MMS News Releases

The Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) today offered testimony before the legislature’s Joint Committee on Public Health, voicing strong opposition to two bills before the committee and describing them as “the latest in an apparently never-ending series of initiatives micromanaging the...

House Bill 1966 would ban the sale of tobacco products by health care institutions and bar licensed health professionals from working in a professional capacity in locations where tobacco products are sold.

Weston resident Najmosama Nikrui, M.D. has been honored by the Massachusetts Medical Society with its Committee Chair Service Award, an honor recognizing exceptional leadership and service to the Society, the statewide professional association of physicians. She received the award at the...

West Newbury resident David A. Byrne, M.D. has been honored as the 2013 Community Clinician of the Year by his physician peers of the Essex North District Medical Society. 

Policies on gun violence and principles of physician employment led the list of resolutions adopted as policies by physicians of the Massachusetts Medical Society at the organization’s annual meeting.

Gathering less than four weeks after a tragedy that he said “shook our community to its foundation,” Massachusetts Medical Society President Richard Aghababian, M.D., took the opportunity of his President’s Report to the House of Delegates in the opening session of the Society’s 2013 Annual...

Dr. Sabharwal is being recognized for her nine years of service as a member of the Committee on Global Health, including two years as committee chair from 2011-2013. The Committee’s mission is to expand the understanding of international health issues, while promoting the participation of...

Dr. Butler is being recognized for his nine years of service as a member of the Committee on Medical Education, including three years as chair from 2010-2013 and two years as vice chair from 2009-2010.

Peabody physician Alain A. Chaoui, M.D. has been elected Assistant Secretary-Treasurer of the Massachusetts Medical Society, the statewide professional membership organization for nearly 24,000 physicians and medical students in the Commonwealth.

Worcester physician Dennis M. Dimitri, M.D. has been elected Vice President of the Massachusetts Medical Society at the organization’s annual meeting, held May 9 at the Seaport Hotel in Boston. He will serve a one-year term as one of the top officers of the Society, the statewide membership...

Brookline resident Peter B. Kang, M.D. has been elected Secretary-Treasurer of the Massachusetts Medical Society, the statewide professional membership organization for nearly 24,000 physicians and medical students in the Commonwealth.

Dr. Dunlap, who was the Society’s President-Elect for the last year, will serve a one-year term as the top officer of the Society, the statewide membership organization representing nearly 24,000 physicians and medical students in the Commonwealth.