Kaiser Permanente continues to see the value of its physicians participating in organized medicine. In addition to 88 long-term members from Riverside Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, 22 new members are joining their colleagues by becoming members of the Riverside County Medical Association/California Medical Association. Thanks to Drs. Michael Neri and Richard Rajaratnam for bringing in these new members.

No matter an individual physician's path--solo or group practice, primary care or specialty medicine--all physicians have much in common when they face the challenges impacting patient care and the profession of medicine. The priority issues addressed by the RCMA, CMA and the American Medical Association affect all doctors--professional liability, managed care reform, access to care, quality of care/patient safety, and public health. This is why it is important we join together to protect the profession--together we are stronger!

I am pleased to welcome our new Riverside Kaiser Permanente members and invite every RCMA member to support organized medicine by participating in one of our committees or in a leadership capacity.

Please join me in welcoming the following:

Sammy Badawi, MD
Riverside

Barbara Blasko, MD
Riverside

Frank Chen, MD
Riverside

Christopher Cheng, MD
Corona

Raymundo M. David, MD
Riverside

Andy Fujimoto, MD
Corona

Brenda Hall, MD
Wildomar

Paul Hsiang, MD
Moreno Valley

Paul Hua, MD
Riverside

Boris Lubavin, MD
Riverside

Nancy Magness, MD
Riverside

Karen McBride, MD
Moreno Valley

Edward Milkie, DO
Corona

Laura K. Miyashiro, MD
Moreno Valley

Paul Najarian, MD
Riverside

James M. Park, MD
Riverside

Kevin Regli, MD
Riverside

Jason Sacdalan, MD
Riverside

Tracey L. Thompson, MD
Riverside

Dennis A. Vu, DO
Riverside

Douglas Williamson, MD
Riverside

David Wong, MD
Wildomar

Dolores Green is the executive director of the Riverside County Medical Association. She can be reached at 951/686-3342 or dgreen@rcmanet.org.