Mission Statement of the MMS International Medical
Graduates Section (MMS-IMGS)
The purpose of the Section is to:
- Provide a forum to discuss the needs and concerns of
international medical graduates
- Identify potential ways to address these needs and concerns
through education, advocacy, and
outreach
- Ensure that the issues of international medical graduate
physicians receive the attention of the MMS governance
Overview of the MMS-IMGS
In 1998, the Society's special committee on International
Medical Graduates was established as an official Section by the
Society's House of Delegates. The creation of a Section represented
an important milestone as it expanded participation to all
international medical graduate physician members of the
Massachusetts Medical Society.
The MMS-IMGS is currently led by an executive committee of nine
members elected by its membership as well as one resident
representative appointed by the MMS Resident Physician Section.
Each member of the executive committee is elected for a three-year
term with nominations and elections held annually via mailings to
the MMS-IMGS membership.
One goal of the MMS-IMGS Executive Committee is outreach to
non-member IMGs and other ethnic medical associations. The
Executive Committee would like to establish an interactive dialogue
with various other ethnic physician associations in Massachusetts
in order to work together in an effort to fulfill the respective
missions of each group.
The MMS-IMGS looks forward to continuing to represent the
interests of this diverse and active segment of the MMS. If you are
an international medical graduate physician and would like to get
involved in the Section, please contact Erin Riley, MMS-IMGS Staff
Liaison.
Telephone: (800) 322-2303, ext. 7413
(781) 434-7413
Fax: (781) 893-2105
E-mail: eriley@mms.org
