Physician to Homeless Women, Dr. Roseanna Means, Selected as MMS OratorApril 18, 2002Contact: Frank Fortin ffortin@mms.org 781-434-7099 pager 877-820-9024
WALTHAM, Mass. -- The Massachusetts Medical Society today announced that Roseanna H. Means, M.D., will be the honored speaker at the 2002 MMS Annual Oration on June 25 at the Boston Museum of Science.
Dr. Means is president and medical director of Women of Means, a volunteer organization that provides free health care to indigent and homeless women around Boston. Her presentation, “Homelessness and Humanity: Misery and Mission,” will address the special challenges of caring for the medical needs of these women. The Museum of Science’s “Changing Face of Women’s Health” exhibit will serve as a backdrop to Dr. Means’ oration; attendees will be invited to explore the exhibit after Dr. Means’ presentation.
Dr. Means, who also runs a private medical practice in Wellesley, has been recognized by the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, and Family Circle Magazine for her work providing much needed health care services to homeless women. She received her medical degree at Tufts University’s School of Medicine, trained at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital and has spent 17 years in the Boston area as a primary care physician. Since 1990, she has devoted a significant percentage of her clinical time to caring for homeless persons.
Also referred to as the “annual discourse,” the MMS Oration features experts on some of the most important medical and health care issues affecting patients in Massachusetts. The first MMS Oration was given in 1804 by Isaac Rand, M.D., then president of the Medical Society, on “Phthisis Pulmonalis, and the Use of the Warm Bath.” Past orators include Jeffrey M. Drazen, M.D., editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, and Donald M. Berwick, M.D., MPP, president and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and former member of the Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Healthcare Industry.
The Massachusetts Medical Society, with more than 17,000 physicians and student members, is dedicated to educating and advocating for the physicians and patients of Massachusetts. Founded in 1781, the MMS is the oldest continuously operating medical society in the country. The Society owns and publishes The New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal Watch family of professional newsletters, and AIDS Clinical Care, and produces HealthNews, a consumer health publication.
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