SDSMA Board of Directors

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About the Board

The Board of Directors is the governing body of the association, which acts as the legislative and business body. It is comprised of 11 members: the president, president-elect, vice president, immediate past president, secretary-treasurer, senior American Medical Association (AMA) delegate, Policy Council chairperson, three at-large directors elected by the Policy Council from the membership of the association, and the alternate AMA delegate elected as such by the Policy Council. The alternate AMA delegate serves in a non-voting capacity.

Keith A. Hansen, MD

President

Medical School: Washington University
Residency: Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Virginia
Fellowship: National Naval Medical Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and National Institute of Child Health and Development
Specialty: Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility; Obstetrics and Gynecology
Current Practice: Sanford Fertility & Reproductive Medicine, Sioux Falls

Benjamin D. Meyerink, MD

President Elect

Medical School: University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine
Residency: Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Specialty: Family Medicine
Current Practice: Avera Medical Group 69th & Cliff, Sioux Falls

Mandi Greenway Bietz, MD

Vice President

Medical School: University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine
Residency: University of Wisconsin Madison
Specialty: Dermatology
Current Practice: Avera Medical Group Dermatology Mitchell

Deepak M. Goyal, MD, MBA

Secretary/Treasurer

Medical School: Govt Medical College and Hospital, Patiala, Punjab, India
Residency: Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Chicago
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Current Practice: Monument Health Rapid City Hospital

Jennifer J. Tinguely, MD, MPH

Immediate Past President

Medical School: University of South Dakota School of Medicine
Residency: Center for Family Medicine, Sioux Falls
Specialty: Family Medicine
Current Practice: Falls Community Health, Sioux Falls

Sarah A. Flynn, MD

At-Large Director

Medical School: University of South Dakota School of Medicine
Residency: University of Wisconsin Madison
Specialty: Dermatology
Current practice: Avera Medical Group Dermatology Mitchell

Ty O. Hanson, DO

At-Large Director

Medical School: Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine Pikesville
Residency: Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine Pikesville
Specialty: Dermatology
Current Practice: Aberdeen Dermatology Associates

Laura J. Hoefert, MD

At-Large Director

Medical School: University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine
Residency: Sioux Falls Family Medicine Residency Program
Specialty: Family Medicine
Current Practice: Madison Regional Health System

Megan M. Smith, MD

Policy Council Chair

Medical School: University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine
Residency: Sioux Falls Family Medicine Residency Program
Specialty: Family Medicine
Current practice: Community Memorial Hospital, Burke

Robert L. Allison, MD

Delegate to the AMA

Medical School: University of Nebraska School of Medicine, Omaha
Residency: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Current Practice: Avera Medical Group Pierre

Robert J. Summerer, DO

Alternate Delegate to the AMA

Medical School: Des Moines University
Residency: Des Moines General Hospital
Specialty: General Surgery
Current Practice: Madison Regional Health System