MEDICAL SOCIETIES

Dr. Edward Fotsch
Chief Executive Officer
PDR Network

Dr. Fotsch has been a pioneer and national leader in healthcare IT for two decades. Dr. Fotsch is a member of several national health information technology (HIT) committees and panels including the HL7 PHR Working Group, the CMS PHR Evaluation Task Force, and the iHealth Alliance.

Dr. Fotsch was the first recipient of the Liability Carrier Annual Patient Safety Award for his work in healthcare IT, speaks frequently at healthcare IT industry conferences and is regularly quoted regarding healthcare technology issues by national press including the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Associated Press, Reuters and The Wall Street Journal.

Louis J. Goodman, PhD, CAE
Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer
Texas Medical Association

Louis J. Goodman is Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the Texas Medical Association. Organized in 1853, TMA is a professional membership organization of more than 41,000 physician and medical student members. TMA is the nation’s largest state medical society.

An avid reader and devout student of leadership, Dr. Goodman leads by consensus and by example. By building a tight rapport with TMA’s volunteer physician leaders and insisting on constant collaboration with Texas’ 120 county medical societies, Dr. Goodman has built an organization that was named “America’s Best Medical Society” by Medical Economics magazine. Last year, the Texas Medical Association Board of Trustees created the Louis J. Goodman, PhD, Excellence in Leadership and Management Collection of the TMA Knowledge Center.

Dr. Goodman is a 19-year veteran of the TMA staff. His varied health care experience includes an 11-year tenure at the American Medical Association. Dr. Goodman has a masters and a doctoral degree in public administration with a concentration in medical economics from New York University. He has written more than 70 articles on health care and medicine.

Dr. Goodman holds the appointment of adjunct associate professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, serves as immediate past chair of the Texas Society of Association Executives, and is an honorary member of the American Medical Association and past president of the American Association of Medical Society Executives.