (MCSoM3)
  • Zoe Fanning (MCSoM2)
  • Laura Faubion (MCSoM3)
  • Anjie Ge (MCSoM3)
  • Molly Herr, MD
  • Boyoung (Michelle) Kim (MCSoM2)
  • Alexander Kreuger (MCSoM3)
  • Richard Roden (MCSoM2)
  • Jessica Trinh (MCSoM3)
  • Luke Wood, MD
  • Jeffrey Woods (MCSoM4)
  • Beth Kangas, PhD (Executive Director)
  • TBA

ZVMS Representation in the Minnesota Medical Association (MMA)

MMA Board of Trustees
Lynn Cornell, MD
Dionne Hart, MD
Derrick Lewis

AMA Delegation
J.P. Abenstein, MD
Ashok Patel, MD (Alternate)
Daniel Pfeifle, MD (Resident Representative)

MMA Policy Council
Nusheen Ameenuddin, MD
Steven Callori (Medical Student Representative)
Jonathan Gelber, MD
James Hebl, MD
Randy Hemann, MD
James Hoffmann, DO
Sheila Jowsey-Gregoire, MD
Thomas C. Kingsley, MD
Kevin Koo, MD
Kathy Lombardo, MD

Committee on Ethics & Medical-Legal Affairs
David Agerter, MD
Christopher Burkle, MD
Gabrielle Cummings (Student Representative)
Jeffrey Woods (Student Alternate)
Maraika Robinson, MD (Resident Representative)
Megan Everson, MD (Resident Alternate)

Health Equity Advisory Group
Dionne Hart, MD
Derrick Lewis (Medical Student)

Public Health Committee
Shari Bornstein, MD
Allison Ducharme-Smith, MD
Amy James, MD (RFS Appointee)
Keith McConn (MSS Appointee)

Resident and Fellow Section (RFS)
John Patrick (JP) Janowski, MD (Chair)
Bryan Neth, MD, PhD (Vice-Chair)
Aakash Desai, MBBS, MPH (Secretary)
Alexis del Vecchio, MD (Outreach Coordinator)
Natalie Rea, MD (AMA RFS Delegation Chair)
Saam Dilmaghani, MD, MPH (AMA RFS Delegation Vice-Chair)

Medical Student Section (MSS) Executive Committee
David Soriano (Co-Chair)
Luis “Alex” Antezana (Secretary)

MMA Foundation
Juan Bowen, MD (President)