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Board Briefs

July 14, 2025

 

 

 

The Board

Received a presentation from Assemblymember Maggy Krell regarding three bills she is sponsoring in the legislature:

  • AB 54 - Medication Abortion Access,
  • AB 416 - Behavioral Health Patients in Emergency Departments
  • AB 618 – Medi-Cal Data Sharing.

Received an overview of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act from Elizabeth McNeil, VP CMA’s Center for Federal Government Relations.

 

Approved the 2024 Audit Report.

 

Approved the reclassification of SSVMS’s relationship with its supporting nonprofit, Community Service, Education and Research Fund (CSERF) by creating distinct CSERF bylaws, rebranding the CSERF entity and creating a cost allocation agreement between the organizations.

 

Approved the 2025 Financial Statements and Investment Reports.

 

Approved Changes to the SSVMS Delegation to the California Medical Association as follows: Appoint Melissa “Missy” Brown, MD to Alternate-Delegate At-Large Office 8; Appoint Hiba Hamdan, MD to Alternate-Delegate At-Large Office 14; Appoint Collin Shumate, MD to Alternate-Delegate At-Large Office 12; Appoint Neelou Tabatabai-Yazdi, DO to Alternate-Delegate At-Large Office 13; Move Maryam Ghiassi, MD from Alternate-Delegate, District 2 Office 2 to Delegate At-Large Office 28; Move Shideh Chinichian, MD from Alternate-Delegate District 4 Office 4 to Delegate District 4 Office 4; Move Isabel Stephens, MD from Alternate-Delegate At-Large Office 31 to Delegate At-Large Office 33; Move Umer Waris, MD from Alternate-Delegate At-Large Office 27 to Alternate-Delegate District 1 Office 1. Accepted the following resignations from the delegation: Drs. Anand Mehta, Alyssa Ashbaugh Ortega; Sarah Favila, Gregory Kann and Asmaneh Yamagata.

 

Approved the Membership Report as follows:

 

For Active Membership — Lyris V. Campbell, MD; Ashwani Kapoor, MD; Greg S. Takenishi, MD.

 

For Resident to Active Membership — Neeloufar Tabatabi-Yazdi, DO.

 

For Resident Physician Active — 270 U. C. Davis Residents.

 

For Retired Membership — Jody Gordon, MD

 

For Termination of Membership Due to Ineligible License — Amrita Mahesh, DO; Elizabeth Rose Heller Rizza, MD; Dylan M. Sabb, MD; Andes F. Sciolla, MD; Robert S. Silva, MD; Matthew E. Velarde, MD; Jean Wiedeman, MD.

 

Deceased: Harvey Cain, MD (d.05.08.25); Elliott Eisenbud, MD (d.05.18.25); Adam Greenspan, MD (d.04.16.25).