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11/3/2006, 02:50 PM
Richard S. Frankenstein, M.D., was elected CMA president-elect during the association’s annual meeting, which concluded this week in Sacramento.
Dr. Frankenstein, 57, is a specialist in pulmonary medicine who has practiced in Garden Grove since 1980. The president-elect is a member of the seven-doctor executive committee of the CMA Board of Trustees.
A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Dr. Frankenstein is on the staff of Garden Grove Hospital, where he was chief of staff from 1989-92. He is a member of the board of commissioners of the Joint Committee on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
Dr. Frankenstein has held numerous local, state and national positions in organized medicine. He is a member of the board of the CMA Foundation, the charitable arm of CMA. He is past president of the Orange County Medical Association, the California Society of Internal Medicine, a current and founding board member of CalOptima (the Medi-Cal managed care provider in Orange County), and is vice chair of CMA’s delegation to AMA. He has served on the CMA Board of Trustees since 1999.
Dr. Frankenstein, 57, is a specialist in pulmonary medicine who has practiced in Garden Grove since 1980. The president-elect is a member of the seven-doctor executive committee of the CMA Board of Trustees.
A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Dr. Frankenstein is on the staff of Garden Grove Hospital, where he was chief of staff from 1989-92. He is a member of the board of commissioners of the Joint Committee on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
Dr. Frankenstein has held numerous local, state and national positions in organized medicine. He is a member of the board of the CMA Foundation, the charitable arm of CMA. He is past president of the Orange County Medical Association, the California Society of Internal Medicine, a current and founding board member of CalOptima (the Medi-Cal managed care provider in Orange County), and is vice chair of CMA’s delegation to AMA. He has served on the CMA Board of Trustees since 1999.