Advisory Board

The T-A Health Education Center Advisory Board is comprised of a select, broadly-based healthcare thought leaders who share the T-A HEC’s vision and objectives, and who, through consultations, will provide their insight, expertise and guidance in support of the T-A HEC’s efforts to bring world-class education programs on rural healthcare to Wyoming and rural market physicians nationwide.

T-A Health Education Center Advisory Board

Rex Arney, JD
Presently a partner in the Brown Drew & Massey LLP law firm, Rex is one of the most respected thought leaders on Wyoming healthcare. He is presently co-chair of the Wyoming Healthcare Commission, Rex served in the Wyoming Legislature for 16 years and was Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. In 1988, he became General Counsel and Congressional Liaison for the National Endowment for the Humanities in Washington, D.C.

W.G. “Jerry” Saunders, MD
One of the region’s foremost physicians and current Director of Medical Education & Public Health at the University of Wyoming. He served as an examiner for the American Board of OB/GYN for ten years. He has been president of the Sheridan County Medical Society and the Wyoming Medical Society. Jerry has been a University of Wyoming Trustee for 12 years, and was Board President in 1996.

Michael Jording, MD
Michael is a practicing family physician in Newcastle, WY who has been very involved in furthering rural healthcare initiatives in Wyoming. He has been very active for over 20 years in providing medical education to medical students, residents, and other healthcare professionals, particularly through the Casper Family Medicine Residency and the WWAMI medical student education program. Most recently, Michael served as president of the Wyoming Medical Society, and continues to be a member of the WMS Board of Trustees.

Kenneth Madsen, MD
Ken, a UW graduate, is doubly board certified in general and vascular surgery and has clinics throughout the state of Wyoming. He practices vascular surgery at the Cheyenne Regional Medical Center with state-of-the-art treatments of all peripheral vascular conditions including angioplasty and stenting, minimally invasive aneurysm repair, treatment of venous disease and traditional vascular surgical procedures.