Steven E. Larson, M.D., was elected chair of the California Medical Association (CMA) Board of Trustees this past weekend at the association’s annual House of Delegates meeting in Anaheim.
Dr. Larson is the current CEO and chairman of the board of Riverside Medical Clinic, a multi-specialty medical group. He has been affiliated with the clinic since 1980.
He is an assistant clinical professor of medicine at Loma Linda University School of Medicine and a clinical professor of biomedical sciences at University of California at Riverside. His medical staff appointments include Riverside Community Hospital, Parkview Community Hospital and Riverside County Regional Medical Center.
Dr. Larson earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, graduating in 1975. He completed his residency in internal medicine in 1978 and a fellowship in infectious diseases in 1980, both at the Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospital in Milwaukee. He earned a master’s degree in public health from Loma Linda University in 1988. He is board certified in both internal medicine and infectious diseases.
Dr. Larson also serves as a delegate to the American Medical Association (AMA), representing Riverside and San Bernardino physicians.
In addition to membership in the Riverside County Medical Association, CMA and AMA, Dr. Larson is a member of the Medical Group Managers Association, the Infectious Disease Society of America, the Southern California Infectious Disease Society and the American College of Physicians.
In his spare time, Dr. Larson enjoys mountain climbing and traveling with his wife, Catherine Larson, M.D., an internal medicine physician at Riverside Medical Clinic. They have three children.
Contact: Molly Weedn, (916) 551-2069 or mweedn@cmanet.org.