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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.
IMS Officers & Staff
IMS Officers
- John P. McGoff, MD
- President
- Jeffrey J. Kellams, MD
- Secretary/Treasurer
- Heidi M. Dunniway, MD
- Immediate Past President
Heidi M. Dunniway, MD, was installed as the 134th President of the Indianapolis Medical Society on Friday, September 21, 2007, at the Indianapolis Medical Society’s newly-renovated Conference Center.
Dr. Dunniway received her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from the University of Iowa, where she graduated with College Honors and Distinction. She completed her graduate studies in Biochemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She also earned her Medical Degree, with Academic Honors, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Dr. Dunniway completed her General Surgery Internship at Riverside Methodist Hospital, and her Otolaryngology Residency at The Ohio State University, both in Columbus, Ohio. She is a Board Certified Otolaryngologist, having received her certification in 2000.
Heidi was elected to the IMS Board of Directors in 2001 and has most recently served as the Chair of the IMS Commission on Professional Affairs.
She is currently a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, is a Seventh District Alternate Trustee with the Indiana State Medical Association and has been an active participant at the American Medical Association.
Dr. Dunniway is married to Rich Gustafson, a retired Marine, who, served 21 years on Active Duty. Rich recently earned an Industrial Design Degree from Purdue University and is now launching his own furniture design business.
- Richard H. Rhodes, MD
- Board Chair
- John C. Ellis, MD
- President-Elect
- Mark M. Hamilton, MD
- Board Vice Chair
IMS Board of Directors
- Linda F. Abels, MD
- Christopher D. Bojrab, MD
- Mary D. Bush, MD
- David R. Diaz, MD
- Marc E. Duerden, MD
- Bernard J. Emkes, MD
- Richard D. Feldman, MD
- Alan R. Gillespie, MD
- Bruce M. Goens, MD
- Ted W. Grisell, MD
- Bradford R. Hale, MD
- Paula A. Hall, MD
- Marc R. Kappelman, MD
- Gerald T. Keener, Jr., MD
- Stephen R. Klapper, MD
- John E. Krol, MD
- Gregory N. Larkin, MD
- Susan K. Maisel, MD
- Jon D. Marhenke, MD
- Thomas E. McSoley, MD
- J. Mark Michael, MD
- Stephen W. Perkins, MD
- Bridget M. Sanders, MD
- John F. Schaefer, Jr., MD
- Barbara K. Siwy, MD
- Michael T. Stack, MD
- John J. Wernert, MD
AMA Delegates & Alternate Delegates from IMS
- Peter L. Winters, MD
- AMA Alternate Delegate
IMS Staff
- Beverly Hurt
- Executive Vice President
- Ann Knight
- Business Administrator
- Brenda Willis
- Roster Editor & Membership Coordinator
- Marcia Hadley
- Bulletin Associate Editor
- Tyna McCauley
- Membership Secretary
- Rebecca Collis
- Receptionist & Referral Secretary
- Carol Stansifer
- Project Health Case Manager
- Rebecca Keller
- Assistant to IMS EVP
- Carrie Logsdon
- Project Health Director
- Laura Gonzalez
- Project Health Case Manager