Sophia
X. Bogdasarian has been elected president of the Massachusetts Medical Society
Alliance, an organization that supports and promotes health care and medical
education among the citizens of the Commonwealth in conjunction with the Massachusetts
Medical Society, the statewide professional association of
physicians. An
active member of the Alliance for the last 5 years, Mrs. Bogdasarian was
elected at the Annual Meeting of the Alliance on May 4th, held in Boston in
conjunction with the MMS Annual Meeting. She most recently served as
president-elect of the Alliance from 2017-2019.
Sophia graduated from Fitchburg State University with a
bachelor degree in nursing. Her first
job was on a head and neck cancer ward at the VA Hospital in Jamaica Plain,
where she met her otolaryngologist husband of the last 40 years. Sophia practiced oncology nursing for many
years, ending her career as the nurse manager of the Simonds-Sinon Regional Cancer
Center. She has been active
in multiple local organizations, many times in roles of leadership. Presently, she is a member of the Health
Alliance Guild, a member of The Fay Club, serving on their board and also their
social committee, she is President of the 658 Main Street Foundation, a member
of the Board of Commissioners of Trust Funds for the city of Fitchburg, and a
trustee of Applewild School. She enjoys having
a seat on MA Medical Society Committees on Public Health and Senior Physician,
and is very much looking forward to serving as the alliance president.
Sophia is the mother of four sons, and is awaiting the birth
of her first grandchild, who happens to be a boy. She is training a standard poodle to one day
be a therapy dog, enjoys gourmet dining and world travel with her husband.
