Nita Wall Shumaker, MD, of Chattanooga has been named President-Elect of the Tennessee Medical Association.
Shumaker, who will be the second female president of the organization, is a pediatrician at Galen North Pediatrics. She is a current member of the TMA Board of Trustees and former president of the Chattanooga & Hamilton County Medical Society.
The TMA Board of Trustees and the TMA Judicial Council also held elections in March.
James H. Batson, MD, of Cookeville was re-elected to the Board. New members are Kirk Stone, MD, Union City; Rodney Lewis, MD, Nashville; and Elise Denneny, MD, Knoxville.
Four new members were elected to the TMA Judicial Council: Justin Monroe, MD, Memphis; Omar Hamada, MD, Brentwood; James C. Gray, MD, Cookeville; and Richard Briggs, MD, Knoxville.
New officers will be installed at TMA’s Annual Convention on April 28 through May 1.