T. Brian Callister, MD, FHM, installed as Nevada State Medical Association president

Reno internist T. Brian Callister, MD, FHM, on April 16 became president of the Nevada State Medical Association (NSMA) at the group’s 107th annual conference at Incline Village, NV. He represents more than 1,700 physicians and medical students who are members of the NSMA, Nevada’s oldest and largest physician advocacy organization. He now serves as the association’s official spokesperson during legislative and regulatory agency presentations, professional and public group presentations and for the media on issues affecting the practice of medicine in Nevada. Dr. Callister also will lead NSMA legislative group meetings and attend local and county medical society board meetings.

Dr. Callister’s involvement in physician leadership groups has spanned more than three decades. He is Nevada chair of the American Medical Association’s Organized Medical Staff section and past president of the Washoe County Medical Society and the Governor’s Council for the American College of Physicians.

Dr. Callister received the Volunteerism and Community Service Award at the 2011 American College of Physicians Nevada Chapter scientific meeting in Las Vegas. The recognition is given to a physician who has shown outstanding volunteerism and community service and has raised the level of awareness and promoted dialogue and action in volunteerism within his or her region.

Dr. Callister has served for more than a decade as National Medical Director for LifeCare Hospitals and has directed its medical staff leadership for fifteen years. He is a past Chief of Staff and a current board member of Catholic Healthcare West’s Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Reno. He is a frequent national educational lecturer on topics including improving relationships in healthcare; quality outcomes; body, mind and soul; and end of life issues.

As the chair of the clinical committee of the Acute Long Term Hospital Association, Dr. Callister led the initiative to develop and release the first-ever clinical outcomes benchmarking study in the long-term acute care field.