Dr. Carla McKelvey Becomes OMA President

May 11, 2011 – Dr. Carla McKelvey, a Coos Bay pediatrician, has become the 137^th president of the Oregon Medical Association (OMA). She started her medical studies in 1989 at University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio where she also completed her residency in pediatrics. She moved to Oregon in 1996, and has been in private practice at North Bend Medical Center in Coos Bay ever since.

 

She became a member of the OMA executive committee in 2007 and as vice speaker of the House of Delegates. The following year she became speaker of the House and was elected vice president in 2009 and president elect in 2010.

 

McKelvey has been physician editor of the OMA publication Medicine in Oregon since its launch in 2008.

 

Dr. William “Bud” Pierce, a Salem oncologist, has become the 2011 president-elect of the OMA. He is a volunteer clinical professor at Oregon Health & Science University and has served on the board of the Marion-Polk County Medical Society since 1997 and is a past president.

 

Dr. Pierce is also well known for medical philanthropy in Salem and in the medical community at large, serving on the board of numerous foundations and organizations, and was recognized this year for his work in the community by the Oregon Legislature.

 

In other news, Dr. Charles E. Hofmann, a Baker City internist, was named the Oregon Medical Association’s 2011 Doctor Citizen of the Year for making an outstanding contribution to his community, the practice of medicine and healthcare policy.

 

He currently serves on the Oregon Health Policy Board, the nine-member citizen board that serves as the policy-making and oversight body for the Oregon Health Authority, and he served on its precursor, the Oregon Health Fund Board.

 

The OMA represents more than 7,500 physicians, physician assistants and medical students.