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photo of Gregory Neil Larkin, MD Gregory Neil Larkin, MD, FAACP, FACOEM, served as the 133rd President of the Indianapolis Medical Society.

Dr. Larkin currently is the CMO of the Indiana Health Information Exchange.

As a former director of Corporate Health Services, Eli Lilly and Company, Dr. Larkin's responsibilities included supervision of health care delivery for Lilly employees, retirees and dependents in the United States via the management of on-site clinics and benefit design of the domestic health plan. Additionally, Dr. Larkin served as corporate medical advisor for all global affiliates. Prior to being named Director, Dr. Larkin served Lilly as Senior Physician (1991-1992) and Staff Physician (1986-1991).

Dr. Larkin earned his undergraduate degree through an accelerated three-year program at Indiana University majoring in Chemistry with Zoology minor. A graduate of the Indiana University School of Medicine in 1973, Dr. Larkin served his residency in the Family Practice Department of Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana.

After completing his medical training, Dr. Larkin was in private practice in Greencastle and as he said: "I practiced, literally, 'womb to grave' family medicine (delivered babies and was County Coroner) in Greencastle, Indiana for 12 years.

Dr. Larkin is a Diplomat and Fellow, American Board of Family Practice, Aviation Medical Examiner (AME) and Fellow, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

In addition to his new duties with the Society, Dr. Larkin has served the Indianapolis Medical Society as: Chairman of the Board of Directors 2003-2004, Secretary/Treasurer 2004-2005 and President Elect 2005-2006. He has been a member of the Society since 1987. He is a member of the Seventh District, Indiana State and American Medical Associations.

Active and involved in the medical and civic community, Dr. Larkin is Chairman of the Indiana Blood Center Board of Directors; is or has been a member of the Indiana Forum on Health Policy; International Medical Director's Forum; Central Indiana Employers' Forum for Quality Health, Indiana Cancer Coalition Steering Committee, Indiana Colon Cancer Institute, Board of Directors; and the American Cabaret Theater, Board of Directors. A complete Curriculum Vitae is available.

A noted writer, speaker and presenter, Dr. Larkin was the keynote speaker for the Marion County Pandemic Planning Seminar. Dr. Larkin has published and presented on far-ranging topics on the environment, medicine, safety, screening and occupational medicine.

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John J. Wernert, MD, MHA

John J. Wernert, MD, MHA, a psychiatrist, was the 132nd President of the Indianapolis Medical Society for 2005-2006, was elected vice speaker of the House of Delegates of the Indiana State Medical Association (ISMA) during the organization's 2008 Annual Convention, September 19-21 in Indianapolis. The 270-member House of Delegates serves as a policy-making body for the statewide physician organization.

Since 1995, Dr. Wernert has been a member of the ISMA House of Delegates and has served as an alternate trustee on the ISMA's Board of Trustees since 2006. A past president of the Indianapolis Medical Society (IMS), he continues to serve on the IMS Board of Directors.

Dr. Wernert is the Chief Medical Officer and vice president of medical affairs for MDwise, Inc., a Medicaid managed care plan for Indiana. A geriatric psychiatrist, he cares for adult and geriatric patients primarily at St. Francis Hospital in Indianapolis and is a consultant to numerous nursing facilities and group homes in central Indiana. Dr. Wernert is also a consultant for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and actively teaches residents in the Department of Psychiatry of Indiana University School of Medicine.

Board certified in adult and geriatric psychiatry and a Distinguished Fellow in the American Psychiatric Association, Dr. Wernert earned postgraduate degrees in public management and health administration from the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI. He became a Diplomate of the American College of Physician Executives in 1998. A graduate of Bellarmine College in Louisville and the University of Louisville School of Medicine, Dr. Wernert is now a clinical associate professor of psychiatry at Indiana University School of Medicine.

John enjoys black powder shooting and Civil War reenactments. John and his family are members of the 4th Indiana Light Artillery Group, a Union outfit that participates in Civil War events throughout the Midwest.