Officers
Board Chairman
Lent C. Johnson, MD, Hannibal
Medical Director, Hannibal Clinic, Hannibal Hospice and Willow Care Center
Dr. Johnson currently serves as Medical Director for Hannibal Clinic and Willow Care Center. He is an active member of the Missouri State Medical Association, and currently serves as immediate past president of the organization. He served on both its Legislative Affairs Committee and its Budget and Finance Committee. He is a Board certified Family physician and holds hospital privileges at Hannibal Regional Hospital and Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Ill. He is a graduate of Howard University's College of Medicine in Washington D.C.
Board Chair-Elect
Bruce R. Williams, DO, Lake Waukomis
Washington University-BJC
Dr. Williams received his medical degree from the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine. He has practiced for over 20 years, currently providing family practice care in Blue Springs, Mo. He is certified with the American College of Osteopathic Family Practitioners and the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review.
Treasurer
Jerry D. Kennett, MD, FACC, Columbia
Boone Hospital Center
Dr. Kennett is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases and Interventional Cardiology. He has served on the Boone Hospital Center (BHC) Medical Staff for more than thirty years, with his initial appointment to Active Staff status April 20, 1979.
Dr. Kennett has served on numerous committees, in a variety of roles, including Chief of Staff, Vice Chief of Staff, Secretary/Treasurer for the Medical Executive Committee, Chair of the Continuous Quality Improvement Committee, and Chief of the Department of Medicine. He is a member of the Mortality Review Board, Chair of the Credentials Committee and Chair of the Utilization Review Committee.
In addition to Dr. Kennett’s practice and voluntary service to Boone Hospital Center, he has been an active member and the past President of the Missouri State Medical Association, as well as serving on the Board of Trustees of the American College of Cardiology.
Board Secretary
Jeffrey L. Dryden, DO, FACOI, West Plains
Medical Director
Southern Missouri Community Health Center
Dr. Dryden is currently medical director at Southern Missouri Health Center and clinical assistant professor of internal mediciane at the University of Health Sciences. Dr. Dryden is a former president of the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons and the South Central Ozark Osteopathic Association. He is also a former chairman of the Cape Girardeau Regional Medical Drug Utilization Review Committee.
Dr. Dryden graduated with homors from Northeast Missouri State University and earned a doctoral degree in osteopathy from the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. Born in Louisiana, Mo., he and his wife, Marcia, have three children.
Immediate Past Chairman
James T. Rogers, MD, FACP, Springfield
Physician, Department Chairman
St. John's Health System
Dr. Rogers is a board-certified general Internal Medicine physician with a practice in primary care and serves as the chair of the Department of Primary Care in St. John's Health System located in Springfield, Missouri. He oversees more than 85 physicians in that integrated health system. His service includes this position since 1999 and over the last 14 years has been involved in or served as director in utilization, quality, and medical staff leadership positions -- including president of the Medical Staff.
After graduating from medical school from University of Arkansas for the Medical Sciences, he obtained his internship and residency at the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine in Oklahoma City. He was selected and completed the next year as a chief resident. He then moved to Springfield, Missouri and joined a group of five internists in private practice. Subsequently, the group merged and became employees of the St. John's Health System.
His involvement in organized medicine includes memberships in the Greene County Medical Society, Missouri State Medical Association, American Medical Association and the American College of Physicians/American Society of Internal Medicine. He was on the board of the Missouri Patient Care Review Foundation for 12 years and will serve as board chair October 2002-04. In September 2002, he was elected to represent the nine-state Midwest quartile of the American Healthcare Quality Association (AHQA). He has previously been a delegate to and president of the Missouri chapter of ASIM. He has been a delegate to the AMA's OMSS meeting (the organization for medical staff.) He currently serves as a counselor for the Missouri chapter of ACP/ASIM. He is the internist representative to the Carrier Advisory Committee for the state of Missouri.
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