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Board of Directors

📢 The IMS Leadership Development Committee is seeking passionate and dedicated members to serve on the IMS Board of Directors and the Iowa AMA Delegation. We need strong voices to help guide the future of medicine in Iowa.

The committee is seeking to fill the following positions:

  • At-Large Director- Three candidates
  • Resident Director- Two candidates
  • Student Director - One UI position and one DMU position
  • AMA Delegate - Two candidates
  • AMA Alternate - Two candidates

Nominations will close Friday, February 28. Slated candidates will be notified by Wednesday, March 5.

Executive Committee

Christina Taylor, MD

President

Internal Medicine

Clover Health Value Based Care

Alison Lynch, MD

President-Elect

Psychiatry

UIHC

Jessica Zuzga-Reed, DO

Past-President

Pediatric Intensivist

MercyOne Children's Hospital - ICU-PICU

Lillian Erdahl, MD

Board Chair

Surgical Oncology

UIHC

Peter Tonui, MD

Secretary/Treasurer

General Surgery

Iowa Clinic

Board of Directors

Emily Boevers, MD

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Waverly Health Center

Lindsey Jenkins, MD

Obstetrics and Gynecology

OB/GYN Associates of Des Moines PLC

Shannon Leveridge, MD

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Edgerton Women's Health Center

Daniel McCabe, MD

Emergency Medicine

UIHC

Kaaren Olesen, DO

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Broadlawns Medical Center

Noreen O'Shea, DO, FAAFP

Chair of Policy Forum

Family Medicine

Clive Free Clinic

Rachel Preisser, MD

Radiology & Diagnostic

MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center

Mara Syring, DO

Pediatric Hospitalist

McFarland Clinic

Joel Ryon, MD

Family Medicine

Great River Health

Keith Vollstedt, MD

Surgery & General

MercyOne

Victoria Sharp, MD, MBA

AMA Delegate Chair

Urology, Family Medicine
Iowa City VA Healthcare System

Fadi Yacoub, MD

Nephrology

Mercy Cedar Rapids

Resident & Student Directors

Emily Trudeau, MD

Resident Director

Family Medicine and Psychiatry

University of Iowa Resident  Program

Josi Barscz, OMS-II

Medical Student Director

Des Moines University

Daniel Moe, M2

Medical Student Director

University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

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