The Mid-Western River Cities Chapter of American Association for Medical Transcription will hold its first meeting of the year Jan. 27 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in the Harrison Room.

The meeting begins at 6 p.m. Speakers include Steven Bailey, M.D., and Abdul B. Chaudhari, M.D. Bailey will speak on bypass patient qualifications and Chaudhari will lecture on cerebrovascular accidents.

Newly elected officers for the 1994-95 term are Beth Leible, president; Dorothy Crites, vice president; Jackie Tsikhlakis, recording/corresponding secretary; Dorothy Mecum, treasurer; and Mary Popp, immediate past president.

The next meeting of the chapter will be March 24.

For information, call Leible at 824-5362 or Mary Popp at 335-6176.