Award Honors To 10 Deserving Physicians and Community Leaders

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The Santa Clara County Medical Association hosted nearly 200 members and their families for our Annual Awards Banquet where we awarded top honors in nine categories as well welcomed our new 2018-19 President, Kenneth Blumenfeld, MD.

2018 Award Winners:

Outstanding Contribution to the Medical Association
Thomas Dailey MD

Outstanding Contribution in Medical Education
John Tatman, MD

Outstanding Achievement in Medicine
Ruma Kumar, MD

Outstanding Contribution in Community Service
Suchada Nopachai, MD

William C. Parrish Jr. Leadership in Healthcare Award
William Parrish Jr.

Citizen's Award
John and Gini Mitchem

Special Recognition Award
SCCMA Alliance Foundation
Accepted by Suzanne Jackson

Benjamin Cory, MD Award
Sameer Awsare, MD

Robert D. Burnett, MD Legacy Award
Martin Fishman, MD

Additionally Dr. Blumenfeld presented outgoing president Dr. Seham El-Diwany with an President's Appreciation Plaque.

  

2018 Award Winners		SCCMA Past Presidents
Bill Parrish, retiring SCCMA CEO receiving the first William C. Parrish, Jr. Leadership in Healthcare Award		Presidential Appreciation Plaque to Dr. Seham El-Diwany.  Presented by incoming president, Dr. Kenneth Blumenfeld

SCCMA and Bureau of Medical Economics Staff