Provides a mechanism for open communication, cooperation, and coordination between and among the medical specialty societies of Massachusetts and their members, and the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS). Additionally, the committee will present recommendations to the MMS regarding medical specialty specific or practice of medicine issues, with the ultimate goal of providing the highest quality of care to the patients within the Commonwealth. This cmte. meets in June, Sept., Jan., and March. Most meetings held on the next to last Tuesday of the month from 6:00-8:30 p.m.
Gregory G. Harris, Suffolk,
Chair
Fred E. Shapiro, Worcester, Vice Chair
Addiction Medicine
President: Michael
Bierer, Suffolk
Member-at-large: Barbara Herbert, Middlesex
Allergy
President: Jordan E. Scott, Worcester North
Member-at-large: Jonathan L. Bayuk, Hampden
American College of Physicians
President: Elisa
I. Choi, Suffolk
Member-at-large: Harriet
A. Bering, Essex South
Anesthesiology
President: Nikhil
M. Thakkar, Hampden
Member-at-large: Fred E. Shapiro, Suffolk
Cardiology
President: Duane S. Pinto, Norfolk
Member-at-large: Clifford Berger, Plymouth
Dermatology
President: Ira L. Skolnik, Middlesex Central
Member-at-large: Frederick D. Wax, Plymouth
Emergency Physicians
President: Scott
G. Weiner, Suffolk
Member-at-large: Brian
Sutton
Family Physicians
President: Pablo
Hernendez-Itriago, Worcester
Member-at-large: TBD
Gastroenterology
President: Jaya R. Agrawal, Hampshire
Member-at-large: Rav
Devarajan, Middlesex Central
Neurology
President: Marcus
Yountz, Charles River
Member-at-large: Alan H. Kurland, Plymouth
Neurosurgery
President: Michael Dean Medlock, Essex South
Member-at-large: TBD
Nuclear Medicine
President: Leo
Nalivaika
Member-at-large: Don C. Yoo, Middlesex
Obstetrics & Gynecology
President: James
Wang, Hampden
Member-at-large: Patricia R. Falcao, Charles River
Occupational & Environmental Medicine
President: Philip D. Parks, Norfolk
Member-at-large: Marie Christine David, Norfolk
Oncology
President: Patrick
Gagnon
Member-at-large: Claire Fung, Norfolk South
Ophthalmology
President: Deanna
Ricker, Middlesex
Member-at-large: Jeffrey P. Gallo, Worcester
Orthopedic Surgery
President: Samantha
Spencer, Suffolk
Member-at-large: Paul J. P. Pongor, Middlesex West
Otolaryngology
President: Theodore P. Mason, Hampden
Member-at-large: Derrick
T. Lin, Suffolk
Pathology
President: Anthony J. Guidi, Essex South
Member-at-large: TBD
Pediatrics
President: Elizabeth
Goodman
Member-at-large: Lloyd
Fisher, Worcester
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
President:
TBD
Member-at-large: TBD
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
President: Jonathan
M. Winograd, Suffolk
Member-at-large:
TBD
Psychiatry
President: Gary
Chinman, Norfolk
Member-at-large: Gregory G. Harris, Norfolk
Pulmonary
President: Martin Joyce-Brady, Plymouth
Member-at-large: Mohammad Reda, Charles River
Radiology
President: Maryellen
R. M. Sun, Norfolk
Member-at-large: Rodrick
Williams
Surgery
President: Anne
C. Larkin, Worcester
Member-at-large: Richard
S. Swanson, Middlesex
Urology
President: Mitchell
H. Bamberger, Worcester
Member-at-large: Liam
Hurley, Essex North
Resident and Fellow:
Delegate: Wendy Mccallum, Suffolk
Alternate Delegate: TBD
Medical Student Section:
Delegate: Rachel Bocchino, Suffolk
Alternate Delegate: Nivetha Saravanan, Suffolk
MMS Staff Liaison:
Bissan Biary (bbiary@mms.org)