School of Medicine Alumni Association

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2024-2025 UMKC Members

President

Wuebker, Ralph

Ralph Wuebker, M.D., MBA (B.A. ‘93/M.D. ’94)
Chief Medical Officer at United Health Group/Optum
St. Louis, Missouri

Immediate Past President

Stevens, Tracy

Tracy L. Stevens, M.D. ‘90
Professor of Medicine at UMKC School of Medicine
Medical Director for the Saint Luke’s Muriel I. Kauffman Women’s Heart Center
Kansas City, Missouri

Board Members

Dark, Diana

Diana Dark, M.D. (B.A. ‘78/M.D. ’80)
Retired - Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean of St. Luke’s Hospital Programs
Kansas City, Missouri

Glaser, DeeAnna

DeeAnna Glaser, M.D. (B.A./M.D. ’87)
Professor and Vice Chair of Dermatology at Saint Louis University
St. Louis, MO

Dawn Heizman

Dawn Heizman (BLA ‘08/M.D. ’09)
OB/GYN at North Kansas City Hospital
Kansas City, Missouri

Anant Kharod

Anant Kharod (BLA ‘11/M.D. ’12)
Cardiologist and Assistant Professor at USF Health
Tampa, Florida

Derik King

Derik King (B.A. ‘92/M.D. ’93)
Chief Science Officer & Co-Founder Alpaca Fiber Analytics; President Derik K. King, MD, PC
St. Louis, Missouri

Tim Lee

Tim Lee (B.A. ‘93/M.D. ’94)
National Medical Director, Crossover Health
Los Altos, California

LeSage, Gene

Gene LeSage, M.D. (B.A./M.D. ’77)
Professor and Chair of Internal Medicine at Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, Tennessee

Oza, Mangesh

Mangesh Oza, M.D. (B.A. ‘95/M.D. ’96)
Surgeon at Meritas Health North Kansas City Hospital
Chief Medical Officer at SpectroFlow, Corp

Aakash Shah

Aakash Shah (BLA ‘03/M.D. ’04)
Orthopaedic Surgeon at Menorah Medical Center, Kansas City Joint Replacement and Sports Medicine Center
Kansas City, Missouri

Thornton, Shilpa

Shilpa Thornton, M.D. (B.A. ‘92/M.D. ’94)
Ophthalmologist
Retired at St. Louis, Missouri

Chris Wester

Chris Wester (BLA ‘17/M.D. ’18)
Orthopedic Surgeon at Cox Health
Springfield, Missouri

Ex-Officio Members

Jorgensen, Elle

Elle Jorgensen
Assistant – Office of the Dean
UMKC School of Medicine

Alexander Norbash

Alexander Norbash (B.A. ‘85/M.D. ’86)
Dean, UMKC School of Medicine

Samuel Kim, MS-5
UMKC School of Medicine