Montana Medical Association Selects Leadership for 2024/2025;
Glacier County IHS Physician Takes Helm as President of MMA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10/31/2024
Contact: Trent Bolger, Montana Medical Association, Communications and Membership Experience Director,
HELENA – The Montana Medical Association (MMA) announced today that its Board of Trustees has selected a new slate of officers to lead the Association through September 2025, with Ernest (Joe) Gray, M.D., a Family Medicine physician in Browning, taking the helm as Association president. A photo of Dr. Gray being sworn in can be found here.
“We are proud to announce these new officers and their commitment to leading the Association into 2025,” said MMA Chief Executive Officer Jean Branscum. “Dr. Gray and these exceptional physician leaders bring a vast wealth of knowledge and experience to the MMA, which will lead the association through the crucial year of promoting patient-centered health policies, advancing innovative clinical initiatives, and making health care healthier through relevant medical education and well-being programs.”
The new organization leaders were elected during the 146th MMA Annual Meeting on September 28, 2024. Dr. Gray takes the place of Sarah Morgan, M.D., who served as MMA president over the 2023-2024 term.
Additional leaders serving 2024-2025 terms on the MMA Executive Committee include:
- Vice President: Shawna M. Yates, D.O., Butte, Family Medicine
- Secretary: Jason A. Cohen, M.D., Kalispell, Hospitalist, and Internal Medicine
- Treasurer: Cara J. Harrop, M.D., Polson, Family Medicine
- American Medical Association (AMA) Delegate: Nicole C. Clark, M.D., Helena, Neurology
- AMA Alternate Delegate & Member-At-Large: Michael P. Temporal, M.D., Billings, Family Medicine
- Delegate to the Young Physicians Section: Tyler J. Thorson, M.D. Ronan, Family Medicine
- Immediate Past President: Sarah Morgan, M.D., Bozeman, Emergency Medicine
Additionally, Jonathan L. Bingham, M.D., of Great Falls was re-elected to the Board of Trustees.
Dr. Gray, the new leaders of the Montana Medical Association and the Board of Trustees, were honored by members of the Blackfeet Nation with a series of traditional honor songs. The three members of the Blackfeet Nation that performed them were Tribal Councilman Patrick Armstrong Jr., Rep. Marvin Weatherwax Jr., and Rider Armstrong (pictured from left to right). A photo of the Honor Song can be found here.
About the Montana Medical Association
The Montana Medical Association is a membership organization comprised of Montana physicians dedicated to improving patient care. Our mission is to serve our members as an advocate for the medical profession, quality patient care, and the health of all Montana citizens. The MMA is the largest physician-led organization in Montana, with nearly 1,300 members.
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