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From the President’s Desk
A Letter from the President
Dear Fellow Diplomates & Members:
I am proud and humbled to have served as your President of the American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc (AAPS). I have had the great fortune to serve alongside some of the greatest physicians I have known that I now consider dear friends.
Terrance Lee Baker, MD, MS, FAAEP
We have navigated the organization through some challenging times alongside our Tampa leadership and staff, and I am so grateful that we have come out ahead. Thanks to our collaborative efforts I can now leave the position knowing that together we have built a stronger more stable organization.
Over the past year, we have ended the litigation that so long overshadowed the brilliant work our colleagues have been doing. We have advanced awareness and recognition of our boards of certification and strengthened our financial future through strongly established strategies where we stayed the course.
The Tampa leadership, Staff and our Diplomate volunteers seamlessly worked together to ensure a better future. We have come together during our country’s greatest healthcare crisis in a century to push on higher levels of patient safety and care through the establishment of suggested treatment protocols, the Essential Workers Bill of Rights and our continuing efforts with national leaders during this pandemic.
It is with great confidence and humility that I leave as your President knowing that the organization is on a path to growth like we have never seen before. ABPS’ continued dialogue and relationships with leading physician and healthcare organizations, public policy makers along with state and federal legislators only grows in strength and in numbers. This is having a great impact in strengthening the role of our Member Boards within the healthcare community and before multiple stakeholders.
I cannot thank you enough for allowing me the privilege of being your President. I offer you my sincere thanks and ask that you continue to support the great work our Executive Committee, Board of Directors, and Tampa team continue to do on your behalf. Your continued support and engagement make our mission possible. Please join me and the AAPS Board of Directors in celebrating the advancement of ABPS.
Cordially,
