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Committee Roster 2009-2010

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Jane Lochrie, Chair
George Abraham
Dennis Dimitri
Anthony Esposito
Michael Hirsch
Bruce Karlin
Robert Lebow
Peter Lindblad
Michele Pugnaire
Thomas Rosenfeld
Peter Schneider
Rebecca Spanagel
Guenter Spanknebel
Paul Steen
Lynda Young
Resident Representative
Laurent Benedetti
 
Student Representative
John Fallon
 
Alliance President
Laura Newstein
 
Alliance Representative
Francine Vakil

FINANCE COMMITTEE

Robert Lebow, Chair
George Abraham
Lloyd Fisher
Kenneth Kronlund
Peter Schneider
Lynda Young
Peter Zacharia

NOMINATING COMMITTEE

2010
George Abraham, Chair

2011
Phyllis Pollack

2012
Edward Amaral

2013
Richard Aghababian

2014
Wayne Glazier

2015
Lynda Young

PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE

Frederic Baker, Co-Chair
Bruce Karlin, Co-Chair
Frank Fechner
Fauzia Khan
B. Dale Magee
Monika Mathur

Student Representative
Satish Madiraju
 

GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE

2010
Edward Amaral, Chair
Anthony Esposito

2011
Jay Broadhurst
Joel Popkin

2012
Marianne Felice
Robert Lebow

2013
Maria Casal
Manjul Shukla

MEDICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE

George Abraham, Chair
Nancy Dragoon
Anthony Esposito
Jay Glaser
Katherine Harrison
Carolina Ionete
Peter Lindblad
Elizabeth Malko
Alwyn Rapose
Paula Ravin
Robert Terrill
Nitin Trivedi
Edison Wong

Alliance Representative

Zenie Popkin

SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE

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

MEMORIALS COMMITTEE

Leonard Morse, Chair
John Duggan
Thomas Rosenfeld

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

Lynda Young, Chair
Marianne Felice
Lloyd Fisher
Michael Hirsh
Bruce Karlin
Peter Lindblad
Jane Lochrie

 

LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE

Dennis Dimitri, Chair
Kosta Deligiannidis
Jeffrey Gallo
Jay Himmelstein
Michael Hirsh
Robert Lebow
Robert Yood
 

PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE

2010
Robert Sorrenti, Chair

2011
Paul Steen

2012
Jane Lochrie

2013
N. Alan Harris

2014
Jeremy Meltzer

2015
Joel Popkin

BYLAWS COMMITTEE

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

PERSONNEL COMMITTEE

Peter Lindblad, Chair
George Abraham
Richard Aghababian
Michael Hirsh
Bruce Karlin
Robert Lebow
Jane Lochrie
Peter Schneider
Lynda Young

PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE

James Broadhurst, Chair
Derek Brindisi
Mathile Castiel
Ines Hertz
Michael Hirsh
Fauzia Khan
Leonard Morse
Manjul Shukla
Hugh Silk
Resident Representative
Jillian Smith

Student Representatives

Karen  Buch
Matthew Germack
Tara Richardson
Jeremy Robbins

Alliance Representatives
Paula Madison
Francine Vakil
 

AWARDS COMMITTEE

George Abraham, Chair
John Duggan
Marianne Felice
Carolina Ionete
Peter Lindblad
Phyllis Pollack
Michelle Pugnaire
Abhijit Roychowdhury

WOMEN’S CAUCUS

Rebecca Spanagel, Chair
Annie Abraham
Janet Abrahamian
Julia Andrieni
Tanya Campus
Nancy Dragoon
Marianne Felice
Julia Gallagher
Jane Lochrie
Julie Pilitis
Diane Pingeton
Phyllis Pollack
Paula Ravin
Manjul Shukla
Martha Waite
Lynda Young

Student Representative
Karen Buch

EDITORIAL BOARD

Paul Steen, Editor
Anthony Esposito
Michael Hirsh
Anne Kane, NP, PhD
Peter Lindblad
Jane Lochrie
Michael Malloy, DPharm
Thoru Pederson, PhD
Joel Popkin
Robert Sorrenti

Alliance Representative
Francine Vakil
 

DELEGATES

George Abraham*
Janet Abrahamian
Richard Aghababian
Edward Amaral
Frederick Baker
Richard Bream
James Broadhurst*
Cynthia Brown
Kate Burke
Joseph Cohen
William Cohen
Dennis Dimitri
Frank Fechner
Lloyd Fisher
Nancy Fontneau
John Gallagher
Lawrence Garber
Richard Haas
Michael Hirsh
Marie Hobart
Jeffrey Hopkins
Murray Janower
Bruce Karlin
Michael Kneeland
William Lavelle*
Robert Lebow
Peter Lindblad*
Jane Lochrie*
B. Dale Magee*
Leonard Morse*
Peter Paige
Sahdev Passey
Krista Patton
Phyllis Pollack
Michele Pugnaire
Elizabeth Roaf
Thomas Rosenfeld
Abhijit Roychowdhury
Peter Schneider
Manjul Shukla
Robert Sorrenti
Guenter Spanknebel*
Paul Steen
Leo Stolbach
Rose Tharakan
S. Ram Upadyhay
Rudolf Utzschneider
Rohit Vakil
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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