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Welcome DMS New 2009 President

Dr. Gulshan Harjee

Dr. Gulshan Harjee

Meet Our 2009 President, Dr. Gulshan Harjee

Gulshan is CEO and President of First Medical Care, a primary care facility delivering comprehensive care and diagnostic testing to the citizens of our community. Getting to this point in her life was not easy. This incredibly gifted woman completed her secondary school education in Tanzania and Pakistan then moved to Iran where she received her BS degree from Pahlavi University in Shiraz. She received her MD from Emory, where she also completed her Residency in Internal Medicine. In the process, she has become fluent in five languages.

Gulshan has not basked in her considerable achievements. She has given back to her profession and the community:

She has been a member of the DeKalb Regional Health System Board for 12 years, serving as an ambassador to the hospital and helping to monitor quality measures and oversee the financial health of the hospital system.

  • She has been a frequent speaker at local churches and community organizations promoting the hospital and its services.
  • Last year she chaired the first Cancer Summit for Asian Americans and chaired the Defeat Diabetes initiative for the American Diabetes Association.
  • She is a Board member of the Southeastern region of UNICEF, also serving as Co-Chair of the HIV Aids Campaign and heading up their fund-raising efforts. She will be visiting Tanzania in April to study the AIV Aids stricken villages for UNICEF.
  • She is a Board member of LifeSouth where she oversees the quality of blood sample collection and assists with the delivery of services in minority communities. Through her efforts LifeSouth has become one of the major blood suppliers in Atlanta.
  • She has volunteered for over 16 years with the Red Cross National Marrow Donor Program, successfully organizing over 50 drives that resulted in several successful transplants.
  • She was a Board member of the Rialto Performing Arts Center at Georgia State University, assisting in fund-raising and bringing ethnic artists to the theatre.
  • She is also an adjunct professor at The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • She is the recipient of the Indian Physicians Network’s Community Service Award, the Community Service Award for the Indian American Cultural Association and the Louis Sullivan Leadership Award.

Board of Directors - 2008

President Gulshan Harjee
President - Elect Brian Levitt
Vice President Scott Steinbach
Secretary Andrea Juliao
Treasurer Andrea Juliao
Past President Joseph Weissman
MAG Director Stan Sherman/ 09
MAG Alternate Director Bill Hardcastle/ 11
Director at Large Robin H. Dretler
Director at Large Kathryn Elmore
Director at Large Sophia Kahn
Director at Large Melissa Seely-Morgan
Chair of the Commission
on Advocacy
Roy Vandiver
Chair of the Commission
on Community Service
Gary Botstein
Chair of the Commission
on Legislative Activities
Peter Gordon
Chair of the Commission
on Membership Services
Bill Hardcastle

MAG Delegates and Alternates*

Delegates - 11

Gary Botstein (2009)
Charles Clifton (2010)
Stan Sherman (2011)
John Kennedy (2009)
Bill Hardcastle (2010)
Bill Tippins (2011)
Roy Vandiver (2009)
Joy Maxey (2010)
Charles McDowell (2011)
Joe Weissman (2009)
Gulshan Harjee (2010)


Alternates - 11

Scott Steinbach (2009)
Laura Bealer (2010)
Cathy Elmore (2011)
Robin Dretler (2009)
Andrea Juliao (2010)
Sophia Kahn (2011)
Don Siegel (2009)
Patsy Haibach (2010)
Melissa Seely-Morgan (2011)
Rick Boden (2009)
Peter Gordon (2010)


Executive Office
Executive Director J.W. (Hank) Holderfield, CAE
Administrative Assistant Leslie Boulter

 

Dekalb Medical Society Administrative Office
Dekalb Medical Society
PO Box 2048
Tucker, GA 30085-2048
770.271.2798 Telephone     770.271.0634 FAX
Email: DMS@pami.org
J. W. (Hank) Holderfield, Executive Director

Leslie Boulter, Executive Assistant