SDCMS NEWS RELEASE: Dr. Robert E. Wailes Installed as President of the San Diego County Medical Society for 2011-12
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Dr. Robert E. Wailes Installed as President of the San Diego County Medical Society for 2011-12
San Diego — June 8, 2011 — Longtime San Diego County Medical Society (SDCMS) member, Dr. Robert E. Wailes, was installed as its 126th president on Saturday, June 4, 2011, at the second-annual White Coat Gala, an event hosted by SDCMS and the SDCMS Foundation to raise funds for the Foundation’s Project Access San Diego, the county’s only comprehensive network of coordinated, donated healthcare services for medically underserved patients.
Dr. Wailes, who grew up in Northern California, graduated from U.C. Berkeley with his B.S. in public finance and pre-medical sciences, and from Wake Forest School of Medicine. Upon receiving his doctor of medicine degree, Dr. Wailes returned to California where he trained at the U.C. San Diego Medical Center in anesthesiology and pain management. In 1984, Dr. Wailes founded Pacific Pain Medicine, the oldest comprehensive, full-time pain medicine clinic providing care for patients in North San Diego County: “Our practice is a leader in San Diego County for providing quality pain medicine services. We are fortunate to participate in many different research projects as part of our medical practice, and we continue to remain dedicated to evaluating, preventing, and effectively treating all types of pain using the most advanced techniques available in an environment that emphasizes compassionate patient care.”
Among the attendees at Dr. Wailes’ installation were California State Senators Juan Vargas and Mark Wyland, California Assemblymembers Marty Block and Martin Garrick, U.S. Representative Bob Filner, representatives from U.S. Representative Brian Bilbray’s office, Mr. and Mrs. John Thornton, Reneé Schatz, along with many other distinguished guests.
Along with his duties as president of SDCMS, Dr. Wailes will continue in his second term as trustee from San Diego on the California Medical Association’s (CMA’s) board of trustees, as a member of the board of directors of CALPAC, CMA’s political action committee, and as a member of the board of directors of CMA’s Foundation. Dr. Wailes is also very active with the American Academy of Pain Medicine and is currently their alternate delegate to the American Medical Association.
Among Dr. Wailes' goals for his presidential year are to tirelessly advocate for all San Diego County physicians and their patients in this era of health reform with all of the surrounding legislation and policymaking, and to initiate public health outreach to address the prevention and treatment of obesity, which is becoming an epidemic here and across the nation.
Dr. Wailes has three wonderful children and enjoys many hobbies, including a love of many sports (tennis, golf, skiing, snowboarding, and occasional surfing) and traveling whenever possible: “I feel very lucky to have a wonderful family and career along with a variety of gratifying roles in organized medicine.”
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The San Diego County Medical Society (SDCMS), the professional association for physicians in San Diego County, founded in 1870, currently counts approximately 2,600 practicing physicians within the county as members. SDCMS — “Physicians United for Healthy San Diego” — fights for access to quality healthcare for all San Diegans.