INSTALLATION OF PRESIDENT & OFFICERS

INSTALLATION OF PRESIDENT & OFFICERS LACMA Welcomes 150th President Jeffery Lee, MD

In July, The Los Angeles County Medical Association welcomed Dr. Jeffery Lee, MD, its 150th president.

Forgoing the traditional in-person celebration due to COVID, outgoing president Dr. Diana Shiba passed the torch virtually, and preparations are underway for a grand online event to take place in the coming weeks.

With the commemoration of LACMA’s historic 150th year in mind, Dr. Lee hit the ground running with a focus on physician well-being, and innovative new programs already taking shape.

“As we look at LACMA’s 150-year history, we’ve been through the Spanish Flu pandemic and now the COVID-19 pandemic, 2 World Wars, and the Cold War, the Great Depression, the Great Recession, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, the Civil Rights movement, and the George Floyd demonstrations,” Dr. Lee said. “In our 150 years, Louis Pasteur

”Even though times have changed, LACMA has always been dedicated to support the physicians of Los Angeles in their noble effort to care for the people of LA.”

established the germ theory of disease and we’ve witnessed vaccine development for cholera, anthrax, rabies, tetanus, diphtheria, typhoid fever, Bubonic plague, whooping cough, typhus, influenza, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, pneumonia, meningitis, hepatitis B, hepatitis A, human papillomavirus, shingles, and now the surprisingly controversial SARS-CoV-2 vaccines.

“But as much history LACMA has been through, we have always been the recognized voice of LA’s doctors,” Dr. Lee continued. Even though times have changed, LACMA has always been dedicated to supporting the physicians of Los Angeles in their noble effort to care for the people of LA. (continued on page 8)

Dr. Jeffery Lee is a board-certified physician in Internal Medicine and has practiced primary care in the San Fernando Valley for the past 18 years. He serves as the Assistant Medical Director for Facey Medical Group where he serves on the Board of Directors. He serves as chair of the group’s Fee and Coding Compliance Committee and is a Certified Professional Coder. He also has experience in areas of information technology, quality improvement and improving the patient experience.

He is a graduate of the 7-Year Accelerated Liberal Arts/Medical Education school program at Boston University and completed his training in internal medicine at Boston Medical Center. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. He also completed the California HealthCare Foundation Leadership Program through University of California, San Francisco.

He is passionate about wellness and restoring the “joy of medicine” to doctors and reducing burnout among physicians. He is a member of NewStory Church in downtown LA, leads a small group and regularly participates in the Food Pantry to local residents. He is married to wife, Janet, and has 3 daughters - Leanna, Myla, and Elisha. In his spare time, he enjoys traveling, snowboarding, weight lifting, and playing piano.

Omer Deen, MD President-Elect Torrance Jerry Abraham, MD Treasurer Los Angeles Po-Yin Samuel Huang, MD Secretary Los Angeles

Diana Shiba, MD Immediate Past President Los Angeles

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“LACMA’s mission is to help LA’s physicians care for LA’s people through science-based compassionate care. LACMA advocates for our members in the areas of public policy, government relations, and community relations, in order that physicians might spend more time treating their patients and less time worrying about the challenges of managing a practice.

“And as we see light at the end of this pandemic tunnel, the heavy burden of attending to the wellness of our physicians is increasingly obvious.

“What do we do when providers of healthcare no longer care to provide? When burnout means that our fire and passion for medicine have been snuffed out by long hours, meaningless clicks, and never-ending frustration. Physicians have always worked hard, but when that effort has been disconnected from the reward of making a difference in a patient’s life, our profession suffers,” he concluded.

On behalf of LACMA staff, leadership, and physician members, we heartily thank Dr. Shiba for her leadership in a most challenging year, and we welcome Dr. Lee and look forward to working together in support of all LA County physicians.

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