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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.
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| 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 |
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)
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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
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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
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