2014 BOG Candidates: Chair-Elect
(Choose one) Cast Your BOG Vote BOG General Assembly Meeting 5:00 pm-7:00 pm Monday, September 22 LOCATION TBD Orange County Convention Center Susan R. Cordes, MD Ukiah, CA What are your qualifications and what is your experience? During my more than 10 years of service to the Academy, I have participated on many committees and have chaired and vice-chaired several others. In addition, I have chaired a Section (Women in Otolaryngology), and I completed a term as Member-at-Large of the BOG. As WIO Section chair, I was a non-voting member of the Board of Directors and participated in strategic planning for the Academy. I also serve on the BOG Executive Committee. Locally, I have been president and governor for my regional society, residency program director, and chief of service at a busy urban hospital. I am reliable, conscientious, and have a long history of dedication to otolaryngology and to the Academy. I am confident that my experience in leadership positions and my understanding of the Academy structure and function equip me very well to serve effectively as BOG Chair. Given the Academy’s strategic plan, outline and prioritize your goals for the Board of Governors. As healthcare and practice patterns change, I will ensure our BOG adapts and remains relevant to all otolaryngologists. One major area of concern is the increasing government influence on the practice of medicine. Therefore, on the advocacy front, I will further develop the I-GO and State Tracker programs while continuing attention to other important issues such as SGR, ACOs, scope of practice, ICD-10, and EMR. Because of our grassroots nature, the BOG can enhance member knowledge of Academy products such as guidelines, consensus statements, and quality improvement efforts and explore barriers and solutions to implementation. The regional network plan is now well underway, and as BOG chair, I will capitalize on that program to connect with Academy members. The BOG represents the voices of Academy members regarding these and other important issues, and I will ensure that those voices continue to be heard so that our specialty remains strong and united. David R. Edelstein, MD New York, NY What are your qualifications and what is your experience? My qualifications extend over 34 years and include the triad of hard work, common sense, and integrity. My experience in academic practice (as chairman and residency program director at Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital [MEETH] and vice chairman at Lenox Hill Hospital), private practice (as president of Manhattan Otolaryngology), and hospital practice (as chief of otolaryngology at MEETH and chief of nasal/sinus surgery at several hospitals) makes me sensitive to the interests of all otolaryngologists. I have been president of the New York Laryngological Society and the New York Otological Society and served on numerous hospital, institutional research, and medical boards (three as chair). My Academy service includes working on several committees including the hearing, infectious disease, development, geriatrics, history and archives, SIPAC, BOG Socioeconomic and Grassroots (as chair), BOG Nominating, and BOG Executive Committees. I am a longstanding member of the Millennium Society and Hal Foster Endowment society. Given the Academy’s strategic plan, outline and prioritize your goals for the Board of Governors. The greatest challenge facing otolaryngology today is physician indifference countered by a confusing national healthcare plan and loss of autonomy as physicians move to hospital employment. To address these challenges, I would work to develop a fully engaged membership by broadening the Academy’s appeal to residents and young physicians, increasing foreign recruitment, and improving outreach to older otolaryngologists (who have experience, time, and resources). I would expand the BOG regional representative system, of which I was a prime architect, reenergize less active state and local societies, and enhance polling of BOG societies to identify members’problems and needs more quickly. I would prioritize organizational efficiencies such as integrating the Academy’s regulatory, insurance, and payer advocacy functions. I would focus on educating members to be better advocates within their own medical centers as discussed in my Bulletin articles on how to become more effective hospital board, finance committee, and hospital reorganization members.
(Choose one)
Cast Your BOG Vote
BOG General Assembly Meeting
5:00 pm-7:00 pm
Monday, September 22 LOCATION TBD
Orange County Convention Center
Susan R. Cordes, MD
Ukiah, CA
What are your qualifications and what is your experience?
During my more than 10 years of service to the Academy, I have participated on many committees and have chaired and vice-chaired several others. In addition, I have chaired a Section (Women in Otolaryngology), and I completed a term as Member-at-Large of the BOG. As WIO Section chair, I was a non-voting member of the Board of Directors and participated in strategic planning for the Academy. I also serve on the BOG Executive Committee. Locally, I have been president and governor for my regional society, residency program director, and chief of service at a busy urban hospital. I am reliable, conscientious, and have a long history of dedication to otolaryngology and to the Academy. I am confident that my experience in leadership positions and my understanding of the Academy structure and function equip me very well to serve effectively as BOG Chair.
Given the Academy’s strategic plan, outline and prioritize your goals for the Board of Governors.
As healthcare and practice patterns change, I will ensure our BOG adapts and remains relevant to all otolaryngologists. One major area of concern is the increasing government influence on the practice of medicine. Therefore, on the advocacy front, I will further develop the I-GO and State Tracker programs while continuing attention to other important issues such as SGR, ACOs, scope of practice, ICD-10, and EMR. Because of our grassroots nature, the BOG can enhance member knowledge of Academy products such as guidelines, consensus statements, and quality improvement efforts and explore barriers and solutions to implementation. The regional network plan is now well underway, and as BOG chair, I will capitalize on that program to connect with Academy members. The BOG represents the voices of Academy members regarding these and other important issues, and I will ensure that those voices continue to be heard so that our specialty remains strong and united.
David R. Edelstein, MD
New York, NY
What are your qualifications and what is your experience?
My qualifications extend over 34 years and include the triad of hard work, common sense, and integrity. My experience in academic practice (as chairman and residency program director at Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital [MEETH] and vice chairman at Lenox Hill Hospital), private practice (as president of Manhattan Otolaryngology), and hospital practice (as chief of otolaryngology at MEETH and chief of nasal/sinus surgery at several hospitals) makes me sensitive to the interests of all otolaryngologists. I have been president of the New York Laryngological Society and the New York Otological Society and served on numerous hospital, institutional research, and medical boards (three as chair).
My Academy service includes working on several committees including the hearing, infectious disease, development, geriatrics, history and archives, SIPAC, BOG Socioeconomic and Grassroots (as chair), BOG Nominating, and BOG Executive Committees. I am a longstanding member of the Millennium Society and Hal Foster Endowment society.
Given the Academy’s strategic plan, outline and prioritize your goals for the Board of Governors.
The greatest challenge facing otolaryngology today is physician indifference countered by a confusing national healthcare plan and loss of autonomy as physicians move to hospital employment.
To address these challenges, I would work to develop a fully engaged membership by broadening the Academy’s appeal to residents and young physicians, increasing foreign recruitment, and improving outreach to older otolaryngologists (who have experience, time, and resources). I would expand the BOG regional representative system, of which I was a prime architect, reenergize less active state and local societies, and enhance polling of BOG societies to identify members’problems and needs more quickly. I would prioritize organizational efficiencies such as integrating the Academy’s regulatory, insurance, and payer advocacy functions. I would focus on educating members to be better advocates within their own medical centers as discussed in my Bulletin articles on how to become more effective hospital board, finance committee, and hospital reorganization members.