Waltham, Mass. – March 17th – S. Jay Jayasankar, M.D. has been honored
by the Massachusetts Medical Society with its 2017 Award for Distinguished
Service to the Massachusetts Medical Society, an honor given each year to a
member of the Society who has made significant contributions to the goals of
the organization through demonstrated leadership, member recruitment, and
committee work.
The award, one of the most prestigious given by
the Society to one of its members, will be presented at the Society’s Annual
Meeting April 28 at the Seaport Hotel in Boston.
In
nominating him for the award, his colleagues characterized Dr. Jayasankar as a
“role model for the value of diversity in medicine” and noted his service to
the society, which they described as “embracing the Society’s mission to
advance knowledge, uphold ethical and professional standards, and promote
medical institutions committed to patient welfare.”
A
member of the medical society since 1973, Dr. Jayasankar has served the
organization in multiple capacities for more than two decades. He is currently
a member of the Board of Trustees and the House of Delegates, Chair of the
Committee on Professional Liability, and member of the Committees on History; Publications;
Quality of Medical Practice; and Ethics, Grievances, and Professional
Standards. He is also a member of the
Task Force on Electronic Health Records Interoperability and Usability, and an
advisor to the MMS & Alliance Charitable Foundation, which he helped to
launch in 2000 and later served as a director.
Since
2003, Dr. Jayasankar has been president of the Boston Medical Library, the
library of the state medical society that serves as a resource for the lifelong
learning of practicing physicians of Massachusetts.
Dr.
Jayasankar has also been active with the American Medical Association, serving
as a delegate and former chair of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Delegation and chair of the Governing Council of the AMA International Medical
Graduates Section. Additionally, he has
served as president of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin
and chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Indian Medical Association of New
England.
Dr.
Jayasankar received his medical and master of surgery degrees from Grant
Medical College of Bombay University. He currently is a clinical instructor in
orthopedics at Harvard Medical School and a consultant in orthopedics at
Massachusetts General Hospital.
His
previous honors include Congressional recognition for outstanding and
invaluable service to the community, the Pfizer House Call Honor for
contributions to the public health of the Indian American community and the
Indus Star Award for service to and leadership of the Indian American
community. Dr. Jayasankar resides in
Weston.
The Massachusetts Medical Society, with some 25,000
physicians and student members, is dedicated to educating and advocating for
the patients and physicians of Massachusetts. The Society, under the auspices
of NEJM Group, publishes the New England Journal of Medicine, a leading global
medical journal and web site, and Journal Watch alerts and newsletters covering
13 specialties. The Society is also a leader in continuing medical education
providing accredited and certified activities across the globe for physicians
and other health care professionals.
Founded in 1781, MMS is the oldest continuously operating medical
society in the country. For more information please visit www.massmed.org,
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