NCMS PAC: Who We Are

The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) Political Action Committee is the political arm of the NCMS, which represents more than 12,500 North Carolina physicians, physician assistants, residents, and medical students.

NCMS PAC is a voluntary, non-profit, unincorporated committee organized to direct financial support to state and federal candidates in North Carolina. Membership consists of individual physicians, physician assistants, residents, medical students, and physician spouses who are dedicated to preserving the quality of health care in North Carolina and throughout the United States.

The committee is comprised of two branches: NCMS PAC-State and NCMS PAC-Federal, which together constitute the political action arm of the North Carolina Medical Society. NCMS PAC activities are funded by voluntary contributions from its members.

Physicians decide whom they wish to support. Congressional and legislative candidates' positions on medical and health care issues are carefully scrutinized by physicians serving on the NCMSPAC Board of Directors before contributions are made. These combined efforts to elect candidates who share our interest in quality medical care provide a stronger voice for medicine's concerns than individual contributions.

NCMS PAC-State Bylaws (PDF)

NCMS PAC-Federal Bylaws (PDF)

2012 NCMS PAC Board of Directors

The NCMS PAC Board of Directors is comprised of politically active physicians from across the state of North Carolina.

David O. Cook, MD (Urology/Winston-Salem, NC) - Chair
Matthew B. Martin, MD (General Surgery/Greensboro, NC) - Vice Chair
Edward (Chip) A. Hedrick, PA-C (Orthopaedics/Raleigh, NC) - Treasurer
Chadwick R. Brasington, MD (Ophthalmology/Burlington, NC)
Lindsey E. de Guehery, MD (Pulmonary Disease & Internal Medicine/Wilson, NC)
Sharon M. Foster, MD, FAAP (Pediatrics/Raleigh, NC)
Charles (Chuck) W. Henrichs, MD, FACEP (Emergency Medicine/Hendersonville, NC)
Stephen M. Herring, MD (Plastic Surgery/Fayetteville, NC)
Derrick Hickey, MD (Hand Surgery/Wilmington, NC)
Jugta Kahai, MD (Pediatrics/Southport, NC)
Courtney Mann, MD (Emergency Medicine/Raleigh, NC)
Margaret Merrick, MD (Pediatrics/Morehead City, NC)
Timothy Reeder, MD (Emergency Medicine/Greenville, NC)
Jeffrey W. Runge, MD (Emergency Medicine/Chapel Hill, NC)
W. James Stackhouse, MD (Internal Medicine/Goldsboro, NC)
Zane T. Walsh, Jr., MD (Sports Medicine/Fayetteville, NC)