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Committee Roster 2007-2008

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

George Abraham
Richard Aghababian
Joseph Cohen
Dennis Dimitri
Michael Hirsch
Bruce Karlin, Chair
Robert Lebow
Jane Lochrie
Michele Pugnaire
Thomas Rosenfeld
Peter Schneider
Guenter Spanknebel
S. Ram Upadyhay
Lynda Young
Alliance President
Kathleen Thompson
Student Representative
Laurent Beneditti

FINANCE COMMITTEE

George Abraham
Kenneth Kronlund
Robert Lebow, Chair
Peter Schneider
Gary Wolf
Lynda Young
Peter Zacharia

NOMINATING COMMITTEE

2008
Timothy Hopkins, Chair

2009
Anthony Esposito

2010
George Abraham

2011
Phyllis Pollack

2012
Edward Amaral

2013
Richard Aghababian

PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE

Edward Amaral
Frederic Baker, Chair
Joseph Cohen
Bruce Karlin, Health Matters Director
Michele Pici
S. Ram Upadhyay
Lynda Young
Peter Zacharia

GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE

2008
Michael Theerman
Lynda Young

2009
Jane Lochrie
Paula Ravin, Chair

2010
Edward Amaral
Anthony Esposito

2011
Jay Broadhurst
Joel Popkin

MEDICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE

George Abraham, Chair
Cynthia Brown
Elizabeth Darr
S. Patricia Dilley
Anthony Esposito
Jay Glaser
Jean Keamy
Peter Lindblad
Joel Popkin
Paula Ravin
Carol Savage
Alliance Representative
Zenie Popkin

SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE

Janet Abrahamian
Edward Amaral
Frank Bednarek
Robert Bessette
Susan George
Kenneth Kronlund, Trustee
Jane Lochrie
Susan Moran
Alan Moss
Nsidinanya Okike
Michele Pugnaire, Chair
Hernando Romero
S. Ram Upadyhay

MEMORIALS COMMITTEE

John Duggan
Stuart Jaffee
Leonard Morse, Chair
Thomas Rosenfeld

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

Gerald Bowen
Joseph Cohen
Marianne Felice
Lloyd Fisher
Bruce Karlin
Lynda Young, Chair

 

LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE

Elizabeth Darr
Dennis Dimitri, Chair
Michael Hirsh
Timothy Hopkins
Robert Lebow
Michele Pici
Frederick Schwartz
Robert Yood
Alliance Representative
Jean Hilliker

PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE

2008
Anthony Esposito

2009
Jeremy Meltzer

2010
Robert Sorrenti, Chair

2011
Paul Steen

2012
Jane Lochrie

BYLAWS COMMITTEE

Edward Amaral
Robert Bessette
Sahdev Passey
James Rooney
Peter Schneider, Chair
Robert Sorrenti
Arno Sungarian

PERSONNEL COMMITTEE

George Abraham
Richard Aghababian
Joseph Cohen
Bruce Karlin
Robert Lebow
Jane Lochrie
Michele Pugnaire
Peter Schneider
Lynda Young, Chair

PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE

James Broadhurst, Chair
Mathile Castiel
Isabel Castro
Matthew Collins
Hugh Fulmer
Ines Hertz
Michael Hirsh
Mary-Elise Manuell
Leonard Morse
Diane Pingeton
Dionyssios Robotis
Manjul Shukla
Hugh Silk
Student Representatives
Karen  Buch
Betsy Colman
Tara Loiseau
Jillian Smith

AWARDS COMMITTEE

Edward Amaral
John Duggan
Marianne Felice
Anita Kostecki
Peter Lindblad
Jane Lochrie, Chair
Phyllis Pollack
Michelle Pugnaire
Carol Savage

WOMEN’S CAUCUS

Annie Abraham
Janet Abrahamian
Julia Andrieni
Isabel Castro
Elizabeth Darr
Marianne Felice
Julia Gallagher
Jean Keamy
Anita Kostecki
Jane Lochrie
Michele Pici
Diane Pingeton
Shyla Shrinath
Manjul Shukla
Rebecca Spanagel, Chair
Martha Waite
Lynda Young
Student Representative
TBD

EDITORIAL BOARD

Gary Blanchard
Carol Bova, PhD, RN
Anthony Esposito
Michael Hirsh
Peter Lindblad
Jane Lochrie
Michael Malloy, DPharm
Thoru Pederson, PhD
Joel Popkin
Robert Sorrenti
Paul Steen, Editor
Alliance Representative
Francine Vakil
 

DELEGATES

George Abraham
Janet Abrahamian
Richard Aghababian
Edward Amaral
Frederick Baker
Robert Bessett
Richard Bream
James Broadhurst*
Matilde Castiel
Joseph Cohen*
William Cohen
William Crooks
Dennis Dimitri
Lloyd Fisher
Michael Galica
Lawrence Garber
Richard Haas
Michael Hirsh
Murray Janower
Bruce Karlin*
William Lavelle*
qRobert Lebow
Peter Lindblad
B. Dale Magee*
Leonard Morse*
Peter Paige
Sahdev Passey
Krista Patton
Ronald Pike
Michele Pugnaire
Elizabeth Roaf
Thomas Rosenfeld
Peter Schneider
Frederic Schwartz
Shyla Shrinath
Manjul Shukla
Robert Sorrenti
Guenter Spanknebel*
Paul Steen
Leo Stolbach
Rose Tharakan
Michael Theerman
Thomas Ukena
S. Ram Upadyhay
Rudolf Utzschneider
Lynda Young*
Peter Zacharia
 

*ex efficio


 

Committee Goals

Public Health

To identify and address public health needs in the community.

Legislative

To promote collaboration between physicians and Central Massachusetts legislators to ensure passage of pertinent legislation for a healthy society.

Medical Education

To advance medical knowledge for the purpose of maintaining high professional and ethical standards of medical care.

Editorial Board

To develop themes for “Worcester Medicine” the Society’s official quarterly publication that explore medical topics of social and political importance.

Membership

To develop membership recruitment and retention programs.

Public Relations

To present a positive image of the medical profession to the community.

Scholarship

To sustain and build the scholarship fund; to administer scholarship awards

Memorials

To honor deceased members of the Society.

Women’s Caucus

To provide a forum for women physicians.

Awards

To solicit nominations to recognize members of the healthcare community for their outstanding contributions to improve the health and well-being of others.

Bylaws

To ensure adherence to, review and amend bylaws.

Arts

To showcase physicians’ artistic and creative talents.

 

 

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