About

The Tampa Bay Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility was founded in 2008 by Drs. Lynn Ringenberg and Donald Mellman. PSR Tampa Bay hopes to bring awareness of major issues seriously impacting our local communities, nation and world.

Leadership

Lynn Ringenberg, MD

Dr. Ringenberg is the Chief of the Division of General Academic Pediatrics and Co-Director of the Med-Peds Residency Training Program. Her undergraduate degree is from the University of Nebraska-Kearney, Graduate studies in Biochemistry at the University of Maryland, Medical School at the University of Nebraska with 2 years of pediatric residency training at the University of Florida, Gainesville and one year at Bowman Gray in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She received a Master’s Degree in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 2001.
Contact: ring@tampabay.rr.com

Donald L. Mellman, MD, MPH, MBA

Dr. Mellman received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Lehigh University, his MD from Hahnemann University, an MBA from the University of South Florida, and an MPH from Harvard University. After two years of general surgery at The Boston City Hospital and two years of active duty with the US Navy, he completed his neurosurgery training at the Hahnemann Hospital in Philadelphia, PA. After a private practice in neurosurgery for 26 years, he now concentrates on health care policy & management issues as well as those of social and economic equity. Dr. Mellman is a co-founder of the Tampa Bay Physicians for Social Responsibility chapter and serves on the Board of Directors of the national PSR organization.



Stacie Blake

A native of Columbus, Ohio, Stacie obtained a Masters of Public Administration from the University of Vermont. She has extensive administrative experience developing and managing programs for crime victims, battered women, immigrants and torture survivors on local, state and national levels. Currently the Executive Director of Community Tampa Bay, she is responsible for addressing issues of discrimination and dialogue across the Bay area. Ms. Blake has published both research and editorials on a variety of issues.