About Us

About The Bays Medical Society (TBMS)

The Bays Medical Society is a 501(c)(6) not-for-profit organization that actively seeks opportunities to serve both the medical community, as well as patients of Bay County, Florida. One of our foundations is to provide high-quality, cost-effective educational programs to the physicians in and around Bay County.

The Bays Medical Society began serving the physicians and health care providers of Bay and surrounding counties in 1947. Over the years, services provided by TBMS have evolved to meet the growing needs of the physicians it serves. TBMS also works with BayCares, which coordinates over $1 million in free health care services annually to the indigent population of this community. Another service is the annual "Dr. Byron McCormick Free School Physicals" program for children that play sports in the Bay County School System.

We challenge all physicians in Bay and surrounding counties to join TBMS, not just for the many benefits for yourselves, but also as a way of giving back to the community and to your colleagues.

2008 Leadership for The Bays Medical Society

President: Michael Taylor, M.D.

Past President: Geeta Khare, M.D.

President Elect (to serve as president in 2009): Hans Caspary, M.D.

Secretary: James DeRuiter, M.D.

Treasurer: James DeRuiter, M.D.

Board of Censors: (ad hoc committee – to convene as needed) James Strohmenger, M.D. and Geeta Khare, M.D.

Credentials Committee: (ad hoc committee – to convene as needed)

Medical Education: Kamel Elzawahry, M.D., Dzung Nguyen, M.D., Geeta Khare, M.D., James DeRuiter, M.D., Michael Taylor, M.D., Yahia Rahim, M.D., Wm. Dale Bone, M.D.

Membership: James T. Cook, III, M.D.

Non-Hospital Based: Jason Newsom, M.D.

Member at Large: Hasan Murshed, M.D.

Young Physician: Steven Mullis, M.D.

FMA Delegates from The Bays Medical Society: Jon Ward, M.D., Jason Newsom, M.D. and James DeRuiter, M.D.

Other Local Delegates to FMA: Neal Dunn, M.D. (FMA Board of Governors), Debra Williams, M.D. (Florida College of Emergency Physicians), and James T. Cook, III, M.D. (Florida College of Cardiology) and Kamel Elzawahry, M.D. (FMA Specialty Society Section)