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Congratulations (again) to Shawn Parker!

Congratulations to NCMB Public Member Shawn P. Parker, JD, who recently won re-election to the Board of Directors for the Federation of State Medical Boards. Mr. Parker was elected to a partial term on the FSMB Board in April 2018. Delegates to the FSMB voted to elect him to a full term during the organization's annual meeting in Forth Worth April 25-27.

FSMB is a national nonprofit organization representing all medical boards within the United States and its territories that license and discipline allopathic and osteopathic physicians and, in some jurisdictions, other health care professionals.

Mr. Parker was appointed to NCMB in 2016. He practices law at Smith Anderson in Raleigh, where he is a member of the Health Care team, advising clients on health care policy, legislative advocacy, executive strategy, and regulatory guidance concerning business planning of organized medicine. Previously, Mr. Parker served as a managing partner for a public policy consulting firm working with clients in government agencies and the private sector. He has also worked for the NC General Assembly, most recently as a senior staff attorney.