Our Mission
The Massachusetts Medical Society was established as a professional association of physicians by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in an Act of Incorporation, Chapter 15 of the Acts of 1781. Section 2 of that Act states:
"The purposes of the Massachusetts Medical Society shall be to do all things as may be necessary and appropriate to advance medical knowledge, to develop and maintain the highest professional and ethical standards of medical practice and health care,
and to promote medical institutions formed on liberal principles for the health, benefit and welfare of the citizens of the Commonwealth."
Our Vision
"The Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS), the professional association for all physicians in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most trusted and respected leadership voice in health care, advancing medical knowledge and the medical profession to
improve patient care and outcomes. We are a proactive organization that advocates for the shared interests of patients and our profession and takes a leadership role in the development of health care policy. We enhance and protect the physician-patient
relationship and preserve the physician’s ability to make clinical decisions for the benefit of patients. We encourage the development of standards for high quality care, and promote medical education, training, research, and the continuing education
of physicians."
MMS House of Delegates, May 4, 2019
