{"id":53,"date":"2021-07-28T23:10:59","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T23:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmdadocs.com\/site\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2026-05-01T05:02:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T05:02:56","slug":"presidents-message","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mmdadocs.com\/site\/?page_id=53","title":{"rendered":"President&#8217;s Message"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Welcome to the Midwestern Medical Directors Association website!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The Midwestern Medical Director&#8217;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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Topics and speakers include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>AI in Medicine: Artificial or Intelligent?<\/em>  \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Brad Erickson, MD &#8211; Mayo Clinic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Childhood Psychiatric Disorders and Long\u2011Term Risk: Implications for Life Insurance Medicine<\/em> \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nico van Zyl, MD &#8211; RGA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Prognosis of Acute and Chronic Pancreatic Disease<\/em>s\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Guru Trikudanathan, MD &#8211; Univ of MInnesota<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>JAK2 mutated and unmutated erythrocytosis, plus essential thrombocythemia: a practical approach and assessment of prognosis<\/em> \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ayalew Tefferi, MD &#8211; Mayo Clinic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Adults with congenital heart disease<\/em> \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Judy Finney, MD &#8211; NML<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Heart and Health <\/em>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>John White, MD, MBA, DBIM &#8211; Munich Re<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>RMD!<\/em> \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The ever-popular speaker&#8217;s corner <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br>We hope to see you there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/mmdadocs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TSQ-July-2018-Bio-edited-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1047\" style=\"width:172px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmdadocs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TSQ-July-2018-Bio-edited-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mmdadocs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TSQ-July-2018-Bio-edited-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mmdadocs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TSQ-July-2018-Bio-edited-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/mmdadocs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TSQ-July-2018-Bio-edited-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mmdadocs.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/TSQ-July-2018-Bio-edited.jpg 1792w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a5c06b63c63646cd6dade1168ff58136\">MMDA President 2025-2026<br>Brad Heltemes, MD, DBIM, FAAIM<br>BHeltemes@munichre.co<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Midwestern Medical Directors Association website! 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