President’s Message

Welcome to the Midwestern Medical Directors Association website!

The Midwestern Medical Director’s Association is a cherished organization with a vibrant membership delivering excellent medical education and collegiality. The 2025-2026 MMDA officers are excited to be hosting the 72nd annual MMDA meeting in Minneapolis, MN on May 14-15, 2026. The scientific program will feature speakers from the University of Minnesota School of Medicine and the Mayo Clinic, as well as life insurance industry experts.

Topics and speakers include:

• AI in Medicine: Artificial or Intelligent?
  • Brad Erickson, MD Mayo Clinic
• Childhood Psychiatric Disorders and Long‑Term Risk: Implications for Life Insurance Medicine
  • Nico van Zyl, MD RGA
• Prognosis of Acute and Chronic Pancreatic Diseases
  • Guru Trikudanathan, MD Univ of MInnesota
• JAK2 mutated and unmutated erythrocytosis, plus essential thrombocythemia: a practical approach and assessment of prognosis
  • Ayalew Tefferi, MD Mayo Clinic
• Adults with congenital heart disease
  • Judy Finney, MD NML
• Ketamine treatment and the mortality implications
  • C. Sophia Albott, MD Univ of MInnesota
• RMD!
  • The ever-popular speaker’s corner

We hope to see you there!

MMDA President 2025-2026
Brad Heltemes, MD, DBIM, FAAIM
BHeltemes@munichre.co