presented to

Thelma Z. Korpman, M.D.

This twenty-sixth day of June, in the year two thousand two

Thelma Korpman is recognized for her expertise in all branches of Anesthesiology. Her straightforward but warm, compassionate manner and openhearted nature has won the devotion of patients and the respect of her colleagues.

Thelma Korpman has also opened her heart to the community. She is a past president of the San Bernardino Division of the American Heart Association and Secretary of the California affiliate of the American Heart Association. For three subsequent years, 1992/93, 1993/94 and 1994/95, the American Heart Association named her Outstanding Volunteer of the Year. In 1992 and 1993, she was the top individual fundraiser for the AHA’s Walk for Heart. Dr. Korpman also organized the AHA’s annual “Dance for Heart” event. She chaired the AHA’s Speaker’s Bureau and lectured to community groups on heart disease at the AHA and SBCMS. She is also a familiar face at the offices of the Blood Bank of San Bernardino & Riverside Counties where she was recognized as a Ten Gallon Blood Donor. She is also instrumental in planning the Inland Empire Symphony’s New Year’s Eve Fundraising Gala.

Dr. Korpman participates in professional activities from a sense of responsibility and a strong commitment to promote the highest standards of medical practice. She has been actively involved in SBCMS, serving as President in 1996/1997, the first woman to hold that position. She has served for many years on the SBCMS Board and CMA Delegation. She currently is Chairman of the District II Delegation to the CMA. She chaired the SBCMS Golf and Tennis Committee, the Communications Commission and Editorial Board, and volunteers her time representing SBCMS on the Editorial Board of the Southern California Physician magazine. She is an active member of the Legislative Commission and LOPAC Committee and a CALPAC Executive Committee and Board member. Dr. Korpman has also participated in SBCMS community outreach programs, including the Mentor and Mini-Internship projects. A volunteer for the SBCMS Speakers’ Bureau, she is also a popular lecturer for nursing and respiratory therapy students at local colleges, Kaiser Family Practice Residents, the Hospital Auxiliary, Soroptomist International, the AHA and YWCA and a CME course lecturer at St. Bernardine Medical Center. At Kaiser Permanente, she is Assistant Chief of the Anesthesiology Department, co-chairs the QI Committee and serves on the Administrative Management Team and the Mentoring Committee. She is the editor of the Anesthesiology Department’s newsletter, The Fontana Gaszette. She received the 2002 “You Made A Difference Award” from the Kaiser Physicians Facilitative Council.

For her years of dedicated service to medicine, the people of San Bernardino County, and the physician community, we are pleased to present the 2002 SBCMS Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Community to Thelma Z. Korpman, M.D.

Jay E. Shankar, M.D.
President