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1. Officers (one-year terms)
Ending September 2010
Vera DePalo, MD, President
Gary Bubly, MD, President-Elect
Nitin S. Damle, MD, MD, Vice President
Jerald C. Fingerut, MD, Treasurer
Alyn L. Adrain, MD, Secretary
2. Councilors At Large (one-year term)
Marlene Cutitar, MD
Andrew J. Dowd, MD
Stephen R. Fera, MD
Martin R. Papazian, MD
3. Past Presidents
Diane Siedlecki, MD (2008–2009)
Nick Tsiongas, MD, MPH (2007–2008)
Barry W. Wall, MD (2006–2007)
Katheen Fitzgerald, MD (2005–2006)
Fredric V. Christian, MD (2004–2005)
Tilak K. Verma MD, MPH (2003–2004)
4. AMA delegation (2-year terms )
Michael E. Migliori, MD, Delegate
Peter A. Hollmann, MD, Alternate
5. Constituent District and County Medical Societies
Bristol County Medical Society
Geoffrey R. Hamilton, MD
Kent County Medical Society
Herbert J. Brennan, DO
Newport County Medical Society
Pawtucket Medical Association
Rafael E. Padilla, MD
Providence Medical Association
Patrick J. Sweeney, MD, PhD, MPH
Washington County Medical Society
Nitlin S. Damle, MD
Woonsocket Medical Society
7. Chair, Public Laws Committee
Michael E. Migliori, MD
8. Chair, Rhode Island Medical Political Action Committee
Nick Tsiongas, MD, MPH
9. President, RIMS Insurance Brokerage Corporation
Peter A. Hollmann, MD
10. President, Quality Partners of RI
11. Resident/Fellow
12. Medical students
Monica Kaitz
John W. Shuck |
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6. Specialty Medical Societies
(Representatives to the RIMS Council)
American Academy of Pediatrics, RI Chapter
Elizabeth B. Lange, MD
American College of Cardiology, RI Chapter
Steven R. Fera, MD
American College of Emergency Physicians, RI Chapter
Kenneth Williams, MD
American College of OB/GYN, RI Section
American College of Surgeons/Providence Surgical Society
Jorge Lagares-Garcia, MD
RI Academy of Family Physicians
Sarah J. Fessler, MD
RI Dermatological Society
Elizabeth A. Welch, MD
RI Gastroenterology Society
Alyn L. Adrain, MD
Rhode Island Medical Women's Association
Alyson McGregor, MD
RI Neurologic Society
Norman M. Gordon, MD
RI Neurosurgical Society
Stephen C. Saris, MD
RI Orthopedic Society
Joseph T. Lifrak, MD
RI Psychiatric Society
Louis J. Marino, Jr. MD
RI Radiological Society
Jerrold R. Robbins, MD
RI Society of Allergy
Russell A. Settipane, MD
RI Society of Anesthesiologists
Donna Kucharski, MD
RI Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons
Phillip R. Rizzuto, MD
RISIM/ACP, RI Chapter
Nitin S. Damle, MD
RI Society of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgeons
Martin R. Papazian, MD
RI Society of Pathologists
Noubar Kessimian, MD
RI Thoracic Society
RI Urological Society
Patrick Kelty, MD |
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Continuing Medical Education
Patrick J. Sweeney, MD, PhD, MPH, Chair
Glenn G. Fort, MD
Jonathan Gates, MD
Miriam Giles
Daniel S. Harrop, III, MD
Louis J. Marino, Jr, MD
Scott Wang, MD
Bernard Zimmermann, MD
Investment
Jerald C. Fingerut, MD, Chair
Maternal Health
John D. Nisbet, II, MD Chair
Marshall W. Carpenter, MD
Doris Costello, MD
Elizabeth Laposata, MD
Andrew Newhauser, MD
Patrick Nugent, MD (Past Chair)
Robert T. O'Neil, MD (Past Chair)
Jan Penkala, MD
Mehmet Pinar, MD
Randall Rosenthall, MD
Mark F. Scott, MD
Serena A. Sposato, MD
Mediation*
Arnold H. Herman, MD, Chair
Louis Vito, Jr, MD
Leah O. Cullen, MD
Jeffrey Feldman, MD
Martin Phillips, MD
Thomas A. Vest, MD
James C. Bass, MD
Medical Review Advisory Committee
Established in 1996 at the urging of the NORCAL Mutual Insurance Company, the MRAC is a peer review committee that serves as a resource available to all professional liability insurers in Rhode Island. The objective is to explore thoroughly and candidly all aspects of a matter from a multidisciplinary perspective as an aid to establishing objectively applicable standards of care.
Peter A. Hollmann, MD, Chair
Alyn Adrain, MD
Anthony Barone, MD
Harvey Baumann, MD
Michael Bonitati, MD
Jeffrey Brody, MD
Anthony Bruzzese, MD
Gary Bubly, MD
Fredric V. Christian, MD
Thomas DeNucci, MD
Vera DePalo, MD
Dieter Pohl, MD
Phillip J. Reilly, MD
Mark F. Scott, MD
Michael Souza, DO
Margaret A. Sun, MD
Caroline Troise, MD
Jamsheed Vakharia, MD
William F. Varr, III, MD
Tilak K. Verma, MD
Medical Services Committee
Robert Salk, DO, Chair
Candace L. Dyer, MD
Jacques Bonnet-Eymard, MD
Mel Epstein, MD
David B. Ettensohn, MD
Norman Gordon, MD
Michael Fine, MD
Elizabeth B. Lange, MD
Albert J. Puerini, Jr, MD
Stephen S. Falkenberry, MD
Daniel Halpren-Ruder, MD, PhD
To be named: a DPM and a member of the Medical Group Managers Association of RI.
Membership
Fredric V. Christian, MD Co-chair
Vera A. De Palo, MD Co-chair
RI Medical Political Action Committee
Active since 1965, RIMPAC supports the election campaigns of candidates for the Rhode Island General Assembly and for state-wide offices. RIMPAC, which has its own bylaws, shares funds with the American Medical Political Action Committee (AMPAC) and advises AMPAC on its participation in Rhode Island races for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
K. Nicholas Tsiongas, MD, MPH, Chair
Michael A. Silver, MD, Treasurer
Bruce M. Becker, MD
Deborah Cahill, MD
Vera A. De Palo, MD
Karl Felber, DO
William J. Golini, MD
Arnold H. Herman, MD
Elaine C Jones, MD
Michael E. Migliori, MD
Gillian E. Pearis, MD
Diane R. Siedlecki, MD
Andrew M. Snyder, MD |
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Physician Competence*
Established in 1985 and modeled after the Physicians Health Committee, the Peer Review Committee on Physician Competence is a standing peer review committee of RIMS.
Jeffrey Brody, MD, Chair
Richard G. Bertini, MD
Robert Capalbo, MD
Umberto Capuano, MD
Fredric V. Christian, MD
Stephen S. Falkenberry, MD
Donald Guadognoli, MD
Liudvikas Jagminas, MD
Herbert Rakatansky, MD
Jeffrey M. Rogg, MD
Margaret Sun, MD
Tilak K. Verma, MD
Physicians' Health*
Founded in 1978, the Physicians' Health Committee is a standing peer review committee of the Rhode Island Medical Society. It serves the professional communities of physicians, dentists, podiatrists and physician assistants in Rhode Island.
Herbert Rakatansky, MD, Chair
Martin Kerzer, DO, Vice-Chair
Nicholas Califano, MD
Robert Champagne, DDS
Raymond Cord, PA-C
Suzanna DeLaMonte, MD
Dennis DiMatteo, DPM
Kate Eldridge, MD
Joseph England, MD
Alex Etienne, MD
Greg Frazier, DDS
Michael Furia, DDS
Robert Harrison, MD
Melvin Hershkowitz, MD
Petro Karanasias, MD
Steve Karlin, MD
Margaret Klitzke, DO
Robert Lev, MD
Sheldon Lidofsky, MD
Steve Maguire, MD
Christopher McGowan, MD
Calvin Oyer, MD
David Pearson, MD
Louis Sorrentino, MD
Andrze J. Stankiewicz, MD
David Stoll, MD
Marshall Taylor, MD
Alan A. Wartenberg, MD
Patricia Wold, MD
Rosemary H. Maher, ACSW, LICSW
Director of the Physicians Health Program
401-528-3287, rmaher@rimed.org
The Physicians Health Program is supported by a fund within the Rhode Island Medical Society Foundation which receives annual support from the following sources:
• NORCAL Mutual Insurance Company
• RIMS Insurance Brokerage Corporation
• Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island
• United Healthcare of New England
• The Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Association of Rhode Island
• Promutual Group
• Rhode Island Dental Association
• Rhode Island Podiatric Medical Association
• Rhode Island Society of Physician Assistants
• All of the hospital medical staff associations in Rhode Island
• All of the hospital institutions in Rhode Island
• Many individual donors
In addition, the Medical Students' Health Council of the Brown University School of Medicine meets regularly at the Medical Society. The Council is advised by Dr. Herbert Rakatansky and Ms. Rosemary Maher, and it is supported by the RIMS Foundation.
Public Laws Committee
Michael E. Migliori, MD, Chair
Stanley Hoyt Block, MD
Gary Bubly, MD
Deborah Cahill, MD
James Carney, PA-C
Jeffrey Chase-Lubitz, Esq.
L. Anthony Cirillo, MD
Steven I. Cohen, MD
Karl Felber, DO
John P. Femino, MD
Sarah J. Fessler, MD
Francis X. Figueroa, MD
Kathleen Fitzgerald, MD
David R. Gifford, MD, MPH
Zachary Ginsberg
William J. Golini, MD
Klaus F. Haas, MD
Daniel H. Halpren-Ruder, MD, PhD
Elizabeth B. Lange, MD
Edward W. Martin, MD
David A. Moss, MD
Jennie J. Muglia, MD
Timothy P. Murphy, MD
Martin R. Papazian, MD
Philip R. Rizzuto, MD
Alberto R. Savoretti, MD
Steven Schechter, MD
Howard E. Schulman, MD
Robert H. Schwengel, MD
Anand R. Shah, MD
Michael A. Silver, MD
Margaret A. Sun, MD
Julie Sylvestre
K. Nicholas Tsiongas, MD, MPH
Harold J. Wanebo, MD
Scott E. Wang, MD
Sarah L. Xavier, DO
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