Committee on Legislation

Studies, takes positions, and reports periodically to the Board of Trustees and to the House of Delegates on pending legislation affecting the public health or the practice of medicine. Initiates legislation at the state level to improve the health of the public and to improve the practice environment in Massachusetts. 

Chair: Maryanne C. Bombaugh, Barnstable
Vice Chair: Hugh M. Taylor, Essex South

Barnstable
Member: Maryanne Bombaugh
Alternate: Theodore Calianos

Berkshire
Member: Basil Michaels
Alternate: Michael Kaplan                                                    

Bristol North
Member: Eric J. Ruby
Alternate: Julia Edelman                                                    

Bristol South
Member: David Adelstein
Alternate: Kenneth Barron

Charles River
Member: Joel Rubenstein
Alternate: David Golden

Essex North
Member: Francis J. Macmillan, Jr.
Alternate: Thomas Johnson

Essex South
Member: Hugh Taylor
Alternate: Jason Mondale                                                    

Franklin
Member: Joseph Viadero
Alternate: Flora Sadri

Hampden
Member: Claudia Koppelman
Alternate: James Wang                                                    

Hampshire
Member: Andrew Mackey
Alternate: Katherine Atkinson

Middlesex
Member: Robin Richman
Alternate: Carole Allen

Middlesex Central
Member: Alan C. Woodward
Alternate: Thomas LaMattina                                                    

Middlesex North
Member: Navin Popat
Alternate: M. Denise Mills  

Middlesex West
Member: Cecilia Mikalac
Alternate: James F.X. Kenealy

Norfolk
Member: Francis Campion
Alternate: Barbara Rockett

Norfolk South
Member: Patricia Hopkins
Alternate: Barbara Moore  

Plymouth
Member: Brian Bloom
Alternate: Philip McCarthy

Suffolk
Member: Henry Dorkin

Worcester
Member: Sahdev Passey
Alternate: Robert Lebow

Worcester North
Member: John Bogdasarian
Alternate: Heidi Foley

Residents and Fellows
Member: Junaid Nizamuddin

Medical Students
Member: Chelsea A. Harris
Alternate: Ankit Agarwal

Alliance
Member: Vanessa Kenealy

Advisors
Jack T. Evjy, Middlesex North 
James S. Gessner, Norfolk 
Christine Moschella, MA/RI MGMA

MMS Staff Liaison
Charles Alagero (calagero@mms.org)

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