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Waltham/Boston – May 5 – The Massachusetts Medical Society, the statewide professional association of physicians representing more than 25,000 physicians and medical students in the Commonwealth, today elected its 2016-2017 officers, with seven physicians elected and re-elected to the organization’s leadership at its annual meeting. Each will serve a one-year term in their respective positions.
James S. Gessner, M.D. of Chestnut Hill was elected President, succeeding Dennis M. Dimitri, M.D. of Worcester. Dr. Gessner is a physician with Anaesthesia Associates of Massachusetts, one of New England’s largest private practice anesthesiology groups serving major academic and medical centers throughout the Northeast. A member of the Society since 1982, he has served the organization in a variety of capacities, most recently as President-Elect and Vice President, respectively, over the last two years. He has been a member of the Society’s Board of Trustees since 2006 and chaired the organization’s Committee on Finance for six years.
Henry L. Dorkin, M.D. of Newton was elected President-Elect. Board-certified in pediatrics with a subspecialty in pediatric pulmonology, Dr. Dorkin is Clinical Chief of the Division of Respiratory Diseases, Director of the Pulmonary Clinical Research Program, Co-Director of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Clinical Center, and Co-Director of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutic Development Center, all at Boston Children’s Hospital. A member of the Society since 1982, Dr. Dorkin served as Vice President from 2015-2016. He is a member of the House of Delegates, and the Committees on Legislation, Preparedness, Membership Services, and the Organized Medical Staff Section.
Alain A. Chaoui, M.D. of Boxford, a board-certified family medicine physician at Family Medicine North in Peabody, was elected Vice President. A longtime active member of the Society, Dr. Chaoui served as Secretary-Treasurer for the last two years. He is a member of the Board of Trustees and House of Delegates and past chairman of the Committee on Membership. He is also a past president of the Essex South District Medical Society and is the current Chair of the Massachusetts Delegation to the American Medical Association.
Joseph Bergeron, M.D. of Acton, a pathologist with Atrius Health/Harvard Vanguard, was elected Secretary-Treasurer; Corey E. Collins, D.O. of Reading, a board-certified pediatric anesthesiologist at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston, was re-elected Assistant Secretary-Treasurer; David A. Rosman, M.D., M.B.A., of Jamaica Plain, a radiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and associate director of business development for Mass General Imaging, was re-elected Speaker of the House of Delegates, the Society’s Governing Body; and Francis P. MacMillan Jr., M.D., of North Andover, owner and president of Merrimack Valley Gastroenterology in Haverhill, was re-elected Vice Speaker of the House of Delegates.
The Massachusetts Medical Society, with some 25,000 physicians and student members, is dedicated to educating and advocating for the patients and physicians of Massachusetts. The Society, under the auspices of NEJM Group, 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 providing accredited and certified activities across the globe for physicians and other 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.
