Summary of AAD Board of Directors meeting
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Summary of AAD Board of Directors meeting The Board of Oirectors met Dec. 7, 9, and 11, 1980, during the Academy's Annual Meeting in New York City. The significant actions taken by the Board are reported in summation: 1. Accepted the report of the Membership Com- mittee and approved 410 applications in the fol- lowing membership categories: Fellows, 288 ; Associates, 42; Affiliates, 38; Nonresident Fel- lows, 42. 2. Referred to the Bylaws Committee the recom- mendation that the Bylaws be amended to up- grade the qualifications of affiliate members to include a doctorate and/or equivalent degree and part-time experience in the field of der- matology. 3. Requested representation on the Residency Re- view Committee for dermatology. Letters in support of this recommendation were sent to the American Medical Association and the Ameri- can Board of Dermatology. 4. Approved the recommendation of the HMO Rev iew Committee that the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Dermatology en- dorse the concept of direct access of patients to dermatologic care. S. Approved the development and presentation of a national meeting on the matter of preserving direct access of patients (patient self-referral) to specialty care physicians. Peyton Weary, M.D., was asked to chair the program and invite rep- resentatives from nat ional medical specialty societies. 6. Approved the 1981 budget that included an es- timated income of $2,216 ,649 and estimated expenses of $2,078,224 . 7. Received the report of the Council on Govern- ment Liaison that included reference to: a. the issue of clinical laboratories legislation and regulations that included proposed per- sonnel standards for clinical laboratories. b. biomedical research legislation and the Academy's efforts to incorporate skin dis- ease research as a mandate for the Nat ional Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism and Di- gesti ve Diseases. c. the final report of the Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee (GMENAC) with its implications to dermato- logic training programs and the numbers and distribution of dennatologic manpower. 78A d. the Medicare-Medicaid amendment bill that would eliminate the present exclusion from Medicare for plantar wart therapy. e. the Adverse Drug Reactions Study currently being administered by the Academy and funded by the Food and Drug Adminis- tration. 8. Received the report of the Council on Com- munications dealing with the development of pamphlets and other patient information mate- rial, international relations with dermatologic societies, the establishment of communications and beneficial dialogue between dermatology and the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry. 9. Received the report of the Council on Clinical and Laboratory Services that included specific recommendations regarding special competence examination in immunopathology, an evalua- tion report of PUVA therapy, the establishment of an ad hoc task force on methotrexate, a statement on suntan parlors, and a status report on the development and production of the AAD patch test kit. 10. Received the report of the Council on Education which included reference to the Academy re- ceiving an unprecedented 6-year accreditation of its educational programs from the Liaison Committee on Continuing Medical Education. The report reviewed the state of home study, self-assessment. audiovisual education, region- al courses, and the continuing medical educa- tion award program. II. Received the report of the Council on Long Range Planning dealing with manpower ques- tions, methods of health care delivery, i nter- specialty leadership, consumer protection, and the content of dermatology as a specialty. 12. Received the report of the Advisory Council. 13. Received the report of 1. Graham Smith, Jr., M.D., Editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (JAAD). 14. Reaffirmed the Board's previous action of Sept. 13, 1980, to purchase or build a permanent headquarters building in the Chicago area . IS. In accordance with the bylaws, provisions and general policy on appointments to councils and committees, the following actions were taken: Appoint members: a. Finance Committee: Harry Wechsler, M.D., S-year term b. Membership Committee: Charles P. De- Feo, M.D ., 5-year term
Transcript of Summary of AAD Board of Directors meeting
Summary of AAD Board of Directors meeting
The Board of Oirectors met Dec. 7, 9, and 11,1980, during the Academy's Annual Meeting inNew York City. The significant actions taken bythe Board are reported in summation:
1. Accepted the report of the Membership Committee and approved 410 applications in the following membership categories: Fellows, 288 ;Associates, 42; Affiliates, 38; Nonresident Fellows, 42.
2 . Referred to the Bylaws Committee the recommendation that the Bylaws be amended to upgrade the qualifications of affiliate members toinclude a doctorate and/or equivalent degreeand part-time experience in the field of dermatology.
3 . Requested representation on the Residency Re view Committee for dermatology. Letters insupport of this recommendation were sent to theAmerican Medical Association and the American Board of Dermatology.
4. Approved the recommendation of the HMORev iew Committee that the Board of Directorsof the American Academy of Dermatology en dorse the concept of direct access of patients todermatologic care.
S . Approved the development and presentation ofa national meeting on the matter of preservingdirect access of patients (patient self-referral) tospecialty care physicians. Peyton Weary, M.D.,was asked to chair the program and invite representatives from national medical specialtysocieties.
6. Approved the 1981 budget that included an estimated income of $2,216 ,649 and estimatedexpenses of $2,078,224.
7 . Received the report of the Council on Government Liaison that included reference to:a . the issue of clinical laboratories legislation
and regulations that included proposed personnel standards for clinical laboratories.
b. biomedical research legislation and theAcademy's efforts to incorporate skin disease research as a mandate for the NationalInstitute of Arthritis, Metabolism and Digesti ve Diseases .
c. the final report of the Graduate MedicalEducation National Advisory Committee(GMENAC) with its implications to dermatologic training programs and the numbers anddistribution of dennatologic manpower.
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d. the Medicare-Medicaid amendment bill thatwould eliminate the present exclusion fromMedicare for plantar wart therapy .
e . the Adverse Drug Reactions Study currentlybeing administered by the Academy andfunded by the Food and Drug Administration.
8. Received the repo rt of the Council on Communications dealing with the development ofpamphlets and other patient information material, international relations with dermatologicsocieties, the establishment of communicationsand beneficial dialogue between dermatologyand the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry .
9. Received the report of the Council on Clinicaland Laboratory Services that included specificrecommendations regarding special competenceexamination in immunopathology , an evaluation report of PU VA therapy, the establishmentof an ad hoc task force on methotrexate, astatement on suntan parlors, and a status reporton the development and production of the AADpatch test kit.
10. Received the report of the Council on Educationwhich included reference to the Academy receiving an unprecedented 6-year accreditationof its educational programs from the LiaisonCommittee on Continu ing Medical Education .The report reviewed the state of home study,self-assessment. audiovisual education, regional courses, and the continuing medical education award program.
II. Received the report of the Council on LongRange Planning dealing with manpower questions, methods of health care delivery, interspecialty leadership , consumer protection, andthe content of dermatology as a specialty.
12. Received the report of the Advisory Council.13. Received the report of 1. Graham Smith , Jr.,
M.D., Editor of the Journal of the AmericanAcademy of Dermatology (JAAD).
14. Reaffirmed the Board's previous action of Sept.13, 1980, to purchase or build a permanentheadquarters building in the Chicago area .
IS. In accordance with the bylaws , provisions andgeneral policy on appointments to councils andcommittees, the following actions were taken :
Appoint members :a. Finance Committee: Harry Wechsler,
M.D., S-year termb. Membership Committee: Charles P. De
Feo, M.D ., 5-year term
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c. Executive Committee: Herbert Christianson, M.D., l-year term; Mark AllenEverett, M.D ., 2-year term
d. Committee on Nominations reaffirmed theterms ofoffice of the Academy appointees:
Richard B . Stoughton, M .D ., 1981Frederi ck D. Malkinson, M.D., 1982John M. Knox , M .D ., 1983
Recorded the Advisory Council appointeesas:
Margaret G ray Wood, M.D., 1981Herbert Me scon , M.D., 1982
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Carlton L. Carpenter , Jr., M.D . , 1983e. Approved Dr. Perry 's presidential appoi nt
ment s to the:Council on Long Range Planning
George W. Hambrick, Jr., M .D .Council on Communications , chairman
Carlton L. Carpenter, Jr. , M.D.Committee on the Annual NationalMeeting
Mark Allen Everett, M.D.
The 1981 Board of Directors and officers: top row, left to right , Henry H . Roenigk, Jr .,M.D. , Mark Allen Everett , M.D . , Henry W. Jolly , Jr., M.D., William L. Weston , M.D.,Edgar B. Smith , M.D. , Victor D. Newcomer , M .D., George W. Hambrick , Jr., M.D.,Walter G. Larsen , M.D.; second row, J. Graham Smith, Jr. , M.D . (ex-officio) , LeonardC . Harber, M.D. , Stephen B. Web ster , M .D ., Herbert B . Christianson, M .D. , Irwin M.Braverman , M.D ., Samuel L. Moschella , M .D ., Robert M. Fine, M.D . , John 1. Voorhees, M.D., Howard I. Maibach , M .D .; bottom ro lV, Paul S. Russell , M .D . (ex-o fficio) ,G. Thomas Jansen , M.D. (assistant secretary/treasurer), Franklin Pass , M.D .(secre tary/ trea surer) , Harold O . Perry, M.D . (preside nt), John H. Epste in , M.D .(presi dent-elect), James H . Graham , M .D . (vice-pres ident) , Alfred W . Kop f, M.D .(immediate past-pre sident) .
