Contact: Richard P. Gulla
Tel: 781-434-7101
Email: rgulla@mms.org
Waltham, Mass. -- May 19, 2011 -- Norwell resident and South
Shore physician Ronald W. Dunlap, M.D., has been elected Vice
President of the Massachusetts Medical Society at the
organization's annual meeting today in Waltham. He will serve a
one-year term as one of the top officers of the Society, the
statewide membership organization representing nearly 23,000
physicians and medical students in the Commonwealth.
Board certified in internal medicine and cardiology and a Fellow
of the American College of Cardiology, Dr. Dunlap is a physician
with South Shore Cardiology in Weymouth and has appointments at
South Shore Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in
Boston.
Long active with the state medical society, Dr. Dunlap has
served the organization in a number of capacities. He is currently
a member of the Board of Trustees and the House of Delegates, chair
of the Committee on Diversity in Medicine, and a member of the
committees on Information Technology, Member Services, Public
Health, and Nominations. He previously served on the committees for
Strategic Planning and Administration and Management and was
president of the Norfolk South District Medical Society from
2006-2008. He is also the South Shore Hospital's representative to
the American Medical Association's Organized Medical Staff Section
and an alternate representative to the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts' Committee on Health Care Disparities.
A graduate of Brown University with a bachelor's degree in
electrical engineering, he received his medical degree from Tufts
University School of Medicine. He has been an Instructor in
Medicine at Harvard Medical School since 1979 and is a Cardiology
Clinical Case Reviewer for Masspro, a performance improvement
organization that advances healthcare quality.
He serves on the alumni board of Tufts University Medical School
and the
board of the ProMutual Insurance Co.
The Massachusetts Medical Society, with nearly 23,000 physicians
and student members, is dedicated to educating and advocating for
the patients and physicians of Massachusetts. The Society publishes
the New England Journal of Medicine, a leading global medical
journal and web site, and Journal Watch alerts and newsletters
covering 13 specialties. The Society is also a leader in continuing
medical education for health care professionals throughout
Massachusetts, conducting a variety of medical education programs
for physicians and health care professionals. Founded in 1781, MMS
is the oldest continuously operating medical society in the
country. For more information please visit www.massmed.org, www.nejm.org, or www.jwatch.org.
