2016 Annual Meeting

News & Speeches

• MMS Presidents Honor Corinne Broderick May 9, 2016

  2016 Annual Meeting - The presidents of the Massachusetts Medical Society honor Corinne Broderick on the occasion of her retirement after serving 15 years as executive vice president.

• Dennis M. Dimitri, MD Annual Meeting Banquet Speech May 9, 2016

  Speech presented by Dennis M. Dimitri at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Medical Society which was held from May 5-7 at the Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center, Boston. 

• James S. Gessner, MD Annual Meeting Banquet Speech May 9, 2016

  Speech from James S. Gessner, MD, at the 2016 Annual Meeting which was held from May 5-7 at the Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center, Boston.

• Massachusetts Medical Society adopts resolutions on physician education, substance use disorder, human trafficking, and weight stigma May 7, 2016

  Resolutions on  the clinical skills assessment for physician licensure, physician education about patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities, jail diversion for individuals with substance use disorder, human trafficking, and weight stigma were among a number of policies adopted by...

• Ethics Forum: Patient Experience and Satisfaction May 6, 2016

  2016 Annual Meeting - The Forum, entitled Patient Satisfaction Surveys: Utility and Unintended Consequences, featured...

• President's Report - Physicians' Impact on the Opioid Debate May 6, 2016
  2016 Annual Meeting - MMS President Dennis M. Dimitri, MD, tells the Massachusetts Medical Society's House of Delegates about the impact that physicians and the MMS on the debate over opioids legislation in Massachusetts.

• President's Report - Meaningful Use and EHRs May 6, 2016

  2016 Annual Meeting - Massachusetts Medical Society President Dennis M. Dimitri, MD, describes the Society's efforts to persuade federal officials about the need to address the deficiencies in the Meaningful Use program. Dr. Dimitri's remarks were delivered at the opening session of the...

• Massachusetts Medical Society Elects Officers for 2016-2017 May 5, 2016

  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...

• MMS President Highlights Accomplishments on Opioid Abuse, EHRs May 5, 2016

  MMS President Dennis M. Dimitri, M.D., in his report to the membership at the Society’s annual meeting today, called attention to the accomplishments of the organization over the last year in two critical but widely disparate areas affecting physicians: opioid abuse and electronic medical records.