COMMITTEE ROSTER 2013- Worcester District Medical Society & Worcester Medical Library, Inc. WDMS...Your local connection www.wdms.org STANDING COMMITTEES
BYLAWS Chair: To ensure adherence to the bylaws. MEMORIALS Chair: Leonard Morse To honor deceased members of the society. EXECUTIVE Chair: To conduct and oversee the official business of the Worcester District Medical Society. PERSONNEL Chair: George Abraham To develop and recommend the terms of the Society s personnel policy to the Executive Director. LEGISLATIVE Chair: To promote collaboration between physicians and Central Massachusetts legislators and to ensure the passage of pertinent legislation for a healthy society. PUBLIC RELATIONS Chair: To present a positive image of the medical profession to the community. MEDICAL EDUCATION Chair: George Abraham WDMS is accredited to provide continuing medical education programs for physicians to advance medical knowledge for the purpose of maintaining high professional and ethical standards of medical care. MEMBERSHIP Chair: To develop membership recruitment and retention programs. PUBLICATIONS Chair: To oversee and review the efficient management and publication of Worcester Medicine. SCHOLARSHIP Chair: Michele Pugnaire Trustee: Kenneth Kronlund To sustain and build the scholarship fund; to administer scholarship awards. SPECIAL COMMITTEES AWARDS Chair: George Abraham To select recipients nominated for WDMS awards. EDITORIAL Chair: To publish Worcester Medicine whose mission is to provide a forum in Central Massachusetts to promote commentary on health care. PUBLIC HEALTH Chair: James Broadhurst To identify and address public health needs in the community. WOMEN S CAUCUS Chair: Annie Abraham To provide a forum for women physicians. OFFICERS
PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER ORATOR George Abraham DELEGATES George Abraham* Janet Abrahamian Richard Aghababian* Alan Albert Laurent Benedetti Stuart Bentkover Richard Bream James Broadhurst* William Cohen Eric Dickson Dennis Dimitri* Frank Fechner Nancy Fontneau John Gallagher Lawrence Garber Gillian Griffith Richard Haas * Marie Hobart Robert Honig Kastoori Iyengar Murray Janower Jacob Koshy William Lavelle* B. Dale Magee* Leonard Morse* Alan Moss Nicole Mushero Krista Patton Meegan Remillard Elizabeth Roaf Thomas Rosenfeld Abhijit Roychowdhury Frederic Schwartz Guenter Spanknebel* Leo Stolbach Rose Tharakan S. Ram Upadhyay Rohit Vakil Lynda Young* Peter Zacharia William Zawatski * ex officio STANDING COMMITTEES EXECUTIVE, Chair George Abraham Michele Pugnaire Thomas Rosenfeld Resident Representatives Abraham Jaffee Besiani Liti Gillian Griffith Patrick Lowe Alliance Representative Francine Vakil
STANDING COMMITTEES (CONTINUED) BYLAWS, Chair Robert Bessette James Rooney Arno Sungarian LEGISLATIVE, Chair Roxanne Latimer Jeffrey Gallo Wayne Glazier Frederic Schwartz * Giles Whalen Timothy Hopkins Robert Yood * ex-officio FINANCE MEDICAL EDUCATION, Chair George Abraham Lloyd Fisher Kenneth Kronlund Peter Paige Peter Zacharia George Abraham, Chair Anthony Esposito Frank Fechner Melissa Fischer Mary C. O Brien Krista Patton Alwyn Rapose Nitin Trivedi Edison Wong Miriam O Neil Alliance Representative Zenie Popkin GRIEVANCE Gary Wolf Janet Abrahamian MEMBERSHIP, Chair Marianne Felice 2017 Maria Casal
STANDING COMMITTEES (CONTINUED) MEMORIALS John Duggan Sidney Kadish Leonard Morse PUBLIC RELATIONS, Chair James Broadhurst Frank Fechner B. Dale Magee Lynda Young NOMINATING Wayne Glazier Susan George Laurent Beneditti 2017 Matilde Castiel 2018 2019 PUBLICATIONS Jeremy Meltzer Joel Popkin, Chair 2017 2018 2019 PERSONNEL SCHOLARSHIP George Abraham, Chair Michele Pugnaire, Chair Kenneth Kronlund, Trustee Janet Abrahamian Rpbert Bessette Susan George Susan Moran Alan Moss Nsidinanya Okiki Hernando Romero
SPECIAL COMMITTEES AWARDS PUBLIC HEALTH George Abraham, Chair Marianne Felice Phyllis Pollack Abhijit Roychowdhury Rebecca Spanabel - James Broadhurst, Chair Derek Brindisi Matilde Castiel Matthew Collins * Prashantha Holla Karyn Johnson Robin Klar *Leonard Morse Seth Peters Abhijit Roychowdhury Colleen Turpin Resident Representative Nick Maselli Tara Richardson Jillian Smith Meegan Janes Remillard Alliance Representatives Paula Madison Francine Vakil *Emeritus EDITORIAL BOARD, Editor Lisa Beittel, MBA Joyce Cariglia Anthony Esposito Anne Kane, RN Peter Lindblad Michael Malloy, DPharm Thoru Pederson, PhD Joel Popkin Peter Zacharia Emily Tsanotellis Alliance Representative Francine Vakil WOMEN S CAUCUS Annie Abraham, Chair Janet Abrahamian Diane Pingeton Julia Andrieni Phyllis Pollack Nancy Dragoon Paula Ravin Pageen Eslami Marianne Felice Julia Gallagher Martha Waite Janet Graeber Lynda Young
WORCESTER MEDICAL LIBRARY 2013- OFFICERS BOARD OF TRUSTEES President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Lynda Young Robert Bessette Wayne Glazier All medical society members are also members of the Worcester Medical Library, Inc. Phyllis Pollack Michele Pugnaire Guenter Spanknebel Anthony Esposito WORCESTER DISTRICT MEDICAL SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES TO THE MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY Member must be a delegate COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION Member Alternate COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS Thomas Rosenfeld Member Alternate MMS BOARD OF TRUSTEES George Abraham Member James Broadhurst Alternate