Provides a mechanism for open communication, cooperation, and coordination between and among the medical specialty societies of Massachusetts and their members, and the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS). Additionally, the committee will present recommendations to the MMS regarding medical specialty specific or practice of medicine issues, with the ultimate goal of providing the highest quality of care to the patients within the Commonwealth.
Jean E. Ramsey, Suffolk, Chair
Patricia A. Sereno, Middlesex, Vice Chair
Allergy
President: Jordan E. Scott, Worcester North
Member-at-large: Jonathan L. Bayuk, Hampden
American College of Physicians
President: Richard Dupee, Charles River
Member-at-large: Stephen G. Pauker, Suffolk
Anesthesiology
President: Michael England, Suffolk
Member-at-large: Fred E. Shapiro, Suffolk
Cardiology
President: Kenneth Rosenfield
Member-at-large: James M. Kirshenbaum, Norfolk
Dermatology
President: Louis Kuchnir, Middlesex West
Member-at-large: Frederick D. Wax, Plymouth
Emergency Physicians
President: Nathan R. MacDonald, Middlesex
Member-at-large: Niels K. Rathlev, Charles River
Family Physicians
President: Joseph W. Gravel, Jr., Middlesex
Member-at-large: Patricia E. Sereno, Middlesex
Gastroenterology
President: Douglas K. Pleskow, Middlesex
Member-at-large:
Neurology
President: Anna D. Hohler
Member-at-large: Alan H. Kurland, Plymouth
Neurosurgery
President: Stephen H. Johnson, Norfolk South
Member-at-large: Michael Dean Medlock, Essex South
Nuclear Medicine
President: Don C. Yoo
Member-at-large: Alan B. Ashare, Middlesex
Obstetrics & Gynecology
President: Erin E. Tracy, Suffolk
Member-at-large: Patricia R. Falcao, Charles River
Occupational & Environmental Medicine
President: Philip J. Lerner
Member-at-large: David V. Diamond, Middlesex
Oncology
President: Omar E. Eton
Member-at-large:
Ophthalmology
President: Michael Goldstein
Member-at-large: Jean E. Ramsey, Suffolk
Orthopedic Surgery
President: Michael Ayers, Norfolk South
Member-at-large: Paul Ponger, Middlesex West
Otolaryngology
President: Vijay K. Nayak, Middlesex
Member-at-large: Jeffrey S. Brown, Middlesex
Pathology
President: Ronald G. Bardawil
Member-at-large: W. Stephen Black-Schaffer, Suffolk
Pediatrics
President: John O'Reilly
Member-at-large:
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
President:
Member-at-large:
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
President: Beverly M. Shafer
Member-at-large:
Psychiatry
President: Janet E. Osterman, Suffolk
Member-at-large: Joseph J. Jankowski, Charles River
Pulmonary
President: Dawn L. DeMeo
Member-at-large: Mohammad Reda, Charles River
Radiology
President: Phillip Devlin, Norfolk
Member-at-large: Philip Rogoff, Norfolk
Surgery
President: Terry L. Buchmiller, Suffolk
Member-at-large: Michael J. Jaklitsch, Norfolk South
Urology
President: Richard K. Babayan, Suffolk
Member-at-large: Mitchell H. Bamberger, Worcester
Resident and Fellow:
Delegate: Adeola Sadik, Suffolk
Alternate Delegate:
Medical Student Section:
Delegate: John Liu, Middlesex
Alternate Delegate: Kael R. Nahikian, Suffolk
MMS Staff Liaison:
Kerry Ann Hayon (khayon@mms.org)
Talia Goldsmith (tgoldsmith@mms.org)
