Founded in 1805, the Boston Medical Library (BML) is one of the most significant sources of medical information in the world. The BML and Harvard Medical Library formed an alliance in 1965 and moved into a new building named The Francis A. Countway Library
of Medicine located at Harvard Medical School. The BML’s mission is to serve the library service needs of practicing physicians and dentists and share the history of medicine. Its priceless historical collection of medical materials and artifacts
is an incomparable resource for physicians. The BML became the library for the Massachusetts Medical Society in 1947; the MMS president appoints 12 of the 24 BML Trustees. In addition, MMS members have unlimited access to the collections of the Boston
Medical Library as a benefit of membership. This Board meets alternately between the Countway Library of Medicine at 10 Shattuck St., Boston and the MMS Headquarters in Waltham. It typically meets four times per year on a weekday from 4:30-6:30.
The medical student and resident physician representatives serve a one-year term beginning each October/November.
Boston Medical Library Trustees
Karl T. Benedict, Middlesex West
Jack T. Evjy, Middlesex North
James A. Feldman, Suffolk
McKinley Glover, IV, MD, Suffolk
Srilatha Kodali, OS
B. Dale
Magee, Worcester
Glenn R. Markenson, Suffolk
Najmosama Nikrui, Suffolk
Katherine R. Peeler, Suffolk
Janine Rodrigues-Saldanha, Suffolk
Joel J. Rubenstein, Charles River
Vincent J. Russo, MD, Essex North
Resident and Fellow:
Member:
Medical Student:
Member: Patricia Giunta, Worcester
MMS Staff Liaison
Karen Harrison (kharrison@mms.org)
