December 08, 2020
Area(s) of Interest:
Hospital Medical Staff Issues Advocacy
With the initiative threat to obliterate the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) now qualified for the November 2022 ballot, hospital medical staffs across California have begun to donate to the California Medical Association’s (CMA) Political Education Fund, which funds physician outreach efforts among CMA’s membership. This non-profit fund, differentiated from the normal political donations CALPAC receives, is critical to CMA’s work over the next two years to preserve MICRA and protect patient safety.
Hospital medical staffs were critical to the success of CMA’s efforts to protect MICRA in 2014, donating over $3 million. The CMA Political Action Committee (CALPAC) Board would like to thank the following hospital medical staffs and physician fundraising leaders for their financial support in 2020.
Barstow Community Hospital
Mohan Mallam, MD, FACP
Chapman Global Medical Center
John Luster, MD, MPH
Madera Community Hospital
Ranjit Rajpal, MD, FACP
Palomar Medical Center
Jim Schultz, MD, MBA, FAAFP
Paradise Valley Hospital
Vimal Nanavati, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Saint Agnes Medical Center
Ranjit Rajpal, MD, FACP
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital
Bakhtiar Ahmad, MD
Sharp Coronado Hospital
Sergio Flores, MD
Sharp Memorial and Sharp Mesa Vista
Sergio Flores, MD
Saint Mary Medical Center, Apple Valley
Damodara Rajasekhar, MD, FAAP
Stanford ValleyCare Hospital, Pleasanton
Jonathan Savell, MD, MPA
Sutter Delta Medical Center
Thomas Sugarman, MD
Sutter Solano Medical Center
K. Michael Conroy, MD, and Sean Hennessey, MD
Victor Valley Global Medical Center
Damodara Rajasekhar, MD, FAAP
CMA physician leaders and staff will be reaching out soon to hospital medical staffs to ask for their crucial financial support over the next two years. For more information about the Political Education Fund or to help coordinate a contribution from your medical staff, please contact Nathan Skadsen at nskadsen@cmadocs.org.