Study, take positions and report periodically to the Board of Trustees and to the House of Delegates on pending legislation affecting the public health or the practice of medicine. Initiates legislation at the state level to improve the health of the public and to improve the practice environment in Massachusetts. This committee meets 6 to 7 times a year on Tuesday or Wednesday evenings from 5:30-8:00 p.m.
Committee Members
Sarah F. Taylor,
Middlesex Central, Chair
Theodore A. Calianos, Barnstable, Vice Chair
BARNSTABLE
Theodore Calianos, Member
Kathryn Hughes, Alternate
BERKSHIRE
Michael
Kaplan, Member
Basil
Michaels, Alternate
BRISTOL NORTH
Lorraine Schratz, Member
Eric J. Ruby, Alternate
BRISTOL SOUTH
Jason
Reynolds, Member
Lawrence Audino, Alternate
CHARLES RIVER
Joel
Rubenstein, Member
Michael Lew, Alternate
ESSEX NORTH
Francis J. MacMillan, Jr.,
Member
Thomas Johnson, Alternate
ESSEX SOUTH
Michael Medlock, Member
Susan Moynihan, Alternate
FRANKLIN
Joseph Viadero, Member
Flora Sadri, Alternate
HAMPDEN
Claudia
Koppelman, Member
James
Wang, Alternate
HAMPSHIRE
Ilana
Schmitt, Member
Katherine Atkinson, Alternate
MIDDLESEX
Carole Allen, Member
Olivia Liao, Alternate
MIDDLESEX CENTRAL
Sarah Taylor, Member
Thomas LaMattina, Alternate
MIDDLESEX NORTH
M.
Denise Mills, Member
Srilatha
Kodali, Alternate
MIDDLESEX WEST
James F.X. Kenealy, Member
Christopher Smith, Alternate
NORFOLK
Barbara Rockett, Member
NORFOLK SOUTH
Janet
Limke, Member
John Walsh, Alternate
PLYMOUTH
Philip McCarthy, Member
Katherine Murray Leisure, Alternate
SUFFOLK
Marian C. Craighill, Member
S. Jay Jayasankar, Alternate
WORCESTER
Giles Whalen , Member
Robert Lebow, Alternate
WORCESTER NORTH
Heidi Foley, Member
Robert Coit, Alternate
RESIDENT AND FELLOW SECTION
Eli Freiman, MD
MEDICAL STUDENT SECTION
Marguerite Youngren, Member
David Velasquez, Alternate
ALLIANCE LIAISON
Vanessa Kenealy, Member
ADVISORS
Manijeh Berenji, MD, MPH
Jack Evjy, M.D.
Linda Fournier
Christine Moschella, MA/RI MGMA
MMS Staff Liaison
Charles Alagero (calagero@mms.org)
