Chair

Lisa Ladd, MD

Specialty: Family Medicine

Practice: Blue Ridge Community Health Services (WNC)

Secretary

Kathleen Rodberg

Attorney

McGuire, Wood & Bissette Law Firm

Vice-Chair

Susan McDowell, MD

Specialty: Family Medicine

Practice: Hot Springs Health Center (Madison)

Treasurer

Brad Burlingham

CPA

Parsec Financial

Past Chair

C. Britt Peterson, MD

Specialty: Psychiatry

Practice: Mission Psychiatric Services (Buncombe)

Past Chair

S. Todd Wallenius, MD

Specialty: Family Medicine

Practice: WNC Community Health Services (Buncombe)

Director at Large

Lorna Barnette

Health Care Consultant (Jackson)

Director at Large

Carol Coulson, MD

Specialty: Ob/Gyn

Practice: MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists (Buncombe)

Director at Large

Jim Early, MD

Specialty: Family Medicine

Practice: East Asheville Family Health Center (Buncombe)

Director-at-Large

Leslie Council

Practice Manager

Asheville Family Medicine (Buncombe)

Director-at-Large

Abdalla “AB” Abu Baker, Rph, MBA

Market Health and Wellness Director, WalMart

Director-at-Large

Paul Clayton

Third Year Medical Student

Past Chair

Kate Queen, MD

Specialty: Rheumatology

Practice: Mountain Medical Associates (Haywood)

Director at Large

Rachel Raab, MD

Specialty: Oncology

Practice: Cancer Care of WNC (Buncombe)

Director at Large

Winfield Word-Sims, MD

Specialty: Nephrology

Practice: Mountain Kidney & Hypertension Associates (Buncombe)

Director at Large

Rachel Keever, MD

Specialty: Cardiology

Practice: Asheville Cardiology Associates (Rutherford)

Development Council Chair

Margarita Gonzalez

Vickery Family Medicine
 

Association President

Raymond Thertulien, MD

Specialty: Hematology & Oncology

Practice: Asheville Hematology & Oncology (Buncombe)

Association President-Elect

S. Mark McNeill, MD

Specialty: Family Medicine

Practice: Trillium Family Medicine (Buncombe)

WCMS Staff

Miriam Schwarz

CEO/Executive Director

Western Carolina Medical Society