Dr. Hoverman has served on the Board since 2003 and is a board-certified internist in private practice in Austin, Texas, according to a news release from The Joint Commission.
Gerald Shea will serve as vice chair. Mr. Shea, who is assistant to the president at the AFL-CIO, has served as a public representative to The Joint Commission Board of Commissioners for the past 13 years.
The other officer appointments for 2011 are as follows:
– Treasurer — Rebecca Patchin, MD, a former nurse who is now an anesthesiologist and pain management specialist in Riverside, Calif.
– Secretary — Craig W. Jones, FACHE, president of the Oklahoma Hospital Association in Oklahoma City.
– Executive Committee Member-at-Large — LaMar S. McGinnis, MD, FACS, senior medical advisor and liaison to the American Cancer Society in Atlanta and will serve in 2011 as vice chair of Joint Commission Resources, an affiliate of The Joint Commission.
– Executive Committee Member-at-Large — David A. Whiston, DDS, an oral and maxillofacial surgeon from Falls Church, Vir., who formerly served as chair of The Joint Commission Board of Commissioners.
Read the news release about the new officers for the Board of Commissioners of The Joint Commission.
Read more about The Joint Commission:
– Follow-up Survey on Joint Commission Universal Protocol Indicates Industry Support
– Joint Commission Publishes New 2011 Ambulatory Healthcare National Patient Safety Goals
– Joint Commission Launches Improved Website
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