Additional Trustees also elected
The Kansas Medical Society–the state’s oldest and largest advocacy organization for physicians–
recently elected new members to its governing Board of Trustees.
• James Gilbaugh III, MD was elected President; Dr. Gilbaugh is a practicing urologist
from Wichita who will serve as President until May 2017.
• Robert Gibbs, MD–a radiologist from Parsons–will serve as President-elect. Dr. Gibbs
will assume the Presidency of KMS in May 2017.
• LaDona Schmidt, MD (Family Medicine-Salina) will serve as a Trustee from the Central
District
• James Longabaugh, DO (Family Medicine-Sabetha) will serve as a Trustee from the
Eastern District
• Lynn Fisher, MD (Family Medicine-Plainville) will serve as a Trustee from the Western
District
• Arthur Snow, Jr., MD (Family Medicine-Shawnee Mission) has been re-elected as a
Kansas Delegate to the American Medical Association (AMA)
• Richard Warner, MD (Psychiatry-Overland Park) has also been re-elected as a Kansas
Delegate to the American Medical Association
• Lambert Wu, MD (Cardiology-Topeka) will serve as Chair of the 2016 KMS Members
Meeting
• Steen Mortensen, MD (Rheumatology-Wichita) will serve as Vice-Chair of the 2016
KMS Members Meeting
Also serving on the 2015-2016 KMS Board of Trustees are:
Immediate Past President John Eplee, MD; Family Medicine-Atchison
Secretary/Treasurer Kimberly Templeton, MD; Orthopaedic Surgery-Kansas City
Central District Trustee Jennifer Koontz, MD; Sports Medicine-Newton
Eastern District Trustee James Barnett, MD; Internal Medicine-Topeka
Western District Trustee James Zauche, MD; Pediatrics-Garden City
Chair, Legislative Committee Kevin Hoppock, MD; Family Medicine-Wichita
Chair, KaMMCO Daniel Suiter, MD; Gastroenterology-Pratt
Designated Trustee Joe Davison, MD; Family Medicine-Wichita
Designated Trustee Mark Brady, MD; Anesthesiology-Kansas City
AMA Delegate Terry Poling, MD; Family Medicine-Wichita
AMA Alternate Delegate Robert Gibbs, MD; Radiology-Parsons
EVC, KU Medical Center Doug Girod, MD; Otolaryngology-Kansas City
Gleason Fellow Fadi Joudi, MD; Urology-Wichita
